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I've been using Mark Rippitoe's Starting Strength method for about six months now and if you're familiar with that you know that "Squat Every Day" is sort of his thing! I'm a smaller framed guy (that's why I'm lifting...) and so the bar up against my bony shoulders is pretty uncomfortable. I've been using a hoodie through the winter but the Texas summer's going to be here before my ka-massive traps are.In comes this bar pad to the rescue! It's perfect. The foam is padded enough to give me some relief but robust enough to last me a while. Still debating on whether I'll keep it on or tuck the velcro strap into itself and slip it off when doing other lifts. I've tried both ways and it's suitable for either. Highly recommend it!Disclaimer: I was offered this product at a discount for an unbiased review.

One major thing I don't like about it is the part where the velcro sticks, sometimes this pad slides on the barbell and the part of the barbell that's on me is ALSO the velcro part, that part has NO padding, thus it's feels like I'm just using the barbell without this barbell pad. So every time I use the barbell at the gym, I have to turn this pad so that the velcro part is the opposite side of the side that's against my body. It's quite frustrating.

I don't actually use this for squats, but instead use it for hip thrusts. It works really well for that. I imagine it would work well if you wanted to use it for squats, too. It looks awesome and has the right amount of cushion. Very impressed with this pad.

The best! I absolutely love it. I highly recommend it.

It makes squatting so much more comfortable, I had a disk replacement between my c6 and c7, and the bar against it was really uncomfortable, this made it so much better. I love it.

I recently tried out the barbell pad, I purchased from Amazon. I like the the thickness of the padding. It works great on squats and hip thrusters.

Let me just start off by saying that I own multiple Dark Iron Fitness products all of which are very well made and this bar pad is no exception. I have used this pad for both squats and hip thrusts and it works well for both. It has high quality/strong Velcro and is overall a very durable product.

This is by far the best neck pad I've ever bought period. The cushion, material and of course the motivational words of "Squat Every Day" I will definitely buy more

Worked perfectly