Austin, about your “new” power rack platform………

Just watching some of your newer you tube videos, and I’ve noticed (or maybe it’s just camera angle), and/or wondering:

-is your platform still 8’ x 6’?

-looks like your rack is centered on the platform (was more towards the back previously?)

  • the middle is now indoor/outdoor carpet?

just wondering are you happy,with 6 x 8? Any reason you centered the rack (if you did)

  • why the indoor carpet? Why not stall mat for the whole surface, or just leave it wood?

just placed my stall mat order. I can get by with 2 mats, and 3 sheets of ply for a 6 x 8 platform. 8 x8 would mean another mat and another sheet of ply.

most people build an 8 x 8, but they are not as strong as you, nor are they as good lookin”

is your platform still 8’ x 6’?

Yes.

-looks like your rack is centered on the platform (was more towards the back previously?)

I have more than one rack. One is further towards the back, another is more to the middle.

the middle is now indoor/outdoor carpet?

Just regular carpet.

just wondering are you happy,with 6 x 8? Any reason you centered the rack (if you did)

Yes, I like 6’x8’. I prefer the rack further towards the back.

why the indoor carpet? Why not stall mat for the whole surface, or just leave it wood?

Because powerlifting competitions are done on carpet. If not for that, I would have left it wood.

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Thanks for,the,quick response. Do you press inside your rack (is it high enough?)
if you press outside the rack, does your 6 x 8 platform allow you to do so? (Looks like not enough room if your rack,is in the middle of the 6’ platform?)

I can press inside my rack, but this is going to vary based on the lifter’s height and arm length.

I have also pressed outside the rack, including on the platform with the rack in the middle.