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[The other Snake]

I posted recently about my shoulder issue. Probably going to go under the knife sooner or later. Hoping to put it off until spring. In the meantime I don't feel like going to shit. I have tinkered with some light/high rep DB's for bench. Seems there's less pressure on the shoulder with close grip DB's as long as my palms stay facing each other.

This got me thinking. (here's where it gets funky but stay with me) What if I had a bar that I could rack in a standard bench and have my palms facing in. I don't have a 2" tricep bar. Skullbreakers have always led to tendentious so it's not part of my gym. I have seen a 2" tricep bars but the grip seems to close to bench with for any chest work.

That led to this idea.

Robot or human?

What do you think? Anyone ever try this? Anyone have a bar like this that's willing to give it a try? Just do it when no one is around.

 

[monsoon]

I have a rogue multi grip bar that has facing handles. If I had it to do over I might opt for the elitefts American bar which has angled grips.

 

[genetic freak]

We press with the Swiss Bar in a standard squat rack all the time. Bells of Steel is having a sale on their Arch Nemesis Swiss Bar right now. $139. Shit... free shipping too! I just ordered it.

 

[rawdeal]

https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-mg-1-multi-grip-bar-2-0

I see a lot of multi-grip bars, but most have more diagonal grip pairs than parallel.

 

[The other Snake]

https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-mg-1-multi-grip-bar-2-0

I see a lot of multi-grip bars, but most have more diagonal grip pairs than parallel.

I found 2 bars over there. Wife would kill me if I dumped $400 on a bar. lol

The last dime I put into my gym was 2 blocks of chalk for my squats and that a few years back.

 

[rawdeal]

. . . . Wife would kill me if I dumped $400 on a bar. lol . . . .

Women can be so fickle.

Remind her you have practically made Deer extinct over the years and in so doing slashed $$$ off what grocery stores + butchers would have removed from the Snake family fortune.

Also get an estimate from a DDS for what a total mouth replacement costs for ppl who hold hundreds of lbs over their faces on a CAP bar.

I counsel hen-pecked husbands all the time @The other Snake ... pm me.

 

[The other Snake]

Women can be so fickle.

Remind her you have practically made Deer extinct over the years and in so doing slashed $$$ off what grocery stores + butchers would have removed from the Snake family fortune.

Also get an estimate from a DDS for what a total mouth replacement costs for ppl who hold hundreds of lbs over their faces on a CAP bar.

I counsel hen-pecked husbands all the time @The other Snake ... pm me.

lol Your points are well taken but you errored when you assumed these points are being presented to a ration person. She has a business degree so I don't stand a chance. I have actually heard the eagle scream when she was forced to let go of a quarter.

 

[monsoon]

I found 2 bars over there. Wife would kill me if I dumped $400 on a bar. lol

The last dime I put into my gym was 2 blocks of chalk for my squats and that a few years back.

I can assure you that mine was nowhere near $400, maybe two somethin. Of course it was 15 or more years ago. Last bar I bought was the elitefts SSB yoke bar. Worth it. I’m eyeballing that $139 bar above. Even if it’s soft metal, it’s a bargain

 

[Yano]

GIANT has one that's been on that home gym reviews , what's his name Coop ? he liked it a lot.

GIANT Northland Open Trap Hex Bar

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