Comments on: My home gym http://www.alexmccarthy.net/archives/2009/03/18/my-home-gym Thoughts on Programming, Life, and Travel Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://www.alexmccarthy.net/archives/2009/03/18/my-home-gym/comment-page-1#comment-1502 Alex Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:16:34 +0000 http://www.alexmccarthy.net/?p=313#comment-1502 Hmm, sounds cool. I now need a second pullup bar ;) An inconvenient location sounds like a passive barrier to me... Hmm, sounds cool. I now need a second pullup bar ;)

An inconvenient location sounds like a passive barrier to me…

]]> By: kats http://www.alexmccarthy.net/archives/2009/03/18/my-home-gym/comment-page-1#comment-1474 kats Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:11:23 +0000 http://www.alexmccarthy.net/?p=313#comment-1474 It's just high enough that if I sit on the ground with my legs straight out in front I have to reach all the way up to grab it. So I do L-sits. The downside is that because of the height I have to put it in an out-of-the-way doorway or I would keep walking into it, and that means I don't use it as often. It’s just high enough that if I sit on the ground with my legs straight out in front I have to reach all the way up to grab it. So I do L-sits. The downside is that because of the height I have to put it in an out-of-the-way doorway or I would keep walking into it, and that means I don’t use it as often.

]]> By: Alex http://www.alexmccarthy.net/archives/2009/03/18/my-home-gym/comment-page-1#comment-1463 Alex Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:13:39 +0000 http://www.alexmccarthy.net/?p=313#comment-1463 How do you do pullups/chinups on it, then? Do you start from kneeling? How do you do pullups/chinups on it, then? Do you start from kneeling?

]]> By: kats http://www.alexmccarthy.net/archives/2009/03/18/my-home-gym/comment-page-1#comment-1462 kats Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:52:13 +0000 http://www.alexmccarthy.net/?p=313#comment-1462 I got one of those recently too. Except mine is torso-height so I can also practice muscle-ups on it. :) I got one of those recently too. Except mine is torso-height so I can also practice muscle-ups on it. :)

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