The york sts half rack safety spot bars is a safety feature from york york is a company built on history since 1932 when bob hoffman founded york barbell from yorks foundations in the decades of the 1930s through to the 1970s york flexed its muscle with its olympic lifting teams key features of the york sts half rack safety spot bars a fully welded safety spot arm with replaceable wear guards this addition to the half rack will allow exercises such as a shoulder press and a squat to be pe