Home of Strength
Ben Claridad shows you how he makes lifting straps. Material: rock climbing webbing, ~1.5 ft / strap ($.36 / ft.) These will never rip apart. They are good for at least 18kN of force. Athletic tape the ends and you’re good to go. I would rather work security for a Limp Bizkit reunion tour (all 48 [...]
Jim from Beastskills.com shared a nice handstand training tool on the BeastSkills Facebook Page. A simple and brilliant idea from Yuval Ayalon. A board to practice handstands (and one arm handstands) that is level, mobile, and has two lines on it that help one visualize and keep their body in line.
Here is how you make yourself a pair of weightlifting straps similar to the IronMind Sew-Easy Lifting Straps (I really like these). Of course you can try all kinds of different materials, but in the video they use some of those Everlast straps, cut the loop and tape the ends together. Perfect size. Loop around the bar once. Quick setup.
Light weight baby! A redditor shows what he uses for micro loading. Three nuts (=200g) per batch. So he can increase the weight by 400g to break through a plateau. Now there are a lot of people in the thread suggesting a routine change instead of micro loading. This would probably be the best advice. But why not [...]
Check out this easy to build Homemade Gripper by Gord Venables. The image is pretty self explanatory. You build a little frame to put your barbell in. Just high enough for you fingers to wrap around the bar
