Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

ronanc15

@Hanley, those food scales you recommended are as handy as a small pot. Gone all OCD now with my mixed nuts portions to curb the cashew fetish

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The engineers in work made 5 prowlers for free for us. I'm bringing a camera down when they are wheeled out for their premier session. Standby for pictures of gratuitous prowler flu.

Gummy Panda

bodypower was worth it for Zsuzsi Toldi from Scitec



I would kill you all mercilessly for her :P

Sangre

Sangre wrote: »

Been looking to pick up some bands, primarily for mobility/flexibility work but will try some strength work with it as well. Word on the street is Woodys are the best. Are these overkill or can better value be gotten given what I have in mind?

Also looking at below pullum belt, anyone ever used it?

http://www.pullum-sports.co.uk/belts/powerlifting-belts/pullum-suede-duel-prong-powerlifting-belt/prod_24.html

Any give any thoughts on band query? Looking to pick some up.

Hanley

Sangre wrote: »

Any give any thoughts on band query? Looking to pick some up.

You in Dublin? If so, d8 fitness.

Stench Blossoms

Hanley I am going to beat you if you don't reply to my pm.

rubadub

All reviews & comments I saw said they (woody bands) were the best too, and they were not too much more than alternatives I saw.

For cheapo ones I have mountain bike inner tubes.

I see D8 have knock offs of the Fatgripz for €20

http://www.d8fitness.com/store/manus-grips/

Hanley

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Hanley I am going to beat you if you don't reply to my pm.

What?

Stench Blossoms

Hanley wrote: »

What?

Sent it again.

Paddywiggum

rubadub wrote: »

All reviews & comments I saw said they (woody bands) were the best too, and they were not too much more than alternatives I saw.

For cheapo ones I have mountain bike inner tubes.

I see D8 have knock offs of the Fatgripz for €20

http://www.d8fitness.com/store/manus-grips/

you could buy some pipe insulation at Homebase etc for few euro, does same job as fat gripz. have it myself, good for forearm development alright.

MrPain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGE1YyAJoqM

Dathai

Sangre

Hanley wrote: »

You in Dublin? If so, d8 fitness.

Good man, might near there on Saturday.

rubadub wrote: »

All reviews & comments I saw said they (woody bands) were the best too, and they were not too much more than alternatives I saw.

For cheapo ones I have mountain bike inner tubes.

I see D8 have knock offs of the Fatgripz for €20

http://www.d8fitness.com/store/manus-grips/

Might check these out as well at those levels.

DL Saint

Some solid nutritional info in this, haha :pac:

RidleyRider

Was talking to an instructor in my gym and he was saying of the avid amp into of open steroid users in our gym. Fairly shocked to be honest but is this common in most gyms?

I hear RevFit is full of them :pac: I joke of course:)

Mellor

RidleyRider wrote: »

Was talking to an instructor in my gym and he was saying of the avid amp into of open steroid users in our gym.

I've read this 5 times now, and i have no idea what you are trying to say.
Avid amp into???

Zombienosh

Yeah I thought it was just me that was having a hard time with that, is it some sort of dizzy rascal lingo?

itsjustaride

Planning on mounting a wall bracket above my garage door to hang gym rings off.

Which of these should I go for or is it much of a muchness?

http://www.adverts.ie/exercise-equipment-weights/pull-up-bar/1081905

http://www.d8fitness.com/product/wall-bracket/

Mickk

Might be of interest to anyone looking for second hand stuff, I was there at 9.59 this morning and picked up loads of stuff http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/gym/5079979

Pace2008

Mellor wrote: »

I've read this 5 times now, and i have no idea what you are trying to say.
Avid amp into???

I think it's "the huge amount of."

Pls confirm

Stench Blossoms

10er bets we see RidleyRider made massive gains in the next few weeks.

RidleyRider

Pace2008 has it right. Sorry lads autocorrect on my phone causes that :pac:

Stench- I never make any gains :pac:

Scuba Ste

itsjustaride wrote: »

Planning on mounting a wall bracket above my garage door to hang gym rings off.

Which of these should I go for or is it much of a muchness?

http://www.adverts.ie/exercise-equipment-weights/pull-up-bar/1081905

http://www.d8fitness.com/product/wall-bracket/

Pull up bar. It's more versatile. Obviously you can do pull ups on it but it also allows you to hang the rings straight down which is how they're normally used. The bracket will turn it into more of a suspension trainer.

DL Saint

Anyone know where I can get wholegrain rice cereal in South Dublin? I asked in my local Holland and Barrett and the girl behind the counter looked at me like I had two heads...

ling-zing

tesco have these

RidleyRider

:pac:

Zombienosh

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#noCarbsB4Marbs

A hashtag to live by!

amazingemmet

Daddy's home, or correctly Daddy is moving back to ireland in one week. So Squats the story to coin a phrase?

arse..biscuits

itsjustaride wrote: »

Planning on mounting a wall bracket above my garage door to hang gym rings off.

Which of these should I go for or is it much of a muchness?

http://www.adverts.ie/exercise-equipment-weights/pull-up-bar/1081905

http://www.d8fitness.com/product/wall-bracket/

I have the pull up bar, I got it made from that same bloke (Mylo), it is top quality and solid as a rock. He normally makes them 2 foot out from the wall, I asked for 2.5 foot and he obliged at no extra cost.

Zombienosh

looks deadly out today, good for any outdoor training.

RidleyRider

Zombienosh wrote: »

looks deadly out today, good for any outdoor training.

Bang on, I plan to whip out my home dip station:pac:

googled eyes

RidleyRider wrote: »

Bang on, I plan to whip out my home dip station:pac:

What did you make it from. Before I picked my gym rings I was toying with the idea of building one from pvc waste pipe and corners.

Any photos ?

RidleyRider

googled eyes wrote: »

What did you make it from. Before I picked my gym rings I was toying with the idea of building one from pvc waste pipe and corners.

Any photos ?

I'll take a few pictures for you in a bit. It looks disgraceful but it gets the job done. I plan on making another soon though. Something that doesn't need to be propped up by 4 alloys:pac: I had some old trampoline poles and wood and big ass nails and threw it together.

I just threw it together to see if it would actually work. In hindsight, I'll make the new one with the bars slightly closer together.

googled eyes

http://www.tomharveytraining.com/2012/03/25/dyi-dip-station-design/

Nice plans on making one from pvc waste etc.


The first 2:30 minutes are about dip station

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9EhzdN1a4

RidleyRider

Cheers for that. I didn't think PVC would hold! Any idea on cost of it?

googled eyes

Depending on where you buy it €60-€80. A plumbing wholesaler would be obviously cheaper than Woodies or Homebase.

You need 9 meters ( 3 lengths) of the pipe to make all the smaller sections. 8 right angles and 6 T's plus plumbing cement

Or if you know any plumbers ask them to pick it up for you, they may have a discount somewhere

You need to buy 50mm waste to make sure it'll support your weight.

rubadub

googled eyes wrote: »

Depending on where you buy it €60-€80.

Stuff like that costs a lot here, I hate reading US sites where they go on about getting stuff so cheap.

Could be cheap to make out of wood. Or visit a scrap yard if you can get it welded.

For €80 you could probably get a used power tower. That shamrock gym is €73 incl delivery http://www.shamrockgym.ie/

You can also use the lever type ones in doorways with a simple frame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Yltj_abSA

googled eyes

rubadub wrote: »

Stuff like that costs a lot here, I hate reading US sites where they go on about getting stuff so cheap.

Could be cheap to make out of wood. Or visit a scrap yard if you can get it welded.

For €80 you could probably get a used power tower. That shamrock gym is €73 incl delivery http://www.shamrockgym.ie/

You can also use the lever type ones in doorways with a simple frame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Yltj_abSA

That 60-80 was made using Irish prices, in america you could probably pick the lot up for 30 dollars.

The Shamrock Gym looks good, I checked it out at the time. But I don't have a spare door frame in my shed and at the time I liked the idea of having a dip station that could be moved around ( or outside if the weather is good)

As I said though I went with gym rings and hung them from my pullup bar.

I'm still getting used to the rings, my form is crap and sometimes the ring dips are murder on my shoulders.

rubadub

googled eyes wrote: »

I'm still getting used to the rings, my form is crap and sometimes the ring dips are murder on my shoulders.

They are really hard starting out. You can just practise the holding position, and try turning in the rings outwards for a moment & back again. Also negative dips are far easier, I find the most taxing part is going up again, which I know is normal, but with regular dips I do not find nearly such a difference in ratio of difficulty.

conzy

Played indoor football with a few lads from work lastnight. I'm well used to resistance training and jogging but it destroyed me! Average HR of 170 throughout the session and I have zero skin left on the balls of my feet

I'll get used to it!

Ant11

googled eyes wrote: »

What did you make it from. Before I picked my gym rings I was toying with the idea of building one from pvc waste pipe and corners.

Any photos ?

Here's mine, very solid. Do handstands on them too. Got the PVC pipe in Woodies. Was about 30 quid for everything I think.

Edit: sorry just copped your looking to make a dip station not paralettes.

googled eyes

Ant11 wrote: »

Here's mine, very solid. Do handstands on them too. Got the PVC pipe in Woodies. Was about 30 quid for everything I think.

Edit: sorry just copped your looking to make a dip station not paralettes.

They look deadly !!! Did you use 40mm or 50mm waste?

Ant11

googled eyes wrote: »

They look deadly !!! Did you use 40mm or 50mm waste?

40mm. Bough one 3meter length of pipe and made both paralettes from it. Used glue to keep it all together. Don't waste your money on end caps for the ends you don't need then.

rubadub

Here is one I made from a table (link at the bottom). This site lets you do little sketches which build up as you draw.

at the start you see the a black table frame, this was welded box section. I cut it at the points in red.

I then fliped it on its side, and got the green bar welded on.

The blue things were PVC tubes slipping over the box section, it could have been fat gripz, or towels or something.

It is really low so you have to bend your knees.

The bit in purple is an extra tube that can slot in the box section on both sides at the bottom and make it more stable

http://sketchtoy.com/35491673

jugger0

Anyone ever torn a meniscus?

RidleyRider

jugger0 wrote: »

Anyone ever torn a meniscus?

I think a lad I know had surgery on his meniscus and is in crutches atm. Not the nicest injury. Hardly happened to you?

Ant11

jugger0 wrote: »

Anyone ever torn a meniscus?

Yep, both knees.

jugger0

RidleyRider wrote: »

I think a lad I know had surgery on his meniscus and is in crutches atm. Not the nicest injury. Hardly happened to you?

My physio told me it wasnt but that was 3 weeks ago and its not any better... Not looking for medical advice by the way, i know boards.ie hate that... im just wanting to hear peoples symptoms/ cause of injury etc..

Ant11 wrote: »

Yep, both knees.

How'd ya do that? symptoms?

Ant11

jugger0 wrote: »

My physio told me it wasnt but that was 3 weeks ago and its not any better... Not looking for medical advice by the way, i know boards.ie hate that... im just wanting to hear peoples symptoms/ cause of injury etc..



How'd ya do that? symptoms?

Playing football, sprinting with very fast direction changes, ongoing injuries etc. if its only a slight tear you will be fine once the swelling has gone down but for me I had to get key hole to have some of it removed as my knee was locking in place. Your Physio obviously can advise best on course of action depending on your symptoms. Nothing will show up in x-ray, MRI is the only way to see what damage is done.