Safety Squat Bar Dimensions

The safety squat bar enables you to make continued progress and keep overloading your squat as your pressing volume begins to trend up without the added beating your shoulders would get from using a standard barbell.

Safety squat bar dimensions.

The shoulder pads are spaced at 8 in apart and the bar diameter is 1 1 2 in. Using that as a starting point can help encourage long term strength adaptations. It can help you strengthen specific weaknesses. Typical safety squat bars put the resistance in the high bar squat or front squat positions.

Not only is the safety bar squat better for your lower back and joints but it also helps you to perform a wider range of exercises more easily. Designed for those with limited shoulder elbow and wrist mobility but beloved by powerlifters and garage gym champions everywhere the safety squat bar is the perfect implement for developing. The safety bar is affectionately known as the hatfield bar because of dr. The form used with the safety squat bar is far different from a straight bar.

61 25 x 9 x 26 25 and the weight is 70lb 14oz. This is fine if you re an experienced squatter but may confuse the hell out of a beginner. It s probably not something i d put a beginner under unless he s suffering from a shoulder or wrist injury. Safety squat bars help to engage your core quads and glutes minimizing pressure on the knees and shoulders to help keep your lower back healthy and your core stable.

Loadable sleeve length is 16 in and the sleeves are designed for olympic weight plates. I would recommend using your front squat max as a baseline if you have never performed the movement. The ss3 safety squat bar is our newest adaptation of the most popular specialty bar around. We created this bar so that lifters with upper body injuries could use a safety squat bar but one that places the resistance in the low bar position on the back.

As stated in the spec grid on the product page the transformer bar weighs 25kg or 55lb. This specialty bar has an overall length of 90 1 2 in and handle spacing of 12 3 4 in. I m a huge fan of doing good mornings with the safety squat bar. The camber on this bar creates the feeling that the weight is directly over your center of.