Years ago, when I was regularly conducting seminars, I began to notice a common element in many of the university weight rooms I’d visit. I’d always see towels folded over the tops of power racks and taped at their ends. I assumed these were used for chins and grip work, but I also thought about what a pain it would be if anyone had to remove them. It also looked like these towels could potentially get in the way of any overhead work done in these racks.
It occurred to me that “short ropes” would be a much better option for this purpose, but I mistakenly assumed another company was already putting out such a product, so the idea went on the backburner for a few years.
Then we came out with the Fat Rope Attachment:
After this, I knew it was time to revisit the “short ropes” idea. We tested a few versions that didn’t really satisfy what I was looking for, then finally tried them at a length of 9 feet. Once we’d hung them up, I knew we had something with which people would absolutely love to train. Now, instead of being limited to performing various grip holds and wide chins, we had an affordable attachment that enabled us to do more movements than we’d ever thought possible.
These ropes are sold as a pair, and they come with straps that will loop over any power rack or chin bar. Here are just some of the movements you can do with the EFS Dual Rack Ropes:
Rack Rope Playlist
Rows
Tricep Extensions
Close Chins – Knee Raises – Ab Fallouts
Hanging Leg Raises