Unlike with the strict guidance on the machine, your body has to work much harder with free weights. After all, you have to keep your balance, balance yourself better and compensate for smaller movements.
The muscles you need for this are not immediately visible. In everyday life, however, you will feel them, because you will benefit from them not only when training with weights, but also when playing soccer, climbing or doing yoga. To make training with free weights safe and easy, you need the right support. The Squat Rack is ideal for training your muscles while keeping them injury-free.
These muscles you train on the Squat Rack
The barbell in particular feels different than two dumbbells of the same weight. The balance work is done throughout the body - compare a deadlift with a kettlebell and a deadlift with a barbell. Or squats with the barbell on your shoulders compared to the centered weight of two dumbbells - in all of these exercises you feel the difference and the balance work required.
You train these balancing muscles with every exercise on the squat rack, but you also address the larger muscle groups to a large extent via the squat rack.
These include the calves, glutes and thighs for Squat and Calf Raise. The shoulders and upper chest are used in the Shoulder Press. With a light weight you can also use the barbell for Jumping Jacks to train shoulders and adductors and abductors, but be careful. Especially dynamic exercises should be done with less weight and more focus on form.
Only the chest can be trained less well in the Squat Rack, because this rack is not designed for the combination with a weight bench. Without the connecting cross brace, you also can't hook in slings or elastic bands.
Not only good for the legs
The Squat Rack is not a piece of equipment to train only your legs. How many muscles you can work from the Squat Rack depends more on the space in your workout room.
With the assistance of the Squat Rack and especially with different support heights, you can very easily get a full body workout. From dynamic exercises with light weight to a safe start for exercises at your limit, the Squat Rack offers you and your muscles the support you need.
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Published on: 5 August 2019