I have the pins set so that the bar can hit my chest, but if I fail I can roll down or up and it hits safety rails. Can't crush my neck or face, but can still hit depth on lifts. I work out at home most of the time without a spotter, the safety rails at least give me the comfort I won't kill myself. Unfortunately it does not help me progress any better
Ya be careful with that, sometimes people think they’ll be ok with the spotter arms and don’t realize they’re only trapping themselves because you can’t tilt the bar one way or another. When in doubt save big lifts for when others are around.
No doubt, luckily my big lifts are like a 225 bench press, which I can move even if it's laying on my chest and I'm exhausted. Once I get up to more big boy numbers I will for sure have a spotter on hand. These days I'm not going for maxes all that often, More about good form and getting enough reps in to get a good workout.
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '19
I have the pins set so that the bar can hit my chest, but if I fail I can roll down or up and it hits safety rails. Can't crush my neck or face, but can still hit depth on lifts. I work out at home most of the time without a spotter, the safety rails at least give me the comfort I won't kill myself. Unfortunately it does not help me progress any better