Bizzare martial arts training methods.

[Ando]

I have a skipping rope with which ive replaced the leather cord with some really heavy guage chain , man this bady works you , please wear shoes...

[Tom Yum]

There's a heavy rope made of thick surgical tubing, stuffed with sand. Its just as challenging, except it hurts you less on impact vs. a chain. Be careful.

[terry]

Harbinger makes a jump rope in which the handles screw off and the insides contain steel weights. I don't know how much they weigh, but it's really hard.

[retired]

Terry a question: (non-related sorry)

the search engine here only lets you search for words of 4 letters or more so i cant search for threads with K1 any ideas?

[terry]

I'm not in the know on this one. I would send a message to Tim Mousel. He's probably in the best position technically to answer questions about the flexibility of the search engine.

Cheers,

T

[retired]

ok thanx for the quick reply

[Ando]

Originally posted by Tom Yum
There's a heavy rope made of thick surgical tubing, stuffed with sand. Its just as challenging, except it hurts you less on impact vs. a chain. Be careful.

Sounds effective ...
I thought id start this thread because im after other strength building methods apart from pumping iron ...

[sk12879]

Originally posted by Tom Yum
There's a heavy rope made of thick surgical tubing, stuffed with sand. Its just as challenging, except it hurts you less on impact vs. a chain. Be careful.

Tom, any idea where to get this surgical tube rope? Or is this something that you made yourself?

[Tom Yum]

Ando/sk128 - The first time I saw the 'heavy rope' was in high school athletics. We used it as a set with pullups, pushups, bar dips, fireman carry, wheelbarrow drills etc.

It was 2-3" thick black surgical tubing with white handles. I was pleasantly suprised to see them at the gym as well. I'll ask about it; in the mean time I'll look for a pic.

Here is a link. Don't know if this is the best price - i would shop around.

http://www.exercise-n-fitness.com/equipment_details.asp?pid=273

[dkm]

Yes but how many of you can skip with a barbed wired rope?

[Tom Yum]

ha!... how about a rope made of bacon while viscious, hungry dogs chase you.

[sk12879]

Originally posted by Tom Yum
ha!... how about a rope made of bacon while viscious, hungry dogs chase you.

That's nothing. I jump rope under water in a shark tank with a rope made from 100% human blood. It's quite an intense workout.

Also, thanks for the link to the heavy rope.

[retired]

Our instructor uses a skipping rope that's made of a thick heavy transparent tube with a wooden handle at each end, dont know if that's the same?

[sk12879]

I just ordered a 4 lb rope (they have from 1 to 6 lbs) for $46.99 after shipping from Strength Systems. I'm anxiously awaiting it's arrival and my first workout with it.

http://www.strength-systems.com/item...=13&styleid=85

[Ando]

Has anybody made any of their own equipment ?