Manta Ray Rear Squat Harness Support

I've had the Manta Ray squat support harness for about a month and a half now. While you'll immediately feel the relief off the back of your neck, it does take a couple of sessions to get used it, and where you like to have it angled.
Once you've grown accustomed to it though, it rocks. Forget towels or anything like that, this is exponentially better than anything you could wrap around the bar. And it will definitely help your form. You still feel the weight, but you feel it across the entire width of the shoulders, so there's no one pressure point, but even better, the bar is nice and balanced, so you only have to concentrate on your up / down motion, and not about keeping the bar in place while still trying to feel comfortable. For the price it's definitely worth it.

I always did squats with a pad and a towel wrapped over the pad, laugh if you want, but it still hurt whenever I went to and above 3 plates.

With this thing I added 50 lbs right away and could have added more because the pressure was no longer an issue, plus I like my form and posture with the Manta Ray.

I am very grateful for this product; strongly recommended.

I originally bought this intending to give to a female friend of mine, since she has a hard time doing squats due to her trapezius and neck being a lot bonier than mine (she's a super-lean marathon runner trying to put on some muscle), but I think I'll keep it for myself, heh!

All the rave reviews are spot-on: this thing ain't cheap, but it works beautifully! It lets me focus on my glutes and legs, with a little help from my lower back of course, pushing the weight up...without having to worry about keeping the bar properly balanced and not leaning or rolling too far forward or too far backwards throughout the squatting motion. Squatting now feels like a completely different exercise, much safer for my lower back and knees. Like one other reviewer, I can see myself making significant increases in the amount of weight used.

I totally agree that it's far better than using a foam bar pad, which I had always used before, and that having a towel underneath it is a good idea. I may keep the foam pad for good-morning exercises, haven't had a chance to try those with the Manta-Ray yet.

Now, I'll grant that nearly fifty bucks is a lot of money for a device that's used for only two exercises, squats and lunges. Perhaps someday Walmart will sell this device, or a Chinese knock-off of this device, for one half or one third of the current price. But considering that it will probably last forever (very sturdy material) and that those are two of the three most important lower-body weight exercises(deadlifts are the third, 80% of leg machines are completely useless), and the fact that the squat is considered by many to be THE most important weightlifting exercise of all---it's money very well spent.

I purchased the Manta Ray Squat Harness a month ago and overall am pleased with it. I'm 6'5" so squats have always been a bit difficult to maintain good form, and of course hard on the wrists and shoulders. The Manta Ray forces you to use good form putting more emphasis on the thighs rather than the lower back. However my weight did go down as there is a learning curve to using this product, so be patient. Also the hard plastic can be uncomfortable, but a towel underneath seems to work well.

great product... definitely ups the comfort level of squatting without having the bar dig into my spine. nicely displaces weight across a larger surface area (harness), than just focusing on one point. (bar) highly recommended product