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Nathan Parker
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Topic: Zercher Squat vs Zercher Rack PullsPosted: 1/11/12 at 2:17pm |
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One or the other? Both? I aploligize if this has been discussed already!
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Lex Miller
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Posted: 1/27/12 at 7:34pm |
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...and to continue this line of questioning... are we(myself included) doing zercher squats to improve our caber strength? I was under that impression. It's the closest thing in the "normal" gym that is like picking a caber, right? Or am I missing something? |
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mike pockoski
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Posted: 1/27/12 at 10:02pm |
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to improve caber strength and get better at throwing cabers...
...pick and throw lots of cabers. (see matt V. blog for tutorial on making one if you need some, make a few different lengths and weights).
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Lex Miller
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Posted: 1/28/12 at 12:09am |
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Thank you sir. That is what everyone keeps telling me, and it is surely sound advice. But I was just curious about the "in gym" or none throwing day type of work that could be done as well. I did not know Matt had caber making instructions on his blog so appreciate that tid bit of info as well.
I don't have a large space, so what would you say is the safest and easiest way to transport a caber, or do you all generally leave your cabers in the fields in which you practice(who wants to steal a big friggin telephone pole anyways huh?). Just another curiousity. Because I am trying to get a club going in Northern Cal and I only need a caber and something to throw a weight over...the rest I have made. BUt I do not have a truck to transport cabers nor a large field sized back yard to go tossing a caber.
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Posted: 1/28/12 at 2:52am |
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Nothing done in the gym will translate like you want it to. Get strong/fast/explosive/etc in the gym, learn to throw far on the field.
And ya, just leave the caber at the field. |
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Lex Miller
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Posted: 1/28/12 at 9:59am |
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Thanks guys.
I just thought Zercher squats were good, but personally they bother my Tyranosaurus Rex-ish arms. I'll stick to fronts and backs. There are a few places in my ghetto little town that already have random telephone poles laying around...I wonder how easy it would be to jack/use them. You see I am also a bit of "Equipment Pirate" in that if I see something that I can use I will generally use/take it if no one claims it. In this case I would just leave these poles in the fields they are in and train with them until the cops are called because "some meth crazed behemoth is attempting to put a hole in the Earth!"(something I have actually heard someone say!)
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Posted: 1/28/12 at 10:23am |
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Zerchers are good.
Actual telephone poles will probably be way too heavy. |
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Lex Miller
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Posted: 1/29/12 at 8:26am |
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Yes a Telephone pole probably would be awfully heavy...but you are talking to the King Of DIY crap! I just need to figure this one out. I like MAt$o idea...I had contemplated putting boards together like that, but I don't have all the proper tools(sanders etc...). I have also heard of using great big PVC conduits for the training of the balance...and I am a sucker for concrete so I'm sure I could figure something out. You should see my gym...it's kinda a big deal. HAHAHA!
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Posted: 1/29/12 at 8:43am |
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I don't think PVC and concrete will hold up. Try using a long 4x4 or 6x6 with the corners tapered up a couple of feet. You should be able to take the corners off with basic hand tools.
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Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy. - Outlaw Josey Wales
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Posted: 1/29/12 at 11:11am |
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make 'em like matt shows...i've made mine like that for years and they'll last a few seasons if you paint them heavy and use lots of screws... i usually get 3 seasons out of a caber. use a plane and a rasp to shape the end, only takes 3 or 4 minutes and you're there.
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Posted: 1/29/12 at 7:30pm |
Will a nail file, a flat head screw driver, and a hammer work? HAHAHAH! That's about where I'm at on my "tools" stage of my adult hood. When my house was remodeled I had to use a steak knife to cut extra space in my counter top...
BUt I agree that Mat$0's method seems the most likely to last and will have flexibility as well.
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Posted: 1/30/12 at 7:43am |
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Projects are a reason for getting more tools. (<---adult rule #2)
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Posted: 1/31/12 at 8:00pm |
HAHAHA! For sure! Can't wait...I'm the only 31 year old teenager still borrowing my pappy's tools!
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