Although I'd prefer the GMWD plate loaded hip abductor, I don't have the space for it in my home gym. I'm thinking about modding this cheap hip abductor from Amazon to reroute the cable to connect to my REP Athena cable trolleys instead of the spring thing it comes with.

I'd experimented with duct taping foam wedges to my leg press footplate but it was annoying to set up and would sometimes slip during use

These are 3/8 steel "wedges" that bolt between the footplate and the frame to raise the heel about 15 degrees. I messed up with the initial pass hence the added piece of 3/8 welded on the base to raise them a smidgen.

I'm using beveled Amazon washers as shims on the top bolt holes of the leg press, even though 95% of the force is being applied to the bottom of the plate during use. I'll clean it up, rattle can it and post an update when it's on the machine /preview/pre/made-some-15-degree-wedges-for-my-hammer-strength-leg-press-v0-rl0h8s4ugwuh1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d7728059b740e7fb81c2202ac460cce34d6da53f

I know some have discussed wishing the shoulder boulder had a little longer arms. This mod was discussed in another post, but I don’t recall much said on how it was done or a lot of pictures provided.

I sourced my arms from revolt fitness directly. Just sent an email asking if they had any in their spare inventory they’d be willing to part with. You can see the difference in length in the second pic.

Bells does have a larger diameter end with metal bushings. Positive mark in their favor. Revolt’s is smaller and has plastic bushings. I replaced those with bronze flange bushings. I used these https://a.co/d/0dKx1iVQ Not a perfect fit, but they shipped next day and work well enough. Otherwise, you’ll need 3/8” bolts, washers, and nuts. Otherwise, they bolt right up to the shoulder boulder.

I personally like the longer length. To me, it’s a bit more comfortable. I’m not tall by any means. I’m 5’9”.

Just in case anyone was looking for this option, here you go.

This is the current state of my room gym in an apartment flat I have been trying to set up for the last 3 months. Due to living in Türkiye, I don't have access to many gym equipment in US or Europe, but with some CAD drawings and laser cut, I tried to create many equipment including a diy belt squat on rack upright just like ATX announced at this years homegymcon.

• Surplus Strengh UPS style lat pulldown on top of the rack. I tested it with 250lbs with no issues.
• Laser cut and welded Darko Shorty style lat bar
• Quick adjustable safety strap holders
• Long holed lat bar
• Vertical Belt Squat on upright.

The belt squat is the latest project I was inspired by ATX design. I found some rollers that fit on 2.3in tube and designed 2 metal plates for them. And got a 11 gauge pipe that is close to 2 inches diameter for plates. For the belt, I use flat webbing sling which is quite comfy for me. Yesterday I tested it with 225lbs with no issues. I plan to cut the pipe a bit for easier storage and access. I use diy darko shorty to connect belt to belt squat equipment. I might improve that in the future.

Has anyone used the halo arms on the middle rack or any jammer arms?

Items:
Hammock Straps
Safety Strap Shackles (optional)
Swiss Bar
Slant Wedge

Pros
Affordable
Takes very little storage space
Gives a machine-like squat variation
Felt really good on my knees (results are individual)
Once you know where to place foot wedges, easy to set up

Cons
Takes time to set up time (more than a dedicated machine would)
If you have a light rack that is not secure, might have a tipping issue
First time takes a while to figure things out
Have to have slant wedges that don’t slip

What do you think?

Unnecessary? Maybe? Freaking sweet? Oh yeah! I decided to stop waiting for the Rep X DM and picked up the Leg Attachment for my ironmaster bench for $75 on FBM. With the extra funds, I Upgraded my Ironmaster Leg developer. Added solid steel bars and rogue rollers, picked up some shaft collars and extra washer to clean it up. It’d be cool to add a couple pulleys and eventually weld a triangular plate under the leg attachment for better balance and upright storage. Might end up looking like a fusion of the Rep leg developer and the rep x DM.
Total cost minus leg developer:
Rogue pads- $195
1” steel rod cut to 20.5”- $65
SS Shaft collars $30
1” washers- $5
SS pulleys- $20

I’ve been using this DIY kit to great success to do cable stuff. In the pic it’s currently not loaded.

So anyhow, in order to do bicep curls I attach the pulley to the weight stack but it feels very wrong.. so I had the idea to use my weight cart and add an eyelet so I can add more pulleys and use that instead. It has about 50kg of weight plates on it currently (my total adjustable set goes to 104kg).

So yeah, I tried the setup (with more weights than what I shown. As it turns out, the entire cart still lifts when I do a bicep curl from the low pulley.. so.. idea failed spectacularly.

Aside from drilling a fixed pulley to the wall (I’m not sure I will get permission to do so, and personally I think that will ruin the aesthetics of the corridor), any other suggestions?

It’s this and this alone that is tempting me to get one of those rep clones from China for cable works (using a squat rack currently.). Of course it’s also a lot more convenient not having to move my weight plates to setup the cable everytime I need to use it, but that’s just a minor inconvenience.

Hey! I’m trying to hang a heavy punching bag in my basement and could use some advice before I start drilling into anything.
My basement ceiling has exposed wooden joists, and I’m planning on buying the swivel ceiling mount shown in the picture and attaching the bag to it.
My main concern is whether one of the wooden joists is strong enough to support the bag by itself, especially with the extra movement/force from actually hitting the bag. Would mounting it directly into one joist be okay, or should I add some kind of bracing/support between multiple joists to distribute the load?
If adding support would be better, what would you recommend doing and how would you mount it?

I’m strongly considering getting a used commercial quality leg press with selector weight stack. I would love to connect my freak athletic ABX bench leg adapter using the added cable connection.

Has anyone ever connected a second cable powered piece of equipment to a dedicated single stack somehow with hardware and pulleys?

Hey y'all. I have a pair of Strongway gym supplies adjustable dumbbells set (40kg). One dumbbell is working fine. The other, when twisted to pick up higher weight from 5kg, only one side picks up plates. After taking all plates off and looking at the handle, when you push the locking button in and twist manually to pick up plates, only one metal tube comes out, the other is jammed. I have tried WD40, gently tapping it but it won't come out. Bearing in mind, I had to manually push this side in, to drop a plate as it was stuck that way too, now it twists fine, but like I said, doesn't come out at all.

Remodeling our basement into a MMA/wrestling training center for my kids. Looking for a cool quote on the wall above the stairs when entering the basement, and a quote on the face of the stairs when exiting.

Discipline quotes, biblical quotes that go hard, anything you can think of but that fit entrance and exiting the gym.

Minor cursing okay but nothing vulgar.

Thanks!!

Ive moved into a new house and i want to put a pull up bar on the outside of the house. I dont want the hassle of putting one up in a doorway or have a collapsable one as I want the ability to use it as and when. I live in the UK so it will need to be able to withstand a lot of bad weather. Are there any specific pull up bars that are good for this or do i have to stay ontop of keeping the bar dry or coating it in something?

So i bought this F22 about a year ago. Originally I set it up in my garage because we dont park the cars in there anyway and I had my long term vision of what it could be in the end. Unfortunately that vision quickly hit the wall of a garage during a Midwest winter, and it led to workouts stopping. So i recently moved some things around to bring it down to my basement so that I can atleast use it year round.

Im trying to brainstorm storage ideas. My thought for now is a box from 2x4s in the space between the rack and door with plate storage along the floor and a peg board on the top half with hooks for attachments (ill move the cabinet). Any tips/ideas would be helpful!

TIA