Prime Fitness Super Squat Bar Review – 2024

Last updated on April 5th, 2024 at 09:35 am

The Prime Fitness Super Squat Bar might be the most requested review I’ve had. This bar dropped in late 2022 and from what I gather there are a LOT of eyes waiting to see what the verdict is.

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When I first shared that I got this bar in, I had a comment about the price. That there were other options for MUCH cheaper. My response was that yes, there are a ton of ways to get the job done by spending a LOT less. But Primes goal isn’t to get the job done, but to do the job in the best way they can. Aesthetically, bio-mechanically, fit and finish, you name it.

They make some of the best bars, machines, cable attachments and more on the planet. So this bar is expensive not because it has to be. A number of companies make great affordable bars to squat with. It’s expensive because of what they are attempting to accomplish. My goal in this review is to see if they’ve done that or not.

First piece to clarify before we go further… I did receive this bar as part of my ongoing work within the garage gym community. So I did not pay the full $600+ price tag from Prime. I hope that my notes as we go paint an honest perspective of the bar. I got this bar for free, I like Prime Fitness a lot, and they are cool people… Ok… here we go!

So check out the video as I dig in!

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What Is The Prime Fitness Super Squat Bar On Paper

The Prime Fitness Super Squat Bar, when it was first teased, had some adjustable camber options. These allowed it to be used in different positions. So, you could FEEL like you were back squatting, front squatting, and more. Ultimately, Prime dropped their adjustable design for the current version. So… this bar is NOT an adjustable SSB type bar.

This bar LOOKS like a Safety Squat Bar, and much like how the MARRS Bar gets bundled into the conversation with SSBs. This bar, though different than an SSB, is going to get included in that same discussion. So it is NOT an SSB, but for sake of argument and discussion, it is.

What Makes it Different?

Prime’s biggest change to the traditional SSB is the back plate and the less aggressive camber. The idea with the Prime bar is that when you pair these two changes together, you have the opportunity for the bar to produce a very upright posture without the athlete having to FIGHT to get into it or maintain it throughout the lift. This means you can focus on developing the legs as your primary goal.

The traditional SSB was designed on purpose to be higher and more out front so that you as the athlete had to FIGHT to keep from getting rounded over. This training translated into a stronger upper back for when you went back to traditional straight bar squats. So these two bars were developed for two very different purposes. Prime focused on making a bar that makes squatting an ideal lower body hypertrophy exercise. NOT to develop a bar for addressing weak points in the back squat.

Handles & Aesthetics

The handles are unique in that they angle OUT. The idea is that you can get as deep as you want and not run into your quads at the bottom. AND you don’t have to forgo the most comfortable handle position for YOU by only having short handles like the EliteFTS Yoke for instance. This is an attempt, again, to produce the best bar possible for squatting and developing the lower body. Full ROM is a key component of hypertrophy training, and missing that deep squat because the handles hit your quads isn’t a valid trade off.

Prime also always does a great job addressing some of the finer details in equipment production. Including stainless steel shafts where the bar racks, nice firm pads, and stainless steel machined sleeves that are ready for regular collars.

Goals Over Gear

I’ve said in other videos and articles before, that you need to understand what your goal is with implementing any new piece of equipment in your programming. You can’t simply grab a bar with handles and pads and think it’ll do the same thing as every other bar with handles and pads. Even within traditional SSBs there are differences in the camber and pad positioning that can take it from a more comfortable to a more daunting squat set up. So make sure before you buy ANY bar, especially a $600+ squat bar, that you understand what you are trying to accomplish with it.

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