Muscle Clamps – Significance and Uses

Muscle clamps are the brand name for a poplar type of weight collar. You see muscle clamps at the gym used by people all the time. Muscles clamps, like weight collars, hold your weight plates securely on either end.

Muscle clamps are specifically designed to fit Olympic bars which mean they’re made to slip over the 2-inch diameter bar. Muscle clamps are made from high-impact nylon so they can retain the weights without causing any breakage. You can use muscle clamps by simply load your weight plates onto the bar and slip a Muscle Clamp on either end. Push the clamp’s tab down to lock the plates in place. This way they won’t become lose or fall off the bar during your weight lifting.

Muscle clamps perform the same purpose as do screw-on standard weight collars and spring-loaded weight collars.

However, they’re nylon design offers the following extra features like:

• The non-slip rubber gripping walls won’t slip the Olympic bar as some screw-on collars have been known to do.
• Muscle clamps are swift to take on and off for rapid weight change like spring collars.
• They aren’t heavy or cumbersome so lifters are more prone to use them.
• The nylon design can easily withstand a rough gym environment.
• Finally, muscle clamps are nylon all through so their inner lining will shield your bar from becoming scratched and dented.

Please always remember that safety comes first in your home gym, just as it does in your local gym. Using the proper safety precautions is probably more important if you workout in your home. The proper way to use muscle clamps is by fitting your barbell with weight collars might take a few seconds, but it can save you from suffering a serious injury that will put an end to your weight lifting.