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Homemade / DIY lifting equipment (squat rack etc)
Hi all.
I've been going to the uni gym now for quite a while, and have decided that (for my workout) i don't really need any of the equpiment in there save for a bench, seat, squat cage, and dip bars (i do free weights mostly).
I've also been looking around for a squat rack/cage that i could buy, most are pretty damn expensive. A few sites detailed how to make a DIY squat rack for not too much money. Some were wood, some were steel.
As well as this, i came across a few other decent ideas for making home gym equipment. Eg, making a mold and setting cement into plate shapes instead of spending ****loads on proper metal plates (hell, even the ****ty water filled plastic ones at kmart are expensive).
So, just wanting to know if anyone here has made their own gym equpiment, or knows of any plans / good links to places on the subject?
I like the idea of having my own space for working out, no waiting, no pricks that spend more time talking and less time lifting, no s-club 7 while i'm squatting etc etc.
What i'm looking at having are the following:
Squat cage
Dip bars / station
Bench
Seat (adjustable would be nice, but not sure how you'd make one)
Vanilla bar, ez bar, 2-4 dumbells
Weights
Collars
Power rack plans
Plans for a Squat Rack
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Tight Wad's Guide to Farmer's Walk Implements
http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/TITEFW.htm
Various Plans for Racks, etc.
http://home.comcast.net/~stevew01/equipment.html
Atlas Stones
http://www.bodyresults.com/S2stone.asp
Pillars of Poverty
http://www.geocities.com/fightraining/safety.html
Isotonics
http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/shenand.../Isotonic.htmlA child does not learn to squat from the top down. In other words, he does not suddenly make a conscious decision one day to squat. Actually, he is squatting one day and make the conscious decision to stand. Squatting precedes standing in the developmental sequence. This is the way a child's brain learns to use the body as the child develops movement patterns. Therefore, a child is probably crawling, rocks back into a squatting position with the back completely relaxed and the hips completely flexed, and stands when he has enough hip strength. This approach makes a lot of sense and can be applied to relearning the deep squat movement if it is lost. -Gray Cook
Lifting Clips: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=johnnymnemonic2
Blog: http://squatrx.blogspot.com/
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An interesting blog from a Finnish lifter who lifts in the forest! http://tsampa.org/training/blog/archives/2005/07/
A child does not learn to squat from the top down. In other words, he does not suddenly make a conscious decision one day to squat. Actually, he is squatting one day and make the conscious decision to stand. Squatting precedes standing in the developmental sequence. This is the way a child's brain learns to use the body as the child develops movement patterns. Therefore, a child is probably crawling, rocks back into a squatting position with the back completely relaxed and the hips completely flexed, and stands when he has enough hip strength. This approach makes a lot of sense and can be applied to relearning the deep squat movement if it is lost. -Gray Cook
Lifting Clips: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=johnnymnemonic2
Blog: http://squatrx.blogspot.com/
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damn sensei those are some good links.
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Sensei.. that finnish guy has a heck of a blog/journal... lots of good links.. and progress pictures. Thanks..
Squat More! -- RIP Jesse .. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. -- Teddy Roosevelt
One Old Man's Progress & Goals Journal
Great Programs: the new WBB 1.1 .. Baby Got Back Program .. Bill Starr 5x5 .. Westside Basic Training
Exercise Vids & info: ExRx.net .. U of Wisconsin Vids .. U of Idaho Vids .. Elite FTS Exercises ..Learn to Squat Vids RX#1-12 ..Or Dan John's Squat Vid ..
Squats are better then Leg Presses .. Squats are better for jumping too .. And NOT just for men..
Food & Diet Info: FitDay for tracking your Diet Calculators: Westside & Coan .. One Rep Max Strongman: Strongman Starter
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Nice links mate.
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As someone who likes to build stuff, and will do so even when there are cheaper commercial alternatives, let me tell you that you should just go buy a bar and iron weight set, primarily for safety reasons.
The journal / I live here.
If I were to start from scratch as a young 13 year old again, I would do every press, squat, and perhaps deadlifts, for my entire career with chains. -- Dan John
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LOL! Trust me Mix, I won't be digging a hole in the middle of a forest anytime soon...
Originally Posted by MixmasterNash
A child does not learn to squat from the top down. In other words, he does not suddenly make a conscious decision one day to squat. Actually, he is squatting one day and make the conscious decision to stand. Squatting precedes standing in the developmental sequence. This is the way a child's brain learns to use the body as the child develops movement patterns. Therefore, a child is probably crawling, rocks back into a squatting position with the back completely relaxed and the hips completely flexed, and stands when he has enough hip strength. This approach makes a lot of sense and can be applied to relearning the deep squat movement if it is lost. -Gray Cook
Lifting Clips: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=johnnymnemonic2
Blog: http://squatrx.blogspot.com/
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Go Heels!
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I might be. Originally Posted by Sensei
The journal / I live here.
If I were to start from scratch as a young 13 year old again, I would do every press, squat, and perhaps deadlifts, for my entire career with chains. -- Dan John
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Yeah.. but just think Sensei.. the greatest strongman of all time trained with a hole... Originally Posted by Sensei
Paul Anderson (20-reps with 1000 lbs, 1,200-pound squat sans powerlifting gear)
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/ga...son(draft).htm
http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/296/
http://www.martygallagher.com/more/269_0_1_0_M/Squat More! -- RIP Jesse .. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. -- Teddy Roosevelt
One Old Man's Progress & Goals Journal
Great Programs: the new WBB 1.1 .. Baby Got Back Program .. Bill Starr 5x5 .. Westside Basic Training
Exercise Vids & info: ExRx.net .. U of Wisconsin Vids .. U of Idaho Vids .. Elite FTS Exercises ..Learn to Squat Vids RX#1-12 ..Or Dan John's Squat Vid ..
Squats are better then Leg Presses .. Squats are better for jumping too .. And NOT just for men..
Food & Diet Info: FitDay for tracking your Diet Calculators: Westside & Coan .. One Rep Max Strongman: Strongman Starter
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