The DIY Thread: Anything and Everything You Can Make Yourself for PL and Strongman

[Jason2459]

Sorry I'm kind of cross posting this with my training journal and the fam thread but thought this is a thread this should be in.

posted this in my training journal. Still thinking of a couple other mods but so far I'm loving it and really helping some lower back/spine pain I've been having.

My DIY Rack Mount front and back Adjustable height reverse hyper.

mounting, using, and dismounting also fixed the strap with a couple loops and carabiners to help lengthen it.


Got the idea from here btw,
http://tnation.t-nation.com/free_onl...the_power_rack
Instead of 2x4's on the bottom for where the piping attaches I used 2x6's to lower the pivot point position a bit

[Terpgym]

Nice job!

[baxtej44]

if I made a wheelbarrel sled and filled it with concrete, would i be able to progressively add more and more concrete to increase the load? would it cure fine layer after layer or no?

[Simplething1980]

Great stuff to share man. Thanks.

[austin.j.taylor]

if I made a wheelbarrel sled and filled it with concrete, would i be able to progressively add more and more concrete to increase the load? would it cure fine layer after layer or no?

Why not just add concrete still in the bags to the wheelbarrow?


I just realized your post was old as fuk, so you probably found a solution by now.

[Jason2459]

Why not just add concrete still in the bags to the wheelbarrow?


I just realized your post was old as fuk, so you probably found a solution by now.

lol, but just to add I add sand bags and kids

[baxtej44]

guess i didn't think about that... sometimes simpler is better i suppose lol

[austin.j.taylor]

lol, but just to add I add sand bags and kids

My PR on prowler pushes is 4 kids, lol.

[Teddy1231]

very nice set up and routine you got.

[Onledgen]

But I'm not unfamiliar with getting ripped! I basically joined to compare stories, accomplishments, personal goals, hardships and such and am really looking forward to any feedback you guys may share with me. I'm still kinda new, as I said, plus I'm posting from a toaster lol, otherwise I'd post pics of my progress over the years.

I was always the chubby kid growing up until I eventually got tired of being unhappy with my appearance and decided to do something about it. I searched the interweb's most obscure places and dug through every little nook and cranny and got myself up-to-date and the latest fad diets, fitness plans, went through the most gruesome workouts you could fathom...until one day I stumbled across yet another site offering seemingly the same results and I was ready to throw in the towel, but for what ever reason I decided to give it a try any way in a final act of desperation.

...to my astonishment this one was different; it actually worked. I was almost in awe when I realized how buff, shredded, and vascular I had gotten.

I'll be a nice guy and share my painfully awesome experience with you guys & gals(?) as soon as I have enough posts to do so


PS - I'll be sure to post pics as soon as I figure out how lmao.

[Jason2459]

Suggestions for bench set/rep schemes that really helped you guys get past your plateaus?

But I'm not unfamiliar with getting ripped! I basically joined to compare stories, accomplishments, personal goals, hardships and such and am really looking forward to any feedback you guys may share with me. I'm still kinda new, as I said, plus I'm posting from a toaster lol, otherwise I'd post pics of my progress over the years.

I was always the chubby kid growing up until I eventually got tired of being unhappy with my appearance and decided to do something about it. I searched the interweb's most obscure places and dug through every little nook and cranny and got myself up-to-date and the latest fad diets, fitness plans, went through the most gruesome workouts you could fathom...until one day I stumbled across yet another site offering seemingly the same results and I was ready to throw in the towel, but for what ever reason I decided to give it a try any way in a final act of desperation.

...to my astonishment this one was different; it actually worked. I was almost in awe when I realized how buff, shredded, and vascular I had gotten.

I'll be a nice guy and share my painfully awesome experience with you guys & gals(?) as soon as I have enough posts to do so


PS - I'll be sure to post pics as soon as I figure out how lmao.

Wrong thread...

[DanTD]

Made this today to use as a conditioning tool.

[DamianBlane]

Subbed this awesome thread. Have a garage now and have no intentions of storing my car there!

[Aleksandra94]

dump

[KYRifleman]

Great thread, tons of ideas to keep my busy in my shop!

[bdayhoff]

I don't have enough posts to include a video, but hopefully you can copy/paste the info and remove the spaces to go to the link...

I made a deadlift jack using 2x6 boards and some pipes and fittings. It works just fine for the weights I lift, and here I "stress tested" it with all of my 45's... 675 lbs is way more than I will ever need to load, so this is a keeper...

h t t p ://w w w .youtube.com/watch?v=n0DEbgYvXRA&feature=youtube_gdata

[animalfan]

There ya go.

[deathsled]

Got my sled built yesterday.
I Used an old Satellite Dish. It was almost the perfect thing to start with because the dish is rounded in such a way that the edges sit off the ground, and the arm used to mount it was the perfect diameter for Oly Plates.

[Unitransform]

**** man, great post! Thanks

[Silentpoet]

A couple of pics of my new glute ham raise. Need to finish it up, but I could use it as is if I had to. I am not sure I can really do much in the way of glute ham raises, but I need to work on that.

[BFJ]

AWESOME thread - love it. for 1 arm overhead press i'd recommend either a metal rod between two buckets of concrete that you let set with some kind of circular mold in the bucket perhaps - just make sure the handle is long enough so you can actually get up on shoulder properly. there's also a product called mass caps by pr products that allows you to strap on extra weight plates to the ends of dumbbells and make them bigger.

[BFJ]

A couple of pics of my new glute ham raise. Need to finish it up, but I could use it as is if I had to. I am not sure I can really do much in the way of glute ham raises, but I need to work on that.

sick dude, nice work - i see quite a few people doing them with feet under a pulldown thigh pad and knees on weight bench like this - you've prob seen, but just throwing it out there in case not

[Silentpoet]

I added some more effective padding and today I did 3 sets of 10. Last set I held a 10 pound iron grip plate. I got a sleeping bag pad you use for camping and cut in half down the middle. I'll get some better pics up when I get a chance to take some pics in the day time.

[doctor220]

Doollas, did you ever make your rack?

[Doollas]

Nah man I never got a chance to. I think some ppl around the subforum have you could ask in the family thread. I think legosinmyeggo or watever built one.

[AnimalNation]

Sorry I'm kind of cross posting this with my training journal and the fam thread but thought this is a thread this should be in.

posted this in my training journal. Still thinking of a couple other mods but so far I'm loving it and really helping some lower back/spine pain I've been having.

My DIY Rack Mount front and back Adjustable height reverse hyper.

mounting, using, and dismounting also fixed the strap with a couple loops and carabiners to help lengthen it.


Got the idea from here btw,
http://tnation.t-nation.com/free_onl...the_power_rack
Instead of 2x4's on the bottom for where the piping attaches I used 2x6's to lower the pivot point position a bit

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This is pretty bad ass!

[dannyautrey]

[Costa23]

Made this squat rack with just two small metal hinges to support the bar right in from of my parents garden haha

Not a very stable surface to squat on but it sure does make it a hell of a lot more challenging!

[yngpress]

Has anyone made the Farmers Walk Handles that are on the main page? (Ontario Strongman link) I'm interested but a little confused by the directions.

[Nat7cryingsoul]

By Thor, lift the hammer.