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poomasta


Aug 28, 2008, 3:13 PM
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If I were dedicated enough to follow the recommendations of many, and go to the gym three times a week to do 60 minute ARC sessions, I think I'd collapse from sheer boredom. Someone should really invent an apparatus that allows you to complete an ARC workout from the couch. Maybe something like a hangboard mounted on a lat pull down machine's bar. then you could adjust the weight on the lat machine to your liking, grab hold of the board, and just alternate hand positions for next 60 minutes while watching futurama re-runs. obviously there are design issues with my approach (such as how the board would balance with only one hand on it...and then there's trying to find a lat machine that matches the existing living room furniture). Still i think there is a solution out there. maybe rock rings supported by elastic tubing hung from the ceiling? maybe a chair suspended from a handboard with elastic tubing?


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poomasta wrote:
maybe rock rings supported by elastic tubing hung from the ceiling?

haha, i can picture the resulting holes in the ceiling from someone losing a grip on the rock rings.


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canterbury wrote:
poomasta wrote:
maybe rock rings supported by elastic tubing hung from the ceiling?

haha, i can picture the resulting holes in the ceiling from someone losing a grip on the rock rings.
With catchers attached to the floor, of course.


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Usually when I ARC one out from the couch, it hits someone in the face/neck/shoulders/breasts.


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Usually when I ARC one out from the couch, it hits someones in the face/neck/shoulders/breasts.
...in an ideal world, anyway.


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stymingersfink wrote:
Usually when I ARC one out from the couch, it hits someone in the face/neck/shoulders/breasts.

that's good exercise too


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stymingersfink wrote:
Usually when I ARC one out from the couch, it hits someones in the face/neck/shoulders/breasts.
...in an ideal world, anyway.
AB is still camping out on your floor?


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sungam wrote:
stymingersfink wrote:
stymingersfink wrote:
Usually when I ARC one out from the couch, it hits someones in the face/neck/shoulders/breasts.
...in an ideal world, anyway.
AB is still camping out on your floor?
looks like you need to enroll in Okel's reading comprehension class too.


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stymingersfink wrote:
sungam wrote:
stymingersfink wrote:
stymingersfink wrote:
Usually when I ARC one out from the couch, it hits someones in the face/neck/shoulders/breasts.
...in an ideal world, anyway.
AB is still camping out on your floor?
looks like you need to enroll in Okel's reading comprehension class too.
Wait, donalddonny isn't AB's other profile?


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