The Strongman Yoke is possibly one of the most ultimate super versatile squat racks and pieces of gym equipment that you can have in your home gym. They are worth considering when looking at purchasing a squat rack for your home gym. The Yoke is a famous piece of strong man equipment (think the yoke walk) and could be the all in one option for your home gym. Let’s take a look at this super versatile piece of equipment.
Features of the Rogue Y1 Yoke:
Adjustable fat grip 3″ Crossbar
2×3 Infinity compatible 11 gauge steel uprights
Adjustable J-Cups
Skid feet
750lb weight capacity
4 plate storage posts + 2 side storage plate options
Y-1 Yoke is 72″ tall | Y-2 Yoke is 92″ tall
USA Made
Why the Yoke?
Compact – The Yoke breaks down quickly within a minute and you can easily store it against your garage wall. Just pull the 4 pins out to take the top cross member off and split it into two. This makes it a great space saving squat rack alternative.
Portable – Collapsed you can fit it in the back of an SUV as the bases are only 48″ wide.
Versatile – Yokes can be used for traditional yoke exercises as well as also used as a squat rack including a tonne of other exercises.
What can the Yoke be used for?
Push, pull, carry, drag and lift – the Yoke does it all like a boss
The Yoke is great for:
Pushing: The yoke has skid feet that let you push it like a sled. Adjust the cross bar to drive it from different angles. Add weight plates to increase resistance. Yoke bench press, bench press the yoke itself. Yoke press / overhead press
Pulling: Attach a battle rope and pull it.
Carrying: Carry it in your arms, in a Zercher carry or on your shoulders in a yoke walk; the yoke walk is a great full body workout!
Squatting: Yoke squat (front / back squat), Zercher squat.
Pull Ups: Fat grip pullups, kipping pullups
Throwing things over: A medicine ball, sand bags for bag over bar, muscle a atlas stone over it.
Jump overs: Adjust the cross bar and use it for up and overs.
Squat rack: Use the Yoke as a squat rack for all barbell exercises, bench press, barbell squat, overhead press, deadlifts etc.
Attach: Resistance bands, battle ropes, hang gymnastic rings for ring dips, push ups etc.
Add Infinity range accessories: Do even more like adding the Infinity matador dip attachment and much more!
Titan Fitness T-3 Series Short 72″ Strongman Yoke
Titan Fitness also offers a versatile squat rack – the T3 series strongman yoke. Weighing 166lbs and you can add up to 750lbs of weight on the 4 vertical weight plate sleeves. Great for yoke carries, pushing and pulling and as a versatile squat rack!
What accessories can you get for the Yoke?
The Rogue Y1 and Rogue Y2 Yokes have 2×3 uprights and are compatible with Infinity accessories so you can buy attachments like the Rogue spotter arms, the Matador dip bar, the Rogue landmine, landmine handle, Viking press and many more. Hows that for a versatile squat rack!
You can also add a thinner Titan Fitness slim pull up bar as an alternative to the adjustable fat grip crossbar.
Considerations for getting a yoke as a versatile squat rack alternative?
As the Rogue Y-1 Yoke is 72″ tall, if you are using it also as a rack and you are taller than 5″10 you may want to get the Y-2 Yoke which is 92″ tall so you can put the adjustable cross bar up higher when squatting so it does not get in the way of your head when racking / re-racking your barbell.
An alternative to getting the Y2 if you are wanting to stick with the Y1 with the 72″ height (which may be easier to get in and out of your garage) could be using spotter arms to unrack / re-rack your barbell when doing squats, but you then wouldn’t have the option of being able to use safety spotters to catch the barbell whilst performing squats.
If using the yoke in a yoke carry and you want to carry it in / out of your garage you will need to check the height of your garage door.
If lifting heavy loads or doing things like kipping pullups or dips make sure you have plenty of extra weight plates to weigh the yoke down as although it is pretty strong and sturdy with the yoke weighing 185lbs this will add a lot of extra stability to the yoke.
When performing pullups on Rogue Y1 Yoke (72″) you may need to bend your knees for pullups so if that is an issue for you the Rogue Y2 may be better.