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I know this is an older video and you made a better solution for the belt squat buddy and its downsides. However I made one of the belt squats (love it) and I just pull the pin on the tower raise it up and clip out and then clip back in from the top and as I descend into the hole of the squat I pull the pin on the tower and get it down to my starting position and lock it. Honestly works great and I don’t find a need to build another diy to “hack” that starting position.
Just assembled mine and the (small) pin doesn't fit (diameter too big)! Using pin for another attachement. Also, not liking feel of belt squat so far. Hopefully will adjust things to make it work.
Problem with this is there is zero stretch on the quads, zero tension at the bottom. I have a rack with a pulley at the back so I link the pulley to pull the lever arm back so there's constant tension and the quads get a stretch. I also have a weight on as you have so there weight at the top of the extension too. But similar idea except use of the cable.
To everyone worried about the strength of the screws, I hear you! I went back and reinforced the screws with hot glue and duct tape. Follow up video coming soon!
It is pretty amazing. I think both the Adonis and Trinity Tower are amazing options. I’d lean slightly more towards the Trinity Tower for the reasons I articulated in the video.
Your gym is incredible, looking forward to what you’ll do with a garage space. GREAT idea for the leg attachment. I also like the cable belt squat attachment, have you looked into something that could attach to the low pulley on a titan/rep/bells of steel lat pull? I look at that lower pulley and feel like it has untapped potential. That atx lat pull looks like they have their stuff together.
Thank you for the kind words. I have looking forward to finally having a permanent set up. I have a BOS lat pull on my Hydra rack. I should mess around with it more often. The ATX tower is sick bro!
I can't get the rubber bumpers to lock down. They just keep spinning inside the rubber piece. I've tried several things and it's not big enough to fit my socket.
If you’re talking about the arc of the movement from the lever, no. The pulley does a good job at compensating for that. If you’re talking about the resistance curve, you feel the variation slightly.
@@KaizenDIYGym A second pulley attached to the rear crossbar, and the belt squat attached to the rear upright. This will give you leg space then. I notice you have what looks like a spare cross member leaning up against your wall. I padded one of these up with scaffold insulation and green sniper tape. I attach it to the rack using the orange handled hitch pins and use for leg restraints for lat pulldowns. Then use your bench instead of sitting on the floor.
Damn bro, tight spaces indeed…hopefully your new place will have a more open floor space. Holy redundancies too. I like your custom stuff, almost like a show case of your experiments ⚗. Ugh garage gyms come with so many environmental problems (up north, mid west, extreme temps)
Yo, you could use a 50mm pipe in an land mine attachment. Secure the weight with to collars and maybe find a way to secure the pipe to the attachment(maybe a safety pin). Just drill a hole to connect the cable. Maybe it also works for belt squats.
Belt squat/Low Row platform looks sweet! I use dumbbells to separate myself for low rows with my BOS Cable Tower. Would love to incorporate some belt squats into my workouts.
