TDS Power Rack From Irish Lifting

now klpo

Here is link http://www.irish-lifting.com/power-rack-pe-197.html

I like to know if im unable to bench inside rack can i bench outside the rack have a look at this picture to see how the bar is outside cage http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056042713 now will the safty bar sticking out at the front be able to hold the weight if i fail ????

Transform

now klpo wrote: »

Here is link http://www.irish-lifting.com/power-rack-pe-197.html

I like to know if im unable to bench inside rack can i bench outside the rack have a look at this picture to see how the bar is outside cage http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056042713 now will the safty bar sticking out at the front be able to hold the weight if i fail ????

Yes they will hold anything you need so long as you set it up right. Not ideal and just bench in the rack if you can

d'Oracle

now klpo wrote: »

Here is link http://www.irish-lifting.com/power-rack-pe-197.html

I like to know if im unable to bench inside rack can i bench outside the rack have a look at this picture to see how the bar is outside cage http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056042713 now will the safty bar sticking out at the front be able to hold the weight if i fail ????

If you can't bench in the rack, you can't bench out of the rack as the pic shows.

Bascially the only reason I can think of why you wouldn't be able to bench in the rack is if you cant set up the pins & hooks right. This is not gonna change if you do it outside as the holes are on the same level. So the safety pins will be at the same level inside as out.

Also I would not do what you propose for benching outside. There is a possibility that the bar will roll off the free end when you have to let it down and crush you bad.

Mellor

Why are you unable to bench inside?

I could work, but its a lot easier to miss small hooks than full length pins. Especialy if it drops suddenly.

Transform

Mellor wrote: »

Why are you unable to bench inside?

I could work, but its a lot easier to miss small hooks than full length pins. Especialy if it drops suddenly.

totally agree

BrianD3

The standard safety bars protrude a few inches from the front of the cage, I wouldn't want to rely on those few inches if something happened. However there are accessories for TDS cages that you can fit outside the cage that would probably do what you want, see below. I don't know if these accessories are available from Irish-lifting


Or maybe these could do the job
http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/1020.html

Barry.Oglesby

I had one of those racks and there's nothing stopping you from benching inside. Dead handy.

dartstothesea

I think that's what they have in my gym and even using a couple of different height benches, I've always been able to set up the safety rails so I can touch the bar with my chest but still drop the bar above me on the safeties when I fail. So handy.
Although I think I may have noticed a slight difference in my bench performance when I have no safeties and know what will happen if I don't get the bar the hell up!

now klpo

Mellor wrote: »

Why are you unable to bench inside?

I could work, but its a lot easier to miss small hooks than full length pins. Especialy if it drops suddenly.

Cuase im 6ft 4 and me arms are very long and im afraid that me arms will catch the safety bars when doing bench

anyone here know the exacty measurments from one safety pin to other safety pin ???

anyone here know if irish lifting has the power rack on display so i can go in and use it ???

Thanks

d'Oracle

now klpo wrote: »

Cuase im 6ft 4 and me arms are very long and im afraid that me arms will catch the safety bars when doing bench

anyone here know the exacty measurments from one safety pin to other safety pin ???

anyone here know if irish lifting has the power rack on display so i can go in and use it ???

Thanks

The rack is like 48" wide.
You would want to bench with an enormously wide grip to challenge that.
Like snatch grip.
With elbows flared.
Assuming you are 4' wide elbow to elbow.

the drifter

d'Oracle wrote: »

The rack is like 48" wide.
You would want to bench with an enormously wide grip to challenge that.
Like snatch grip.
With elbows flared.
Assuming you are 4' wide elbow to elbow.

agreed....if your hitting the safetys while benching i would suggest looking at your technique...

also...i agreed with d'Oracle...wtf...

d'Oracle

the drifter wrote: »

also...i agreed with d'Oracle...wtf...

To hell with you all.:p

Mellor

Keep your elbows in, not so you miss the pins, but because thats where they go

Brian?

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

I had one of those racks and there's nothing stopping you from benching inside. Dead handy.

Agree, there's one in my work gym. With "Irish Lifting" stamped all over it and the plates. I bench in it at least once a week. I'm 6ft2 and 110kg and it's plenty wide.

Brian?

now klpo wrote: »

Cuase im 6ft 4 and me arms are very long and im afraid that me arms will catch the safety bars when doing bench

They won't if you bench right. Tuck them elbahs in.