Rubber Wagon Wheel Bumper Plates

The deadlift, or deadlift, is one of the most commonly used exercises in training, along with the squat. This is because it involves massive utilisation of the posterior kinetic chain, and more specifically a whole series of muscles:

Glutei
Adductors
Spinal rectors
Quadriceps
Posterior thigh
Great Dorsal
Trapeze
Rhomboids
Forearms

Floor presses are performed in many different sports, from pure powerlifting to athletic training in team and individual sports.

Critical aspects

However, this exercise is complex in its simplicity, and in order to perform it correctly without injuring oneself, it is good to follow the learning steps and ensure that the overload is progressive, and not sudden. This is because our body has to get used to maintaining a certain position under an increasing load, and if the latter is unmanageable, injury is likely to result. Some of the critical aspects of deadlifts are as follows:

Difficulties for newcomers in setup, often due to too low a start
The very low start facilitates 'leverage' with the erectors, increasing the risk of injury
Also because of the low start, subjects with long levers are disadvantaged in movement

Rack Pulls

Precisely in order to overcome these problems, and to enable everyone to obtain the benefits of the floor pulls, there is the 'rack pulls' exercise, where the barbell does not start from the floor, but respectively from the safety of the rack.

Advantages

This variation allows you to benefit from an elevated start, and thus facilitate the take-off movement from the ground, as well as having the following benefits:

Allows the exercise to be more overloaded, promoting strength levels
It improves the sticking point of the deadlifts, which occurs near the knee
It is an excellent variation for working more with the hip extensors (glutes) and the hind thighs as the limited knee extension limits the intervention of the quadriceps

Disadvantages

The start from the rack makes the barbell and not the discs touch, and this can result in a great loss of balance due to the rebound and the shifting of the barbell on the safeties
The 'slamming' of the barbell on the rack's safeties can be very dangerous as, if the rack is not secured to the ground, it can tip over onto the user along with the barbell
The impact on the safeties occurs on the inside of the barbell, which is not predisposed to these traumas and therefore damages the barbell and increases the risk of breakage with danger of injury

Block Pulls

A very popular variation in powerlifting and Olympic training is to use special elevated blocks. This is certainly a better solution than starting from the rack, but these blocks are very bulky and heavy, and therefore difficult to find in a gym or personal training centre.

In addition, the fact that one has to prepare the barbell, discs and even blocks, leads the user to waste a lot of time just preparing a single exercise, which can be frustrating.

Rubber Wagon Wheel Bumper Plates - 9040/30W

To overcome these problems, Sidea has developed new bumpers that, with a diameter of no less than 66 cm, make it possible to work in complete safety from an elevated position with respect to the floor sticks, without the dangerous disadvantages of rack pulls and without having to waste time in preparing the block position.

In fact, unlike 'rack pulls', the discs touch the ground directly without causing damage to the barbell and eliminating the risk of the latter's weight tipping the rack. Compared to 'block pulls', however, they save a great deal of time and space, as no additional blocks are required.

Some of the many advantages of Rubber Wagon Wheel Bumper Plates:

Ease in learning to take off from the floor and maintain a neutral spine
Very good for overloading the deadlifts and improving the sticking point
Easy loading and unloading of additional discs
They occupy the same space as classic bumpers

In addition, the fact that they are made of rubber, and not metal, allows them to cushion the impact to a greater extent and avoid damaging the floor, which is essential for gyms and personal training studios.