Opinins on GHR and Reverse hyper

[I'D RATHER BE DEADLIFTING]

Check out this link and let me know if you guys think it would get the job done. I was thinking of ordering the GHR from Dave along with a new rack. If I were to order this one instead, I could order the Reverse Hyper from Dave and just keep my rack for now. Any opinions?

http://www.americanpowerlifting.com/usabodybuilding/glutehamraise.html

 

[DOM]

IRBD,

that GHC looks exactly like the one they have at my gym, except for the colors, and it definitely gets the job done. The important things are that you can adjust the length of the bench and the height of toe plate.... which that bench has.

I don't know anything about that brand though, or their quality or workmanship or anything, so I can't speak to that.

-DOM

 

[spatts]

Yep...looks good. Just don't hyperextend like that pretty boy in the demo.

You need "welder friend." All powerlifters should find a "welder friend."

 

[zackdarnell]

My gym doesnt have a GH-raise. It pisses me off. And I can't train at home because I live in an 8'x12" dorm room. And the ironic thing is my family owns a large machine company with about 20 welders! So if I did train at home, I could get all kinds of custom stuff made!

 

[Liftbig]

And I can't train at home because I live in an 8'x12" dorm room

i beg to differ, its quite simple really, all you have to do is persuade your roommate to leave college, leaving you with the room to yourself, note: this is best acheived by establishing your dominance as the alpha male, to gain alpha maledom, simply beat your roomates ass a few times the first week of school, show him whos boss, after he leaves sell all his stuff to buy a combo power rack from EFS, you can make extra room for a glut-ham by throwing any furniture alotted to him by the school out the window. Now things get even better if you have suite mates,(an adjoiniing room or somthing) simply establish alpha maledom with them as well and then you can have one room for living and one room for training. in the one room you may now have room for a rev hyper!!! which you will easily be able to afford by selling your suitemates car he will ante up the first week of school after he gets wind of your dominance. there you have it a simple solution to a frustrating problem. oh yeah if housing gives you any problem just ignor them, what do they know anyway. and remember nothing gets in the way of training.

 

[zackdarnell]

i beg to differ, its quite simple really, all you have to do is persuade your roommate to leave college, leaving you with the room to yourself, note: this is best acheived by establishing your dominance as the alpha male, to gain alpha maledom, simply beat your roomates ass a few times the first week of school, show him whos boss, after he leaves sell all his stuff to buy a combo power rack from EFS, you can make extra room for a glut-ham by throwing any furniture alotted to him by the school out the window. Now things get even better if you have suite mates,(an adjoiniing room or somthing) simply establish alpha maledom with them as well and then you can have one room for living and one room for training. in the one room you may now have room for a rev hyper!!! which you will easily be able to afford by selling your suitemates car he will ante up the first week of school after he gets wind of your dominance. there you have it a simple solution to a frustrating problem. oh yeah if housing gives you any problem just ignor them, what do they know anyway. and remember nothing gets in the way of training.

LOL, Nope, I've got a single room! I have less than 40 square feet of clear floor space. Everything is bolted to the walls. Plus, I'm on the 8th floor, so the folks under me might not like it when I deadlift.

 

[JJFigure]

We posted a thread on glute/ham raise and reverse hyper alternatives on the women's board - turns out there are a few pieces of equipment at the gym you can substitute. One alternative for GHR is the slant board (usually used for ab work); another is using a lat pulldown - might need to use a stick to help balance though.

 

[zackdarnell]

We posted a thread on glute/ham raise and reverse hyper alternatives on the women's board - turns out there are a few pieces of equipment at the gym you can substitute. One alternative for GHR is the slant board (usually used for ab work); another is using a lat pulldown - might need to use a stick to help balance though.

I looked at that thread...very informative. I'm still trying to rig something up at my gym. The ones on the leg curl machine, they arent really like a glute-ham raise, but do they work well for you? Could you feel it in th e hams?