Depends. Specifics?
Depends. Specifics?
Although my platform is incomplete (need another stall mat to finish the corners) that's what I have in my garage. I deadlift/power clean on the other half of the platform.
What is wrong, son?
Well, okay.
The reason I asked is the design Rip advocates has a rack next to a platform, which I don't have space for. So I want to put the rack on the platform and deadlift on the remaining space or inside the rack. Not really doing any Olympic lifting, for which you would want more space in case you rack off balance. I am used to deadlifting in very tight spaces.
The rack will be custom made and the design is not final yet. I wonder if it will need to be bolted down in lieu of standing on the plywood on the crossbar in Rip's design and whether 3 layers of plywood is sufficient for this.
This is in my garage. Rogue R-3 (30" depth) lag screwed to 3 layers of 3/4" OSB. Plenty of space. I deadlift and occasionally power clean in front of the rack.
It seems like the most solid way would be to bolt the rack directly to the concrete and then build the platform around it.
If you want to simplify platform construction, then you can bolt the rack through the platform into the concrete.
I don't think bolting it through the platform is unsafe or anything, but it should have less give with a direct connection between the rack and the concrete than if there is with a compressible mat in between.