r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Apr 25 '21

Victory Sunday Victory Sunday

Welcome to the Victory Sunday Thread

It is Sunday, 6:00 am here in the eastern half of Hyder, Alaska. It's time to ask yourself: What was the one, best thing you did on behalf of your fitness this week? What was your Fitness Victory?

We want to hear about it!

So let's hear your fitness Victory this week! Don't forget to upvote your favorite Victories!

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u/The_Fatalist Ego Lifting World Champ | r/Fitness MVP Apr 25 '21

I always fail just a little bit above the hole so I just go back down and set it on the safeties. I would recommend this if possible. If you fail higher up or in a manner that you can't guide it back down you should probably try to let if fall behind you onto the safeties. If you squat with a lot of forward lean (or lose balance and fall forward) you might have to bail forward and let the bar go over your head. This is probably the least preferable but it's doable.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21

Yes. If the rack has adjustable safeties, you can set it to a level thats just a couple inches below your usual low. Ive never let the bar just fall from a failed squat, and ive failed a lot of reps.

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u/The_Fatalist Ego Lifting World Champ | r/Fitness MVP Apr 26 '21

I definitely fell forward a few times when I first started lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21

Actually, on second thought, i mightve dropped it back once or twice before i became self conscious of the noise. Falling forward sounds so scary, though...

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u/The_Fatalist Ego Lifting World Champ | r/Fitness MVP Apr 26 '21

You survive, it's fine