Using chains to workout

[mark mcgwire]

Has anyone used chains to help increase strength and power out of the hole?? The new gym I'm at has chains that you can attach to the barbell and I see a couple of guys using it. I know powerlifters tend to use techniques like this but what about bb'ers??

I have no idea what they weigh either, anybody have an idea?

I'm thinking about using it on a flat bench for chest and maybe the squat rack.

 

[kidrok's lady]

Silly me, I thought the chains were just so that the holders weren't stolen!

 

[mark mcgwire]

when i first saw you responded to this i was scared to look. i thought you'd come in and post something about chains in the bedroom........lol!!!

 

[gypsymoth]

LOL, I like this board you guys are a bunch of fun.
at the state... i'm in anything is possible....

 

[kidrok's lady]

:laugh: Laughing too much to respond.

Damit....still hurts to laugh!


{{{{LOL, I like this board you guys are a bunch of fun.
at the state... i'm in anything is possible....}}}}

So tell me, what does this mean? I'm reading a lot into it! ;-)

 

[sirben187]

Saw a couple guys using them last week, but I had no idea the concept behind it. Bump for more info.

 

[Bently]

when i first saw you responded to this i was scared to look. i thought you'd come in and post something about chains in the bedroom........lol!!!

nah, no place to hook them in with the mirrors and trapeze already on the ceiling. And I will NOT take out the brass stripper pole either!

 

[sweatmachine]

The idea behind chains is the closer you are to locking out the weight the heavier the chains get, because theyre hangin from the bar to the ground. Its a way to increase the top end of your lift, not coming out of the hole. Its the same concept as box squats, kind of.

as far as Bodybuilding> heavy weight builds thick mature musclw NUFF SAID?

 

[sweatmachine]

there seems to be some subliminal eroticism floating around these days....
nice.

 

[mark mcgwire]

The idea behind chains is the closer you are to locking out the weight the heavier the chains get, because theyre hangin from the bar to the ground. Its a way to increase the top end of your lift, not coming out of the hole. Its the same concept as box squats, kind of.

as far as Bodybuilding> heavy weight builds thick mature musclw NUFF SAID?

ahh...makes more sense for top end power you're correct. I knew that the more chain off the floor meant the heavier it got, but I guess I wasn't thinking when I said "power out of the hole" lol!!