How to fail in a squat-rack
At my gym we have a squat-rack similar to this one:
I can lower myself if I fail a squat, and the bar ends up on the bars on the side. But I wonder what to do if I lose my balance and stumble either forwards or backwards. Normally I'm standing rotated 180 versus the dude in the picture btw. Do I need a spotter, or can I just safely train in this rack somehow?
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If you can't get up, you toss the weight behind you, and step forward. If the handles don't catch it, they were too short anyway. In fact, the ones in the picture don't look very long at all.
Again, whether there are handles in place or not, dump it and step forward.
Here's a video of this exact problem being explained and demonstrated:
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