New Equipment

The Delivery man has been busy the last few days.

Firstly I got 77.5kg of plates and today my order from Dave.

Wheel converters

And two t-bar collars

They're really nice. Well constructed and built to last. Looking forward to getting out and putting them to good use now.

Alan

New Toy

So I eventually forked out for some equipment. I bought a 7' Olympic Bar. Its 500kg rated with internal bearings. Well happy with it.
I rigged up two wheels I found using some 56mm PVC piping. The next spend will be the wheel converter from this dude (nice site btw).
It weighs about 40kg so good for complexes and high rep cleans. The amount of exercises available to me now are huge. Can't wait to get involved.

New Equipment

Finished working on some new equipment today.


Most of it comes from an 1 1/2 inch plumbing pipe














I reinforced a length of this pipe with a steel rod















This makes a great pull-up/chin-up bar















When passed through my home-made gym rings















I used the left-over pipe to make handles for my farmers walk




















Looking forward to trying them out :)

Alan

Kettlebells

Purchased a few years ago, I have 3 Kettlebells:16kg, 20kg and 24kg. My lovely girlfriend had 2 12kg bells which I use sometimes to stuff into my sled.
Yesterday I weighed the chain and padlock I use to lock up my bike - it weighs 2kg and is perfect for increasing the weight of my bells.

Rope, rope and more rope

I was swimming at the beach one day and noticed some old netting washed up on the beach. After a closer look I realised that there was a rake of rope tangled up in it. Upon returning with a knife to cut the rope free and nearly two hours of untangling I was left with almost 100 yards of usable rope in 3 lengths - score!

Sledge

My first cash expenditure. I really wanted a sledge for a while but never had the opportunity or the location. Its only a 7lb sledge but 2 mins of swinging makes it feel a lot heavier.
It cost me 20 quid

Bulgarian Bag

So this morning I paid a visit to the local tyre company where I was able to come away with a couple of old inner tubes for free. I cut one up, filled it with sand and I now have my own ghetto Bulgarian Bag which weighs about 25kg

Med Balls

I bought two mini basketballs years ago with the intention of turning them into med balls. I finally managed to sort this out when I moved closer to the beach - free sand :)
They weight just over 3kg each

Tyres - Part 2

So, on my next visit to the farm yard, I came home with a tyre from the back wheel of the tractor.
Stading upright, its about as tall as me but I've no clue as to how much it weighs.

Tyres - Part 1

So my first port of call was the local farmer.
On my first visit he hooked me up with a tyre from the front wheel of a tractor.

I cut two rectangle holes in the top, screwed two pieces of 1"x2" between the holes for support and then tied on some webbing to make my multi purpose sled. I screwed in a length of 1"x4" on the inside to make a base for my keg to sit into.