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The reason power racks are as deep as they are is so they cater for a variety of crucial movements. One movement in particular that hardly anyone knows about is the jerk balance or jerk recovery movement. I hope that answers your curiosity Sir.I'm also never sure why power racks are so deep, surely it could be half as deep and be just as useful without taking up as much space? It would also make it stronger, in particular the safety pins.
The reason power racks are as deep as they are is so they cater for a variety of crucial movements. One movement in particular that hardly anyone knows about is the jerk balance or jerk recovery movement. I hope that answers your curiosity Sir.
Fadi.
I've never seen such a shallow rack before, but then again, I'm talking Olympic weightlifting (power rack) a la 1982. Things may have changed since then, but most definitely a deep rack would be needed for a proper execution of a jerk recovery.... But when power racks are used in weightlifting they usually seem to be very shallow, like the ZKC ones
Power Rack Squat Cage Stands w Lat Pulldown Home Gym - Online Shopping with FactoryFast Australia
Heya, i'd really like some opinions on this rack before I decide to sell my current cyberfit one (pic attached) What do you guys think, am I upgrading or is it not worth it?
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The cyberfit is a better rack.
The chin bar is better, the bar hooks are better, the safeties can be removed. Fucked if id swap my cyberfit for that thing.
Only negative with with the cyberfit is the rear horizontal brace which means you squat from front safeties instead of rear. If that's a concern cause you want to do heavy walkouts for pl comps turn around when you squat.
The reason power racks are as deep as they are is so they cater for a variety of crucial movements. One movement in particular that hardly anyone knows about is the jerk balance or jerk recovery movement. I hope that answers your curiosity Sir
Fadi.
In terms of sturdiness, it says it's rated to handle 800 pounds on the pulley system, that sounds insanely high to me, isn't that a weirdly high number for pulleys?
"*Barbell hooks: 272 kg (600 lbs)
*Barbell safeties: 363 kg (800 lbs)
*High and low pulleys: 363 kg (800 lbs)"
Now I'm confused that rack in the op is definitely not a cyberfit rack
I don't understand why you want to buy a new one.
But then again I don't really understand most of what goes on here.
Nah man, it is a cyberfit rack
Anyone know what kind of weights my cyberfit one can handle?
I'm not sure how much weight my current rack can take, i dunno if im starting to lift too heavy for it to still be safe.
I haven't really seen what is termed to be a small or low rack, but then again I haven't been to a gym in years (I've got my own at home). All you need to do to insure that you've got the right height, would be to grab a bar with (say) a full size weight disk and hold it overhead with locked arms...as long as you've got some room between the top of the weight disks and the upper portion of the rack then all is good, ..otherwise it's back to some modification in cutting and re-welding or bolting.Hi fadi,
For the jerk balance would these be done in a custom made rack for the height? I never thought of doing these in a rack. I'm in the process of making my own rack and now thinking maybe I should have made it a bit higher for these exercises.
Cheers
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