My gym is getting new equipment

[Jr_Geezer]

Bad news: My gym is getting rid of their one squat rack:Attachment 5438

Awesome news: It's being replaced with two of these: Attachment 5439

They are also getting bumper plates. I'm not sure why, because no one there does cleans, jerks or snatches and there are no platforms. I suppose it will make deadlifts a bit quieter for the small minority of us who do them. My only worry with the new racks is that they will attract the bench bros who will now finally be able to do inclines easily (gym only had a decline and flat set ups).

-RJP

[DannyP]

Will certainly make it easier for anyone starting out with deadlifts (or BB rows) who can't pull at least 135 off the floor (since the lighter plates still have the full size diameter).

[Jr_Geezer]

Will certainly make it easier for anyone starting out with deadlifts (or BB rows) who can't pull at least 135 off the floor (since the lighter plates still have the full size diameter).

That's a very good point that I hadn't considered. I guess now I won't have to play around with getting the height right for my wife's deadlifts, as she has not quite reached the 135 point yet.

-RJP

[Jr_Geezer]

Well, my excitement at getting two new racks at the gym was tempered when I got there tonight and saw that they had replaced not only the one squat rack, but also the only two flat bench stations. I can only see this creating more congestion, not less. :-(

Also, for me, rack position 6 is too high and position 7 is too low. Something I'll have to get used to, I suppose.

-RJP

[Nermin]

Use 6, squat it out. It doesn't have to be perfect. Usually, it's the safeties that have too coarse a gap in the pins on commercial racks.

[Jacob R]

Well, my excitement at getting two new racks at the gym was tempered when I got there tonight and saw that they had replaced not only the one squat rack, but also the only two flat bench stations. I can only see this creating more congestion, not less. :-(

Just get your own

[Jr_Geezer]

Just get your own

That would certainly be a realistic option if I didn't live in Arizona, where basements are non-existent and garages are virtual ovens for much of the year. Yes, it's a dry heat, it doesn't matter how dry 110 is, I just can't lift in it. Plus, I enjoy the social aspect of going to the gym.

-RJP

[Jr_Geezer]

Use 6, squat it out. It doesn't have to be perfect. Usually, it's the safeties that have too coarse a gap in the pins on commercial racks.

I was actually thinking of using 7, the lower setting, when I get back up to heavy squats. I think getting the bar back to a lower position would be easier than having to worry about being high enough to clear the pins. Amazingly enough, it looks like the safeties are just the right height for when I bench.

-RJP

[manveer]

I was actually thinking of using 7, the lower setting, when I get back up to heavy squats. I think getting the bar back to a lower position would be easier than having to worry about being high enough to clear the pins.

Yeah, do this. Hooks too high is a good way to have an accident when unracking or reracking.

[Nermin]

That's what I meant, use the lower one. I guess 7 is lower than 6.