Time to highlight another useful piece of equipment.
Staircase Pulling Blocks
You have probably seen them in Russian or Asian weightlifting videos (or if you are lucky your gym already has those).
These are not only very space efficient, but also easy to make.
Now you might say “this will probably bend my bar”. Maybe, if you repeatedly drop a fully loaded bar onto it. As you can see in the videos below, you lower the barbell gently. So don’t be an idiot or use two.
Below are the measurements of one of the many blocks from the Russian gym Igor Lukanin trains in (thanks to Igor for taking the photos).
Measurements
Not set in stone obviously.
Modifications
Put some rubber and a little barrier on top of each step to prevent the barbell from rolling off.
Videos of them in Use
In the background of Nadezda’s 110kg Snatch x2 video Olga Zubova uses hers.
Or in this (Korean?) video at 64 seconds in.
Staircase Blocks is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.