On July 31 2013 05:47 BenKen wrote:
I just snagged a barbell, 300lbs of plates and a plate tree on craigslist for $100 today. All I need now is a squat rack and some mats to join the Home Gym Master Race.

Dang I'm jealous!

BigAsia

Canada451 Posts

July 30 2013 22:01 GMT

#1942

On July 31 2013 06:38 Osmoses wrote:
Plenty of line at my squat rack due to people who do curls, chinups, press, deadlifts and YES, squats too

for some reason people seem to have discovered barbells again.

fuark curls annoys the fuck out of me. chinups and deadlifts u can usually work in worth the person though. I go at 6am in the morning so I don't have to deal with that chit

MtlGuitarist97

United States1539 Posts

July 31 2013 01:31 GMT

#1943

I was thinking about buying a bar and 300 lbs of plates and it was going to cost me $800 including S&H and tax...

BenKen

United States860 Posts

July 31 2013 03:20 GMT

#1944

Yeah I'm sure the bar is close to crap, but plates are plates and the tree is pretty nice, probably around 200 new by itself. Plus, worst case is I have a beater bar and I can buy a nice Texas Power Bar later.

infinity21

Canada6683 Posts

July 31 2013 03:27 GMT

#1945

Always good to have a beater bar for rack deadlifts and such. Don't want to be dropping 500+lbs repeatedly on the pins with a nice bar lol

tofucake

Hyrule19268 Posts

July 31 2013 03:46 GMT

#1946

Don't drop at all. Deadlift up. Negative down. Beast mode.

autoexec

United States530 Posts

July 31 2013 17:13 GMT

#1947

Tried my first snatches today!

They were actually more like power snatches since they were part of a timed crossfit workout and I was going light and just wanted to be able to get it up. They were fun! I would love to try more, and slowly move to real snatches!

decafchicken

United States20176 Posts

July 31 2013 18:06 GMT

#1948

Start with full snatches. Nobody ever has problems lifting the bar high enough (for a long time), it's always the getting under part that people struggle with. Try doing full depth snatches from the high hang like this:

Head over to the olympic weightlifting thread if you ever need help!

BenKen

United States860 Posts

August 01 2013 02:03 GMT

#1949

$100 Craigslist haul:

Wesley Chest Crusher
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... and the Tree of Might!
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I was wrong about the plate count, it's actually only like 255 or so in just plates. Still, I think I came out ok. Now to find a sexy power cage!

decafchicken

United States20176 Posts

August 01 2013 02:38 GMT

#1950

Nice! enjoy :D

aiuradun

Denmark115 Posts

August 02 2013 07:38 GMT

#1951

Me and 2 friends just started a 3 month weight losing program / non-competition all trying to lose some weight and get into a better condition, hopefully being 3 people with similar goals should help motivate all of us in the right direction and lose those extra kg's/pound's

due to every freaking blog name being taken, we ended up with www.healthtwist.blogspot.com if anyone wanna follow our progress.
at the start of the 3 month program we are at 78,78 and 68 kg's with quite varying heights all of us kinda small my personal goal is to go from 78 to sub 70, mostly doing more sporting activities and getting a more healthy diet

also our sc2 leauges are plat, bronze bronze hehe, lossing weight are sure to raise our sc2 level :-)

FFGenerations

7088 Posts

August 02 2013 11:27 GMT

#1952

ummm

guys i was just running for 30 mins on the old running machine that hasnt been used for ages (i just unpacked it and tightened the ribbon)

it was fine for 30 mins then suddenly a bang and it went MAX FUCKING SPEED POSSIBLE , i screamed and jumped off and it cut out 5 seconds later, some possible smell of burning

holy fuck

MtlGuitarist97

United States1539 Posts

August 02 2013 12:20 GMT

#1953

Maybe it has self-awareness and was trying to exterminate the human race, starting with you

FFGenerations

7088 Posts

August 02 2013 13:41 GMT

#1954

it has certainly put me off running ever again

GuiltyJerk

United States584 Posts

August 02 2013 14:21 GMT

#1955

Bahaha, FFG, I don't know how much your post exaggerated what happened, but I just imagined you like calmly running along, then a plume of smoke enveloping you as you try to keep up with a 15 mile per hour sprint and then bailing off of the mill as your gym slowly fills with smoke, doing an action movie style roll away from the danger

Which is to say I got a good laugh out of that

And sorry you got put off of running, why not try running outside?

BenKen

United States860 Posts

August 02 2013 14:36 GMT

#1956

lolol FFG, glad you're not hurt. Running - not even once.

@aiuradun I'll check the blog out. Make sure to take before - after pics, even if you don't plan on sharing them on the blog. Good luck!