today we were also discussing a trap bar?
yay or nay?
personally i wouldnt use it, maybe a Safety squat bar or chambered bar would be more useful.
oh and the gym is already pretty much fully equipped…
your usual plethora of oversized leg extensions etc
DBs up to 120lbs
aqround 2000kg of rubber coated plates (not bumpers unfortunately)
ill; throw up some pics in teh next few weeks when it is close to completition
rubber flooring under everything
Get the trap bar
Good rear delt machine.
Only play hard rock and metal!!
O yeah and most of what the other guys mentioned.
hmm I spent all the effort typing a reply on vibration machines, and it didn’t get posted - WHAAAAAAAAAA!
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Check out PDA for a trapbar that holds more than 500lbs. They have ones that go over 1000lbs. It looks like almost every thing has been covered. I would add a grip machine. and a pole for strippers and a library of good lifting info. You did say it was a dream Gym.
also a sled for draging
longsnapper: Yes, I remember the peg board you’re talking about. Had one in my elementary school (showin’ my age now). Only one guy in school ever got all the way up and down. Wasn’t me.
My guess is that insurance regulations have made those and climbing ropes all but disappear.
T.E. Young
I am a huge advocate of trap bars. I get in the best shrug workouts from those. I have not had the chance to deadlift with them, but it seems like they’d be better than a straight bar for that.
Davidian,
We just ordered a machine from Calgym here in OZ that promises to be a reverse hyper. The design is different to the WS one, but its the best we could find. The guy who designed it, built the first one for the sprint program at the AIS. Also Pro Flex in Melbourne told me they had a model in stock.
kaizenhp
do you have any contact details for either of those dealers?
thanks in advance
Davidian,
I am new to posting on the forum and apparently you cant put web site addresses up, my bad. Calgym does have a site and is easy to find if you do a search.
Hope that helps.
Sy
Davidian - CT used the Tendon Fitrodyne
which is about 800-900USD I think
The Micro Muscle lab is slightly more expensive at around 100USD but it is smaller and more portable, and has some extra functions like 1RM predictor, and force velocity and so on. Just a hand held unit attached to small box with the cord you attach to the barbell etc
There are a few differnet versions of the MML. The Muscle Lab is its big brother and requires a laptop or PC, but also measures more stuff. There are variants of the MML, one comes with infared contact mat for measureinng jumps etc
The tendo stores data for multiple reps and sets however.
Longsnapper - My old elementary school gym had one of those. The school was old. 1917 kind of old.
Billy
Hammer Strenght Jammer, Platform for deadlift and olys, DBs 200lbs+,chains,all matching plates for those of us with OCD, and for the love of all that is holy!! spend the xtra 50$ and get that little bar that props up one end of the bar when on the floor to load/unload plates. My gym doesnt have it what a pain!