Evicted the truck from the garage to make room for the H-PND, bike, and Leg curl/ext. I think the gym is good (for now)
Posted Feb 26, 2022, 10:51 PM UTC
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Sick. How's the leg curl? Read plate loaded machines don't offer tension through the entire movement like cable machines but they're obviously way more affordable.
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The effective weight/effort is not consistent, but it's good enough and peaks at full muscle contraction. I looked at the commercial machines with plate stacks and cables, but they take up more floor space and were at least 3x the price. My only minor complaint about the machine is switching between curl and ext is awkward; pull the leg's pin and rotate the weight arm 360 degrees to the other side. It seems like Titan just released a v2 that should let you improve that by letting you quickly pull the weight arm's stop pin.
I was previously using a DIY leg curl/ext with the functional trainer and the Titan machine is a huge improvement. The DIY is the wooden seat pictured that is now a stand for the DBs. I needed to use a ratchet strap across my legs to keep me from lifting up.
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That DIY wooden seat is pretty badass.
Thanks for the info. If I ever have more space for my gym that Titan leg extension is probably my next piece of equipment (even though I've said the gym is complete 100 times already...)
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I’m in the same boat. Letting the Raptor rust in the harsh northeastern winter just to cram more gym equipment in my garage.
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I've been thinking about that recently myself, and I wonder if it actually makes much of a difference. Assuming you're driving on salty streets either way, it's still gonna corrode, whether it's parked in a garage or on the street. Edit: I think it would actually be WORSE on your auto body to park it in a warm garage where the hard ice now melts and covers your car in salt water instead of salt ice.
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I mean I recently had to shovel two feet of snow out of the bed. Can’t be good for it. But I agree with you. It’s probably not as bad as one might assume. I mean, car dealerships leave brand new cars on the lot, sometimes for years, through all seasons.
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True. I hadn't thought about the bed. I have a tonneau cover on my truck.
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I don’t have a cover on mine. If I did I would just be scraping 2ft of snow off of that. It is coated in linex though so I’m not super concerned. Certainly not doing as much damage as the salt like you said.
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I miss not needing to scrape the windshield, but the gym being less cramped makes it less annoying to use. It used to take an 8 point turn to get the SSB on to J-cups without hitting something.
I have more garage space left that might get annexed by a horse stall mat expansion.
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By the way. I just removed the pin on the leg extension machine. Now i dont have to flip the lever 360 degrees
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I might do that.
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Aliens, Rurouni Kenshin, home gym.. fuck yea
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Legit 💪