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Plates + Rope = Farmers walks

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  • #2
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Very good, if you use webbing straps you could get them tight and more easily removed/adjusted. I expect more and more people are getting rings so may have straps.

    I was doing shrugs before with those same 20kg plates. To get more weight I had a single dumbbell loaded on one side. i.e. I think I first put on 2x10kg plates, then the 20kg plate, and then the metal spinlock just barely went on. So now I held it at my side and the dumbbell handles was sticking out away from me, and only the spinlock collar was close to my side. You could probaby wrap a towel or something around it if it was rubbing against you.

    I have also used a tricep bar for shrugs. Holding in the middle
    6e142-sprtAllExercise_EquipmentWeider_WDR_EZ_System_Tricep_Bar_EZTBY1-resized200.jpg


  • #3
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,589 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    I think two of those tricep bars would make excellent farmer walk handles.


  • #4
    TommyKnocker
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    JJayoo wrote: »
    I think two of those tricep bars would make excellent farmer walk handles.

    They do indeed. And with the addition of some "Fat Gripz" you can get a really challenging grip workout.


  • #5
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    TommyKnocker wrote: »
    They do indeed. And with the addition of some "Fat Gripz" you can get a really challenging grip workout.

    HOLY F*CK BALLS.

    Was about to buy 2 pairs and they're €90. Not a hope.

    Thank god I have a pair already!


  • #6
    deadlybuzzman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭deadlybuzzman


    Is there any cheap chinese knock offs? Surely the country that sells Hi Phones for 30 dollars should have someone making them


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  • #7
    Turbo_diesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭Turbo_diesel


    JJayoo wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9DuBY9L5_4


    Simple and effective


    If you were upgrading these aren't badly priced


    http://www.d8fitness.com/store/2-x-farmers-walk-handles/


  • #8
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Hanley wrote: »
    Was about to buy 2 pairs and they're €90. Not a hope.
    2 pairs is £59/€75 delivered on the fat gripz site. There's a discount on the second pair.

    http://www.fatgripz.com/stockstatus39.html

    People go on about supporting Irish business, but its not like an Irish company is making them, they are just taking a cut. They might even be dropshipping, i.e. not holding stock of them and just passing your order onto fatgripz direct.


  • #9
    Thud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,697 ✭✭✭Thud


    you could try wrapping something like a rubberised bandage (non sticky version) around the bar to increase the diameter, would be easy to remove and layer up/down to change the diameter

    Boots sell a blue one (http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Pharmaceuticals-Cohesive-Support-Bandage-7cm-x-4m-_1121245/) and physio needs have a few different ones


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