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Accidentally stumbled on Power Systems Pro-Elite Comp Kettlebells on sale, wasn't looking for them but a couple clicks and price caught my eye.
Seems they are running a 40% off sale for 4 days?? - not good at math
Grabbed (2) 36kg bells for $240 tax + shipping.
Stack it with code BESTOF23

Pro-Elite Bells

They look just like Rogue bells, but much better price.

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Picked up some knock off Mag Grips from Amazon. Cheapest set I could find was $60 under the Signature Fitness brand. Most other knock offs were at least $120 and one with bad reviews was $100. These seem fine to me, but I'm no Mag Grip expert.

SF Knockoffs
 
Poon Goon said:
Picked up some knock off Mag Grips from Amazon. Cheapest set I could find was $60 under the Signature Fitness brand. Most other knock offs were at least $120 and one with bad reviews was $100. These seem fine to me, but I'm no Mag Grip expert.

SF Knockoffs
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those things are so close to identical, it's a sticker difference charging $100 more. You'll like em, then only use 2. Sell the other 3 for the $55
 
Fahcough said:
those things are so close to identical, it's a sticker difference charging $100 more. You'll like em, then only use 2. Sell the other 3 for the $55
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I ordered Signature Fitness knockoffs and after I posted I saw that the box they came in was Balancefrom. Ordering the Balancefrom will run you $100 while a box full of the exact same shit cost $65 if you order the other brand.
 
Poon Goon said:
I ordered Signature Fitness knockoffs and after I posted I saw that the box they came in was Balancefrom. Ordering the Balancefrom will run you $100 while a box full of the exact same shit cost $65 if you order the other brand.
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Have seen YT'er open a bar from a company with another brand end cap on it.
And I forget what piece it is, but something in my gym has another logo branded into it. Now it's gonna be a scavenger hunt on what it was.

This Chinese equipment maker hit me up asking if I wanted custom plates made. Leadman fitness or something. Their stuff looks just like what comes out of 3 big companies website. The Flek plates, the AB4100 bench, camo barbells... only thing changes is the emblem and price.
 
Do any of you guys use grippers (or something else like that) for direct grip training? I remember the COC trainers being popular in the old S&P (RIP). I never got into it. Wondering if there's any benefit to supplement grip training like throwing one in my desk at work or bringing with me on long weekends if I'm not training.
 
SocraticMethod said:
Do any of you guys use grippers (or something else like that) for direct grip training? I remember the COC trainers being popular in the old S&P (RIP). I never got into it. Wondering if there's any benefit to supplement grip training like throwing one in my desk at work or bringing with me on long weekends if I'm not training.
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They're fun but I don't think they carry over to much. No pun intended.
I have #1, 2, and 3. #3 is a joke.
 
SocraticMethod said:
Do any of you guys use grippers (or something else like that) for direct grip training? I remember the COC trainers being popular in the old S&P (RIP). I never got into it. Wondering if there's any benefit to supplement grip training like throwing one in my desk at work or bringing with me on long weekends if I'm not training.
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I still have #1.5 and #2 somewhere and can confirm they have limited to zero carryover to anything other than impressing people at work because you have them lying on your desk as a paperweight. I started out struggling to close 1.5 but after a few months could close that one 20 times with my right hand and #2 twice with right hand and once with left. Zero impact on gym lifts or grappling.

Best way I've found to improve grip with carryover is old fashioned Manuel Labor and/or repetitive gi gripping as in Judo randori or to a lesser extent BJJ rolling.
 
ChickenBrother said:
I still have #1.5 and #2 somewhere and can confirm they have limited to zero carryover to anything other than impressing people at work because you have them lying on your desk as a paperweight. I started out struggling to close 1.5 but after a few months could close that one 20 times with my right hand and #2 twice with right hand and once with left. Zero impact on gym lifts or grappling.

Best way I've found to improve grip with carryover is old fashioned Manuel Labor and/or repetitive gi gripping as in Judo randori or to a lesser extent BJJ rolling.
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That's what I figured. My grip is a weakpoint in lifting and in my BJJ, so I guess I was hoping there was a magic bullet.
 
Have probably 3-5 sets went through various stages of gym. Usually give them away from no use. Even the ones that sat in truck for traffic sitting. Best grip work outside of bags is rope pull ups
 
Poon Goon said:
Picked up some knock off Mag Grips from Amazon. Cheapest set I could find was $60 under the Signature Fitness brand. Most other knock offs were at least $120 and one with bad reviews was $100. These seem fine to me, but I'm no Mag Grip expert.

SF Knockoffs
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I got mine from Aliexpress. It's too many attachments though. I think I have 8 of them for 50 bucks. My friend has the real thing and he swears they are much better.
 
Fahcough said:
Have seen YT'er open a bar from a company with another brand end cap on it.
And I forget what piece it is, but something in my gym has another logo branded into it. Now it's gonna be a scavenger hunt on what it was.

This Chinese equipment maker hit me up asking if I wanted custom plates made. Leadman fitness or something. Their stuff looks just like what comes out of 3 big companies website. The Flek plates, the AB4100 bench, camo barbells... only thing changes is the emblem and price.
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I got some stuff that I am pretty sure was just rep fitness without the logo. I got these cool inzer knockoff sleeves for maybe less than 1/3 of the price. I got to try them out this weekend. I can put a 2 10 lb plate on it without it collapsing.
 
SocraticMethod said:
That's what I figured. My grip is a weakpoint in lifting and in my BJJ, so I guess I was hoping there was a magic bullet.
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I think grip strength is slowly accumulated over time, it's not like bench or squat that you can improve relatively quickly with heavy sets. Finger injuries are also a factor and mine are pretty gnarly and can't grip as well as they used to - and this goes double for some of the former pros at my gym. But draping a gi over a pull up bar and doing pull ups/hanging from gi grips will train more of what you might not be getting enough of at BJJ.
 
NoSmilez said:
I got some stuff that I am pretty sure was just rep fitness without the logo. I got these cool inzer knockoff sleeves for maybe less than 1/3 of the price. I got to try them out this weekend. I can put a 2 10 lb plate on it without it collapsing.
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The Crandall Fitness FID i got for $299 is the REP bench. It's the same thing. I know because the boxes were labeled AB3000 lol.
 
@deadshot138 thinking of going the Kensui adusta-mace instead of needing 3-4 weighted maces. Bonus that it's built like a wooden bat, familiar grip for many a years. Or does it have a low side topout limit?
 
Fahcough said:
@deadshot138 thinking of going the Kensui adusta-mace instead of needing 3-4 weighted maces. Bonus that it's built like a wooden bat, familiar grip for many a years. Or does it have a low side topout limit?
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Depends what you want to get out of a mace. 40lbs is all you need to be a monster at the implement
 
deadshot138 said:
Depends what you want to get out of a mace. 40lbs is all you need to be a monster at the implement
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going to be sneaking them in more. At 1st thought was just a niche shoulder pre/rehab tool but after going over 20lbs, they feel incredible and can feel muscle recruitment core to hands
 
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