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GLC-Will
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Post by GLC-Will » December 29th, 2007, 7:12 pm

Thanks to your rep plan and suggestions, I can't feel my arms right now.

No, seriously, thank you.
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Post by Stumper » January 6th, 2008, 5:49 pm

For safety buy some chain and loop it over the top of your rack. Then adjust the chain so it's just below the lowest point of whatever movement you are doing. I've been lifting alone for years and this setup has given me the freedom to push myself without fear of being pinned under the weight.
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Post by Steelhead » January 6th, 2008, 8:57 pm

Stumper wrote:For safety buy some chain and loop it over the top of your rack. Then adjust the chain so it's just below the lowest point of whatever movement you are doing. I've been lifting alone for years and this setup has given me the freedom to push myself without fear of being pinned under the weight.
The point of the power rack is that you move the bar/pins so that if you can't get the weight during a bench press back up the Olympic Bar just rests on the bay/pins -- should be no reason for a chain. (You raise the bar/pins for the squat and lower them for the bench.)
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