I’ve just moved into an apartment with a built in gym.

Yay! I can save money on my gym membership

BUT! They dont have any barbell or squat rack. How will I ego deadlift now???

Wondering what dead loft alternatives I have on a cable machine?

Also willing to consider kettle bells or anything else I can buy / donate to the gym short of an entire barbell set and squat rack

  • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.orgEnglish
    71·
    5 days ago

    Not sure there are any good or direct cable alternatives for a deadlift, mostly because cable machine stacks aren’t big enough for deadlifting.

    There was a video of Jeff Nippard doing deadlifts on a cable row machine. If you’re interested in testing it out. https://youtube.com/shorts/mYROrXBWfKA

    But otherwise you’d probably have to separate out this movement into multiple different movements rather than single one.

  • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
    3·
    5 days ago

    If they have the two-column/gantry style cable machine and you’re willing to BYO bar, you could add removable cable attachment points to each end with common pipe and cable hardware.

    For example, on each end of your bar, you could slide on a shaft collar like this

    steel shaft collar

    But replace the set screw with a shallow eyebolt like this

    steel eyebolt

    Then attach cables of lower-inside pulleys to the eyebolts at each end of your bar, and test.

    It won’t replicate the dynamics of plates but should let you find the correct angle of resistance into the floor and maintain your form while training with cables.

    • alliwantsoda@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’m fascinated by your knowledge of various fastening/affixing hardware (such as a shaft collar, which I didn’t know exists but can see its immense usefulness). Did you learn about all these devices from your job? If so, where does someone like me learn about all these various cheap metal apparatuses since I enjoy building my own stuff as it relates to my various hobbies, including but not limited to, climbing/fishing/beekeeping? This type of knowledge would be extremely useful if I can find out where to attain such knowledge! Just looking to be pointed in the right direction so I can get started more easily, such as maybe a couple keywords or search terms to lead me down a deep-dive rabbit hole.

      This is chatGPT’s recommendations, if I don’t hear back I’ll just start with this list. 😁

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
        1·
        2 days ago

        In my case, I learned by making solutions I wanted or needed that didn’t exist yet. So I imagine any “maker” category of content would be a good start, since they often start with the same premise and talk through their techniques and resources in the process.

  • Mantzy81@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    Get yourself a Beyond Power Voltra (or two 🤔) with a platform and take it back and forth to the apartment gym with you. Would fill in for the exercises you might want.

    Plus it does the opposite of the ego lift. People will be intrigued, give it a go, be humbled and realise how much you’re lifting and then think you’re pushing and pulling huge numbers from then on when you’re only doing a 6 RPE day.

      • Mantzy81@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        It’s pricey but you can do a surprisingly large amount with it. Of all the “digital resistance” ideas out there, it’s the most practical as you can move it about and take it with you. Have a look on YT, at channels like Garage Gyms or something and you’ll see how it’s used. It’s quality kit. If I didn’t have my own gym setup and functional trainer, I’d consider it over the FT.