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Gaining reliable access to the equipment can also be tricky depending on your budget, schedule and floorplan. I personally couldn't really get a good habit going until I could purchase the equipment and make it available from home. Prior to that I was intermittently going to a gym but Covid really drilled into me how transient that access can be.

Considering how far you can go with just a few gallons of water, would be nice if there was more innovation in this space to increase accessibility in a safe way. While the bars and weights are one thing, it's ultimately the lack of a rack that makes squats troublesome imo.

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n4r9 5 days ago | parent [-]

I've never had space to store the bar itself, but if I had a home gym I'd be okay with a couple of stands like this:

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/mp/york/york-squat-stands/_/R-...

You have to learn how to bail, but (depending on low vs high bar) you can get pretty confident at it

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thefaux 4 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah, I have a bar and weights but no racks so I'm limited to front squats and only what I can power clean. I feel though that this has forced me to work on the power clean which is a very satisfying exercise to do well. I've been power cleaning/squatting about once per week for a year and think this is a pretty good approach since it is almost impossible for me to try and lift too much so injury risk is low. The downside is perhaps slower development than if I could easily overload, but I'm in no hurry.

	▲	n4r9 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Be careful now, you're veering dangerously close to trying out olympic weightlifting.