I wanna do so heavy trap bar shrugs, like really heavy. Heavier than I care to pickup from the floor. I've done it a lot in the past, before you ask my form is great, slow full reps, no jerking or head bobbing, hi reps. Now that I think about it my form is fucking beautiful, just a movement that I'm built well for. Shit they will probably do one of those 30 minute sports shows about my trap bar shrugs one day. But I digress.
I usually throw a few plates on and then sit the bar up on some big blocks so I only have to pick it up a few inches. Being that the distance between the collars is less than an oly bar it wont sit on pins in a rack. Changing plates with this setup is a pain in the ass because its sitting on the plates like it would on the floor instead of on the bar like a normal oly bar would in a rack. And you have to make sure it doesn't roll off the blocks. I've almost had it roll off fully loaded with me in the middle, coulda got messy lol.
I can think of a bunch of ways I would set it up if i had a home gym. In a commercial gym I'm stuck with the materials they have and I don't want to start up a big construction project either.
It's not that big a deal, I'm being a whiner but I wondered if anyone has any creative ideas
I usually throw a few plates on and then sit the bar up on some big blocks so I only have to pick it up a few inches. Being that the distance between the collars is less than an oly bar it wont sit on pins in a rack. Changing plates with this setup is a pain in the ass because its sitting on the plates like it would on the floor instead of on the bar like a normal oly bar would in a rack. And you have to make sure it doesn't roll off the blocks. I've almost had it roll off fully loaded with me in the middle, coulda got messy lol.
I can think of a bunch of ways I would set it up if i had a home gym. In a commercial gym I'm stuck with the materials they have and I don't want to start up a big construction project either.
It's not that big a deal, I'm being a whiner but I wondered if anyone has any creative ideas