Homemade Gym Equipment

Here’s a great video of a complete home gym made of PVC. As you watch you’ll probably notice it looks a little flimsy. You can definitely modify it. But there’s no doubt you can see how easy it is to create whatever you want or need out of PVC. I love PVC – That...
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I know you’ve seen all the homemade kettlebell vids on youtube. Some are made with pipe and T handles, others are made with cement and PVC. If you’re trying to get out on the cheap and aren’t concerned about doing KB moves like cleans and snatches as well as a few other moves, then...
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Come on people! If you’re going to use homemade equipment at least check it for security, stability, durability, loose screws, cracks in material, etc. etc. Obviously I’m all for saving a few greenbacks by making my own stuff. But when I’m training clients (yes, I am a trainer) I almost never put them on...
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Sandbags are possibly the most versatile piece of workout equipment you can have. You can do deadlifts, power cleans, squats, shoulder presses, etc. etc. The list is almost endless. You can do any movement with a sandbag that you could with a barbell and many more that you couldn’t do with a bar. You...
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Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Muscle-ups, Snatch, Clean, Jerk, Curls, Ropes, Pull-ups, Push-downs, Climbing. What is the common thread between all of these awesome ways to train, get stronger and build muscle? It is your Grip. If you are lacking in the Grip Strength department your performance in any of these lifts will suffer. While it...
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Is there really a movement going on with homemade gym equipment? Seems like people from all walks of life are getting more creative with their surroundings and makin it happen right there in the raw. Folks are getting tire of going to the globo gym and having to follow their set of rules on...
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What is hub lifting you might ask. It’s a form of pinch grip training. It’s performed by using your finger tips to grab a smallish diameter – maybe around 3″ – object and picking it up. Most people doing this type of grip training would use some olympic weight plates and grab the center...
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I need a lot of grip strength. I’m not the tallest rascal in the world, and as a consequence I’ve got small hands. Small hands equals weak hands, unless you’re determined to train them for more strength. All too often I see gym rats using straps or other grip assists to get their deadlifts...
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Have you ever felt like you needed more strength in your hands? Do you use straps and other grip supports in your training because your grip fails before the target muscle gets worked? I was the same way…. that is until I met my buddy Jedd Johnson. In case you’ve never heard of him,...
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