Hey guys, I am thinking of joining a new gym as it is just around the corner and one of the best gyms around - as opposed to my old, really expensive, best gym around which was too far away to get to - also providing me pretty much a gym in my back yard.
The only problem with it is that it has free-weight squat rack. It has every other thing imaginable including a smithy, but quite frankly, not having a squat rack imo is blasphemy, seen as squats are basically what I want to go to a gym to do.
I have a squat rack at the school gym, and a bench press, and decent weight. But I don't have: large amounts of time to workout on the days I need to; anything else (heavy dumbells, barbells, pull up bars, belts, etc etc) or proper concept 2 rowing machines (I am a rower).
So have you got any suggestions on an alternative way to load up massive amounts of weight to squat? I don't mean alternative excercises I mean good old, ATG back squats? I was thinking about loading the smithy machine up with a free weight olympic barbell but tbh I don't see it fitting.
Cheers.
The only problem with it is that it has free-weight squat rack. It has every other thing imaginable including a smithy, but quite frankly, not having a squat rack imo is blasphemy, seen as squats are basically what I want to go to a gym to do.
I have a squat rack at the school gym, and a bench press, and decent weight. But I don't have: large amounts of time to workout on the days I need to; anything else (heavy dumbells, barbells, pull up bars, belts, etc etc) or proper concept 2 rowing machines (I am a rower).
So have you got any suggestions on an alternative way to load up massive amounts of weight to squat? I don't mean alternative excercises I mean good old, ATG back squats? I was thinking about loading the smithy machine up with a free weight olympic barbell but tbh I don't see it fitting.
Cheers.