I have not tried to do explosive jumps on the Squat Pro so I don't know how well it would work. The Legend is likely better for that. As far as developing power, I think something that enables you to incorporate band tension would be best. One of the shortcomings of the Rogers Athletic Squat Pro is that I haven't found a good way to incorporate bands. You can definitely add a calf block...I did that prior to getting the Legend Squat Machine. I built a calf block with 2x4's and did Standing calf Raises on the squat pro.

Hard to say...it’s different...seems like the load is variable. You don’t feel quite as much tension at the bottom but it’s heavy towards the top. Easier on your knees but you can feel the weight/stress on your traps and upper back at the top. I’d say it’s at least 2X as much that you’ll be able to put on there

@@animal1622 Thanks for the feedback Kurt, you're a beast using that kind of weight with great depth! Looks like I have a long way to go as I am only using 585 at present. I split the weight evenly between top and bottom loading arms. From the conversations I had with my Rogers Athletic sales rep, the lower loading arms are designed to increase the load as you approach lockout, and the upper loading arms increase the load "in the hole." He explained, that if one were to load the bottom arms with more weight than the top arms, one would experience exactly what you describe - heavy towards the top. Have you ever played around with splitting the load evenly between the top and bottom arms? The designer of the machine says that this will cause "one resistance curve to come on as the other falls off," and it certainly feels that way to me. Curious if you feel the same way.

@@EdJacobson77 Thanks for pointing that out. I need to play around with distributing the weight evenly Between top/bottom. Out of habit I fill the bottom first before loading top, but what you said makes sense

@@animal1622 This link may be of interest to you. The inventor of the machine talks about how he "blended" the strength curves here: www.rogersathletic.com/updates/get-strong-blog/conversations-with-dr-ken-leistner-and-tyler-hobson/ He writes: I began to look closely at the squat to solve other problems. Some lifters, myself included, really struggled when coming out of the hole. To counter this specific problem, I created a top loading position that had a strength curve that increased in resistance as you went down. This really loaded the hips and glutes hard. The strength curve dropped off towards the top keeping the quads fresh to help further assist the weak link in the chain. For those that lacked the power to finish strongly I created a bottom loading position that increased in resistance as you rose from the hole. This emphasized the quads more, allowing you to really load them up without putting so much weight on the back in the bottom. After hundreds of hours, I blended those two strength curves so that if you loaded the top and the bottom evenly, as one strength curve came on the other fell off, giving you a very even strength curve.

Fuzzy Flower Fit Fam Total cost with shipping was $4186

jstair06 Karl Jenkins was the person I ordered through. Took around 7 weeks

Not yet, but I will. My new building is being installed this week. I will be getting a hack squat, leg extension and leg press

@@animal1622 lol I think that is a no.

honestly, the difference in cost...i couldn't justify spending that much extra just to have an extra set of weight horns that i didn't need. I understand that it changes the weight distribution, but as is this machine is plenty challenging and i don't see myself putting more than 6-8 plates per side. It's not like i'm replacing barbell squats, so i don't need the machine to perfectly mimic how weight is distributed in a barbell squat...for someone who can't do barbell squats, that might be the case

How much is squat pro XT?

@@jstair06 $4150 + shipping. Shipping was $626 and then $150 color setup charge