Just a little piece!

oldfella · May 30, 2007

How many of you guys go to a gym where the cable stacks and other pretty cool machines stacks do not have enough weight to get a decent set out? So you srounge around for another pin from an adjacent machine to hang another plate off it. Then you have to ask someone to hold the plate and pin on while you bang out a nice heavy set. Well here is another little idea I have in my gym for this reason. Introducing instant weight bitch!!!! He holds this for you while you add up the poundages.

Trenababoon · May 30, 2007

I like that, I wish we had good ideas in our gym instead of fat ladies

BOOMSHAKER · May 30, 2007

Now that is a great idea brother! I believe your onto something here!

bigheinz · May 30, 2007

BRO I AM SERIOUS ... REGISTER YOUR IDEAS AND YOU WILL MAKE SOME BIG MONEY

celtic-devil · May 30, 2007

dude in my Gym who is handy with metal made the exact same thing...works great!!

Great minds, huh??!

TooPowerful4u · May 30, 2007

I wish i could make that damnit. If i sent you the money and gave you the dimensions of our stack could you make me one? Maybe one that can hold 2 45's?

lynx · May 30, 2007

oldfella said:
How many of you guys go to a gym where the cable stacks and other pretty cool machines stacks do not have enough weight to get a decent set out? So you srounge around for another pin from an adjacent machine to hang another plate off it. Then you have to ask someone to hold the plate and pin on while you bang out a nice heavy set. Well here is another little idea I have in my gym for this reason. Introducing instant weight bitch!!!! He holds this for you while you add up the poundages.
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You get to go to a gym? Quit bragging!

Just kidding.
Looks very handy Oldfella, more sturdier than putting them on the pins. I always wonder about the cable strength, are they tested for additional weight?

Kingofools · May 30, 2007

another great idea from the one and only oldfella!

BALDNAZI · May 30, 2007

Hahaha

Great idea brother. I saw something similar in an older gym when I started training years back that one of the members who was an ironworker made. Guy was huge and he made it for the gym.

I use a pin now since this gym does not have anything like that. It depends on the pin, some of them are a T shape and that allows you to put a 45 with no problem. The other ones suck.

I always love doing a heavy set on arms,the stack plus a 45 on the pin, and people look at you like your crazy,haha. You catch them peeking at you, its funny.

I need something like this so I can put 2 45s, but like Lynx said, those cables are rated for a certain amount, not sure if they can handle it over the longterm......

Future · May 30, 2007

That looks pretty dang handy.

TeamZ · May 30, 2007

Ive been making those for years for the gyms I trained at, the only problem is they keep getting stolen

The ones I made use round tube the size of the hole in an olympic plate and fit in the pin hole!

oldfella · May 30, 2007

lynx said:
You get to go to a gym? Quit bragging! Just kidding.
Looks very handy Oldfella, more sturdier than putting them on the pins. I always wonder about the cable strength, are they tested for additional weight?

HAHA That is a good point.......but when you own the gym you can put MUCH BIGGER cables on all your machines so you can train as hard as you like!!

I have cables on all my machine custom made and I use 6mm steel cables. Duty rated at 4 tons. I have never broken one yet. As for my gym I have four of those J hooks for my stacks. Most times I use two at a time and load 4 45's on some things, like leg extensions and tricep pushdowns. Each Hook will hold 3 45's. I just offset the hooks over the stacks to keep it all balanced. It's all about balance and options baby!!

BN yea it's funny when people see me warm up with the stack, usually do 15-20 reps wirth that and smile. Then I get out the weight bitch and start working sets. They sit there and stare, they are'nt even shy about it!! It just makes me go harder......HAHAHA. I am starting to believe I must have one ofd the only truely hardcore gym around. Lots of other gyms would toss you out for adding additional plates to pin loaded machines. My shit is built for lifting, plain and simple. You will not grow with high reps and dork weights!

thenatural3456 · May 30, 2007

2 awesomely inovative ideas....

i love that one bro trying to balance a weight on the head of a pin blows balls...

sign me up once again

aw1218 · May 30, 2007

Looks nice! I can make it too. I am Mechanical engineer, minor in Biochem... I can use my mech lab to make one of those babies!!!

oldfella · May 30, 2007

aw1218 said:
Looks nice! I can make it too. I am Mechanical engineer, minor in Biochem... I can use my mech lab to make one of those babies!!!

Yea there are variations of this around. Most are home made. The big gym equipment manufacturers want you to buy bigger weight stacks so they can make more money..........I do not blame them for this, but it was a simple solution to a simple problem! And virtually no cost.

K1 · May 30, 2007

Bro, you come up with some cools ass ideas!!!

oldfella · May 30, 2007

kawasaki1 said:
Bro, you come up with some cools ass ideas!!!

When you gotta grow you gotta go. So neccessity is the mother of invention............I like heavy ass weights, I like heavy duty shit................so if you want it done right you have to do it yourself!! I do some cool shit once in a while!

I always look for ways to challenge a muscle to make it grow. So I think up shit in my twisted little....well maybe not so little head and put it on paper. I look at my equipment and think, HMMMM, how can I make it do this. I have come up with some exercises that I have never seen done anywhere anytime. Like a one arm lat pulldown off an incline bench!!!!! Can you say PAINNNNN! Reverse shrugs with a semi-upright row!!!!!!! I have some great attachments. I have a spider bench designed by satan himself! This thing would Put a peak on Pike's peak!! If you come down to OZ man look me up. Just PM me and I'll look after you here. i would love to see some of my bro's and sis's here. it would be awesome!!

hozart · May 31, 2007

wow cool!

great idea hopefully i will need to use one of those j hooks still working on the stack

thenatural3456 · May 31, 2007

any chance in the marketing of these...i go to 3 gyms i know i could use them at all 3...

JETHRO TULL · May 31, 2007

I've never seen one of those!

I like it a LOT! You should sell those....no kidding. I've always had to screw around trying to add stuff....or just use lighter weights....most of the time switch to something free weight due to the limitations of machine stacks. That's a great tool.