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hey dude, check out :

Body power sports

they supply gym kit to most outlets in the uk. There prices are good.
Got my my power rack and dip station from them, also my bench.

they do have offers on occasionally and you can visit the warehouse.
The show room is huge and you can try it all out. they are in northamton

I used my power rack in a picture for worker check out the ringtraing artical

gonzalis :slight_smile:

[quote]flying scotsman wrote:
Thanks for the link Derek.

I’m actaully based in the UK, so I’ll do my purchases with UK companies. However, the tips on the link are giving me some great ideas as to what to look for.

Cheers.[/quote]

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Aw hell, is that an Irish thing? Sorry, I usually just drink Pearl or Lone Star.

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[quote]Testy1 wrote:
It is an Irish concoction.

1)Pour half a glass of Harp beer in a glass.

  1. Now this is the tricky part: hold a spoon over the glass with the convex (back)side up and very slowly pour Guinness over the spoon.

The resulting drink should not mix, resulting in a beer that is half black and half Tan[/quote]

Why would you want half a glass of Guinness when you could have a whole one?

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[quote]bino wrote:
Testy1 wrote:
It is an Irish concoction.

1)Pour half a glass of Harp beer in a glass.

  1. Now this is the tricky part: hold a spoon over the glass with the convex (back)side up and very slowly pour Guinness over the spoon.

The resulting drink should not mix, resulting in a beer that is half black and half Tan

Why would you want half a glass of Guinness when you could have a whole one?
[/quote]

While I do love black & tans, you make a very compelling point… I guess it is just the cool factor more than anything else!

Kuz

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If only I still had a mig welder, I don’t think a power rack would be that difficult to build. In fact, that hardest part would be measuring and cutting the large holes for the pins to slide into, if you decided to build it that way.

Does anyone have any reccomendations about building a rack?

Also, as long as we’re talking about home gym stuff, who’s the best deal for buying olympic bars and plates? Cheap and quality. Do any of the manufacturers deal in used stuff?

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Hi Flying Scotsman,
I,ve equiped several gyms in the UK,
if your main consideration is quality then order from pullumsports.com (E.g a power rack would cost over ?1000 inc tax), if you want good value for money and ok equipment then check out bodysolid.co.uk (power rack about ?300). If you want some specialist bars (as I do) then maybe look at shipping over from elitefts.com.

It seems as though we can only get the basics over here.

Good Luck BJ

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[quote]conorh wrote:
If only I still had a mig welder, I don’t think a power rack would be that difficult to build. In fact, that hardest part would be measuring and cutting the large holes for the pins to slide into, if you decided to build it that way.

Does anyone have any reccomendations about building a rack?

Also, as long as we’re talking about home gym stuff, who’s the best deal for buying olympic bars and plates? Cheap and quality. Do any of the manufacturers deal in used stuff?[/quote]

I think a mig welder and a mag drill, are all that you really need. The one at the gym I use, is made out of 4" structural channel (4 uprights). It has 1 1/4" holes drilled every 4 inches. What you need to do this is the mag drill. Other than the base plate which is 6" by 1/4" flat bar, the rest of it is bolted together. The safety pins are 1 1/8" round stock. I work at a fab shop, and building one of these would be maybe a 2 or 3 hour job, at the most.

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Ive been following this thread for awhile now and I just had to jump in with my own solution after I read the piece about using scaffolding for a power rack.

When bench pressing alone → http://steelers.mostvaluablenetwork.com/index.php?p=235, ← I have started to get a little nervous about being stuck under the bar. Now I use saw horses to catch the weight. Positioned so that the ends of the bar rest on the cross peices.

Im sure that some of you monsters are well beyond the point where you could trust a 2x4 to hold your weight, but its still well within my own capacities and is a pretty nice low buck solution.

All you need is a couple of 2x4s a circular saw, (hey, a crosscut saw makes for a pretty good workout) and you can even buy the hinge peice at the local hardware store.

You can even trim the legs abit to get the correct height.