Cambered Safety Squat Bar
Cambered end design relieves much of the lower back stress normally associated with a back squat.
Cambered safety squat bar. I have an old elitefts rackable one and the drop is 12 inches. The drop is the distance between the posts that extend downwards from the part of the bar that rests on your back to the sleeves where the weights go. Bar allows squats to be done in a more vertical posture producing intensified quadriceps involvement. The cambered bar has a large drop.
The bar might be resting on our upper back but the weight is displaced almost in a position that mimics a front squat. Steel design with padded shoulder harness. But the bar is much more than shoulder relief it really turns squatting into a different movement. There are many different types and the drop may be slightly different but it is huge.
With the greater camber more stress is loaded on to the lower back and glutes. Speaking of strength gains the safety squat bar is a brutally awesome tool designed to test your body in unique ways. Much like the gs safety squat bar legacy but the main difference is the camber in the bar both safety squat bars have a camber but the gs cambered safety squat bar is extreme at twice the camber. This allows the bar could be used as both a regular cambered bar and a safety squat bar among many others.
Padded squat bar holds up to 1 000 lb and measures 89 l with 13 l loadable sleeves. Bar weighs 60 lb. Cambered squat bar this is probably the oddest looking bar and like the cambered bar great for relieving stress off of the shoulders. For this reason many people state the safety squat bar is an intermediate between high bar squatting and front squatting.
So at each end of the bar is 12 angle bracket allows for 360 degrees of variation 30 degree increments in angle of the weight relative to the lifter. Third the safety squat bar has a cambered curve to displace the weight forward. You re covered when you buy from gopher. What most people first notice when using the cambered squat bar is how unstable the bar is.
Distance between handles is 12 while the width of the neck padding opening is 10 w. Cambered safety squat bar.