[fitness] tools of the tirade

[digitaldiscipline]

prompted by josh, who asked what i've got to bring to bear with the next round of training.... wow, this is a surprisingly long list.

• 750# or so worth of plates (most with standard collar fitting, some with narrow-bore weider spiral collar fit)
• 2x oly bars (and one slightly bent one)
• 2x ez curl bars (one standard collar, one weider spiral collar)
• 2x db handles (conventional)
• 2x db handles (weider style)
• 2x 15# fixed DBs
• 2x 10# kettlebells
• 2x 36# kettlebells
• 1x 54# kettlebell
• bench press bench with leg extension thing
• adjustable, unattached bench
• squat rack/tower with pullup handles (this, but without any of the lat tower or bench bits - http://www.powertecfitness.com/p-32-workbench-lat-tower-option-wb-lto11.aspx)
• 2x EFTS monster mini resistance bands
• 2x 24x24x2" cement pavers (band & deficit deadlifts)
• rings (can adjust from 1" to 100" off ground)
• weight/dip belt
• 40# weighted vest (adjustable, but i haven't seen how easily)
• school bus tire
• 12# sledgehammer
• stopwatch
• DESIRE TO BECOME MORE AWESOME

Comments

[graycub.livejournal.com]

Holy bat balls!
In comparison I have 2 pair of hand weights (that are so tiny I'm embarrassed to be specific), ankle weights that adjust from 2# each to 20# each, a handful of jumbo-sized rubber bands of various tensions, a largish pile of yoga, pilates and dance DVDs, a Gazelle (http://www.tonylittlestore.com/2-edgeplus.html) (Tony Little is still terrifying, though), a moderate stash of yoga mats and props, and the desire to be more sexy.

Three questions: What fitness use do you get from a school bus tire? From a largish sledgehammer? Can I borrow said largish sledge to break the ice in my ridiculously badly drained parking lot? If I fall there one more time because the snow-melt pooled there then froze to hockey-rink-perfection I will likely go mad. Again.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

The tire and sledgehammer go together - beat the tire with the hammer for cardio intervals.

Other things to do with the sledge: see www.shovelglove.com :-)

Other things to do with the tire: flip it, drag it, throw it. I also use it as a foot support for inverted rows or elevated pushups on the rings.

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

That's a very impressive at home gym. Much more equipment than I've got.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

It takes up most of my unused one-car garage (along with a workbench, table saw, and stereo).

I got started with about 500# pounds of plates, an oly bar, ez curl bar, and the bench press bench from Craigslist. The Weider stuff was a cheap pickup from a coworker.