Zercher PadZercher Pad Convert your barbell into a specialty bar with the Zercher Pad. The Zercher Pad makes performing zercher squats, carries, and lunges extremely comfortableso much so youll forget the pad is there. Just press the Zercher Pad onto a racked barbell and start squatting, lunging, or carrying the barbell with ease. Until now, trainers and athletes alike avoided zercher movements due to the discomfort of placing a barbell in the elbow crease.