The purpose of this study was to compare strength muscle activation and joint ranges of motion in the safety bar squat and the barbell back squat.
Cambered squat bar vs safety squat bar.
While many specialty bars have this advantage the cambered bar is the only one that allows you to squat with the same technique and setup as with a normal bar.
They make the squat much more like a front squat in terms of being quad focused but the upside is that you can do higher reps than with front squats because you don t have to worry about maintaining the front rack.
In other words a squat done with a cambered bar is the same as one done with a straight bar.
The researchers hypothesized that.
Never used a cambered bar but used to use a safety squat bar for assistance work on 5 3 1.
Emg of the upper and mid back muscles would be higher in the safety bar squat.
Why every gym should have a safety squat bar safety bar squat vs back squat the pros and cons compared overall pros and cons of back squat.
In my opinion the safety safety squat bar is more versatile than the cambered bar.