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Entries for the Home-made equipment competition

Scott Birdby Scott Bird
April 13, 2007
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Parts for Clay Johnson's Revolving HandleIf you’re joining in the fun of the Home-made equipment competition you probably already know what it’s like to look at every object around your house with a ‘What if I…’ thought running through your head.

Here’s the official list (I’ll keep this updated as new entries come in) of the participants so far :

Clay Johnson : Clay has built some superb stuff over the years, including :

His latest constructions, some farmers walk bars and a Strongman log, are great.

Tim : Tim’s also constructed a couple of farmers walk bars, one of which is shown here. Superb.

Rad Man : a power rack. Wood, pipe - $80. Excellent.

Pat Hodgson : Detailed plans for an adjustable Deadlift, Shrug, Row bar. Love it.

Also the Quick and Easy Forearm Exerciser. Now that’s a great use for an exercise bike.

John Fike :

Chris Rice : Horizontal Pinch Device. I definitely want one of these.

Jason Kirby : Home-made Medicine Ball (soon to be a Tornado Ball). Also on the way - a DIY Wobble Board.

Gary Chandler : several items, including a superb T-bar Row machine. Also :

Tom Moe : a superb device for the solo home lifter - an ‘Off Helper’ for the bench press. Love it.

Bryan Bramhill (aka ‘bacon’) : an extremely sturdy Dip Station. Watch the video to find out exactly how it was made and used.

Brilliant.


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Comments

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ummm…that first picture for cheap kettlebells…something isn’t working right…either it’s to early in the morning or the photos wrong because it looks like some sort of curling bar.

Posted by: Chris D. | April 14, 2007 12:11 AM

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Also is there any way to get a hold of Clay? Those farmers look pretty sweet and I’ve been looking for some!

Posted by: Chris D. | April 14, 2007 12:13 AM

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I can pass on your email address if you like, but I suspect you’re looking at Tim’s entry. There’s a bit more info on his original comment.

Tim, you’ve got a potential customer :)

Posted by: Scott | April 14, 2007 12:22 AM

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Not to take anything away from Tim (that was very creative with the plumbing parts), but you can make a cheaper pair of Farmer Bars through this link ($20ish) - http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/TITEFW.htm. Anything over $70, I’d have my local welder piece something solid together.

If you happen to read this Rat Man, I was curious to the amount of load that you have put on your rack. Looks like a excellent design and project for anyone with a lot of good scrap wood laying around.

Posted by: Danny | April 18, 2007 4:51 AM

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Chris: RE: Homemade Kettlebells for $1!

I found an old triceps bar at a garage sale for $1.

I simply cut the bar in half and cut away the extra part of the bar above the handle.

It works!

So far I have the two loaded up with 30 and 60 pounds. I have tried swings, twists, and curls with good luck. I am not sure if I would swing them over my head though. I am thinking I could load some more for farmers’ walks.

I should add that to keep the collars from slipping, I used hose clamps tightened against the collars. I have used these on spin lock collars for years and they work perfectly for keeping the collars on tight.

Posted by: Clay Johnson | April 20, 2007 11:20 AM

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These are all probably too low tech for you guys, but I also make my own workout equipment.

http://totaltransformation.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/my-unconventional-workout-tools/

Posted by: John Kaiser | May 26, 2007 10:29 PM

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can someone tell a way of self-spotting on bench press?

i saw an attacment for this but i could not see how it works?…

Posted by: david | August 30, 2007 1:32 PM

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Hi David,

The video for the ‘off-helper’ may help. It essentially replaces the hand-off. If you like, I can pass your email along to Tom so you can ask him about it.

Posted by: Scott | August 30, 2007 3:11 PM

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