A wood seat made from scraped pallets
Leg press/hack squat/preacher curl bench
Making an 80 cm (31.5 inch) dumbbell from a Titan 15-inch adjustable dumbbell
My wall-adjacent leg press/hack squat, to save floor space
20 kg bumper plates, made from 45 lbs bumper plates
Homemade plate-bearing pegs for weight-stack machine
While writing a comment on a different community, I figured I would post my homemade plate-bearing pegs here. These were made for my Body Solid BFFT10R functional trainer's weight stack, to allow loading 50 mm Olympic fractional plates.
This first one is a simple wooden peg made from a scrap 4x4 block, turned on a router -- because I don't own a lathe -- and with a threaded rod (3/8-inch; 10 mm) through it. The rod is mild steel, but that caused some minor bending when loaded with a 15 lbs plate.
So for my second and more permanent attempt, I attached two back-to-back pegs directly to the weight stack's center point, using a Grade B7 threaded rod, in lieu of the original bolt that was there. This helps keep the weight stack balanced front-to-back, makes it run more smoothly, and there's a reduced risk of the plate slipping off.
Outdoor Diy Gym
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Dirty, dusty garage gym
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Welcome to Home Gym
Hey there,
I wanted to recreate something like Reddit's /r/homegym community over here on Lemmy.
It became one of my favourite spots during the lockdown. Despite the price gouging and supply issues, it was amazing to see people's creativity when it came to fitness at home:
- We learned effective bodyweight exercises to keep us strong after the gyms shut down (like piston squat, nordic ham curl)
- We built power racks out of whatever we had, capable of holding a good couple hundred KGs on a barbell (some excellent woodwork in general)
- We improvised equipment and exercises with every day objects (a bunch of jerry cans and rebar for extra tricky front squat)
- We got to understand how much you could get done in a modest space with just the essentials
A decent home gym can be surprisingly attainable today, particularly with people shifting their own kit now that commercial gyms have reopened.
Let's see what you're working with.
Moderators wanted
I'm not sure if I'll have enough availability to moderate a community. If anyone would like to take it off my hands, you're more than welcome to.