ORIGINAL GymRatZ Safety Squat Bar

Original heavy-duty Safety Squat Bar. The rollers are thick and durable and the bar's constructed from heavy-gauge steel. GymRatZ Safety Squat Bar is a great tool for anyone suffering from rotator cuff problems or had a shoulder reconstruction and wishing to squat.

Similarly to other inventions like the much cheaper Manta Ray, the Safety Squat Bar helps to distribute the weight across your shoulders and tends to make the weight sit slightly higher. Subsequently, you don't get the discomfort some can find with a bar and most users report more emphasis on their quads.

Another GymRatZ first. We were the first UK manufacturer to produce a Safety Squat Bar in response to a request by London Irish Rugby squad fitness coach in the early "Naughties" !. Having since provided many UK athletics organisations, elite-level sports clubs and National and International squads with the Safety Squat Bar it's certainly well tried and tested.

There are plenty of alternative versions of safety squat bars appearing on the market with the handles at the pads at the same angle as the weight arms. Justification for this "easy to make" copy is that because the weights are in front then the bar tries to force you forwards so you need to forcefully counteract the imbalance. This is NOT a safety squat bar but should be called a "try and tilt you forward bar". The bar geometry is just wrong. Our Safety Squat bar keeps the weight in the same center of gravity as a regular barbell squat so you can perform regular squats even if you can't get your arms back to support the bar.
The angles and design of our GymRatZ Safety Squat Bar were created SPECIFICALLY for the London Irish Rugby squad and many angles were tested before the PERFECT design was agreed upon and manufactured for us by "Simon" Waton Gym Equipment.
Don't be fooled by the cheap imitations. Sure they may have a purpose but it's a totally different exercise and shouldn't be confused with a true Safety Squat Bar that replicates a regular squat "hands free".

Note: The pictures above currently show our safety squat bar without the handles fitted, but the bars are supplied with handle extensions that screw into the end of the pads. Saying that, we have the angles so well calculated that you can squat with any weight on the safety squat bar without needing to even hold the handles. (See following video with handles fitted with Matt demonstrating the safety bar squat with hands by his side as recorded to show a disabled gentleman how easy it really is to use without arm mobillity)

GymRatZ Safety Squat Bar TECHNICAL SPEC:

• Dimensions: 2250 mm x 550 mm
• Weight 30Kg
• Load Capacity: In Excess of 400Kg
• Highest quality SSB available
• Lifetime warranty

IMPORTANT NOTES:

All GymRatZ Gym Equipment is made to order and, subsequently, each order regarded as a special order. This means that lead times will vary and we request genuine orders and enquiries only. 

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