Distance between handles is 12 while the width of the neck padding opening is 10 w.
Cambered safety squat bar.
Cambered squat bar this is probably the oddest looking bar and like the cambered bar great for relieving stress off of the shoulders.
Much like the gs safety squat bar legacy but the main difference is the camber in the bar both safety squat bars have a camber but the gs cambered safety squat bar is extreme at twice the camber.
But the bar is much more than shoulder relief it really turns squatting into a different movement.
Third the safety squat bar has a cambered curve to displace the weight forward.
The bar might be resting on our upper back but the weight is displaced almost in a position that mimics a front squat.
The drop is the distance between the posts that extend downwards from the part of the bar that rests on your back to the sleeves where the weights go.
The cambered bar has a large drop.
What most people first notice when using the cambered squat bar is how unstable the bar is.
You see the bar has a camber at the ends which actually drops the collar below the midline and at an angle to the vertical axis.
Cambered end design relieves much of the lower back stress normally associated with a back squat.
I have an old elitefts rackable one and the drop is 12 inches.
This allows the bar could be used as both a regular cambered bar and a safety squat bar among many others.
Speaking of strength gains the safety squat bar is a brutally awesome tool designed to test your body in unique ways.
These two cages are locked into place with screws.
So at each end of the bar is 12 angle bracket allows for 360 degrees of variation 30 degree increments in angle of the weight relative to the lifter.
Bar weighs 60 lb.
There are many different types and the drop may be slightly different but it is huge.
Cambered safety squat bar.
For this reason many people state the safety squat bar is an intermediate between high bar squatting and front squatting.
Steel design with padded shoulder harness.
With the greater camber more stress is loaded on to the lower back and glutes.
Bar allows squats to be done in a more vertical posture producing intensified quadriceps involvement.