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Hi there,

I'm looking for a good way to squat at home. I'm living with the in-laws at the moment, and have a small area in the garage for my weights stuff, so I really have to try to keep things as small and as portable as possible. Right now I'm squatting from a couple of big hooks hanging from rope from a couple of crossbeams in the garage, but as my squat pushes 90kg, this is not a long term solution!

Due to space constraints again, I use a 5 1/2 foot standard bar, so I'm limited in the width of the rack also.

I'm tending towards having 2 separate squat stands which can be easily put in a corner and suit any bar length.
http://www.cyber-market.com.au/product_ ... cts_id=235

Has anyone used this kind of a setup before? Good/bad points? How much weight can be safely supported in this way?

thanks heaps

Jay

edit: Should this be moved to the "general" area? I wasn't sure...

The topic could go in either one. We're not supercritical around here anyway. It is a "training toy" so I'll just leave it along.
Now to the point, I like it, big time. I've used stands before. They're easy to stash away and don't take up much space. The problem I;ve had with them was that mine were free standing, non adjustable in height w/no safety rails. You're are adjustable, and have safety rails.When I got my current rack (cage) I saw one just like you showed the picture of (BodySolid) and I almost got it as it was a lot cheaper than the cage. I choose the cage as it could probably handle much more weight with stability . You do have a good base with the afety rail base, just probably not AS stable. For your circumstances, I'd g for it. The hook idea is great too, I wouldn't dismantle it.
Tim

Well I'm getting the stands for xmas. I'll post again after and let you know how they go.

thanks

Jay

Bump, Did you ever get those stands? They are the cheapest I've seen but Scare me about how much weight they could handle?

Weird to get an email about this thread almost 2 years later!

I did get the stands, and I used them up until about 6 months ago, when I moved to London.

I have had up to 108kgs on them without any trouble, and I would probably trust them with more weight... maybe up to 150kg or so, but by the time I'm squatting 150, I'll have upgraded to a proper cage I think.

I never trusted the "safety rails" on these stands... they're just too short. I ended up using a couple of cheap saw horses for this purpose.

If space is an issue, these stands are perfect.

J