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Hiya /fit/

I finally got fed up of going to my work gym, they only have 3 barbell weights and an area so small I can never use them anyway. So I bought my own bench and barbell set. My question is, what are "Safety Hooks" on the bench? How does one use them?

tl;dr what are weight bench safety hooks?

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>> Anonymous
Retarded.

Turn them so that they lock against the long bar holding it up. This way the bar doesn't get pulled off and send you falling to the floor with weight on top, effectively killing you.
>> Anonymous
Long bar? You mean the bar the backrest board leans against? That bar locks in by other means, its nothing to do with that.

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>> Anonymous
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I would not use that set up for heavy benching, ever.

This is the one I have. The things circled are the safety hooks. The idea is particularly with benching that you set them at the lowest negative part of your rep. For benching you should have them parallel with your chest.

If you do it right you can touch your chest but roll the bar forward or back and it will rest on the hooks rather then your body. This is what saves your ass if you fail a heavy lift. I've only had that happen twice to me but it turns what would be a potentially fatal event into a minor inconvenience.

BTW they're also useful for locating the right depth in a squat. If you touch the bars you know you've gone down far enough.
>> Anonymous
If it locks in by other means than it's just an extra safety precaution.
>> Anonymous
>>74069
So this is for doing inclined bench presses (because they are way too high to used when doing bench presses laying down)? Also, I have trouble lifting 30kg / 66 lb so no worry of it being overloaded :) Think the bench is rated to over 200kg.

>>74070
...they are nowhere near the bar holding up the backrest. They are nothing to do with it.
>> Guil
>>74197
Uh...... How low do you think the bench is, you aren't laying on the floor. They are adjustable to the height that you bench is. It's just an un-attached bench, that likely adjusts for incline and such, but still has a set "laying-down-flat" height, which would be around where those safety hooks are.
>> Anonymous
>>74203
Well if I'm lying on the bench the hooks are a good 8-9 inches above my chest, certainly nowhere near enough to roll a barbell forward at the lowest point and have it go into the hooks
>> Anonymous
>>74069
Where did you get that cage? I've been looking for one for a home gym but I have no idea where to start looking. I tried Googling "caribou rack" but all I got were some sites promoting Eastern Canadian provinces and some BBQ sauce recipe.
>> Anonymous
>>74197

my god you are a retard. It keeps the pole and the bar locked together.
>> Anonymous
>>74230
I'm a Britfag, if you are too I got it from http://www.jjbsports.com/benches/marcy-mfb400-folding-bench/prod_126404.aspx

>>74243
What pole and the bar would that be? Clarity needed. Attitude..not so much.
>> Anonymous
>>74275

It's simple logic. You must be 13 to not comprehend this. A. The pole that holds the bench. B. One of the two bars magically rising up from the ground. C. The safety hooks

C keeps A and B together so that A doesn't slide out or break and end up with 80 pounds of resistance on your skull. I cannot explain it any simpler.
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>>74321
You don't seem to be understanding - like I said before, the pole is nowhere near the safety hooks.
>> Anonymous
>>74230
try googling power rack.