Squat Sponge 18"long Purple, 3.5” diameter & 1.25"thick Olympic Barbell Pad

If you like to do heavy hip thrusts, this squat sponge will become your new best friend! Bye bye bruises, hello perky booty! My training partners and I have been using it weekly for the last few months and the sponge is just as dense and supportive now as it was the first day I got it. We have used it on multiple bars (25# small training bar, 35# Rogue Oly bar with smaller diameter, 45# Oly bar) and it fits snug and secure on each. We've been able to add over 50lbs to our hip thrusts just by using this Squat Sponge and it is now a gym bag staple!TIP: Make sure open part of the sponge that allows the bar to be inserted is facing away from your body before lifting. Otherwise, the bar will slide back through the sponge.

I love this brand. It was my first super squat sponge but this time around, this purple was made with too thing of a neck and too soft of a foam. It was a bit disappointing that after only 2 months of intermittent use (leg days only once a week), this sponge split right down the inner middle of the sponge. In the now sea of super squat sponges offered on Amazon, I have purchased cheaper that stand up to the abuse of squats.

Great sponge, I had to get a slightly bigger gym bag to accommodate it but I'm hip thrusting 140 on day one up from 90... and no pain whatsoever. I haven't had a chance to do back squats yet so can't say anything about the sponge being too thick for those, but honestly I think I'd prefer to be comfortable and pain free.Love that I'm not being held back due to pain and can really break through thresholds and up weights and work towards reps to failure. Very awesome! It's $20 and I was having a hard time reconciling that price... but this beats wrapping up a nasty communal yoga mat every time and it's portable/light. So for me it's worth the price.

This is great... for hip thrusters. Most things I've tried just leave my poor hip bones feeling bruised as the bar sits right across them. But this works great and is purple. I don't use it for squatting as I've never had a problem just squatting with the bar (and I've heard it's not great to use a pad for that). The "squat sponge" text on mine is in red which is a little ugly, but whatever.

doesn't fall off....really makes it "easier" to squat and do hip thrusts. protects my body MUCH better than the typical padding. so much better. :-) the purple is more of a pinkish purple, not a collegiate purple....and the lettering was red, not black...just FYI. but functionally it's AWESOME! :-)

love this squat sponge. It feels great on my neck when lifting a littler heavier than usual. I also use it for hip thrusters and it helps.

Best gym sponge on the market, I saw the red bull one (it cracks) this is so soft, durable and used greatly on the Olympic bar for #325 glute thrusts!!

Love this!!!! I can squat heavier while using this because it prevents the weight from digging into my traps. This is also a great product to use for hip thrusts! I've used this 3 times a week for months now and it still looks and works like its brand new. Seriously, if you're contemplating buying it...BUY IT!! And the color (purple) is beautiful too.