Barbell Holder – 9 Bars

At Complete Gyms, we are proud to offer you this 9 Olympic Bar Holder by Swiss

• 9 individual holders
• Can hold EZ bars, tricep bars etc
• Perfect solution for efficient storage

Why not load this barbell holder with olympic bars

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Barbell Back Squat

The back squat is called the “king of all exercises” for a reason. Squatting with a heavy barbell on your back allows you to overload your leg muscles with more weight than you could with other tools. Your core works overtime as you brace to ensure that your torso is rigid throughout the movement (which promotes a stable and safe spine). And your back, which is supporting the physical load, will also reap some strength gains. Back squats are also great for both heavy, low-rep training or lighter, high-rep training. Higher rep squats (and lower rep but not to the same extent) cause the body to produce more growth hormones that trigger the effect of increasing your overall size and strength. (

Benefits of Barbell Back Squat

• Improved leg strength and hypertrophy. The back squat builds serious leg and back strength.
• A more powerful lower body. A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found a strong correlation between squats and jump height.

How to Do the Barbell Back Squat

Step under a barbell and set a good foundation by flexing your core to lift the barbell off the squat rack. Grip the barbell wherever allows you optimal shoulder mobility to get your elbows under the bar. Set it either high or low on your upper back, unrack it, and take a few steps back. Pull the bar down into your shoulders to create tension. Keep your chest up, take a deep breath in and squat down to a comfortable depth and pause for a beat. Drive your feet through the floor until lockout.

Barbell Front Squat

You may be thinking, “wait, do we really need two squats on this list?” Yes, and here’s why: Though they’re both squatting patterns, the front squat has you support the barbell in the front rack position, resting across your shoulders. This position takes the load off your back, reduces spinal compression, and forces you to contract your upper back muscles better to prevent the bar from falling forward mid-lift. Compared to the back squat, the front squat trains the body’s anterior muscles more heavily, engaging the quads and anterior core to a greater degree.

Benefits of the Barbell Front Squat

• The front-loaded barbell position means that there’s less pressure on the spine compared to back squats.
• The front squat has more carryover to Olympic lifts since the clean & jerk essentially includes a front squat.
• This move reinforces upper back strength and posture as the lifter needs to actively squeeze their back to ensure the barbell stays put during the lift.

How to Do the Barbell Front Squat

Assume a proper front rack position by putting the barbell high up onto the shoulders, ensuring the bar is supported with the shoulders and upper chest. Keep your shoulders down and chest up and take three steps back from the rack. Descend into a squat keeping the back in neutral while minimizing forward lean of the torso. Once you have hit the bottom position, push through the whole foot and stand up, maintaining an upright torso, chest, and forward elbow position.

Barbell Rack Pull

The rack pull is a deadlift variation similar that trains all the same muscles in the standard deadlift but with a reduced range of motion (ROM). For rack pulls, you start with the barbell at or just below knee height. You can elevate the barbell on blocks, weight plates, or the safety arms of a power rack. Because of the reduced range of motion, it’s easier to maintain a neutral spine. Plus, you can use more weight with the rack pull, so it both acclimates your body to handle heavy loads and strengthens the top half — or lockout — of your deadlift.

Benefits of the Barbell Rack Pull

• Due to lifting from a partial range of motion and moving more weight, you’ll strengthen your deadlift lockout.
• Improves your grip strength and upper back strength.
• The rack pull is on your lower back due to the partial range of motion.

How to Do the Barbell Rack Pull

Set the barbell up in the squat rack either above or below the knees. Assume your standard deadlift stance and grip. Hinge down and grip the barbell with an overhand shoulder-width grip and squeeze your armpits together, keep your chest up and shoulders back and pull up until lockout, finishing with your glutes. Hinge back to the starting position and repeat.

Barbell Romanian Deadlift 

This is our second deadlift variation on the list, and there’s a reason we chose both over the conventional version. Regarding the Romanian deadlift, it’s a bit more specific and beginner-friendly (similar to the rack pull.) The move is visually very similar to the standard deadlift, but the RDL has you lower the bar to about mid-shin level instead of back to the floor.

This slight tweak keeps tension on the glute and hamstring muscles, making it a better option to isolate those areas and on the lower back. A stronger lower back will carry over to your deadlift and help prevent spinal rounding (or cat-back) during heavy pulls. The RDL is also generally safer as it doesn’t allow you to use much weight as your standard deadlift. You can try to lift the same amount of weight as your deadlift, but good luck.

Benefits of the Barbell Romanian Deadlift

• Improved muscle hypertrophy of the lower back, glutes, and hamstrings over regular deadlifts.
• Like rack pulls, the Romanian deadlift will help improve the upper back and lockout strength for conventional deadlifts.

How to Do the Barbell Romanian Deadlift

Stand tall with your feet hip-distance apart and grip the barbell with an overhand grip in front of the thighs. With your chest up and shoulders down, take a deep breath in and hip hinge until the barbell is below your knees. Always keep the barbell close to your body. Pause for a second and exhale and use your hamstrings and glutes to pull you back to a standing position. Reset and repeat.

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