What it says. Basically, my squat is really improving and when i move house my mates’ gonna take his little rack with him, so i’ll need to get a new one. I’ll be renting, and doubt my landlord will be keen about drilling too many holes and stuff, though that might be unavoidable.
Is this any good? http://www.gymworld.co.uk/prodpage.asp?ProdID=222
I know it’s a bit pussy but it’s a start eh. If i had to suddenly rack 300lbs do you reckon that’d be good for it
Any advice would be great
looks ok if you just want a rack to put the bar on, but I don’t see no safety bars on it so if you get stuck you’ll have to dump the bar on the floor, not really ideal in an apartment.
If you want one that’s that kind of style, I would highly recommend getting one like in the attached picture. With the multiple bars, you have ones to rack it on for walking it out, and ones closer to you to dump the bar on if you’re stuck while squatting. You may want to look into getting some rubber matting too for in front of the rack if for some reason you have to dump the bar backward.
That wasn’t clear. You mean you’d recommend the link I provided? Cos I think you could only have one level ‘notched up’ at any time. So if i took it from the rack at 5ft6" for example, i’d have to rach it there, or else drop it. Good call on the padding though.
Something like this is preferable
http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/92563.html
But if space will not allow, you could add these
powertec makes a good cheap rack… i think they are ~250-300$ now.
they are great racks for low budget.
[quote]dannyrat wrote:
That wasn’t clear. You mean you’d recommend the link I provided? Cos I think you could only have one level ‘notched up’ at any time. So if i took it from the rack at 5ft6" for example, i’d have to rach it there, or else drop it. Good call on the padding though.[/quote]
My apologies, when I edited my post my picture fell through. If you’re still considering… here you go.
You would definitely have to secure it somehow, if you racked the bar with any sort of forward momentum that thing is moving at least and flipping at worst.
[quote]hockechamp14 wrote:
dannyrat wrote:
That wasn’t clear. You mean you’d recommend the link I provided? Cos I think you could only have one level ‘notched up’ at any time. So if i took it from the rack at 5ft6" for example, i’d have to rach it there, or else drop it. Good call on the padding though.
My apologies, when I edited my post my picture fell through. If you’re still considering… here you go.[/quote]
I’ve used racks like that, and with all due respect to Arnold and the Bomber, they suck.
Honestly, if I had to choose between only having a power rack, barbell and a bench or having commercial gym membership, I’d take the commercial gym. Especially when a $300 rack is not a good rack. Maybe gym memberships are a lot more expensive around the country/world then they are here, I accept that, but still it seems that you either need to man up and buy solid equipment, expecting to pay some serious money up front, or just go with the commercial gym.
I also think you’re just setting yourself up for mediocrity if you get mediocre gear. I think a lot of us started out with department store weights and benches, for example, but outgrew them pretty fast. If you do the same, then you’re out what you spent on the stuff, and if you don’t, well, that’s even worse.