Thanks for the replies! I'll definitely email adrian. I wonder if I wanted to be all ghetto if I could get a couple of bumpers and use them on the inside with the olympic plates on the outside? As long as it was the bumpers hitting the ground? At least until I got all bumpers?
Get the commercial rack, no questions asked. It comes in pieces that you can easily carry into the shed and put together no worries.
You don't need bumpers to do starting strength. Just lower your powercleans. That's how oly lifters used to do it before bumpers were around. Bumper plates are overrated. If you have a power rack you are not dumping squats on the ground anyway.
and the bar lolThat won't work. You will fuck the bumpers very quickly.
I don't really see what HPRSP Commercial Power Rack at $1250 has over MMPR Power Rack at $595, I'm not being jovial. I'm genuinely interested in opinions.
That won't work. You will fuck the bumpers very quickly.
That won't work. You will fuck the bumpers very quickly.
I dunno if your right about that. I know it isn't recommended but I used to lift at a PCYC where they only had two ancient zhang kong 20kg bumpers and one decent ABC bar. The old bloke that ran it reckoned the bar had been there ten years and the bumpers at least five they bought the two bumpers cause the cast plates kept cracking when dropped deadlifting.
Those bumpers were getting dropped on the bar loaded up with cast plates everyday, they were in pretty good shape, especially considering most of the wankers training there would just drop the deads not even bother trying to lower like a normal person.
The floor in the place was rubbergym flooring so that might have helped I guess. But still they copped the abuse.
More solidly built
3mm steel compared to 2mm
The standard is only rated to 700lb
Plate storage is handy
The commercial model is just made to handle big weights.
theres a difference between 700lbs, and 700lbs of instant force.The solidly built and guage of steel items you mention mean nothing other than it's obvious affect on weight rating/capacity. How many people have a 700lb squat? Its $650 more and have to draw the line on budget somewhere
The solidly built and guage of steel items you mention mean nothing other than it's obvious affect on weight rating/capacity.
How many people have a 700lb squat? Its $650 more and have to draw the line on budget somewhere
If you want a rack that is sort of in between the MMPR and the commercial one, the Powertec racks are good and have a 1000 lb rating, for about $700.
The guy named Sam mentions a rack that I search for in google and first match is Sam's Fitness... coincidence?
trust me, once u get hooked on being strong you will crave heavy weight lolThanks for all the responses. The main thing I have learned is that regardless of choice getting it into the garage won't be a problem. As to commercial or not I am leaning towards the commercial for the extra sturdiness and storage though I doubt I will ever lift super massive weights. My main goal is to just stick to starting strength as long as I can and see where I go from there. At some point I will also need to look at a good bench but for now I can use what I have...
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