Dan
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quote: Originally posted by jaffa
quote: Originally posted by Dan
Gonna hang a punch bag in the middle, which can be removed, so i can do some bag work for cardio as well
Let me know how that goes. Always concerned about whether it could cope with the swinging weight of the bag
Havent thought about that tbh.
Have you bolted yours to the ground.
Having had a skullcrusher mishap, and now a bench issue, i think its money well spent. Safety always comes first.
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jaffa
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Thats exactly my motto! Not bolted to ground no as mine is in the dinning room. I push it into the corner when not in use and its hidden by a big screen I have made.
I had the exact plan with the punch bag but my mate pointed it out to me so I never invested.
To be fair it handles 90kg ish when I am doing pullups easily
Had a very scary moment with 110kg on my back once. managed to get it down onto the bars safely and shuffle out!
[Edited on 02-12-2009 by jaffa]
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Dan
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Whilst sqautting u mean?
So without it bolted down, u feel fine hanging on the front of it, or having 100kg plus on a bar on it?
Do u have the lat bars?
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jaffa
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Yeah while squatting. Looking back what I did was stupid and lesson learnt.
I have no problem with doing pullups or even 100kg plus bar on it without it being bolted down. In fact there are no holes for it to be bolted down, well not on mine anyway.
I have the lat pulldown however its in my parents garage as mine needs olympic weights so when I upgrade i will be putting that back on.
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Dan
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Do you have that bodymax one like ive ordered?
There a good place for olympic stuff reasonably priced, just email them saying u seen them cheaper on there before can they better there price, they 9/10 times agree!
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jaffa
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Yep thats the one.
Will give that a try cheers when I come to upgrade my kit. Been checking out there oly stuff. Can't believe how much weights have gone up since I ordered.
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Dan
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yea its crazy prices. I noticed for anyone else needing normal sized stuff that argos have a bit of a sale on. I got some 5kg plates for my dumbells, and they were 21 instead of 32 i think it was. Which makes them £1 kg, which is a good rate now
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Me and James and another friend (Darren) have just done the shoulders and arms, it didn't affect my knee so had a go, I feel more burn now than I do on my normal regimes, maybe not because of the size of weights or reps but because of the variety of order of the exercises, I think James may need an extra days rest in between workouts though as his arms and back are still hurting him from Monday's chest and back workout, so basically all he's done today is rip unhealed muscle fibres.
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I just got 4 10kg plates from argos- also worked out at just under £1 per kg which in their sale
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I found that in my first week (if you go back you'll see me post about not being able to straighten my arms properly for about 3 days!) - it dodnt happen anywhere near as bad the second week though, and basically went for the 3rd onwards.
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Yeah, James is a bit like Paul, if he gets setback, he gets downbeat and ends up packing up! Which is why I've given him my full backing and even if I feel shit myself, I'll still train with him so he doesn't get tempted to give up.
Although I was curling 30's and he was doing 17.5's and trying to match me and failing miserably so I had to pretend I wanted to do more reps with lighter weights so he didn't feel like a loser.
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Cosmo
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kg or lbs?
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J da Silva
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30lbs, about 14kg I think.
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Marc
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Gonna say, thought you were going to say kgs
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
Gonna say, thought you were going to say kgs
All my weights are in lbs.
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thank fuck for that, thought you were going to say kg and I was going to feel like a weakling
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I'd be seriously impressed if it was 30kg, you're arms would be like Johnny Bravos!
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J da Silva
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I need to convert to Kilos for you P90X'ers don't I?
I don't really need to work on my arms, maybe just tone, the diet will never be a problem as I've always been a healthy muncher anyway.
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tbh I try to convert the kg to lbs as I go as thats what they use on the vids.
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quote: Originally posted by J da Silva
maybe just tone
The anal brigade will be along shortly about that!
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
quote: Originally posted by J da Silva
maybe just tone
The anal brigade will be along shortly about that!
Come again? Pardon the sexual reference.
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I was reading that thinking you meant kg. I'm going to start at 12.5 KG as I max out at about 7-8 reps with that weight
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quote: Originally posted by J da Silva
Come again? Pardon the sexual reference.
Some idiot on this forum, can't remember their name, theres a few. Said that theres no such thing as toning. Made me chuckle.
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
quote: Originally posted by J da Silva
Come again? Pardon the sexual reference.
Some idiot on this forum, can't remember their name, theres a few. Said that theres no such thing as toning. Made me chuckle.
It was probably that Marc, biggest idiot of the lot.
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