New Hobby

[brian1961]

Ben, I'm sure proud of you. That is one serious weight to heave over your head. May I be so timid to make a small suggestion if, IF, one of your main goals is to lose weight---do some stretching beforehand, and then walk 1-2 miles prior to your workout. You'll HATE it initially, but after a few weeks, your heart will sing, and be much more able to endure the weightlifting.
--- Brian Powell, B. S. , Physical Education and Health, Ball State University, 1979

[bnorth]

Made another cool strongman toy today. This is my is this going to work version. I wanted to get a giant loadable circus dumbbell. They are around $300 for a good one.

This is 2 20lb propane tanks put together with a piece of pipe that is threaded on each end screwed into the holes that used to have the propane valve in them. The final version will be very similar but with the tanks turned around with a 2 inch pipe 7 inches long welded between the tanks. Then I can get plugs for the holes from the valves. That will make it so I can easily use those holes to add or reduce weight inside the tanks so I can make it weight anything I want.