Hello Arkansan,
Ideally you would never hit the safety bars, as this can disrupt the squat movement. Worst case is that you could injure yourself by getting off balance. I agree with your suggestion to lower them one hole.
Good day!
Manveer
Hello Arkansan,
Ideally you would never hit the safety bars, as this can disrupt the squat movement. Worst case is that you could injure yourself by getting off balance. I agree with your suggestion to lower them one hole.
Good day!
Manveer
I don't think it would be bad for the bar necessarily, unless you're sinking in to the hole REALLY fast. The bigger issue would be with getting off balance or losing tightness in the hole, which would be bad for you, but not the bar. Can you set the pins one step lower?
My sincerest apologies - I failed to address the main question posed by Arkansan! Luckily omaniphil has offered an opinion with which I agree. Occasionally hitting the safeties will not hurt your bar.
I just wanted to express my heart concurrence with the points made by the esteemed gentlemen above!
How does this happen? Unrack, then move your hands out wider? Unrack with hands wider than the rack? Comp rack with uprights tilted in?
Respectfully, of course, I would suggest that Arkansan would realize this was a bad idea if he had already crushed his hand(s).