Equipment at the gym question:

Metal_Lust · 09-09-2009, 04:57 PM

I was trying to find a picture of a deadlift platform to suggest to my gym(was contacting through email) and one of these popped up:

My current gym has something like this, though looks older. I guess this is a platform for deadlifting?? I had no clue what it was haha I've never seen anyone use it before. I don't really understand how you would do them since I don't think they would touch the ground & if the bar is suppose to be touching the middle of your shin, the part where the bar is resting in that picture looks like knee level to me. Plus it's not much of a "dead" lift..Could someone help clarify this for me?

(if you were wondering, i sent a suggestion to my gym to invest in one of these platforms:

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blaze_itt · 09-09-2009, 05:14 PM

I've seen one of those when I used to goto a gym and people used to do romanian or stiff leg dead lifts on them. But the confusing thing was some people used them to curl above everyone else lol. It's a pretty stupid platform if you ask me but I'm probably just ignorant.

Any gym with one of those platforms you suggested on the bottom is ok with me

Metal_Lust · 09-09-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by blaze_itt

I've seen one of those when I used to goto a gym and people used to do romanian or stiff leg dead lifts on them. But the confusing thing was some people used them to curl above everyone else lol. It's a pretty stupid platform if you ask me but I'm probably just ignorant.

Any gym with one of those platforms you suggested on the bottom is ok with me

Oh okay that makes sense, well i'm a beginner to the excercise so I know how to setup for deadlifts on the ground n' all but I think this would throw me off. Hahaha that's perdy amazing that people were using it for curls though. My first guess was that the thing that held the barbell raised so they were squat stands hehe, I'll just use a barbell in front of the power rack then, I hope they listen to me n' get a platform but kind of a stretch.

What gym did you go to by the way? Milos's ?

blaze_itt · 09-09-2009, 06:13 PM

LA Fitness

Where people curl in squat racks and you shake your head in dissapointment

Metal_Lust · 09-09-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by blaze_itt

LA Fitness

Where people curl in squat racks and you shake your head in dissapointment

ahah, oh okay. I wanted to start lifting at Koloseum Gym there but a bit too much gas for me to drive over there a few days a week.

blaze_itt · 09-09-2009, 06:24 PM

Oh I never heard of it haha. Where are you from?

Damn, just checked the website. The people that work out there are HUGE!! looks like a nice place.

It's a little too far from me on the other side of town though.

Wildtim · 09-09-2009, 07:10 PM

The platform on the top serves a dual pupose. You can set the bar on the pins for Romainian deadlifts, or rack pulls, where you start higher than the floor. Or you can do deadlifts off the floor while standing on the platform for elevated deadlifts which give you a greater rom than the standard deadlift.

The bottom platform is a lifting platform, most commonly used for Olympic lifting, though it is a pretty nice for deadlifting.

ironwill2008 · 09-09-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal_Lust

^^^This is used for barbell rows, and stiff-leg and Romanian deadlifts.

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(if you were wondering, i sent a suggestion to my gym to invest in one of these platforms:

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^^^This platform is used with bumper plates to do Olympic lifts. The least-expensive one I've ever seen cost about $2500. Yoy're not likely to see anything like this in a "fitness center."

HardKore79 · 09-09-2009, 08:08 PM

Guys guys guys... The first one is a box squat platform...

Keetman · 09-09-2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ironwill2008

^^^This platform is used with bumper plates to do Olympic lifts. The least-expensive one I've ever seen cost about $2500. Yoy're not likely to see anything like this in a "fitness center."

But if you do find a gym with such a platform and you're looking for a gym........go there!

I'm still thinking these would be easy to build though......although I put about 1000sf of hardwood floor in my house, so I don't see that little bit you'd need for a platform as challenging!

skinnycalves · 09-09-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ironwill2008

^^^This is used for barbell rows, and stiff-leg and Romanian deadlifts.

^^^This platform is used with bumper plates to do Olympic lifts. The least-expensive one I've ever seen cost about $2500. Yoy're not likely to see anything like this in a "fitness center."

lol the one pictured right there is like 1200 on elitefts.

Im with Keetman total waste of money. Even if you wanted to build one exactly like that you could do it for far less.

Metal_Lust · 09-09-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ironwill2008

^^^This is used for barbell rows, and stiff-leg and Romanian deadlifts.

^^^This platform is used with bumper plates to do Olympic lifts. The least-expensive one I've ever seen cost about $2500. Yoy're not likely to see anything like this in a "fitness center."

I emailed Milos(from the mentioned gym above) & he said that he has platforms, i'd sooo go but it's just too far for me =[ I'm not sure how much he charges either, he sent me a week pass though.

Metal_Lust · 09-09-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by HardKore79

Guys guys guys... The first one is a box squat platform...

hehe the one at my gym is seperated unlike this one so I think you could use it as one. It's probably too low.

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Originally Posted by blaze_itt

Oh I never heard of it haha. Where are you from?

Damn, just checked the website. The people that work out there are HUGE!! looks like a nice place.

It's a little too far from me on the other side of town though.

Chino, yeah haha looks like a great place to lift.

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Originally Posted by Wildtim

The platform on the top serves a dual pupose. You can set the bar on the pins for Romainian deadlifts, or rack pulls, where you start higher than the floor. Or you can do deadlifts off the floor while standing on the platform for elevated deadlifts which give you a greater rom than the standard deadlift.

The bottom platform is a lifting platform, most commonly used for Olympic lifting, though it is a pretty nice for deadlifting.

I learned deadlifting from rippetoe & from the conventional "bar touching mid shin" thing so being way above it (probably at toe level)and pulling would be weird to me. Aside from deadlifts, doing power cleans on that platform I want at the gym would be great

ironwill2008 · 09-09-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Keetman

But if you do find a gym with such a platform and you're looking for a gym........go there!

I'm still thinking these would be easy to build though......although I put about 1000sf of hardwood floor in my house, so I don't see that little bit you'd need for a platform as challenging!

Keet, have you seen the York platforms at Barry's?

Keetman · 09-09-2009, 10:43 PM

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Keet, have you seen the York platforms at Barry's?

No Will, I haven't. I haven't been to Berry's in a number of years actually. I live southwest of Columbus and they've only got a store open now on the east side and north side. The one that was closest to me on the northwest is now gone. Not that its a horrible drive, but long enough I don't just cruise over there. Although.........I've actually been wanting to get over there to look around because I'm tired of seeing the same old stuff at the 13 Dick's Sporting Goods that are around me!

Anyway, are those really nice or cost efficient? I'm really thinking hard about finishing the walls and floor of my gym this winter (everything is in a very big, but unfinished basement right now). I've thrown about the idea of building a platform in front of my rack because I have plenty of wood left over from my house floor I spoke of earlier. That would make my gym a special kind of sweet (at least in my mind)!

Kung-Fool · 09-10-2009, 09:05 AM

You can build a nice deadlift platform from plywood and horse stall mats for around $75.

triplechris · 09-10-2009, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Keetman

No Will, I haven't. I haven't been to Berry's in a number of years actually. I live southwest of Columbus and they've only got a store open now on the east side and north side. The one that was closest to me on the northwest is now gone. Not that its a horrible drive, but long enough I don't just cruise over there. Although.........I've actually been wanting to get over there to look around because I'm tired of seeing the same old stuff at the 13 Dick's Sporting Goods that are around me!

Anyway, are those really nice or cost efficient? I'm really thinking hard about finishing the walls and floor of my gym this winter (everything is in a very big, but unfinished basement right now). I've thrown about the idea of building a platform in front of my rack because I have plenty of wood left over from my house floor I spoke of earlier. That would make my gym a special kind of sweet (at least in my mind)!

Yes I built my lifting platform with left over flooring. So nice! One bit of advice: Sand off the polyurathane coating if they're pre-finished. It's much too slippery for a lifting platform. I sanded mine down with about 50 grit sandpaper then put a couple coats of poly on. Finishing your basement will make a HUGE difference to your mindset for working out! At least it did for me. Another thing to think about when building a platform is how much room over head you have. If you want to do jerks or presses, the ceiling might be too low, and a platform adds around 4" of height.

Keetman · 09-10-2009, 10:39 AM

Thanks guys.

I wouldn't have a problem with the plywood platform, I just have a lot of leftover hardwood and I think it would be very cool. I don't know if I like the idea of sanding it down and refinishing it though, that prefinish is very strong; obviously I don't want a safety problem though. As far as the overhead is concerned, I'm pretty ok there; my basement has an extra foot....I think I have 9' from floor to the bottom of the rafters. I'm really looking forward to finishing the part of the basement that is my gym. I have a really nice area, but closing it in will give it much more character. I'm going to start planning it out though as I'm thinking there will be some fundamental changes.