Interesting Contraption

[nagual]

Basically it's a bar where two chains on either side of the bar are hooked onto two loading pins...

www.criticalbench.com/samples/DL-Secret.pdf (it's the last "secret")

I remember reading about a similar, if not identical contraption some time ago, but it apparently went by a different name, because I can't find that article again...

Has anyone heard of or seen something similar?

It's actually a pretty good idea, and a safe way to lift and it eliminates the need for spotters or a powerrack and forces you to perform pretty strict reps (or else the weight would start swinging on you).

I can imagine it would help strongmen aswell, you could use it to train conans circle

Edited June 12, 2004 by nagual

[tspinillo]

N,

It looks like what is covered here:

http://www6.mailordercentral.com/ironmind/...tem=28&mitem=47

I think the author concentrates more on the O-lifts. But I've never seen

the book.

T

[nagual]

Thx dude!

I googled for cable/bar ... and found the page I was looking for. Unfortunately the author, JV Askem, died in 2003... but there is a partial mirror of his homepage here: http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/

And also saved in the webarchive here: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ol...sonal/cablebar/

There seems to be some differences between askems system and the harvey maxime apparatus (or harvey machine). The cable/bar system does not swing, and is therefore more suited to the olympic lifts.

Btw, he was an avid gripster... and donated all of his copyrighted material to Ironmind.

Edited June 12, 2004 by nagual