DHumphreys
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Right then, Thought I'd share my latest homemade gym contraption....! Nothing special, just a dipping station, which I could also use for leg raises too.
Very simple to do, and took around 20 mins at work to do. Its quick and cheap (everything sourced from work so it was free for me, But I'm guessing to actually make for yourself it won't cost alot). The hardest part for me was sourcing all the connecting bits.
Here's how I did it;
- Firstly designed it, drew it out, and did abit of planning, so I knew how big it would be, size of lengths, how it would be connected etc....
- Sourced the materials. I used Galvanised steel tubes and connections, which are actually designed for making hand railings.
- Cut the tube into the right sizes (7 small lengths, 4 large)
- And assemble!
Heres a couple of pictures;
Very easy to do! It will take pride of place in my gym area at work, which Im steadily building up - I currently have; a matted floor (so its comfortable to do crunches etc...), punch bag, sit-up bench, ab rollers, various shackles and chains which I use and encorporate for weight sessions, and now I have the dipping station. I have a couple things on my list to do which is; pull-up bar, medicine ball (homemade) and also a bulgarian training bag, which I will be doing tomorrow if I get enough spare time at work.
I will be doing weighted dips and will be using chains to do so. I may get a few pictures of it in use, if your lucky!!
Now onto the program;
I did 20mins SSCV (Walking) earlier on. And I will be doing MMA 7-9, which I will log when I come online later on.
Diets been spot on, don't think I could possibly be any stricter on myself than I am. Im getting urges all the time, but they are getting quashed when I think of what I want to achieve! I just can't wait for the weekend, when I will have a very nice cheat meal. Im thinking a full tub of mint choc chip ice cream.... That should do the trick.
Il be weighing myself on saturday, that will be my weekly weigh in to see my losses.
Is it wrong that I now enjoy drinking unflavoured l-glutamine just mixed in water? For some reason I enjoy the bitter taste, and find myself waiting to have the next one!
I've been taking my BCAA's with sugar free squash and its fine, bit of a weird after taste, but apart from that I am pretty much used to it. I have found one drink that masks the taste, and thats a protein shake with blended frozen broccoli in it. Mix some BCAA's in with that and you can't taste them at all! You just enjoy the lovely taste of the broccoli!
Thats all for now, will update again later.