Homemade Reverse Flyes or Rear Delts Station on Mar 2, 2011 in fitness equipment homemade exercise The Reverse Flyes exercise is one of the shoulder exercises that isolates the rear delts. The exercise can be done on a Reverse Pec Deck machine, with low cable crossovers or with free weights, using dumbbells. As a free weight exercise, it is some...
Homemade Bench Press Rack on Mar 2, 2011 in fitness equipment homemade exercise Another application of the homemade safety squat racks (click link for instructions) is their use as barbell racks in bench press exercises. The advantage of using these freestanding racks over the commercial bench press racks is that they're able t...
Homemade Dip Station on Feb 28, 2011 in fitness equipment exercise DIY project Here's a dip station that I have for performing the dip exercise. Basically, the body of this homemade dip station comes from the safety squat racks I built (click the link for instructions). Dips are good for building overall muscle mass around th...
DIY Anti-Slip Paint for a Stronger Grip on Feb 14, 2011 in homemade DIY project In a recent project, I assembled a pair of homemade thick bar handles for thick bar weight training. Thick bar training challenges the forearms much more than the regular 1-inch bar. The homemade thick bar grips are mainly made of PVC pipes and, un...
Homemade Thick Bar Handles for Barbell and Dumbbells on Feb 12, 2011 in fitness equipment homemade DIY project Many powerlifters, strongmen and bodybuilders acknowledge the value of thick bar training. Thick bar training challenges the hand and forearm muscles much more significantly than regular bar training.So, why aren't many weight trainers using them?Ot...
Digital Camera Bags Review and Comparison on Jan 30, 2011 in cameras The point-and-shoot digital camera market has become so competitive nowadays that dealers have packaged camera models with freebies. One of the freebies being handed out today include camera carrying cases or bags. Depending on the camera bag featu...
Basic Camera Bag Features for the Digicam on Jan 29, 2011 in cameras From personal observation, it appears that ladies generally don't use camera bags at all. Most would just insert the digital camera in a side pocket of their carrying bag (or ladies' bag). Others slip the camera unit inside a thin case first before...
Tips for Buying a Cheap Camera Bag for the Digicam on Jan 28, 2011 in tip cameras So after making digicam comparisons and finally buying your digital camera, what now? Well, unless your brand new digital camera comes with a freebie camera bag, it's now time to be hunting for that carrying case that will protect your new point-and...
Home Treatment for my Left Shoulder Rehab on Jan 12, 2011 in shoulder injury therapy The yearend of 2010 and yearstart of 2011 hasn't been too great for me. The left shoulder has acted up again. I'm not sure how the rotator cuff got reinjured but I'm guessing it was the repeated performance of the pullover exercise. Doing it the f...
Tips When Buying a Point-and-Shoot Digicam on Jan 3, 2011 in tip cameras Point-and-shoot cameras (PNS) nowadays are becoming much cheaper compared to their price levels around 5 years ago. This is a very competitive niche with camera manufacturers, because unlike the the bigger and more expensive DSLR's, PNS cameras are...
