Other/Mixed Recent Fitness-Related Purchases

[Benjamin Renaud]

Bought these grippers https://www.amazon.com.au/Strengthener-Outdoor-Strength-Trainer-Fingers/dp/B0B9732CX9/ref=sr_1_4 ...... they are not Captains of Crush but COC in Australia are a hideous price. To my inexperienced eyes and hands what I bought seem to be fine.

Was quite relieved and happy to be able to close the 100lb as before they arrived I was wondering if I had bitten off more than I could squeeze.

I would have been very surprised had you not been able to close the 100lbs. It's the equivalent of the Trainer from CoC. I'd wager you can close it for sets of 5. With a bit of technique practice you'll probably close the 200lbs for a single pretty soon.

 

[BillSteamshovel]

I would have been very surprised had you not been able to close the 100lbs. It's the equivalent of the Trainer from CoC. I'd wager you can close it for sets of 5. With a bit of technique practice you'll probably close the 200lbs for a single pretty soon.

Yes you are right currently doing sets of 5 - it sounded like an awful lot of weight to me
ie 100lbs = more than half my bodyweight - or 2 x 20kg kettlebells plus a bit more - doesnt seem right that we can move that with just our fingers.

 

[Juri]

Yes you are right currently doing sets of 5 - it sounded like an awful lot of weight to me
ie 100lbs = more than half my bodyweight - or 2 x 20kg kettlebells plus a bit more - doesnt seem right that we can move that with just our fingers.

That 100lbs is just an arbitrary number, check out Cannon Powerworks - they do gripper rating, the aforementioned CoC Trainer is, for example, on average actually 55lbs of resistance.

 

[BillSteamshovel]

@Juri Thanks, that is an interesting website - several things that you could make in your shed and even has a couple of free grip training programs.

Wouldn't be difficult to make a jig similar to the one on the website for measuring your gripper poundage.

 

[Juri]

@Juri Thanks, that is an interesting website - several things that you could make in your shed and even has a couple of free grip training programs.

Wouldn't be difficult to make a jig similar to the one on the website for measuring your gripper poundage.

Thanks for mentioning the free grip training programs, I actually hadn't explored the blog section of the site.

 

[Halfakneecap]

40kg competition kettlebell. Plan is it use it for swings at first. Long term plan, ideally I’ll have 2 and be able to C&P them and also FSQ. But that’s a long way off.

It’s an Australian company ( made in China no doubt ), so if I like it, I may eventually get a 2nd 36kg. I have a kettlebell kings 36, but they aren’t available in Oz anymore unfortunately. If the dimensions of the 40 are similar to my 36, at least I know if I get a 2nd 36, it’ll work with my KKings one.

 

[Waking3094]

Pair of 18KG and 24KG bells and steel maces, 6, 8 and 12KG.

The 6 and 8kg maces get the most use. I use the 8kg for 360s instead of halos during my S&S warmup routine.

 

[silveraw]

I was recently peer pressured into purchasing "The System: Soviet Periodization for the American Strength Coach"

If anything I'm getting great insights into why some of my favorite systems do what they do.

 

[Don Fairbanks]

Early 60th B-day present.
A pair of Ader 20 kg's.

 

[Steve Freides]

Early 60th B-day present.
A pair of Ader 20 kg's.

We had some Ader kettlebells a while back. We noticed that the space between the bell and the handle was larger, at least on the sizes we had.

-S-

 

[Don Fairbanks]

We had some Ader kettlebells a while back. We noticed that the space between the bell and the handle was larger, at least on the sizes we had.

-S-

Possible. Although they look fairly symmetrical compared to my Apollo and Rogue bells.
Will take them through a heat check tomorrow am.

 

[Steve Freides]

The additional space worked to our advantage - my wife has a prominent wrist bone and she need that extra space to avoid hitting it with their 12 kg.

-S-

 

[Pete L]

New 28 kg and 32 kg bells arrived yesterday. I now have pairs for 24, 28 and 32 kg.
Should keep me busy for a wee while

 

[Don Fairbanks]

Early 60th B-day present.
A pair of Ader 20 kg's.

They have been christened.

IC, Trav. 2's, C-P-SQ-SN- Ring Pull-up, 10 rounds, 1 round per :60
Wolf day 1
IC T2 etc. 10 rounds, 2 rounds every :90
Wolf day 2
IC T2, 10 rounds unbroken
Wolf day 3

Took 36:49

 

[Boris Bachmann]

I ended up buying a pair of old York 35s on FB marketplace - paid way too much for a pair of 35s, but they're cool so...

Also got this - I'll be trying platform squats ("Bavarian Squats") with them tomorrow. I think they'll allow a better range of motion than the Titan plate loadable rig I have but we'll see how I like it.

 

[G Force 775]

I just bought the 92KG I’ve wanted for years. I’m currently doing Pavel’s 5 X 5 X 5 to work up to 5 perfect swings.

 

[DocMike]

Have not pulled the trigger yet but this is awesome.

 

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Black Diamond Distance
1500 Lumens for really dark trail runs…

 

[Steve Freides]

Black Diamond Distance
1500 Lumens for really dark trail runs…

Is that a head lamp?

-S-

 

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Yes