jaymaximus
Pro
Ive gotten used to just holding dumbbells between my feet to do weighted dips when theres no belt. What it lacks in effeciency, it makes up for in me looking stupid and uncoordinated!
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Perrin Aybara
Master
@Docd187123 do you know any good DIY knee wrap roller ideas? I can't shell out over $100 for one of the real ones, but rolling these wraps myself sucks.
This is the cheapest option I've seen.
Proloc E Wrap Roller
I'm sure with a little fabrication you could rig something up yourself for even cheaper. Yes, wrapping worse sucks balls
Perrin Aybara
Master
Yeah, maybe heat up a length of steel and bend it to that shape or find pieces that could be attached. I'll have to give it some more thought.
You might be able to get the mma hand wrap roller to work for your knee wraps too.
MOUNTED METAL HAND WRAP ROLLER - Meister MMA Boxing Gym Wall 108" 180" FITS ALL
Perrin Aybara
Master
Thanks, doc. I can't afford $60 right now, but I may take a gamble for $12 when I get home from the gym. They're wall mounted, so I'd have to engineer a way to use them at the meet.
Just mount them to a power rack or monolift at the meet.
Perrin Aybara
Master
Just bought it, so I'll have a review in a few days or so. Could potentially save some people some money on those more expensive ones though. Good find and fingers crossed it works on knee wraps.
Bodysmasher
New Member
I own the Adipower and Adidas powerlift shoes, and I say for my 6'4 body I prefer the cheaper powerlift shoes! I have never tried the Nike before but everyone seems to like them. If youd like I would be happy to send you my powerlift shoes since I don't use them anymore...size 13 I think?
RodgerThat
New Member
Just recently purchased a 6DS mouthpiece via Brian Shaws raving reviews on them and that I need to wear some form of mouth guard for my fake teeth.
I got absolutely 0 performance from it even though it claims quite a bit. Although it does make me salivate a lot having my mouth slightly ajar while I lift so that's great
Other items I have:
Sabo deadlift shoe, this is the best possible deadlift shoe you can buy in my opinion, great grip it's as thin as a deadlift slipper and has a meditarsal strap plus it says deadlift right on the shoe so you know your serious.
SBD wrist wraps, great solid construction but I caution you to go with the training version and not the competition version unless your benching 500+ pounds it is unnecessarily stiff
SBD knee wraps, also great construction and tons of rebound out of the training version, not a lot of stop out of them in the bottom but if you can stop it yourself it'll defiantly help you spring out. The competition version will help you stop quite a bit and probably not as much rebound as it is 2x as thick.
I got absolutely 0 performance from it even though it claims quite a bit. Although it does make me salivate a lot having my mouth slightly ajar while I lift so that's great
Other items I have:
Sabo deadlift shoe, this is the best possible deadlift shoe you can buy in my opinion, great grip it's as thin as a deadlift slipper and has a meditarsal strap plus it says deadlift right on the shoe so you know your serious.
SBD wrist wraps, great solid construction but I caution you to go with the training version and not the competition version unless your benching 500+ pounds it is unnecessarily stiff
SBD knee wraps, also great construction and tons of rebound out of the training version, not a lot of stop out of them in the bottom but if you can stop it yourself it'll defiantly help you spring out. The competition version will help you stop quite a bit and probably not as much rebound as it is 2x as thick.
jaymaximus
Pro
Thanks bro. Unfortunetly my feet would be swimming in size 13 (im a 10). But I appreciate the offer.
Mayne
Well-known Member
Porn 
Nice equipment, Romaleos 2 are some gorgeous shoes I hope to put back to use soon
Nice equipment, Romaleos 2 are some gorgeous shoes I hope to put back to use soon
Perrin Aybara
Master
No doubt. Hope it works out!
RodgerThat
New Member
So purchased a elevation training mask today and tested it out for a 30min walk at 3.8mph
The results were instant with it made training much more intense for the level I was at and all day since my lungs have felt amazing and it's like I actually worked them I believe it will increase my VO2 Max but it's just the first day so I'll have a update on it in the future.
New update on the 6ds mouth guard I have been doing a set on and a set off with it for my workouts past week and I'll say it helps slightly with my OHP it makes me concentrate on breathing better for my squat but does jack shit for deadlift or bench press, actually it makes me spit when I bench heavy cause my mouth is slightly open.
Also on the list for today is my basis peak watch been wearing it for 4 days now only taking it off to wipe it down with a alcohol pad to disinfect is so I don't get a rash that so many people complain about with these kinds of watches, seemed obvious to me to disinfect it regularly if I'm sweating on it and keeping it tight on my arm all the time but I'm a precise kinda guy I guess. Anyways about the watch it is simple to use the watches interface is a slide touch screen and it has a back screen light tells time, has a stopwatch and a silent alarm that buzzes you awake at a good point to wake you during your sleep cycle close to your alarm time (this has been the best waking up I've ever had I wake up every time ready for the day instead of needing that 5 minutes to get ready to face the day) also it always tracks your steps (pointless in my opinion I don't care how many steps I take a day but I'm averaging 10900 a day) and the big two for me that made me buy the watch a constant heart rate and the most accurate calorie tracker available for you wrist and I've got to say I think it is bang on for accuracy. It has my BMR at 2016cals which is right where it should be and it matches all my running scores for calorie lose but the best part is that it accurately tracks how many calories I'm burning while I SQUAT! This is amazing to watch the calories burn faster every rep the higher the weight how it does this I don't know but I fiddle around with it and it can tell how much effort your putting in. Bottom line I fricken love this watch! It is amazing, it's spendy at 200 bucks but if you are looking to accurately track your in and it for the best possible progression in your cut or even your lean bulk then I'd say buy it!
The results were instant with it made training much more intense for the level I was at and all day since my lungs have felt amazing and it's like I actually worked them I believe it will increase my VO2 Max but it's just the first day so I'll have a update on it in the future.
New update on the 6ds mouth guard I have been doing a set on and a set off with it for my workouts past week and I'll say it helps slightly with my OHP it makes me concentrate on breathing better for my squat but does jack shit for deadlift or bench press, actually it makes me spit when I bench heavy cause my mouth is slightly open.
Also on the list for today is my basis peak watch been wearing it for 4 days now only taking it off to wipe it down with a alcohol pad to disinfect is so I don't get a rash that so many people complain about with these kinds of watches, seemed obvious to me to disinfect it regularly if I'm sweating on it and keeping it tight on my arm all the time but I'm a precise kinda guy I guess. Anyways about the watch it is simple to use the watches interface is a slide touch screen and it has a back screen light tells time, has a stopwatch and a silent alarm that buzzes you awake at a good point to wake you during your sleep cycle close to your alarm time (this has been the best waking up I've ever had I wake up every time ready for the day instead of needing that 5 minutes to get ready to face the day) also it always tracks your steps (pointless in my opinion I don't care how many steps I take a day but I'm averaging 10900 a day) and the big two for me that made me buy the watch a constant heart rate and the most accurate calorie tracker available for you wrist and I've got to say I think it is bang on for accuracy. It has my BMR at 2016cals which is right where it should be and it matches all my running scores for calorie lose but the best part is that it accurately tracks how many calories I'm burning while I SQUAT! This is amazing to watch the calories burn faster every rep the higher the weight how it does this I don't know but I fiddle around with it and it can tell how much effort your putting in. Bottom line I fricken love this watch! It is amazing, it's spendy at 200 bucks but if you are looking to accurately track your in and it for the best possible progression in your cut or even your lean bulk then I'd say buy it!
RodgerThat
New Member
Bumping this with my new products.
Matt chans rogue barbell is unreal the knurling is 21" gap in the middle so if you have a wider foot placement for your conventional deadlift you aren't destroying your shins. There is a mild centre knurling just enough to grab a shirt during squats but not enough to cut your throut during a clean or front squat. The knurling on the outside of the 21" gap is very aggressive and awesome to hold no slippage at all with 405 double overhand pull!
Northern lights gravity boots
I've only used them once as I purchased them today for a back injury that happened yesterday but they decompressed my entire spine to the point it felt funny to walk afterwards cause I was so loose. These are basically an inversion table without having to take up the space an inversion table needs.
Serious steel voodoo floss
If you don't own voodoo floss go out and purchase it right now! This is the signal best rehab purchase I've ever made. Got an ache in your elbow wrap it for 1-3mins and move your arm around take it off boom no ache. Knee hurts? Wrap it and squat a few times boom no pain. It's incredible!
Basis peak watch
I purchased the watch about a month ago and i made sure to wipe it down with alcohol everyday as people complained of a rash it gave them. Well I got the rash even from doing this and although absolutely everything on the watch worked amazingly, super accurate calorie count, cool features such as sleep analysis and my favourite part constant heart rate monitoring, I still ended up returning it because the rash was getting to bad even rotating wrists each day. If you don't rash up its a great purchase though.
More products to be reviewed but that's all for tonight.
Matt chans rogue barbell is unreal the knurling is 21" gap in the middle so if you have a wider foot placement for your conventional deadlift you aren't destroying your shins. There is a mild centre knurling just enough to grab a shirt during squats but not enough to cut your throut during a clean or front squat. The knurling on the outside of the 21" gap is very aggressive and awesome to hold no slippage at all with 405 double overhand pull!
Northern lights gravity boots
I've only used them once as I purchased them today for a back injury that happened yesterday but they decompressed my entire spine to the point it felt funny to walk afterwards cause I was so loose. These are basically an inversion table without having to take up the space an inversion table needs.
Serious steel voodoo floss
If you don't own voodoo floss go out and purchase it right now! This is the signal best rehab purchase I've ever made. Got an ache in your elbow wrap it for 1-3mins and move your arm around take it off boom no ache. Knee hurts? Wrap it and squat a few times boom no pain. It's incredible!
Basis peak watch
I purchased the watch about a month ago and i made sure to wipe it down with alcohol everyday as people complained of a rash it gave them. Well I got the rash even from doing this and although absolutely everything on the watch worked amazingly, super accurate calorie count, cool features such as sleep analysis and my favourite part constant heart rate monitoring, I still ended up returning it because the rash was getting to bad even rotating wrists each day. If you don't rash up its a great purchase though.
More products to be reviewed but that's all for tonight.
This post made you my hero.
insaiyan93
New Member
What a re your thoughts on wrist wraps as far as wrist stability for bench press? Now that I'm getting up towards the 300lb mark (sad I know, but hey its a work in progress) I notice that from time to time I get some discomfort in my wrists, especially on my heavier close grips, I've heard wrapping can help keep them steady and help with this, any truth to that?
RodgerThat
New Member
100% truth to it brother I reccomend SBD wrist wraps the training version as competition version are far too stiff for everyday training. If I'm not mistaken your a fairly big boy so I would go with the large version. Myself and @ROB581211 both have the medium training SBD wraps and love them makes for a very solid press. Don't cheap out with the sportscheck or generic ones though as they don't give any good support. Go with a good brand like SBD or inzer etc etc.
insaiyan93
New Member
Yeah I'm a big fella, got pretty large forearms/wrists so I will definitely go for the large ones. Thanks for the tip man!
