Digdogz Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 I'm looking for a bit of advice with my on-going anvil training. I got the beast about 6 months ago from my father and it was all rusty, so I brushed it down and did holds for time. Since then I noticed it was making rust marks on my carpet so I painted it with black rust proof paint. This has meant that it is much harder to hoist, to the level where I can only raise it once a week at best when factoring in the rest of my grip training. Can anyone suggest a solution or 'deload' system (of which I have no knowledge) as the IM horn is just too expensive here in the UK. Cheers, Digz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqeezeMasterFlash Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Deloading is awesome! Here's a pic of my deload platform Deload Platform All it is is a board with an eye bolt in each corner. Ropes through those go up to a pair of pulleys. The pulleys are then bolted to my squat rack (or a ceiling beam) and weights are hung from the other ends of the rope. Cheap and highly effective. I've been getting good results doing between 5-10 sets with as many reps per set as possible. When 3 or more sets are over 3 reps I take weight off. Seems to work pretty well. Best of luck with your anvil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOBrien Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 That's a pretty slick system! I'm going to have to make one of those too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqeezeMasterFlash Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Thanks! It's been working well for me with Blobs. After I master the Blob50 with it I'm going to use it for 2 45's and the Inch. Any fixed object can be deloaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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