Everyday Systems

Pretty cool. I myself have several of the big toy orange baseball bats filled with sand or cat litter to vary the weights. Cut a hole in the end of the handle, fill em up and pack em down as much as possible, seal the end with duct tape, put on some tourna grip/athletic tape, voila.

That guy John Brookfield is a legend in strongman circles especially when it comes to hand/grip strength. I'm sure he uses hammers but he also uses a lot of other training tools too. The guy on the torqueathletic site (Paul Smith) is a big bruiser as well but again I'm sure he does more than use ham...

Wow. I guess I'm really going to have to hack this poll. Forgive me for asking, but are you HUGE? Heading towards my 5th year shugging, I'm getting use to the 20 pounder, but I don't think my skeletal structure (much less my muscles) would support 50% more. Just out of curiousity, does this store h...

I actually have a 30 lb sledgehammer that I use for some movements. But it's a custom sledge from a specialty athletic/strongman store so it's pretty expensive and kind of violates the spirit of the whole thing I guess. They actually make sledges up to 150 lbs! at this place.