Hey, I've got a maybe 2 meter long, 4 centimeter diameter metal pole lieing around outside. I'm thinking of using it as a barbell for squatting, deadlifts and maybe benchpress if I can find something to use as a bench.
Has anyone got any ideas as to what I can use as weights, and how I can secure the weights?
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Thread: Homemade barbell?
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04-19-2009, 01:58 PM #1
Homemade barbell?
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04-19-2009, 02:01 PM #2
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04-19-2009, 02:25 PM #6
bukcets + concrete = best thing ever
"No man has the right to be an amatuer in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." -Socrates
"If you want to look like some Abercrombie model, then find another program and enjoy your nice, easy training style. If you are serious about adding muscle to your frame, then get under the damn bar and make it happen. "
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04-19-2009, 02:34 PM #7
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Not quite sure what it's like in Norway, but I managed to pick up 130lbs of weight plates for just 15 GBP. There cheap if you look around, I found that newspapers are a good bet.
As for the bar, I personally wouldn't trust anything, at the end of the day, it's going to be holding potentially alot of weight and if it breaks it could do you some serious injury so I would invest in getting one designed for the use of bodybuilding.
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04-19-2009, 02:37 PM #8
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04-19-2009, 03:14 PM #11
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04-19-2009, 03:31 PM #12
I have various steel and stainless bars not intended for weightlifting, but they are the correct thickness and I have tons of collars so I have used the bars for lifting before. Not sure what you could use as weights though. Look around, alot of people will get rid of old concrete filled weights for free to clean up space.
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04-19-2009, 04:22 PM #13
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