October 25, 2005
4 responses to Week 44: Behold the Manta Ray!
Under the Bar is 21 years, 4 months and 25 days old with 462 posts, 329 photos, 108 video clips (363 M worth) and a bunch of comments.
Kris: Hi Bobby, Thanks for the feedback and sorry for the slow reply. I just came back from a few weeks at...
Bobby: wow nice work. I really enjoyed seeing how you built it from start to finish. i am thinking of making...
Anna: This is a disgraceful photo! This is indeed a chimpanzee and it is being full exploited fyi. Shameful. ...
The making of an outdoor power rack and heavy-duty bench
Alex: Hi Kris, Rack update - I was wandering around my father-in-law's yard and...
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January 23rd, 2006 at 1:21 pm
Looks nice. I was just considering the differences between a front squat and a narrow-stance/high bar back squat for hitting the quads. Never tried using a Manta Ray - is there an obvious benefit with this + front squat over a bodybuilder-style squat?
January 24th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
A front squat will generally hit the quads harder as you cannot lean much forward if you insist on holding unto the bar… The Manta Ray (for back squats) and Sting Ray (for front squats) don’t change the exercises notably, but they do make them very comfortable by spreading the load on a much larger area while enforcing a very high-bar bar placement conducive to hitting the legs harder. Without the Manta, I probably wouldn’t/couldn’t go quite that high… Get them if you can, they’re not very expensive.
January 24th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
That’s some decent work on the GHR and reverse hyper. Are you still doing work on both, and has the reverse hyper been kinder to your back?
January 24th, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Alberto, it turned out the reverse hyper actually aggravated my particular condition. I’ll get to that in a few entries or so…