[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.  

[Stubbs]

Are there some bear-claw style grips on the back of the fingerboard?  They look nasty!

[Serpico]

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Are there some bear-claw style grips on the back of the fingerboard?  They look nasty!
[/quote]

Fairly comfortable to hang, they were an idle experiment in a totally open-handed edge.

[lizzy]

The set up in mine and Sam's flat.

[Jaspersharpe]

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?

How about a Powerbar........

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,3263.msg120207.html#msg120207

[Houdini]

I'm not willing to try any bar.  The arcitraves are uPVC (rented apartments, no choice in the matter) they look fine but they are rather fragile.  They flex when I do pull-ups off them and can't have hands in the centre - only above the vertical arcitrave. 

It's a total shit as I have nowhere to do pulls, and am doomed to skip, swim, stretch, press & run my way to fitness.  Which does nothing for power; hence powerballs.  The local walls here are fucking  g a s h, I've looked round them all - kids stuff (and overly expensive) might join a queer gym and start pumping iron/butt again.  (On the plus side, I'm rarely if ever injured).

[Paul B]

I'm not willing to try any bar.  The arcitraves are uPVC (rented apartments, no choice in the matter) they look fine but they are rather fragile.  They flex when I do pull-ups off them and can't have hands in the centre - only above the vertical arcitrave. 

It's a total shit as I have nowhere to do pulls, and am doomed to skip, swim, stretch, press & run my way to fitness.  Which does nothing for power; hence powerballs.  The local walls here are fucking  g a s h, I've looked round them all - kids stuff (and overly expensive) might join a queer gym and start pumping iron/butt again.  (On the plus side, I'm rarely if ever injured).

nothing in your local park? or just a handy tree branch?

[Houdini]

There are some pipes and a door frame that I use in the cellar/storage area from time to time.  There's a good pipe  narrow enough to pull up on.  It's cladded, not ideal.  It's also a pipe!  And I think it could be integral to the heating system! 

I'm laughing now because I have used it before in desperation.  Sometimes I go to a mates house and use his pull up bar and weights, again not ideal.

I was thinking of making some kind of A-frame (floor standing) where I could do leg raises and bent leg pull-ups. Wouldn't need to be too tall.

I've just done some fingertip pulls above a door, which is fine, but I want to pull up off a closed hand not my tips.

[chicane]

I think the A frame is a good idea - I don't know why no one produces a light weight aluminium frame that packs away like a tent and can have a fingerboard attached ideal to chuck in the boot for hotel training for those who work away a lot. I've thought before about making a wooden A frame to replace the door gym to enable some more dynamic moves.

[SA Chris]

surely you could cobble something together with a few bits of scaffolding? Mist be some standing around somewhere, unused? Well unused at midnight at least.

[Houdini]

Never knew you were from Liverpool, Chris 

[Houdini]

What I need to do is stop building walls for other people and build one for myself in the rock-starved Nord Reich and steal all those paying customers willing to fork out €10 a pop for shite facilities.  That's what I should do.

Or the Works should start Reich-side & I'll manage . . .

[SA Chris]

Never knew you were from Liverpool, Chris 

I don't think Scousers were the first to think of midnight spares shops, they just perfected the art.

[andy_e]

The set up in mine and Sam's flat.

How the hell does Sam reach the pull-up bar? Bless him.

[Yossarian]

I'm not willing to try any bar.  The arcitraves are uPVC (rented apartments, no choice in the matter) they look fine but they are rather fragile.  They flex when I do pull-ups off them and can't have hands in the centre - only above the vertical arcitrave. 

It's a total shit as I have nowhere to do pulls, and am doomed to skip, swim, stretch, press & run my way to fitness.  Which does nothing for power; hence powerballs.  The local walls here are fucking  g a s h, I've looked round them all - kids stuff (and overly expensive) might join a queer gym and start pumping iron/butt again.  (On the plus side, I'm rarely if ever injured).

Go and pump some iron! 

I miss my weights. And my board is about to be demolished by a lot of big JCBs.

On the plus side, if I get planning permission to build a new house I have already mentally sketched a basement gym / board space that will provide an straightforward path to my Men's Health ambitions...

[Houdini]

I've an honours degree in Molecular Biology/parasitology.  Problem is I prefer repetetive factory work.  I feel the same about pumping iron.  It allows me to switch off & contemplate humankind's untergang.

[Yossarian]

I've an honours degree in Molecular Biology/parasitology.  Problem is I prefer repetetive factory work.  I feel the same about pumping iron.  It allows me to switch off & contemplate humankind's untergang.

well, get to it then.

a nice tight pair of shorts and a little vest and a copy of pumping iron and you'll be away!

[Houdini]

Damn that pic is Aryan.


W/ the running/swimming regime my thighs look . . .   Ah . . .  muscular.   Not quite like Arnold, mind.   His triceps alarm me.  Always have.   Just not quite right . . .

[k2ted]

finally got the piccies here...
In rented accommodation so needs to be mobile as had landlord check last week. new(ish) property with plaster board walls n no damage so far to doorframe etc... theres a 10mm overlap from the steel 90 degree thingy (sure it has proper name!)Ive screwed to the wood.
   dunno! tho walls havent fell down yet with me at 14 stone & 20kg added

[erm, sam]

Well, been in the new house for a month or so and have got my new mini board up and running. Will add some  more holds when I work out if there is any point. Even managed to spend 20 mins on it tonight! Rare Playmobil astroman included on middle jug for scale......




And a detail view for any Playmobilers out there:

[inn wislon]

I think the A frame is a good idea - I don't know why no one produces a light weight aluminium frame that packs away like a tent and can have a fingerboard attached ideal to chuck in the boot for hotel training for those who work away a lot. I've thought before about making a wooden A frame to replace the door gym to enable some more dynamic moves.

In the garden/wasteland for summer, but short enough and small enough footprint to fit in an inside toliet for winter.  Pull up bar on the back, that also fits a finger board.  And it all sockets together in 2 mins and goes in a (large) bag which easily fits in the boot of a Corsa.  The board is also T-nutted to swap the rungs for system holds, and there is a pair of dip handles that fit half way up the back legs.......

[north_country_boy]

Well, been in the new house for a month or so and have got my new mini board up and running. Will add some  more holds when I work out if there is any point. Even managed to spend 20 mins on it tonight! Rare Playmobil astroman included on middle jug for scale......

Oh the best holds ever made, the Ian Fitzatrick Brown puppy pinches........

[chicane]

Inn,

Where did you get the frame - thats the kind of thing I was after.

Cheers

Matt

[inn wislon]

It's purpose built for the job, we're working on producing the first batch at the moment......

[Houdini]

GCW is E.T.!

[Kingy]

Here is my fingerboard, I made it ages ago but have just put it up again. I can barely hang the poorest wooden edges even with loads of chalk. You can do pullups on the top of the board where I bevelled the edge. The 1 finger pockets have yet to be used in anger!

(Here are the weblinks in case the images have not embedded properly).

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=140486099/PictureID=5778172052/a=72146871_72146871/t_=72146871
http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=238717960/PictureID=5778168504/a=72146871_72146871/t_=72146871

PS - I will knock one of these up for anybody - the Kingyboard^TM (for a small fee of course )

[Drew]

Here is my fingerboard, I made it ages ago but have just put it up again. I can barely hang the poorest wooden edges even with loads of chalk. You can do pullups on the top of the board where I bevelled the edge. The 1 finger pockets have yet to be used in anger!

(Here are the weblinks in case the images have not embedded properly).

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=140486099/PictureID=5778172052/a=72146871_72146871/t_=72146871
http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=238717960/PictureID=5778168504/a=72146871_72146871/t_=72146871

PS - I will knock one of these up for anybody - the Kingyboard^TM (for a small fee of course )

[Munkii]

whats a foot board/ box?

my set up is metolius slim gym board and a pull up bar.

plus weights, poverball, gripmsters and the floor (sit ups push up etc.)