How To Make A Wrist Roller

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How To Make A Wrist Roller

Great video from RAWIRONMAN for making wrist rollers for increasing hand and grip strength

An authentic wrist roller can cost you anywhere from 20 to 30 US dollars. And it's really little more than a rod with a rope on it. I'm going to show you how to make one here for free, improvising with nothing more than old junk that you probably have sitting in your garage or basement right now.

Note: If you should decide to make anything (including any variations thereof) that I ever post a how-to video of on YouTube, I take no responsability for any injuries that might occur as a result. Use good sense when making any do-it-yourself items and always be careful when using them as well.

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Heavy Sandbag Loading

Heavy Sandbag Loading 105kg on to Reverse Hyper

My homemade heavy sandbag in action, mimicking atlas stone training/loading

Check out my previous post about putting together a heavy sandbag

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Squat Exercises For Travel

Squat Exercises For Travel

Squatting whilst on the move! Some great advice for body weight squats and squatting with bands.


Squats work the leg muscles. This free video will show you how to do squats while traveling.

Expert: Manny Castro
Bio: Manny Castro received his BS in Health Education/ Exercise Physiology and Ahtletic Training from Florida International University, and completed several internships in cardiac rehab, and strength and

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Homemade Kettlebell with Beer Keg

Homemade Kettlebell with Beer Keg

Interesting keg device, would be good for swings



You may also like Tim Ferris' Four Body Kettlebell Handle

DIY homemade Kettlebells

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Sandbag Strength Training

Sandbag Strength Training - Atlas Stone Bag

Here is a fantastic way to make an atlas stone/very heavy solid sandbag for loading and lifting exercises.

Due to the relative cheapness of this method it would be possible to make several as once made the weight is permanent.

Cost - around 10-12 GBP or 20 USD

Materials required:

Desired weight in bought sandbags (I used 4x25kg bags), note the bags can be split and tied in smaller sizes.

1 x Cheap sheet of tarpaulin and one roll of heavy duty gaffer tape.

Simply lay the bags directly on top of each other on the tarpaulin and fold over and tape very tightly not allowing the bags to move. Once tight and secure roll the bags over and tape around until the whole weight is covered.

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Homemade grip training equipment

Homemade grip training equipment

Nice version of the Rolling Thunder by JohnnsonPK and great idea with thick grip dumbbell handles.

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Home Made Roman Squat

Roman Squat made by Pat Hodgson

This looks like an awesome piece of homemade gym equipment. Superb for hitting the quads and glutes.

Some more info on the Roman Squat

Check out the quads on this wonderful body, helped by Roman Squats

From Seriousaboutfitness

The key to the exercise is in the point that he makes about "without leaning forward." The mistake most people make is to rise to a vertical position so the upper body and legs are straight up and down and you’re resting flat on your feet -- doing so takes stress off the thighs. You never want to release the stress on your thighs -- you want constant tension. Once you are locked into the Roman-chair, it is most important that you are always leaning back, even in the highest position -- this keeps stress on the thighs between and through ever rep. That’s exactly why the device holds the top of your feet and the back of your calves, otherwise you’d fall over. The best way to tell if you are doing the exercise right is whether you feel it. If your thighs don’t ache even just a little bit after one set, you are doing the movement wrong.

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