Just my luck...recently started 5x5 and gym decided to get rid of squat rack...

[75th]

...leaving me only with a smith machine squat rack, which I despise.

Its more of a boxing gym hence them really not caring about the difference.

Any other folks here have to/choose to solely work on a smith machine for squats?

 

[the_alcatraz]

I was just going to ask wtf kind of gym doesnt have a squat rack, then I read boxing gym....wy don't you joina real gym bro...you don't look like you're just a recreational lifter.

 

[75th]

Ive gotten really into boxing over the past 6 months or so. I figure the trade off is worth it if I really enjoy the boxing aspect and can find sometging to supplement the smith machine problem. The gym has more than enough outside of the squat rack.

I know its not ideal, but its not the end of the world either.

 

[ExtraMile]

you could put the smith bar all the way down to the bottom of the rack and put the safeties higher up and put a squat bar in there and squat inside the smith machine just not using the smith bar. Or if there are no safeties then load the squat bar onto one of the hooks that the smith bar clips onto.

 

[75th]

you could put the smith bar all the way down to the bottom of the rack and put the safeties higher up and put a squat bar in there and squat inside the smith machine just not using the smith bar. Or if there are no safeties then load the squat bar onto one of the hooks that the smith bar clips onto.

Wish that would work, but putting the smith bar all the way down is a no go because all of the racks above it wont support a standard bar.

Its like they wanted to devise a smith machine that not only was a smith machine, but also said "fuck you" to every person who prefers free weights.

 

[ExtraMile]

load up off the dip bars? lol

ask them if they can bring the squat rack back?

 

[musketeer]

I find front aquats in the smith go be acceptable. You can clean a bar and then get it behind your neck and widen your hands, push press it up and do overhead squats. Neither are real alternatives, but will work in the short term.

 

[SouthernLord]

Pwnt!

Time to switch gyms.

 

[Tblock1]

Pwnt!

Time to switch gyms.

Damn southern lord you are looking like a badass in your new avatar man!

 

[Billy Blackwell]

Shit out of luck