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Offline matt marshall

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Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« on: November 17, 2005, 12:45:30 AM »
get a kettlebell.  they rock.  alot.  like holy crap.
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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2005, 04:24:41 AM »
No shit! I wish I could afford one, until then I'm stuck doing the swings and one arm snatches with a dumbell, which is nowhere near as nice! :D

There are a few places to buy them online, but Dragondoor is the best, from what I've found. They are also the most expensive, but it's a lifetime investment:

http://dragondoor.com/

Along the lines of more really cool equipment that you should buy, some gymnastics rings basically improve every single bodyweight exercise. Power-rings training systems makes some relatively affordable ones (in comparison to actual gymnastics rings for competition ;))

http://www.ringtraining.com/

A really affective training tool that is about as simple as it comes is a sandbag. There are a ton of great ballistic exercises that can be performed with one. Ross Enamait has a great tutorial on constructing your own, which is quite cheap and easy:

http://www.warriorforce.com/sandbagconstructionkit.pdf
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2005, 04:27:30 AM »
the sandbag idea is frinken awesome i used to hate makin those thingsand carting them around
so damn exhausting
as far as rings go they will get ya ripped no doubt but there is also massive potential to jack yerself up
i recommend checking out a local gym and learning the basics on them under supervision before undertaking any kind of self prescribed ring learning.
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2005, 04:39:30 AM »
Indeed, it's easy to cause lots of overuse/accute injuries if you're not careful. Didn't you used to be a gymnast? I'd love to hit you up on AIM sometime and pick your brain for training ideas!
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2005, 07:40:41 PM »
Another great and simple piece of equipment is a slackline, excellent for balance, agility, etc. I just finished a short article on slacklining and the resources you need to set one up, you can check it out here:

Be a Slacker Like Me!
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2005, 09:47:31 PM »
haha you should see all the slack lines in boulder. must be a hippy thing or somethin. but yes they are one of the best balance trainers there are. so hard!
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2005, 11:46:51 PM »
Sand Bags...Man you can just go try picking up your Car for a couple hours hehe.  All great Ideas...and that Slacklining is a big thing in colleges right now

I would have to put my two bits in and give you this site.  It has helped me.  I really enjoy using it.  It really has imporved my grip and my HUGE fourarms...

www.powerball.com
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2005, 09:13:06 PM »
Eep. I'd do the slackline thing, except my balance is probably too crap to even try. =P Ya, I also want kettlebells and rings. The only thing that puts me off kettlebells is the set weights. I like progressive chosen resistance. Ah well. Still a cool thing to have. I guess I'll just stick to my dumbbells and barbells. =X

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I would have to put my two bits in and give you this site.  It has helped me.  I really enjoy using it.  It really has imporved my grip and my HUGE fourarms...

www.powerball.com
What, did you win the jackpot and buy a captains of crush gripper or something? =P
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2005, 05:18:55 AM »
Hahahaha...speaking of which, that's something else I've been playing with, though I need to get the #1 and #2 (messing with the trainer now...even that is a far cry from the regular store-bought gripper)

Captains of Crush..
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2005, 05:57:09 PM »
here's a good article for strengthening your grip by Jim Wendler from EliteFTS, granted its taken more from a powerlifting stance where your grip is for deadlifting, i think if you can hold onto 900 or so pounds you can grab a ledge.

http://elitefts.com/documents/rosie.htm
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2005, 09:22:26 PM »
If you want incremental increasing resistance Tsumaru check out Clubbells http://www.clubbell.tv/.
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2005, 12:32:14 AM »
Or I could just stick to my dumbbells and barbells. =P
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2005, 02:29:52 AM »
Clubbells are much better equipment in mind mind then dumbells and bar bells, but worth the price? I don't know I do almost entirely bodyweight training anyways.
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Re: Cool and Beneficial Equipment
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2005, 02:30:05 PM »
If you want incremental resistance with the benefit of kettlebells, check out www.kettlestacks.com.

You can do most of the exercises that you have with a regular kettlebell, but with the regular weights.
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