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Post by Magnus on Jun 13, 2020 10:56:55 GMT
I did a search and found an older thread about the ropes in this forum but it was mostly negative so I wasn't going to resurrect it. ...but anyway, holey moley, what a workout !!! Back Story: about a year ago I saw a 1.5" X 30 foot 'Amazon Basics' branded rope on Amazon for something like $38 so I figured what the hell, why not give it a try ? I also purchased a mounting kit for it, and both the rope and mounting kit sat in the box untouched up until a few weeks ago when I had a few hours of lazy afternoon playtime after the yard work was done. I hooked the rope and mounting kit up to a heavy kettlebell I keep out in the backyard shed and started flailing away... WOW, I knew I was a bit rusty when it comes to stamina, but ropes will kick your ass !!!! 10 minutes or so of total work and I'm pretty much wasted, so there's no doubt of their effectiveness. Fast Forward: Still love using the ropes !!! It's been a few weeks and my stamina/overall fitness is definitely getting better. I've since mounted a nice dedicated hitching post for the rope, used a large piece of fence post I had with a gravel base, went down about 3 feet with a post hole digger, so it's rock solid. I've also purchased a couple more ropes, I now own a 2" X 30 foot and a 1.5" X 50 foot, and moved the original 'Amazon Basics' rope to my basement workout area for some indoor work on rainy days. Anyone else use 'Battle' Ropes ?
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Post by pierinifitness on Jun 13, 2020 14:24:23 GMT
Mag, never tried them. Believe I would be humbled from a test drive. What I've learned is that cardiovascular and strength endurance conditioning workouts are very specific. I can be a bad ass at one of them and humbled by another. I remember years ago when I was a gym rat and sort of beastly on several cardiovascular-oriented workouts I decided one day to take a test drive on the step machine that's like your climbing an escalator. After about 3 minutes, I quit. My body wasn't familiar with it. That's why some guys can be a burpees bad ass but couldn't run a corresponding decent mile time. Have fun and chase being a cardiovascular-respiratory and strength endurance bad ass.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jun 13, 2020 14:48:50 GMT
Sometimes I like to gaze at the hills and think of John Brookfield.
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Post by mr potatohead on Jun 13, 2020 16:11:34 GMT
I've used logging chain in the past. This thread has brought it back to mind. I may set up a firm anchor and give it another go. The reason I moved to other exercises was because, for lack of a firm anchor - really, no anchor at all -, I was slapping my (bare) feet with it and I didn't like the pain when that happened, so thinking about pain avoidance and trying to manipulate the chain to miss my feet interfered with enjoying the exercise. I'm going to give some though to where I can drive a fence post for an anchor point that won't be in the way of mowing, etc.
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Post by Magnus on Jun 13, 2020 16:56:22 GMT
Mag, never tried them. Believe I would be humbled from a test drive. What I've learned is that cardiovascular and strength endurance conditioning workouts are very specific. I can be a bad ass at one of them and humbled by another. I remember years ago when I was a gym rat and sort of beastly on several cardiovascular-oriented workouts I decided one day to take a test drive on the step machine that's like your climbing an escalator. After about 3 minutes, I quit. My body wasn't familiar with it. That's why some guys can be a burpees bad ass but couldn't run a corresponding decent mile time. Have fun and chase being a cardiovascular-respiratory and strength endurance bad ass. I really enjoy strength endurance type stuff, it's the better direction for me in the long haul.. What I've been doing with the rope centered workouts is in between sets I'll take the Husafell Stone replica for a 'ride' around the yard. WHEW !!! For now it's all I can manage, but my short term goal is to start adding kettlebell swings into the mix.
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Post by Magnus on Jun 13, 2020 17:02:49 GMT
I've used logging chain in the past. This thread has brought it back to mind. I may set up a firm anchor and give it another go. The reason I moved to other exercises was because, for lack of a firm anchor - really, no anchor at all -, I was slapping my (bare) feet with it and I didn't like the pain when that happened, so thinking about pain avoidance and trying to manipulate the chain to miss my feet interfered with enjoying the exercise. I'm going to give some though to where I can drive a fence post for an anchor point that won't be in the way of mowing, etc. I watched a video of John Brookfield using heavy chains in an explosive kettlebell swing type of movement called a "Power Thrust". Looked Brutal ! ...I'm going to have to try it He had the chain secured to a large and sturdy wooden pole. Here's the vid if you haven't seen it...
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Post by Magnus on Jun 13, 2020 17:08:51 GMT
Sometimes I like to gaze at the hills and think of John Brookfield. I guess he got a bit more 'religious' as he got older, happens to the best of us. ...but that's ok, my feelings on the subject are "whatever gets you through the night"
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Post by vegetus25 on Jun 13, 2020 17:24:44 GMT
Magnus, I had a 50' rope and liked using it, but ended up selling it. It just took up too much space. One of my favorite things to do was to attach it to two anchor points and pull myself back and forth (lying down rope climb). I could wear a hip belt and attach weights to make the "climb" harder. Hope you keep having fun with it. Now that you have an anchor point set up you could attach a Gruntergenie to it and throw sledless pulls and sledless pushes into your workout mix. sierraexercise.proboards.com/thread/1679/make-own-gruntergenie
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Post by Magnus on Jun 13, 2020 20:24:12 GMT
Magnus, I had a 50' rope and liked using it, but ended up selling it. It just took up too much space. One of my favorite things to do was to attach it to two anchor points and pull myself back and forth (lying down rope climb). I could wear a hip belt and attach weights to make the "climb" harder. Hope you keep having fun with it. Now that you have an anchor point set up you could attach a Gruntergenie to it and throw sledless pulls and sledless pushes into your workout mix. sierraexercise.proboards.com/thread/1679/make-own-gruntergenieThanks for the ideas ! I have a vintage 'Apollo Exerciser' that I bought off ebay for around $25-35 or so, excellent piece of equipment, it appeared to be brand new and unused when I received it, even came in the original box. I keep it hooked it up to one of the TRX type of mounts I've set up in my basement workout area and use it on occasion.
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Post by mr potatohead on Jun 13, 2020 23:12:41 GMT
..... I watched a video of John Brookfield using heavy chains in an explosive kettlebell swing type of movement called a "Power Thrust". Looked Brutal ! Here's the vid if you haven't seen it... I remember that video. The first time I saw it gave me the idea of finding some chain. Logging chain I have is all 3/8" though, but it works. After my previous post, I went out and found a fence post and a spot to drive it. I slid a 2" welded steel ring down the post and attached my chain to the ring with a 3/8" quik-link. Then I took a few turns at various flips and thrashes. It felt good. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Post by mr potatohead on Jun 14, 2020 11:36:46 GMT
I was wrong in my earlier post about size of quik-link. I have edited it now to be correct:
I woke up this morning thinking that the size I had written could not be correct, so I went out and actually measured it. Sorry for my confusion. I was writing from memory confusion instead of measuring, duh. The last time I messed with 3/8" and 1/2" quik-links was when I was trying to attach sash weights to each end of one of my log chains. My first attempt was to use 3/8" links to match the chain size, but there was not enough open space inside a 3/8" link to clear the end of the sash wts. Next I tried 1/2" links, but the 1/2" links would not go into the sash weight hole without drilling. I gave up on using links and, instead, used hitch pins w/ washers and J-pins that fit the sash wt holes.
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Post by mr potatohead on Jun 15, 2020 11:10:59 GMT
Another note on sash weights; The pairs I have are 7# and 8#. They make nice DIY "Indian" clubs just as they are, plus, they were free takeouts from old window casings.
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Post by mrdave100 on Jun 18, 2020 0:43:48 GMT
I can be a bad ass at one of them and humbled by another. I remember years ago when I was a gym rat and sort of beastly on several cardiovascular-oriented workouts I decided one day to take a test drive on the step machine that's like your climbing an escalator. After about 3 minutes, I quit. My body wasn't familiar with it. Dan John is a big proponent of finding what you’re not good at (he calls it inefficient exercise) and using that as your go to exercise for conditioning until you become efficient at it.
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Post by Magnus on Jun 18, 2020 1:14:14 GMT
Mag, never tried them. Believe I would be humbled from a test drive. What I've learned is that cardiovascular and strength endurance conditioning workouts are very specific. I can be a bad ass at one of them and humbled by another. I remember years ago when I was a gym rat and sort of beastly on several cardiovascular-oriented workouts I decided one day to take a test drive on the step machine that's like your climbing an escalator. After about 3 minutes, I quit. My body wasn't familiar with it. That's why some guys can be a burpees bad ass but couldn't run a corresponding decent mile time. Have fun and chase being a cardiovascular-respiratory and strength endurance bad ass. I really enjoy strength endurance type stuff, it's the better direction for me in the long haul.. What I've been doing with the rope centered workouts is in between sets I'll take the Husafell Stone replica for a 'ride' around the yard. WHEW !!! For now it's all I can manage, but my short term goal is to start adding kettlebell swings into the mix. ..."I'm not getting older, I'm getting better" Ok, added in a few sets of 2 hand swings with a 55 pound kettlebell and also brought one of my maces outside to be kept in the shed for these workouts. The workout looks like this: 1. Mace 360's switching rotation back and forth for 5-10 minutes 2. A few circuits of Battle Ropes 'waves' and 'slams', kettlebell swing, Husafell Replica Carry 3. Finish off with playing around with some of the different Battle Rope exercises that I've been trying out *** This guy in the video is a really good and motivating trainer, "no excuses 3...2...1... GO !!!"
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Post by pierinifitness on Jun 18, 2020 14:21:25 GMT
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