Steve Freides said:<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:romOn Tue, 03 May 2005 20:05:37 -0400, frank-in-toronto
Quoted message said:On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:20:49 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:
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>Sounds about right to me except the part about curing tendonitis and
>carpal tunnel. Where'd the trainer get that from?
Oh. I knew the cure-all approach was coming and I find
it easy to disregard. If I listened to that, I'd have the
Chuck Norris machine here at home....
>Barbells, dumbbells, and kettlebells have handles so lift big rocks
>and/or a sandbag (in addition to deadlifting) if you want to get in
>shape for hoisting a monster TV.
hmmm. I think for home that sandbag stuff is interesting. I'll hit
the army surplus store this week and see if I can get a duffle bag.Excerpt from http://www.maxercise.com/maxarticles/max-articles3.html
"Stop by an army surplus store for the canvas bags. To make sure the
bags are strong enough, double them up. You will also need to put some
plastic trash bags inside so the sand doesn't leak out of the bags.
Again, double them up.You can make these bags a variety of weights. . . . When you fill them
with sand, don't pack them too tight. Loosely packed bags are a
greater challenge. Furthermore, when there is room at the top of the
bag, you can always add more sand later or even barbell plates.Wiggy, the guy who authored the "Singles and Doubles" book, has a
slightly different method which I'm now using - very time consuming but
very flexible. You place about 1-1/3 cups of sand into a zip-lock
sandwich baggie, which will weigh about one pound. You then duct tape
so that you end up with a little sand brick. Place three of these into
a gallon zip-lock bag, place those into your duffel. I'm still getting
mine together but it should be pretty indestructable and almost
infinitely adjustable as well when it's done.
Took a look at a review of S&D and S&D2. Very interesting. May be my
next book purchase on this subject.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:anyway, the kettlebells look interesting. A bit of a drawback is
there is lots of chance for injury. Being ballistic and all.
Gotta be careful.
...thehickBeware of falling free weights - especially if you're under them.