No safety catches for chest press?
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rubleneesey
Cathlete
I do see a safety catch on the new equipment. You can clearly see the "catch" on the pic of Cathe doing the flat bench press & incline press.
Not sure if that helped or not but you can see it on the picture....
Denise
Not sure if that helped or not but you can see it on the picture....
Denise
fit_fairy
Cathlete
Maybe I am missing something, but I do not see saftey catches. I see the hooks to re-rack the wt when done benching, but nothing to catch the wt if you fail on a rep.
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Miss Lee
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I can't tell from the picture if there are safety catches or not, but I'd be willing to pay more for them.
My understanding from the blog entry is that the main purpose of this piece of equipment is for supine pull ups, but I'm excited that I can use it for my Classical Stretch workouts, too! It's much cheaper than a ballet barre and will probably work just as well. My workout space is really small and can't accommodate a gym quality squat rack, bench press, or pull up/chin up tower. And I can't use the thing that fits in a door -- so this is the perfect answer for me, even if I can't use it as a bench press. Again, I didn't have the impression that this was the intended purpose, but I like that I'll be able to keep the barbell on it -- it will make it a lot easier to load plates.
My understanding from the blog entry is that the main purpose of this piece of equipment is for supine pull ups, but I'm excited that I can use it for my Classical Stretch workouts, too! It's much cheaper than a ballet barre and will probably work just as well. My workout space is really small and can't accommodate a gym quality squat rack, bench press, or pull up/chin up tower. And I can't use the thing that fits in a door -- so this is the perfect answer for me, even if I can't use it as a bench press. Again, I didn't have the impression that this was the intended purpose, but I like that I'll be able to keep the barbell on it -- it will make it a lot easier to load plates.