Zercher Squat vs Zercher Rack Pulls
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Topic: Zercher Squat vs Zercher Rack Pulls
Posted By: Nathan Parker
Subject: Zercher Squat vs Zercher Rack Pulls
Date Posted: 1/11/12 at 2:17pm
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One or the other? Both? I aploligize if this has been discussed already! ------------- Sport Kilt JDJ Caber Company Hylete.com |
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Posted By: Lex Miller
Date 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?------------- http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow - http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com |
Posted By: mike pockoski
Date 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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Posted By: Lex Miller
Date 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. ------------- http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow - http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date 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. ------------- |
Posted By: Lex Miller
Date 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!) ------------- http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow - http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 1/28/12 at 10:23am
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Zerchers are good. Actual telephone poles will probably be way too heavy. ------------- |
Posted By: Lex Miller
Date 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! ------------- http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow - http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com |
Posted By: AlDargie
Date 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. ------------- Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy. - Outlaw Josey Wales |
Posted By: mike pockoski
Date Posted: 1/29/12 at 11:11am
| 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. |
Posted By: Lex Miller
Date 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. ------------- http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow - http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com |
mike pockoski wrote:Posted By: dl_buffy
Date Posted: 1/30/12 at 7:43am
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Projects are a reason for getting more tools. (<---adult rule #2) ------------- --------- I have very few social interaction skills, so I just throw stuff instead. |
Posted By: Lex Miller
Date 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! ------------- http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow - http://worldsstrongestscientist.blogspot.com |