It goes by many names, but 1.9” or 48.26mm steel tube is one of the most cost-effective materials available for building exercise equipment or, frankly, anything structural. All of the following specifications point to the same thing, steel tube with a 48.26mm outer diameter: A little bit of history: Pipes are often sized on the …
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One of things I like about making a power rack out of scaffolding is that I can have it just how I like and change it if the mood takes me. Here are some of the features. Other Notes:
Here you can see my dual pulldown/crossover setup which uses the same frame as my hide-away belt squat and retractable monolift. The pulldown/crossover setup has a few aspects worth pointing out: The pulley above the weights should be directly bolted, not hanging. A pulley that can swing will induce swinging in the weights. Other pulleys …
I can’t justify having a reverse hyper, leg extension machine and leg curl machine. Also seal rows are a pain to set up. But one machine to do all of this? That starts to make more sense. Let’s have a look. We have 4 uprights which support the bench. The bench is narrower at the …
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There are many online recipes for building a lifting platform. Use google. I’ll just point out what I’ve added to mine. To recap, for a 4’x8’ deadlift platform you need: An 8’x8’ platform has 4 bottom sheets, a full top central sheet and 2 horse stall mats (Still cut each into 3 2’x4’ strips, discarding the …
Lifting Strops for Belt Squat and Weighted Dips/Chins Having purchased a Medium Belt for belt squats from Spud Inc for my DIY belt squat machine, I couldn’t help but feel that it was a lot of money for something so simple. I have since discovered that a 1m 4T lifting strop: And 2 wide jaw …
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While locking collars are pretty cheap and work pretty well, there are other options if you don’t mind getting a spanner out. You can just use a putlog coupler as-is, or cut the tang off with an angle grinder. If you do up the bolt too tight, it can dent the sleeve (as is the …
Low intensity cardio feels like a waste of time that you feel guilty about skipping. Playing old video games feels like a waste of time that you feel guilty for doing. Combine the two for healthy guilt-free indulgence. For this I used: I installed Lakka on a defunct 10 year old Dell laptop (though to …
Proper loading pins are pretty good, but there is a bit of money to be saved if you have a welder or pipe threader. I have a pipe threader so I can put a flange on the end of a piece of pipe/scaffolding. I then just drill a hole through the top so that I …
