[andy_e]

Mine is shit- but then again I'm weak so it doesn't matter for now:



and one of me on it:

[Jenn]

Not much... but I'm injured anyway.

And there is the Powerball of course 

[Carnage]

Here it is......The One Rung of Power. Although its actually now one rung and two bolt-on jugs and pockets.

[Jenn]

Argh - in case the above picture isn't displayed:

[Houdini]

[chicane]

Quality Houdini!

Does that mean you skip in your goggles or have you spared us the sight of your speedo's?

will take some picks of my set up this weekend - It's interesting to see how people make use of space for training.

[Houdini]

I'm banned from ever owning speedo's!  I've tried to use the drag co-ef' argument w/ the frau but she's not having it.  (I would've photo'd them but my shorts are in the wash.)

[runt]

What kind of skipping rope is that? looks fast, and painful if it goes wrong

[Houdini]

Oh this old thing?

It's a Tolkachev Mk IV.  The plastic-encased cable is an Iridium/mangneze alloy, and was originally developed for Soviet athletes to train w/ in the prelude to the 1980 Moscow olympics.  The plastic handles are purest teflon and was assembled by underpaid/over-educated boffins at the Moscow Institute of Sports Science in the summer of 1977 at great cost to the Union.  I can't divulge how it came into my hands . . .   Many Soviets died in the production of this training tool.

[chicane]

Here's mine - doorgym (google it) £13 from ebay - and rock rings - takes 20 secs to put up and the same to take down.

[chicane]

oh and powerball but I leave that at work as we have our own league there.

[GCW]

One part of the set up.  Also got another ladder of 23cm spaced rungs (the one in the pic is 32cm spacing).
The beer and PowerBall are just out of shot.

[Houdini]

That door gym looks just the ticket as I've been w/ out a bar for months now.  The jams are too fragile.  Is it damage-free?

[chicane]

It's been fine so far and I'm heavy for a climber (15st now down to 14st 7) our house is old so is very solid.

The way it works is the pad on the back of the doorgym which goes on top of the door frame pushes some of the load horizonaly into the wall above the frame rather than all the force pulling down on the frame (crap explanation see doorgym's website ). It was my only option for indoor use as my Wife won't let me fix anything permanent in the house - the doorgym goes back under the bed when not in use. I've used it on 2 different doors in the house without so much as a mark.

Hope this helps...

[Bubba]

I've got the same bar...and it's almost damage free...

I recommend a tea towel or similar under the points where the lower bar sits against the door frame and some board/plastic about 2mm thick behind the top bar mounting points. Of course this depends on your particular door but with a little careful padding the thing is totally damage free and happily supports my bulk, so you'll be fine Houd...

[runt]

never mind the door gym, I want one of those ropes.
my plasticcy/rubber reebok thing looks pathetic now

[Houdini]

Ropes. 

I believe replicas of my Tolkachev Mk IV can be purchased for approximately €12 from a good martial art shops.  Painful?  Muchos, but only if you skip barefoot or in very thin pumps.   For €20 you can get the same w/ weights to slot into the handles.  A quick snoop around any metal workshop could probably find the same for 50c.

A squirt of teflon spray on the links make it move like greased lightning.

[Monolith]

Posted previously, but I'd urge anyone with half a bag of tools to try this setup. Sadly will only work for anyone who lives in an old-skool terrace or has decent clearance. With rungs only to 5, I think it's best to have a grid of poor screw ons for doing crag x starts into campus moves or alternatively, make a simple footboard/box and do hand circuits into campus moves. Or just go climbing and don't be as sad as me.

[Serpico]

The board of ebbing endurance. Currently undergoing a refurb, and will soon feature all wood holds and new circuits.



The Campus and Finger Board of disuse. Should probably have a revival.



The multigym and training edge of cunning...  Hang from edge and clip top pulley to harness to take some weight off.



'Nuff said...

[Adam Lincoln]

When i am in the UK, this is my training.

[GCW]

Here's a more recent picture for you Adam.

[Adam Lincoln]

Yeah, not been home in a while..... So is a super super super submarine a goer now!?

[Shaun]

So whats the crack with these powerball things ? are they any good for training?

[Shaun]

ignore my last post I didnt read the powerball post below.

[GCW]

It's levelled, so Super Submarine is fairly unchanged.  Not that I'll be doing it though
Shaun, check out the Powerball thread.