Many of us do see the power rack being utilized in the gym but are not completely familiar with it and/or do not use it to its full potential and capacity. So let us break it down for you to understand what is a power rack, what are the benefits of using a power rack and which is the most versatile and trustworthy power rack to choose one for your fitness facility or your home gym.
Understanding What Exactly is a Power Rack
A power rack (also known as a power cage) is a workout station that allows you to perform barbell exercises and weight training exercises. This is a training equipment that functions as a mechanical spotter for free weight, barbell-based exercises without movement restrictions. A power rack is usually constructed from four or six strong metal pillars with adjustable horizontal safety bars. Power racks are basically built to make exercises like squats, bench presses, and overhead presses safer.
Power racks are the most versatile pieces of equipment you can add to your home gym, or a commercial fitness facility that are designed to accommodate free weight barbell exercises including bench presses, squats, overhead presses, rack pulls, rows, shrugs and many more.
Another feature that is an essential feature of a power rack is that it allows the bar to move more naturally making the exercise performed more functional, which means the user not only pushes up or pulls down, but also balances and controls the weight. While some power racks are freestanding, some can be bolted to the floor, and others can be bolted to the wall.
Benefits of Using a Power Rack
Power racks offer a wide range of benefits for most of your weight training goals.
Convenience
Power racks have adjustable J-hooks which help you position your barbell in the best place to start your chosen exercise making your workouts safer. The adjustable J-hooks allow you to move the barbell up or down for much easier racking and unracking, leaving you free to focus on your workout set.
Safety
Power racks have adjustable safety rails which can be set at specific heights to limit the downward travel of your barbell. For example, when bench pressing, you can set the safety bars to chest-height so that, if you are unable to complete a rep, the barbell will come to rest on the safety bars and not your chest.
This makes training much safer, even if you’re working out alone without a trainer. The safety bars can also be adjusted for squats, overhead presses and any other exercises preventing the bar from descending too far.
Versatility
Power racks allow you to perform a wide range of exercise. All barbell exercises can be done within a power rack, and other exercises too such as:
- Bench presses and overhead presses that begin from a dead stop.
- Rack pulls with reduced range of motion deadlifts that start with the bar raised to just below or just above knee height.
- Squats, deadlifts, and bench presses to increase strength at lockout.
- Most power racks also allow you to perform dips, pull-ups, chin-up, and inverted rows, you can also use it as an anchor point for gymnastic rings, TRX, battle ropes, or a landmine pivot attachment.
Plate Storage
Many power racks have Olympic weight plate holders so you can keep your training area neat and tidy.
Dedicated Training Area
Using free weights can sometimes be a stumbling block to other gym members as there may be instances where someone might walk into the vicinity of the person using a barbell and either get in their way or get hit by the bar. A power rack creates a dedicated free weight training area which will help make workouts safer.
Into Wellness Multi-Utility Power Rack
Knowing the differentiating features and aspects of any equipment makes it easier to buy and rely on it for durability and good workout results.
Into Wellness offers different options of power racks/ power cages such as HS 1045, HS 1046, HS 1047, HS 1027, LC 2001 Multi-Utility Power Rack and Smith machine with Power Rack combo.
All of these machines have tubes that are welded with argon gas welding resulting in a smooth finish, robust frame with clean lines. The frames are coated with an electrostatic epoxy powder coat finish applied in a powder form which can be customized to the frame colour as per your choice and gym interior theme. You can also opt for matt or glossy frame finish. Furthermore, the loading horns are made up of high grade mild steel coated with scratch resistant hard chrome plating that are manufactured specifically to carry heavy loads.
The Into Wellness LC 2001 Multi-utility Power Rack is suitable for both commercial gyms as well as for home gyms. You may opt for the basic rack as well as various attachments such as Lat Tower, Landmine attachment, Parallel Dip attachment, Resistance band attachment, Stepper platform etc. The video below shows the versatility of this equipment in terms of usage and workout possibilities.
We hope this short guide has helped you understand the versatility and benefits of using a power rack for you to install it in your fitness facility to help users improve their weight training sessions by using this equipment to its full potential!
