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08-21-2008, 12:48 PM
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Gender:  |  The DIY Thread I thought I'd start a thread to compile info on do it yourself training project for those people working out at home and perhaps on a budget. Post is you have something or find something. To start the ball rolling I'll post a link to this page at straighttothebar.com (which is what made me think of doing the thread anyway). http://www.straighttothebar.com/equipment/diy/ |
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08-22-2008, 08:08 AM
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Gender: | That thread on STTB is on my favorites  I actually found it when I was looking to make some home made bumpers out of car tires... which I still have not done, but... it is still a good site. Lots of good info there. |
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08-22-2008, 10:05 AM
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Gender: | Yeah, Andrew, there is lots of good info on that site in general. Just tons of videos as well. John, bumpers are (usually) rubber coated plates designed to reduced damage to flooring, etc. Although Andrew may be talking about something different. But they are expensive... |
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08-22-2008, 10:53 AM
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Gender: | Nope, you nailed it, Eric. Though bumpers are typically solid rubber... not just rubber coated. Olympic lifters use them so they can drop weights. Now, you can drop a bundle of cash on bumpers (I believe that I have spent well over $400 on 2x45, 2x35, 4x25, 2x10 bumpers), or if you are looking to just beat around with something you can drop (axle cleans, let's say) then you can use car tires. It requires a manufactured flange of some type so it will adapt to a normal Olympic bar, but they work well and are pretty heavy. I wanted them for farmers walks or axle cleans. I could drop either without crapping up my iron weights in a parking lot. I only use my bumpers in my garage on a lifting platform... too expensive to scuff to hell on blacktop, but it saves a lot of energy to just drop a jerk rather than trying to lower it under control. Or, if you miss a snatch, then you don't have to sweat whether you just screwed up your floor. And it flat out feels awesome to lift with bumpers because they are so big. A 25kg (55lb) bumper is about as thick as 4 normal 45lb plates  |
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08-22-2008, 11:08 AM
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Gender: | ^^^You're right, AC, my bad. Real bumper plates are solid rubber. Then you have rubber coated or rubber rimmed for cheaper economy versions (which probably wouldn't work so well as for damage). I came across a whole nother page at STTB with lots of links: http://www.straighttothebar.com/2006...equipment.html |
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08-22-2008, 01:13 PM
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Gender: | The rubber coated guys are good if you are just looking to dampen sound when deadlifting in a gym, but they tend to get hacked up quickly if people aren't careful, and I wouldn't be dropping them as they still have a lot of mass per the surface area that will strike. Better than a basic iron plate, but not ideal. |
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08-22-2008, 01:42 PM
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Gender: | An interesting write up I found a while back on home gyms: http://shop.specialoperations.com/pd...rage%20Gym.pdf Has some good links, some... well, I'll let you surf it |
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