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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

USAWA Club Build Out - UPDATE 2025.09.24

High Country Vigour (HCV)

HCV has made a very good start, but is about $2,000 (and 400 square feet) away from being capable of hosting all lifts.
  • Basic Equipment - YES - May need some thin iron plates for heavy bar lifts
  • Fulton Bar - YES - Generic
  • Ring for Finger Lifts - YES - Michael Black
  • Heavy Bar Lifts - 
    • Heavy Lift Bar - YES - Arm Assassin
    • Hip Belt - Hip Lift, Carter Lift, Phumchaona Lift - YES - homemade
    • Hand & Thigh - Hand & Thigh, Deanna Lift - YES - Arm Assassin
    • Harness/Handrails - Harness Lift - YES - hommade
    • Neck Harness - Neck Lift - YES - Ironmind
    • Travis Lift Attachment - Travis Lift - YES - homemade
  • Vertical Bar Lifts - YES - 2" Generic Sleeves and 1" FBBC v-bars
  • Roman Chair - YES - combination stool and "The Answer" base
  • Back Extension - NO - I do not have space for this
  • Dumbbells - 
    • 1.9 inch Fulton - YES - Nemesis
    • 2.5 inch Inch - YES - Nemesis
    • 3.5 inch - NO
  • Weaver Stick - YES - homemade
  • Saxon Plank - NO - DIY
  • Commercial Vertical Leg Press - NO - I do not have the space for this
  • 3" Barbell - YES - Titan Fitness
  • Trap Bar - YES - Gerard
  • Dinnie Handles - YES - Cerberus
  • Custom Short Bar for Rim Lift - YES - Works with stubby axle bar, Dino Gym has 20" spacing on an axle
Progression
  • As it stands, HCV could contest 214/219 
  • 3.5" Dumbbell ($100) 215/219
  • Saxon Snatch Plank ($50) 216/219
  • Back Extension ($250) 217/219
  • Vertical Leg Press ($2000) would add Foot Press and Back Lift 219/219
Purchasing a Back Extension would not be difficult, but they do take up a large footprint as the most reasonable solution is a modern glute ham device. $$*

Making a Saxon Plank will be difficult requiring a 3" wood plank, plate holders and a means of securing them. Reviewing the Clark's Gym set up:  Double Thick 2x6 ($10) with flanges ($7 each) for 1 inch pipe and 1 inch pipes ($13 each) for loading pin.  $, *** Jarrod made one of these and brought it over.

3.5" dumbbell ($60-$90) does not interest me.  3.5" dumbbell handles are uncommon but currently being offered by Arm Assassin and Nemesis Grips.   $*

Back Lift/Foot Press apparatus are not likely for a completely different reason, space..  These could be fashioned from a commercial vertical leg press, but they take up a lot of real estate, especially in a home gym. $$$$**

Custom Short Bar I CAN CONTEST THIS LIFT ON A STUBBY AXLE BAR. I could also fabricate a bar with 18" collar to collar distance and 12" of loadable sleeve (42" total length) $**

$ - low cost, $$ - mid, $$$ - high, $$$$ prohibitive
* - buy easily, **fabricate easily, ***fabricate hard, ****fabricate prohibitive

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