If you're looking for a half rack, it's probably not for entry-level training. This is a versatile piece of equipment for advanced athletes and therefore the question of which muscles can be trained on the Half Rack is not so easy to answer.
Because in principle you can train your whole body from heel to neck with the Half Rack, the limits are rather set by your skills and your equipment. What exactly this means and what you need in addition to the Half Rack, we tell you here.
Bigger muscles on the Half Rack - this is how you condition yourself
The Half Rack is a flexible storage surface for the barbell. With the standard Olympic barbell, you can carry a weight of 20 kilograms even without discs.
This is ideal for a warm up round with Deadlifts or the Shoulder Press. Already with these two exercises you train your entire back and shoulders.
An additional weight bench and you still train chest and triceps in the bench press, you can adjust the angle of the bench, you also address the upper chest muscles specifically.
Of course you can also remove the barbell completely and use it for squats or you combine several exercises. This is possible with the Military Press as well as with Jumping Jacks with barbell. If you want to train muscles on the half rack, the quickest way is often to simply remove the barbell - and unlike the power rack, you can do this here without any problems.
With a Half Rack that is also connected to a crossbar at the top (this does not apply to all models), pull-ups are also possible. Or you can use the Half Rack as an anchor for gymnastic rings and TRX bands. For counterweight, the Half Rack is of course also perfectly suitable due to its stable construction.
What exercises can be done with a Half Rack?
The flexibility of free weights
Are you still missing muscles on the Half Rack? Certainly not, because after all you can flexibly expand the exercises. After all, the half rack itself serves primarily as a support and protection when training at your maximum. So you can train more safely on the bench or with the free dumbbell and can be sure that the Half Rack catches the dumbbell forward.
You'll also minimize the risk of injury during exercises like squats or snatches and thrusts because you won't have to lift the barbell off the floor.
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Editors fitnessmarkt.de (EA)
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Published on: 19 August 2019