Completed Mushroom

Finially! I finished building the mushroom. I am really pumped about how well it turned out. It supports my weight just fine. Take a look at the pics. Let me know what you think!

By the way... Gameday is at Vandy today... Who woulda thought...

Circles... not going so well...

Help me figure out what I am doing wrong. These things are much harder than I thought.

Leave me some feedback and help me identify the problem areas in my attempts. Thanks.

Too Good to be True!

I was brousing ebay the other day and came across a listing of a "lot" of assorted gymnastics equipment. Long story short, I placed a bid, won and now am the proud new owner of a pommel horse and two sets of parallel bars. The beauty of it is I only spent $135.18! Now my only problem is that there is no longer any room in the garage to park. Needless to say my wife isn't as excited as I am. Here are some pictures of the new equipment. I left one set of p-bars out because well, I haven't got the room for them. If any one is interested in purchasing them let me know!

Mushroom Construction

Okay, mushrooms are apparently very hard to come by in the used market. Since I am not mister money bags I decided to take on the task of building one rather than forking out $250+ for a new one. Here's how it went...

I went to Lowes and asked one of the guys working in "electrical" what they did with the empty cable spools when all of the product was off of them. He said, "Shoot... we throw 'em out." Since they had one with about six feet of cable left on it I convinced him to let me take it which he did.

Once I got it home I took a 2X4 that I had in the garage and cut it into pieces that would fit between the two sections of plywood. I nailed them in place and tested the stability of the not quite finished product. It is very sturdy and will support my weight effortlessly.

Next, I had to figure out a way to create a mound on the top of the base that would allow me to add padding. So I purchased a piece of plywood from Lowes and cut 3 separate circles with a jig saw that are each 5 inches in diameter smaller than each other and attached them to the base with wood screws. Here is a picture of what it looks like before the padding and vinyl.

I will add more pictures tomorrow of the finished product... assuming I am able to finish!

Let me know what you think.

Where to Buy...

I want to buy a mushroom. I have found them all over the internet, but I don't have $250 to drop on one. If anyone has any ideas let me know! I'm thinking about making one, but am unsure of the best way to go about it.


Let me know.

New Exercise

Well as promised here is a new video of an extremely taxing straight-arm leverage exercise that I have been utilizing. It is very rough on your elbows, so before attempting I would suggest a through warm up and stretching routine.






The video is a quick demonstration of how to do it as well as how positioning your feet on an elevated surface can greatly increase the difficulty. Let me know what you think.

Peace.

Time off.

I know... I know... It's been a while since I updated the site. I had some techical problems (mother board went bad). Anyway, I am back up and running so I though I would throw down a new post.

A buddy and I went to a pretty sweet spot up in Locust Fork the other day. The cool thing about nature is it is a great place to both chill and train. We jumped off some rocks and waterfalls then did some rock pull ups. Not a bad training day. I am a big advocate of enjoying how I train. If I don't enjoy it I don't do it. It's just that simple.

I may post on a killer exercise I just discovered tomorrow. Check back there may be a new video.

By the way, I would love some feedback on the site. I want to make sure those who visit are interested in what I post.

Holla.