Homegym MEGA Thread

ChickenBrother said:
Lol yeah muscle ups have been my other bugaboo. At least I can do a [crap form] snatch with light weight, but have never hit an unassisted muscle up despite years of trying. On a gravitron pullup/dip station with 20 lbs assistance, I can do 2 or 3 but on rings or a pull up bar even with a false grip and attempting everything like the asshole on youtube, I get stuck at the halfway point for 10 seconds and then have to bail. They should call it a "fly up" instead of a muscle up because there's no damn way you're "muscling" out of the sticking point without momentum unless you're the south park version of Brian Boitano.
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The game of inches to get the wrist from pointing down to parallel with bar is the hardest damn transition. Elbows continue to stay under the bar. It's not a tricep weakness. Can do plenty muscle up presses above bar when jumping to position . One of them things you're probably supposed to endlessly drill for weeks to months, just not up for it. Hoping one day it just clicks and happens without practice :)
Also watching people do it negative in slow tempo, insane. Can't lower body from above bar back to bent arm position without falling.
 
Fahcough said:
you're probably supposed to endlessly drill for weeks to months
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At this point I'd rather move my 6 horse stable rubber mats out from under my squat rack by myself, drag them them through my muddy backyard and around the house and back in, then drill muscle ups endlessly for weeks. Maybe... well I'd have to think about it at least.
 
deadshot138 said:
Heavy clubs made my grips in jiu jitsu otherworldly.
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How heavy?

I have 2 clubells that are 15lb and a 35lb club. I used them pretty successfully in the past, but never found they did as much as farmers walks, weighted pullups and kettlebell work.

I used them for shoulder and rotation work mostly these days.
 
Fahcough said:
The game of inches to get the wrist from pointing down to parallel with bar is the hardest damn transition. Elbows continue to stay under the bar. It's not a tricep weakness. Can do plenty muscle up presses above bar when jumping to position . One of them things you're probably supposed to endlessly drill for weeks to months, just not up for it. Hoping one day it just clicks and happens without practice :)
Also watching people do it negative in slow tempo, insane. Can't lower body from above bar back to bent arm position without falling.
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I learnt to do them from a program by Gold medal bodies but I think they retired it.

The main thing me there was just getting comfortable with the false grip and drilling the portion where you go from under the rings to the dip. I never did a strict one though to be honest. It wasn't a full blown crossfit kip, but I did use some momentum.

My ring dips and pullups have always been strong though. I just couldn't manage the false grip switching part until it did just click.
 
maximus__ said:
How heavy?

I have 2 clubells that are 15lb and a 35lb club. I used them pretty successfully in the past, but never found they did as much as farmers walks, weighted pullups and kettlebell work.

I used them for shoulder and rotation work mostly these days.
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Single and two hand heavy club stuff, there's an entire training system. Circles, pendulums, shield casts, mills, etc.
 
Anyone have any experience with the Jacked Up Fitness all-in one power racks? They're racks combined with FT/lat pulldowns and a smith machine.
 
deadshot138 said:
Single and two hand heavy club stuff, there's an entire training system. Circles, pendulums, shield casts, mills, etc.
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Tacfit? That's what I started with. All the Onnit guys came up under that system.I have their original clubells in 15lb and then a similar one in 35lb.
I used the King of Clubs program back in the day. It was good when I was in the military to do before unit PT.
 
SocraticMethod said:
Anyone have any experience with the Jacked Up Fitness all-in one power racks? They're racks combined with FT/lat pulldowns and a smith machine.
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Had to look it up, not wise of them to put the highest tier / price as 1st thing you see. Would have left page. Scrolled down and saw some more viable options that looked pretty good deals
 
maximus__ said:
Tacfit? That's what I started with. All the Onnit guys came up under that system.I have their original clubells in 15lb and then a similar one in 35lb.
I used the King of Clubs program back in the day. It was good when I was in the military to do before unit PT.
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I have clubs up to 52kg. Titan for the lighter weights and Great Lakes girya for the monster ones.
 
deadshot138 said:
I have clubs up to 52kg. Titan for the lighter weights and Great Lakes girya for the monster ones.
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I can imagine a 52kg club would make the grip strong. I don't need more toys but I wish I had bought something like that over my lighter ones. They are useable but not the total system they were sold as at the time.
 
maximus__ said:
I can imagine a 52kg club would make the grip strong. I don't need more toys but I wish I had bought something like that over my lighter ones. They are useable but not the total system they were sold as at the time.
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This is what I started with, made my grip stronger and punches snappier
 
deadshot138 said:

This is what I started with, made my grip stronger and punches snappier
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It's all the same exercises that I learnt from Tacfit programs. Cheers dude I did enjoy using them, just not the system I was taught.
 
deadshot138 said:
They're definitely not a cure all but after 15 years of barbell training, I wanted to learn something new
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Can't be mad at branching out away from the typical and getting stronger.
 
Fahcough said:
If anyone else was into the goofy lifting. The King Keg on Amazon went on sale from $250 to $140 and a 50% off coupon, so you can grab one for $70. Unsure if it's a 1 time coupon and because I used it - can't see it anymore? I can't make it pop up again, but it applied at checkout.

WOD King Keg
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Damn can’t get the coupon to apply to anything else
 
cincymma79 said:
Damn can’t get the coupon to apply to anything else
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Is it still there? I thought it was already the low price, then it cut the $139 in half at checkout. Fk it, feels like money saved even though spent.
 
Fahcough said:
Is it still there? I thought it was already the low price, then it cut the $139 in half at checkout. Fk it, feels like money saved even though spent.
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After much searching and a bit of a misunderstanding I thought there were other items you could buy and use that coupon. I don’t need it or I’d buy it. Though it might be fun to do that strongman keg toss thing
 
cincymma79 said:
After much searching and a bit of a misunderstanding I thought there were other items you could buy and use that coupon. I don’t need it or I’d buy it. Though it might be fun to do that strongman keg toss things?
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You guys throw those things?
 
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