I won’t be having access to a rack for a few months and am contemplating learning the Olympic lifts in that time period. Would the Olympic Weightlifting Template be appropriate for me after I get my C&J and Snatch techniques down to a decent level? Unfortunately, no Apple device to check the 1st week.
I suppose I won’t be able to squat “heavy”, and also would have to do floor presses/weighted pushups in place of the bench. As for training history, I’ve run your Beginner, PB 1/2 and Strength 1 templates.
I think it would be better than a non-barbell-inclusive alternative, but I’d really, really, really try to avoid not having access to a rack for that long. May I ask what’s going on where this is likely?
I’m going to a vacation house for some time to catch up with relatives and trying to become one with the nature, you know. Needless to say, a good gym is pretty far from that place to allow for regular training, and the only equipment I have are a barbell and some plates (about 160kg in total).
How about a commercial gym? Of course, there’s a lot you can do even without a rack or any other equipment, but it’d probably be easier if we didn’t have to.
Unfortunately, the “nearest” half decent gym has no racks, only a smith machine, some dumbbells and the usual machines. Despite that, the travel time to and fro alone would make it very impractical for me to go there on a regular schedule (>1 hr each way). Hence why I’m contemplating doing what I mentioned. If this changes anything, I would have a couple of cousins to workout with (makeshift biological rack?).
As an aside, I wonder what you would do in such a situation. Just a barbell with some plates amounting to ~75% of your deadlift, and absolutely no other equipment access for atleast 3 months.
Yea man, that’s tough. I’ll be honest with you, your situation is not something I would ever voluntarily agree to for an extended period of time. I can see how that might not be the response you were looking for, but it has the benefit of being true.
If you end up doing this, there are a lot of variations you can do and be more than fine. I just would never do it.
If I had a client in this situation, some of the variations we chose would be determined by their proficiency in the Olympic lifts and their goals. Still, some of my go-to’s for without a rack:
Squat pattern:
zercher
front squat (cleaned)
lunge, split squats, bulgarian split squat
split deadlift
“goblet” squat with bar wedged in corner
step ups