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I don't have the equipment to make the calf raise stand scooby has on his youtube video :
In the second half of the video he takes you to his workshop and shows you how to make them.  Does anyone here sell them? If I had a workshop like he does I would make a dozen of them and sell them on ebay! lol |
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T-Rex
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2012, 10:58:05 PM » |
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1 8 foot 2 X 6
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P.S. Many of the Home Improvement stores will cut the wood to your specs for free!
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2012, 12:04:00 AM » |
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Use a staircase step, or a chair, or any elevated surface, really.
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2012, 02:23:05 AM » |
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Use a staircase step, or a chair, or any elevated surface, really.
This, can even use a thick book that u dont need really. |
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2012, 05:47:14 AM » |
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No point of spending money on calf raise stand, you can use many things, you can find in your house, i use a thick plank and it is stable and works fine.
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T-Rex
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2012, 07:37:17 PM » |
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willygf
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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2012, 10:08:42 PM » |
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Yup, Scooby has a third design he shows how to build in his video I posted above.
There must be some good reason why Scooby suggests building a stand of this sort rather than simply using a book or the stairwell. I suspect it may have something to do with height and safety.
I may have to use a friend's workshop and build one. I live in an apt so I don't have the tools or workshop handy to do this sort of thing.
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T-Rex
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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2012, 08:42:42 AM » |
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Yup, Scooby has a third design he shows how to build in his video I posted above.
There must be some good reason why Scooby suggests building a stand of this sort rather than simply using a book or the stairwell. I suspect it may have something to do with height and safety.
I may have to use a friend's workshop and build one. I live in an apt so I don't have the tools or workshop handy to do this sort of thing.
I built mine so that it would work with my Home Gym equipment, specifically my Leg Blaster.  A Calf Stand built with 2 x 4's and 4 X 4's are very strong and stable. |
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willygf
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2012, 11:17:52 AM » |
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I built mine so that it would work with my Home Gym equipment, specifically my Leg Blaster. A Calf Stand built with 2 x 4's and 4 X 4's are very strong and stable. Yes, very cool! |
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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 10:31:46 AM » |
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I just place some books on the ground and stand on them.  ) |
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2012, 08:56:26 AM » |
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Yup, Scooby has a third design he shows how to build in his video I posted above.
There must be some good reason why Scooby suggests building a stand of this sort rather than simply using a book or the stairwell. I suspect it may have something to do with height and safety.
I may have to use a friend's workshop and build one. I live in an apt so I don't have the tools or workshop handy to do this sort of thing.
I built mine so that it would work with my Home Gym equipment, specifically my Leg Blaster. A Calf Stand built with 2 x 4's and 4 X 4's are very strong and stable. if you can touch the floor with those 4x4's then i agree, if u cannot, i wouldn't risk an injury |
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T-Rex
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2012, 06:20:51 PM » |
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I built mine so that it would work with my Home Gym equipment, specifically my Leg Blaster. A Calf Stand built with 2 x 4's and 4 X 4's are very strong and stable. if you can touch the floor with those 4x4's then i agree, if u cannot, i wouldn't risk an injury BTW that guy in the picture is 3 X Mr. Olympia Mr. Frank Zane! |
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« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2012, 11:52:21 PM » |
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I built mine so that it would work with my Home Gym equipment, specifically my Leg Blaster. A Calf Stand built with 2 x 4's and 4 X 4's are very strong and stable. if you can touch the floor with those 4x4's then i agree, if u cannot, i wouldn't risk an injury BTW that guy in the picture is 3 X Mr. Olympia Mr. Frank Zane! Peter Zane's brother? ;-) |
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« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2012, 12:08:49 PM » |
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If you have weight plates you can use those, but it will only give you a 0.5 or 1 inch lift.
I've used the bar of my Hex dumbbells before too. To be safe I put a 75lb Hex dumbbell in front of a 20lb Hex dumbbell, to keep it from moving, and performed one leg standing calf raises on the 20lb dumbbell. These are the iron cast hex dumbbells so they are very strong and won't roll. You can do the same for seated calf raises.
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