Make an Atlas Stones Video

Make Atlas Stones Video

Make atlas stones with moulds from Slatershardware Store
Great Instructional video from Elliot Hulse





HulseStrength.com - Elliott Hulse shows you the step by step process for creating Atlas Stones for stone training and stone loading for strongman training and exercise for sports and strength.

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Home Made Training Equipment Links

Home Made Training Equipment Links

Another Great home made training resource from Ross Training for Homemade Exercise Equipment



Homemade Dip Belt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lWw4w9mQQ

Homemade Isometric tool
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/02/23 ... tric-tool/

Thick Handle Dumbbells
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2008/09/29 ... dumbbells/

PVC Thick Handles
http://www.higherendeavors.com/index.ph ... cle&id=138

Homemade (pipe) Dumbbell Handles (2 options)

viewtopic.php?t=33251

http://www.biancolo.com/articles/dumbbe ... cle-clamps

Large Tires For Flipping
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2008/09/10 ... e-to-flip/

Smaller Tire Exercises
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/07/14 ... -training/

Tire Dummy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bh8p9_Nbns

Medicine ball
http://www.biancolo.com/articles/homema ... ball-plans

More detailed Medicine Ball Info
http://www.mikesgym.org/articles/upload ... LAMMER.pdf

Medicine ball video tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w737WKVrNs

Homemade Tornado Ball 1 (and more)
http://www.allaroundstrength.com/homemadecreations.htm

Homemade Tornado Ball 2
http://www.rosstraining.com/customizedmedicineball.pdf

Heavy Tornado Ball (includes video demo)
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/05/08 ... do-ball-2/

Homemade Bulgarian Training Bag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il8rU0H-9ps

Variety of tools (dip station, power wheel, macebell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9EhzdN1a4

Inexpensive Sandbag Loading Platform
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/08/05/sandbagloading/

Sandbag construction
http://www.rosstraining.com/sandbagconstructionkit.pdf

Sandbag construction - another option - Video tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d55aan6TMA

Sandbag construction (with wood pellets) - Video tutorial (please note that pea gravel or mini-marble chips could be used similarly)
http://www.mtnathlete.com/subpage_detai ... page_ID=25

Waterball Construction
http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/thewaterball.html

How To Open A Keg
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2008/05/22 ... w-to-open/

DIY Strongman Log
http://www.straighttothebar.com/2007/05 ... n_log.html

Homemade Clubbell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nux8nu2Jaks

DIY Foam Roller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqyVa4Z4m3E

Rope Climb Suppliers (within article):
http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/ropeclimbing.html

Homemade Strength Apparatus
viewtopic.php?p=573850#p573850

Homemade Suspension Straps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VFXnQ-kL5g

Homemade mini-weights
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/08/18 ... i-weights/

Homemade Timer 1
http://www.speedbagforum.com/timer.html

Homemade Timer 2
http://tabata.sperker.de/

Homemade Timer 3
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2008/07/07 ... val-timer/

Homemade Timer 4 (several)
http://www.silver-bullet-technology.com/fitnesspack.htm

Homemade pull-up bar
http://celtickane.com/projects/pullup.php

Homemade pull-up bar video tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4vk4M-Vr5o

Door anchor pull-up device
http://patrickhdonnelly.blogspot.com/20 ... in-up.html

Homemade kicking machine
http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=79

Tire used for punching bag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l9_pmVahkI

Homemade Grappling Dummy
http://www.thelivingexample.com/eljefe.html

Homemade Bars (Several Shown)
http://www.shermworks.com/bars.htm

Homemade Parallettes
http://celtickane.com/projects/parallettes.php

Iron Cross Trainer
http://patrickhdonnelly.blogspot.com/20 ... ainer.html

Homemade Rowing Machine
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yo ... tness.aspx

Homemade Incline Sit-up Bench
viewtopic.php?t=27970

Homemade Glute-Ham Option
http://www.biancolo.com/articles/glute- ... -developer

Another Homemade Glute-ham option
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/02/14 ... -training/

Homemade Dard
http://www.joeskopec.com/dard/dard.htm

Homemade Sled
http://www.straighttothebar.com/2008/10/the_sled.html

Homemade Push Sled
viewtopic.php?p=525099#p525099

More Push Sled Ideas
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/15 ... led-ideas/

Homemade Gymnastic Rings - Video tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8C-fOP5c4

Plywood Gymnastic Rings
http://patrickhdonnelly.blogspot.com/20 ... rings.html

T-Handle For Swings
http://www.davedraper.com/pmwiki/pmwiki ... i.T-Handle

Homemade Slosh Pipe
http://www.straighttothebar.com/2008/11 ... _slos.html

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Homemade Equipment Compilations

Each link in this section includes instructions to several unique tools. Search through these links to find ideas for almost any piece of equipment.

http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/shenandoah ... grunt.html

http://www.straighttothebar.com/equipment/diy/

http://www.ironsports.tv/makestuff.html

http://www.davedraper.com/pmwiki/pmwiki ... pmentIdeas

http://homemadegymstuff.blogspot.com/

http://makeyourowngear.blogspot.com



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Home Made Squat Rack

Squat Stands

Found some interesting homemade strength equipment here

Check out the innovative homemade squat stands (nice idea). Sadly this type of threaded tubing only appears to be available in the USA, unless of course someone can point me in the direction of a source in the UK??

In makeyourowngear's own words! 'retail is for suckers!' a view also shared by Pat 'Homemade' Hodgson.

From the site

Indespensible. These have been loaded to 405# and work great. Black iron pipe and fittings all 'round, 1 1/2" for the feet and stationary upright, 1" for the adjustable upright. I had the welder tack all the places that might be trouble if they turn (the feet mostly) and drill the holes. The caps on one side of the feet can be removed and a 3/4" or 1" pipe can be slid thru both stands for added security.


Racks

1" pipe, elbows, etc. I need them for the mental security. Others would say "live with the ambiguity."

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Dishwasher Press

Dishwasher Press

Real DIY strength training is about using whatever you can find and making a workout from it!

Here I lift and press a dishwasher that was lying around in my garage waiting to go to a new home.




Odd object lifting really challenges your body to hit core muscles by making it much more akward to lift

Sandbag training is great for this

For more odd object lifting check out my last post on the waterball

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Odd Object Lifting - The Waterball

Ross Enmait came up with this great idea a couple of years ago. This is true 'odd object' lifting at it's best

This is one step on from Sandbag Training

An ultra akward nasty - the Waterball

Simple to make..... hard to lift.

Fill an 'anti burst' fitness ball/swiss ball with water and top up with air, plug the top and you're away.

Waterball sample workout:-

Double handed Kettlebell Swing 20 reps
Walk 20 yards with the Waterball
40 Hindu Squats
Walk 20 yards with the Waterball

Change round the exercises and length of waterball walks and repeat until you can't go no more - a very simple but effective brutal workout

This has to beat the sandbag for walking with, as the water sploshing around is gonna make you work overtime!

Check out Ross Enmait's original article here

Waterball Training

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