Great vid. Marissa is always a GREAT choice for MODEL. The trap bar is a HIGHLY UNDERRATED and VERSATILE tool. PERIOD. It builds strength. Fast learning curve. Allows for varied foot position. Great for carries. Any “squat centric”up phase can easily be countered for hamstrings by biasing hinge pattern going down. Squat up RDL / SLD down! Thanks for showing the Trap bar some love!
I’m interested in your advice for a garage gym lifter (not strength athlete) that doesn’t have a rack and wants to use the trap bar to target quad strength. Ive been trying deficit trap bar “squats” but it just doesn’t feel the same as barbell squats. I think it’s the deload and loss of stretch at the bottom or holding the weight down low instead of on your back. I guess it’s still better than nothing.
No matter how you squat, low bar/ high bar, safety squat bar,Hatfields, front, belt ,MARRS or whatever,the squat quad dominant move. Deadlifts / hinges bias hamstrings more than squats do. Traps are somewhere in between depending on how you do them. So no, traps will never be as good for quads as front squats. As for as not having a rack? You made a great purchase. Trap bars are more space and maybe cost efficient than a rack. Your next purchase? Amazon $120. $80 barbell ,$20 landmine , and $20 jump rope. As your gym grows you will find use for an extra/beater/press/ landmine bar. And it takes zero extra space. I still use my 2 CAP barbells from 1988 and 1998! Jump rope is tier 1 conditioning kit plus highly portable. Get a 1/2 lb. There is no embarrassment in your own garage! Start with calf raises every other day for two weeks. Then trap calf raises for 2 weeks. And finally jump rope every other day.
Trap bar deadlift is for weaklings (i started training 1 year ago). Jokes aside i seriously hate that bar, feels lighter on the back but ain't nothing like a regular deadlift
Great vid. Marissa is always a GREAT choice for MODEL.
The trap bar is a HIGHLY UNDERRATED and VERSATILE tool. PERIOD. It builds strength. Fast learning curve. Allows for varied foot position. Great for carries.
Any “squat centric”up phase can easily be countered for hamstrings by biasing hinge pattern going down. Squat up RDL / SLD down!
Thanks for showing the Trap bar some love!
I’m interested in your advice for a garage gym lifter (not strength athlete) that doesn’t have a rack and wants to use the trap bar to target quad strength. Ive been trying deficit trap bar “squats” but it just doesn’t feel the same as barbell squats. I think it’s the deload and loss of stretch at the bottom or holding the weight down low instead of on your back. I guess it’s still better than nothing.
No matter how you squat, low bar/ high bar, safety squat bar,Hatfields, front, belt ,MARRS or whatever,the squat quad dominant move.
Deadlifts / hinges bias hamstrings more than squats do. Traps are somewhere in between depending on how you do them.
So no, traps will never be as good for quads as front squats.
As for as not having a rack? You made a great purchase. Trap bars are more space and maybe cost efficient than a rack. Your next purchase? Amazon $120. $80 barbell ,$20 landmine , and $20 jump rope. As your gym grows you will find use for an extra/beater/press/ landmine bar. And it takes zero extra space. I still use my 2 CAP barbells from 1988 and 1998!
Jump rope is tier 1 conditioning kit plus highly portable. Get a 1/2 lb. There is no embarrassment in your own garage! Start with calf raises every other day for two weeks. Then trap calf raises for 2 weeks. And finally jump rope every other day.
Could do it and not rest the weight on the ground at the bottom, hover it just above the ground and see if that changes the feel for you.
Trap bar deadlift is for weaklings (i started training 1 year ago).
Jokes aside i seriously hate that bar, feels lighter on the back but ain't nothing like a regular deadlift
Oh, so it's not a useless piece of junk?? Just kidding! Love the videos!
@@michaellupu2080 is the useless thing from ripetoe or something?