The Half Rack is a standard in well-equipped gyms , because here you can perform a variety of exercises that will give you more strength and more power. The different exercises on the Half Rack allow you to train muscles all over the body and work up to Olympic level. Find out how this works and which exercises the Half Rack is best suited for here.
From chest to toes - the workout for the Half Rack
One of the big advantages of the Half Rack over the full Power Rack is that you can easily remove the barbell. All exercises where you need the barbell free are much easier to perform from Half Rack. You will of course lack the anti-tip in one direction, but this is not a problem with a little practice.
Pushing, snatching and full body exercises like the clean press work perfectly from the half rack. Especially with different rack heights, you can put the weight on first at rest and the perfect height, then take it off. Also, with a safe step forward, you have the rack under you again. The Half Rack is stable enough to put the weight down more dynamically.
Shoulder, Clean and Military Press are perfect exercises for torso and arms. With the Clean Press you also use your legs.
Bench press is also one of the exercises on the half rack, which you can train cleanly with free weights. For this, of course, you need a weight bench to slide in. With a bench with a tilt angle you can train chest and shoulders even more flexibly.
Deadlifts and front rows are great for the lower back. For these exercises you take the dumbbell to the back and lift it from the hips or fix your upper body to the oar.
The big advantage of doing these exercises on the half rack is that you don't have to lift the weight off the floor from rest . Especially with heavy weights you expose yourself to increased risk of injury.
What is a Half Rack?
Barbell, weights and half rack: the perfect combination for more strength
Curls, Barbell Rows, Deadlift Bench Press - already with this small selection of exercises on the Half Rack you can get more strength and power out of your workout. With a connecting brace on the Half Rack, you can even use it for pull-ups, so you don't have to leave out a major muscle group.
However, a prerequisite for all these exercises with the free barbell is a safe technique and a clean execution.
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Published on: 14 August 2019