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Via Kat Ricker : a great compilation by the Iron Maven showing the grace of female Olympic Weightlifting [streaming, 14.4mb .flv download].

Via Kat Ricker : a great compilation by the Iron Maven showing the grace of female Olympic Weightlifting [streaming, 14.4mb .flv download].

Mike Demeter points to a great piece by Charles Poliquin on the Yin Stack. If you're like me and tend to have a head filled with ideas shortly before bedtime, this is definitely something to consider.

Magnesium is a wonderful thing.

Mike Demeter points to a great piece by Charles Poliquin on the Yin Stack. If you're like me and tend to have a head filled with ideas shortly before bedtime, this is definitely something to consider.

Magnesium is a wonderful thing.

When I started lifting weights a few years ago (free weights, that is - I tried a few machines at a commercial gym about 10 years ago), my thinking was that I'd push myself hard for the first few months. After that, with a bit of luck I'd enjoy it enough to keep going at a similar pace.

I'm still lifting them a little over three years later, so I guess it worked.

Cody has given himself 16 weeks to perform his own transformation. As you'll see on his blog, he's right at the start of what should be an amazing journey. Pop over and say hello.

When I started lifting weights a few years ago (free weights, that is - I tried a few machines at a commercial gym about 10 years ago), my thinking was that I'd push myself hard for the first few months. After that, with a bit of luck I'd enjoy it enough to keep going at a similar pace.

I'm still lifting them a little over three years later, so I guess it worked.

Cody has given himself 16 weeks to perform his own transformation. As you'll see on his blog, he's right at the start of what should be an amazing journey. Pop over and say hello.

Mich points to a great piece on Dynamic Fitness, which poses the question : What makes a good gym?

His answers are definite food for thought.

Mich points to a great piece on Dynamic Fitness, which poses the question : What makes a good gym?

His answers are definite food for thought.

John Fike has done it again; this time reconstructing that staple of many a home gym : the heavy bag.

Many years ago my dad put a large punching bag in the garage, and filled it with coarse sand. It was like punching bricks, and bleeding knuckles were a regular thing.

John's softened the blow using various materials (although still using sand at the centre of it all) :

If you want to try building one of these for yourself, I basically took two bags of tube sand and wrapped them in carpet and carpet padding. Then covered it in 3 mil plastic to resis moisture and finished it off with a layer of duct tape. The carpet is in two layers; the first layer has the soft pile facing the sand bags to minimize abrasion that might tear the bags, the second layer faces outward to give more cushioning to the hands when striking the bag. Between the two layers of carpet is where I wrapped the rope for hanging the bag. The rope is covered with duct tape to keep the carpet backing from fraying it. Tube sand was out of season at local stores when I finally got around to building this, so I made my own from heavy-duty 3 mil plastic garbage bags (box of 12 for about $8) and duct tape. In all, I used 120 yards of duct tape.

As the video shows, it moves just enough. No more wild swings.

Update : John now has detailed instructions for making the bag on his site.

John Fike has done it again; this time reconstructing that staple of many a home gym : the heavy bag.

Many years ago my dad put a large punching bag in the garage, and filled it with coarse sand. It was like punching bricks, and bleeding knuckles were a regular thing.

John's softened the blow using various materials (although still using sand at the centre of it all) :

If you want to try building one of thse for yourself, I basically took two bags of tube sand and wrapped them in carpet and carpet padding. Then covered it in 3 mil plastic to resis moisture and finished it off with a layer of duct tape. The carpet is in two layers; the first layer has the soft pile facing the sand bags to minimize abrasion that might tear the bags, the second layer faces outward to give more cushioning to the hands when striking the bag. Between the two layers of carpet is where I wrapped the rope for hanging the bag. The rope is covered with duct tape to keep the carpet backing from fraying it. Tube sand was out of season at local stores when I finally got around to building this, so I made my own from heavy-duty 3 mil plastic garbage bags (box of 12 for about $8) and duct tape. In all, I used 120 yards of duct tape.

As the video shows, it moves just enough. No more wild swings.

Update : John now has detailed instructions for making the bag on his site.