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Squat Rack VS Power Rack

Where do you do squats.

  • Squat Rack

    Votes: 2 22.2%
  • Power Rack

    Votes: 7 77.8%

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I preffer the power rack to do squats. I find the slant on the squat rack to be awkward and it forces me to back up considerably, not to mention the unadjustable stop.
 
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Power rack, no contest.
 
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I've never seen a power rack.
 
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^lol what?
 
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You've never seen one of these Natzo?
 
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LOL.. I think there's no gym in my city that has one... and there are plenty of gyms.. just Squat racks.

Bodybuilding > Powerlifting here...

I would love to squat in one though I think it's way better.
 
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That sucks natzo, squat racks suck in comparison. Power racks are pretty versatile
 

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We got guys squatting 250kg+ on just loose press racks, so no squat rack or power rack, but we can drop and do whatever we want, prefer that freedom over power rack
 
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We got guys squatting 250kg+ on just loose press racks, so no squat rack or power rack, but we can drop and do whatever we want, prefer that freedom over power rack

but if you drop a loaded squat bar and you want to do another set it sucks to put it back on.
 
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but if you drop a loaded squat bar and you want to do another set it sucks to put it back on.

exactly, so extra motivation to complete the lift!
 
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We don't have a power rack in the gym anymore, so I squat in the squat rack..
 

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