Wall mounted "Power Target"

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  • Speedbag
    Author of the Speed Bag Bible, founder of speedbagcentral.com

    • Feb 2006
    • 7109

    Wall mounted "Power Target"

    I can't say I have ever used one of these Power targets before.

    Could be very helpful for home training, particularly if you could not hang a heavybag.
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  • hispanicmakingpanic
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 219

    #2
    Wow that's an awesome piece of equipment! I made something similar to that last year(I took the video down). I took an old footstool and molded the cushion into the shape of a head. I then ducktaped the cushion to the footstool using a whole roll of tape to secure it properly. I mounted it on my wall about head heigth using wood screws. It was a real fun piece because of it's shape and size, and it helped develop sharp chin shots and uppercuts. I finally destroyed it earlier this year with a barrage of hooks, thanks for posting the pics Alan, it shows my idea was effective. A little pricey though ain't they?

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    • SupergeZ
      Speed Bag Guru
      • Mar 2007
      • 282

      #3
      sounds awesome hispanic! i love it how you ghetto fabricate all your stuff, its amazing. ive made a few of my own pieces of equipment for weight training, like a close grip barbell for reverse curls and military press coz i found a standard barbell toooooo long for the space and harder to balance when using close grip exercises + couldnt afford an EZ bar so thought bugger it ill make a ghetto equivilant!! i also made a wrist curl exerciser from a spare dumbell bar, duct tape, string and some weight plates! lol, the equipment you make is always your fave

      [edit] can post pics if your interested

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      • Kyle
        Speed Bag Guru
        • Nov 2006
        • 581

        #4
        i wudnt mind seeing that
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        Last edited by Kyle; 09-11-2011, 06:29 AM.

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        • hispanicmakingpanic
          Senior Member
          • May 2007
          • 219

          #5
          Ghetto fabricator

          Thanks Gez I consider myself the Macgyver of boxing equipment(without the mullet). I call it south of the border engineering, lol. It's really just out of necessity, I don't think that many people can afford to buy top notch equipment, even generic brands are a bit pricey. My approach is to reverse engineer these products and make my own using materials of my choosing. I hope I don't get sued homey!

          PS: I'd love to see some pics so I can continue to steal ideas,j/k!

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          • SupergeZ
            Speed Bag Guru
            • Mar 2007
            • 282

            #6
            haha np homes, ill sort some out later 2night / 2morrow!

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            • Crownshep
              Speed Bag Trainee
              • Jun 2007
              • 21

              #7
              Could someone explain who "Macgyver" is,i`m from the UK and have no idea.The reason why i ask is that i have a TITAN home gym,and the site i post photos on of the machine,i`ve come up with a few new exercises and i`ve made various pieces of equipment from scrap and the site owner said i had macgyver like skills.I`ll post some pics of a few things if anyones interested.

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              • BillyMack
                • Sep 2006
                • 310

                #8
                LOL...MacGyver was a TV character who often got himself out of sticky situations by using whatever materials were at hand.

                learn more here:

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                • Crownshep
                  Speed Bag Trainee
                  • Jun 2007
                  • 21

                  #9
                  Thanks Billy,now i understand,lol.On my TITAN machine i used a length of hosepipe instead of rope to do a lying triceps extension,it doesn`t burn the hands as much as a rope.I`m one of the moderators on a bodybuilding website called ironage,and i did a pictorial of everything that comes with the gym,and i mentioned a few bits i made from scrap steel i picked up iff building sites i work on.Here`s my homegym,

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                  • SupergeZ
                    Speed Bag Guru
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 282

                    #10
                    thats a mean setup man! how many bucks that set you back?

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                    • Crownshep
                      Speed Bag Trainee
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 21

                      #11
                      I think it cost me about £2,400 for the TITAN gym and then i spent about £300 on some weights,but i have made myself quite a few from scrap steel that i find on work sites.it might seem expensive but i`ve been training for nearly 30 years and i plan on carrying on for the next 30,so in the long run it will save me money.

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                      • SupergeZ
                        Speed Bag Guru
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 282

                        #12
                        hey your a brit!... my setups just a weights bench with fly and leg extensions and a "standard" barbell, dumbells, and a load of cast standard weight plates... got alot of it on sale or stock clearance so didnt cost me much over £100 for it all

                        wana upgrade to a nicer system soon though, as soon as im working (finish college on friday). i want an olympic weights set and a more heavy duity weight bench with a selection of bars and plates etc, have a setup i can really push myself on and that will last for a looooong time!

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                        • Crownshep
                          Speed Bag Trainee
                          • Jun 2007
                          • 21

                          #13
                          I`ll post a few pics of the scrap steel i find and what i`ve made out of them.Here`s the steel plates that weigh about 400lbs each,so i made some 75lb plates and some dumbells.
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                          • Crownshep
                            Speed Bag Trainee
                            • Jun 2007
                            • 21

                            #14
                            The red plates are the 75lbs that i made from that steel.The red plate with holes in it was a from a Texaco distribution plant that closed down,it was a end cap off one of the pipes.It weighs 130lbs.
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                            • Crownshep
                              Speed Bag Trainee
                              • Jun 2007
                              • 21

                              #15
                              The plate you see here was from a factory that made gaskets and they let me have this scrap,so i had a piece welded in the middle and it weighs 90lbs.The long bar was bent from having a JCB run over it,so i made a triceps pushdown bar and a load of dumbell handles from it.
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