Bigbwii Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 I'm desperate for a dipping frame and I just got an old persons walking frame it cost me $5 from the thrift store and that works real good at body wieght but I need to test it out with wieghted dips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Hahaha! Sweet score bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Man, I need to get one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 I used to use the corner of the kitchen counter. It forces you to keep your elbows out which is harder but really hits the chest hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 I used to use the corners of our garden fence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Aaron, Will, it's the greatest for body wieght stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!! you need one in your life guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganEssentials Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 If all else fails, you could probably build a pair of dip bars for under $50 with supplies from somewhere like Home Depot or Lowes. Make a 4x4 or wider base with supports to keep it from tipping, get some 1.25" pipe put through it with a few elbows to make the inverted U shape and you could make one that would hold 500 lbs. easy. That, or if anyone has a bit more to spend I could always find the price from a guy I know who makes them in his metal shop, which would probably be half to 2/3 the cost of what they normally run and just as strong! Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Hi VE, I can't even afford that!!!!! but I've been thinking about the home depot thing for a while, I'll have to see what they have!! I got to have something though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganEssentials Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Bigbwii, The price for the home-made one is just an estimate - I'm sure that if you could find some scrap wood for the base supports (even a mass of 2x4s screwed together the right way could be enough) you might be able to do the whole thing for half that. Too bad that I didn't check pricing on pipe when I was at Hope Depot just a few hours ago or I could have known for sure. Option # 2 might be to get a pair of sawhorses, reinforce the bases a bit, widen the top with a 4x4 and put the pipe in there - that way you're buying less pipe and more with wood, which would probably be cheaper. That way you could also alter the angles as well if you want to vary between parallel and angled dips, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Thanks VE, I'm gonna try That!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I used to use the corner of the kitchen counter. It forces you to keep your elbows out which is harder but really hits the chest hard. Good idea. I never thought of doing them on non-parallel bars before. Until today I just did a bunch of dips on corner (perpendicular) bars at the playground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 How about power rings? http://ringtraining.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/index.htmlWould be harder than regular dips which would be a good thing for Bigbwi as I'm sure he can handle it. Could instead just get a couple of ropes and a tree. (Well maybe.) I'm thinking about buying those though so I can do muscle ups and practice iron crosses, plancks (sp) (along with front levers, dips and chins.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 That looks real cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Here's another: One arm dips. Use a kitchen/bathroom counter or something real solid and support your body with one hand while putting the other hand out straight away from you against a wall to stop from falling over. I tried this today. I couldn't complete a whole dip but I could hold the lockout position for 30 seconds or so. Could only go halfway down and still make it up. This is like (almost) a double bodyweight dip so you have to be pretty strong for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I used to use the corner of the kitchen counter. It forces you to keep your elbows out which is harder but really hits the chest hard. thats what i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Rings are hardcore. Gymnasts are some of the strongest people I've ever met. I bet you could make some rings for cheap w/ Home Depot stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbwii Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 I would love to have them in my backyard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Cool, I decided to go Home Depot tonight and see what they have for rings. My garage has a bunch of exposed 2X6s holding up the roof that would probably work for rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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