October 23, 20205 yr I recommend making "dumbbell / barbell barbell bench homemade: hello if it were possible I would like to make gym weights by recycling objects, spending little money, some creative ideas beyond sand, stones and containers of water or concrete? thanks waiting for suggestions.
October 23, 20205 yr Weights from tractors, elevator weights, truck axles---2 perhaps cut the shafts shorter welded together...
October 23, 20205 yr Seats on each end of the bar with pretty young ladies sitting on them? Or, a solid rod on each end of the bar going down to a platform or basket you can load with weight as you like. Put a bathroom scale under each one and you can track exactly what you're lifting. Frosty The Lucky.
October 24, 20205 yr You're welcome Angiolino, it's my pleasure if I can help. How is it going with the hillside? Frosty The Lucky.
October 24, 20205 yr When I deployed to Iraq the first tour, there was little to nothing in the way of amenities... we made our own outhouses, beds, chairs, etc... out of anything we could find. We made bench press weights with a couple of old, smaller iraq truck inner axles welded in the middle, with the rims and tires bolted on. Cut a hole in the tires, filled with rocks and sand... taped hole back shut. Worked out for us. (Ugh... puns)
October 25, 20205 yr Author thanks it's not bad the coronavirus is slowing us down we advance at a snail's pace. desperate times call for desperate measures. need sharpen ingenuity, big fine brain shoe, I would like to use old gears engine flywheels and as barbell bars metal pipes or steel saali recovered in workshops and scrap shops, thanks anyway. I'm preparing for the new quarantine. our politicians in order not to alarm us say things with the drop counter. Thanks again http://www.storytrender.com/23695/gym-built-old-car-parts-hailed-worlds-hardcore-workout-arena/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4038179/gym-built-from-trees-tyres-used-car-parts-russia-forest/ makeshift gym from car parts https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/inspirational-russian-fitness-fans-build-makeshift-gym-car-parts/russian-gym-made-car-parts-scrap7/
October 26, 20205 yr Things are slowed to a crawl here too. It's an election year too as if the pandemic wasn't bad enough. I should figure out a way to do some PT, it'd be better than letting politicians get under my skin. Keep in touch Angiolino. Frosty The Lucky.
November 15, 20205 yr Author my pastime during the constraint and segregation is not training but building tools with recycled material, we hope the quarantine ends soon.
November 15, 20205 yr The heavy parts of a vehicle should work. Flywheels, large brake drums, etc. Look into the caber toss from the Highland games. Find a fellow with a bunch of rocks (or gravel in buckets) that he wants to move to another location. Not heavy lifting, but it is the trips that count. Build a harness and tow a rock sled. Cut the log into 16 inch round sections, split with a 10 pound maul, stack the splits 4 ft x 4 ft x 8 ft ( a cord or 128 cubic feet) and a cord of firewood weighs (hardwood) over 4000 pounds. Be the time you have the cord cut, split, and stacked, you will have lifted the weight several times. Then you will lift it again to carry it to the house, and again to put it in the stove. The fire will keep you warm for winter. No use wasting the effort in a gym. Get creative, go outside so you can enjoy working while you breathe fresh air.
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