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ktElwood t1_jbisiq0 wrote

Why don't school gym have the "safe" things with stops and guides?

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flatox t1_jbjcb0i wrote

That is not great for benchpress, if you mean the easybar.

It does not follow the tilted path that you should be moving the bar in, for benchpressing.

For benchpress, you should at the top of the movement have straight vertical arms, but at the bottom the bar should be somewhere around the bottom of your pectorals. So it does not move just up and down, but also a slight bit forward and backward. There are multiple reasons for this, but must notably to avoid shoulder injury.

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dazedandconfused1011 t1_jbjdoyo wrote

My school gym had platforms you could set to just above your chest height to catch the bar if you failed a set. Still a free bar, no guiding involved.

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