The Hit Fitness Safety Squat Bar & Attachments is an essential addition to any serious strength training environment, designed to enhance user safety, comfort, and performance during lower body movements.
Features
This robust piece of equipment is engineered with a distinctive design that sets it apart from a standard Olympic barbell:
- Padded Yoke: The centre features a thick, supportive pad that rests comfortably across the shoulders and traps, significantly reducing strain on the shoulders, wrists, and elbows often associated with traditional back squats.
- Ductility/Toughness: High weight capacity (700 lbs or 317kg) an ductility (the ability to bend without breaking) to withstand the stresses and drops typical of a heavy squat bar.
- Forward-Cambered Sleeves: The unique bend in the bar shifts the load's centre of gravity slightly forward, promoting a more upright torso position. This design encourages better squatting mechanics, making it an excellent tool for athletes looking to reinforce a strong, vertical back angle.
- Ergonomic Handles: Two fixed vertical handles extend down from the padded yoke, allowing the user to stabilize the bar without needing to externally rotate the shoulders. This feature is particularly beneficial for individuals with limited shoulder mobility or pre-existing injuries.
- Versatile Attachments: The product includes multiple interchangeable components, such as extended handle attachments and various end caps (as seen in the image), offering customizable grip options and further exercises variations beyond the standard squat.
Specifications
- Commercial Grade
- Total length: 2200mm, sleeve 340mm.
- Weight: 26kg
- Weight Load Capacity: 317kg
Performance and Safety Benefits
The Safety Squat Bar (SSB) is a highly versatile tool that allows users to:
- Train Around Injuries: It enables effective squatting and lower body work while minimizing stress on the upper body joints (shoulders, wrists, elbows), making it ideal for rehabilitation or managing pain.
- Improve Posture and Form: By automatically adjusting the center of mass, the bar encourages activation of the posterior chain—specifically the upper back, glutes, and hamstrings—while promoting a safer, more sustainable lifting technique.
- Increase Workout Variety: Beyond squats, the SSB is perfect for exercises such as Good Mornings, Lunges, and various walks, adding a new dimension to functional strength and accessory training.
Constructed for commercial or home gym use, the Hit Fitness Safety Squat Bar & Attachments provides a superior, comfortable, and biomechanically advantageous lifting experience.
How much does shipping cost?
• Small standard parcels: €7.95
• Small intermediate parcels: €8.95
• Small Irregular shaped parcels: €13.95
• Medium Irregular shaped parcels: €21.95
• Large Irregular shaped parcels: €29.95
• Large Heavy parcels: €39.95
• Heavy (>30kg) standard parcels: €49.95
• Heavy (>30kg) Irregular parcels: €59.95
• Oversized / Bulky Items: €79.95
• You can also order online and select Pick up for FREE collection at our Showroom.
IMPORTANT: For heavy orders, shipping will be calculated at the checkout.
Please note that deliveries of large items are a kerbside/driveway delivery service only. The driver is not authorised to carry goods up or down steps or through a property.
How long does it take?
• The majority of our orders are delivered in 2 to 3 business days.
• Larger / Bulkier Orders can take up to 7 days.
You will receive updates from us during the processing and picking of your order. Once it is ready for delivery with our courier you will receive one last update from us letting you know.
All orders are being handled by our third party courier partner, and you will be notified by them, by email or text, of your delivery date when they receive your order for despatch.
See our shipping information page.
At checkout select the Pick Up option.
The majority of orders are ready for collection within 72 hours. Please wait for your "Ready to Pick Up" notification to come and collect your order from our warehouse at Unit 4 Robinhood Industrial Estate, Robinhood Road, Dublin 22.
Please ensure your mode of transport is suitable for the size of the items you order.
We will hold collection items for 14 days.
See our click and collect page for more information.
You have 90 days to return your order from the date of delivery. Please see more information on our returns policy page.