DIY guide on how to make a head harness for weightlifting

Hello. I made a simple head harness, and I think if you are tight on money like I am then you can follow my simple design.

You'll need a strong belt/strap, scissors or a knife, lighter, and a scotch tape/thread and needle.

First, measure your head circumference with a tailor's meter or the strap which you are going to use and cut a bit longer piece than you actually measured, so you could tie two ends together. Tie it while on your head so it would fit it well.

Then cut two pieces off the strap whichever length you want for your training. These two pieces will hang down from the harness and hold your dumbbells or weight plates, so keep this in mind in consideration of their length. Tie them well to the sides of the loop you made for your head. I tied them right next to my ears so the straps wouldn't bother them when exercising.

Next cut a comparably short piece of the strap and tie it to the head loop behind the knots of the hanging straps. Adjust the length of it by putting the almost ready harness on your head and checking if the top piece is sitting well on your head. Don't make it loose or there is no sense in attaching this piece to the harness. You can even try the harness without it and see if it is OK. I put it there for additional support on the head.

Now use the scotch tape (sticky tape) to fixate all the knots of the harness in places. It's important to make them stable so they won't move during exercises. You can use a needle and a thread instead. For me it's much faster and simpler to use the sticky tape.

Now the final result is a harness which allows you to use weights in order to train your neck muscles.

I just tie a dumbbell to the hanging straps or even two dumbbells.

I use a hat to soften the pressure on my head from the harness.

Sandow's system dumbbells training 7kg day 8

Hi, hi, hi! I am back with 7 kilos of dumbbells on my hands! Dammit, it's hard!! 😣

The first exercise - bicep curls - is the most difficult now! My left arm lags in development and it performs not as well as the right one, but I hope the exercises will even them out as Sandow told.

I also feel that I may start having a little break not only between the exercises but inside the bicep curl exercise as well, because it seems like I will not be able to pump up 100-120 reps in one go.

The second exercise is hard too, yet it has less reps so it's doable.

The video this time is vertical, I know it's bad, but my camera failed me so I can't use it. I used my phone but in a horizontal position it can't capture the full picture. Another problem was that my camera failed me during the first exercise and then I switched to the phone, that's why I took another video of the first exercise on the next day and then put it in, so the rest of exercises are from the original day 8. Only the bicep curls are from day 9, that's why there are 5 reps more than it should be.

OK, enough talk, on to the video!

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Sandow's system 7 kg dumbbells - first impressions

I began using 7 kg dumbbells for my training and what struck me the most is that biceps curls are extremely hard to do even on the first days of the cycle. Reaching the required number of reps was as almost hard as reaching the number of reps required during the late days of the cycle. Other exercises didn't need any unusual efforts to do them.

Sandow's system of exercises with dumbbells 6 kg results

And so it's time to post my measurements taken after finishing 6 kg dumbbells exercises. This time I am not so satisfied with the results because they are not significant. I went through a lot of pain and struggle when doing biceps curls and push-ups, but my chest didn't grow and my biceps grew just a little.

For some time I didn't have any improvement on my biceps but then later I thought the problem was that I had breaks between the sets and when I made a video and didn't have breaks my biceps became bigger, but then later I still had breaks between the sets and the size still improved so I guess it was just a plateau which I finished due to increasing reps. Some parts didn't grow at all. I just hope that what happened is strengthening of my muscles without growth. I am having a break between the cycles and today it's the 5th day of complete rest. I almost don't feel pain in my arms so I will start the new 7 kg cycle after one more day of rest. I hope the new cycle will bring me much coveted growth in size and strength.

Now take a look at my measurements (in cm):

Weight: 76.4 kg

Height: 170

Biceps LR: 37; 37.9 

Chest (inhaled): 106.5

Waist: 85

Thighs LR: 59; 59.5

Calves LR: 38.5; 38.6

Forearms LR: 29.5; 30

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Sandow's dumb-bells system day 7 (6 kg)

My training came to this point when I am using 6 kilos dumb-bells and it is hard, but I still hope I can reach the final weight of 9 kg. This time I forgot to do the alternate version of the 4th exercise.

Sandow's system 6 kg update

Hi. For a couple of last weeks I didn't grow a millimeter of muscles on my biceps. Today I made a video of my training and I did exercises without breaks between them. Then at the end of my training I found out that my arms were bigger which haven't happened during my last weeks of training when I had 1-2 minute breaks between each exercise. H-m-m-m. So, I guess I needn't have breaks unless it's really necessary? Yet it was really bad to not have a break between the first two exercises. Muscles ached a lot and I had to shrug my shoulders a bit (unconsciously) to keep doing the second exercise.

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Sandow's dumbbells 6 kg training first impressions

As the post's title says my first impressions are as follows: biceps exercises are hard to do; alternate form of the 4th exercise is difficult to do and I can no longer keep my arms in horizontal position;  the 5th exercise is much harder to do now; of course I can hold my arms at the shoulders level for a shorter time now during the rotational exercises; I didn't notice a very big difference in other exercises.

Post Sandow's system 5 kg dumbbells training measurements

Hello. The 5 kg cycle is over and I measured my body parts. This time no impressive gains and there are even some regressions. It may be due to my poor measuring skills though, so either data taken may be wrong - the past or the present. 😕

I had 5 day-offs during the 5 kg cycle. Maybe my results are not so good due to that? In my previous cycles I had no day-offs, then 2 day-offs, then 3 day-offs and I had 2, then 3, then 4 days breaks between the cycles.

This are the results (in cm):

Weight: 76 kg

Biceps LR: 36.6; 37.4

Chest (inhaled): 106.6

Waist: 85

Thighs LR: 58; 59

Calves: LR: 39; 39

Forearms LR: 29.2; 30.2

Measures are taken on the next day after finishing the cycle.

Compare the photos, but seems not much of a change visually.

Changes to my training

Hi. In my previous post I wrote that some exercises are painful and such as the lunge and punch. I decided to check Sandow's book again and I found out that in the beginning I comprised my training schedule from a couple of his tables and I chose the higher values of repetitions. So, this time I reverted back to the original ones and thus there are less punches I do now. There is also a little change in some other exercises i.e. less repetitions for squats, less push-ups (without weights).

Finishing the first exercise is so hard now when the number of reps reaches >90 times.

Day 8 of my training following Sandow's system (5 kg dumbbells)

Hello-hello. This time I present a video of my training using 5 kilos dumbbells.

For you big guys out there this may seem like a laughable matter but for your average guy like me it already looks like a big achievement!

First of all, my biceps ache during the exercises, the area around elbows aches too. The most difficult exercise is push-ups. The second most painful exercise is the lunge plus punch when I do it for my left arm. The pain becomes strong closer to the end of the repetitions. But my right arm feels OK.

One exercise became hard to do, it's the alternate form of the 4th exercise. I don't know how to continue to do it, maybe I will just keep doing it with arms lower than the horizontal position.

If you were wondering what is wrong with me then I'll tell you now, I have a bad case of scoliosis, so, for example, I can't maintain a good posture and some of my poses look ugly. You try to keep your back straight if you can. I can't.

Привет-привет. На этот раз я представляю видео моей тренировки с использованием гантелей в 5 кг.
Для вас, здоровяки, это может показаться смехотворным делом, но для среднего парня, как я, это уже выглядит как большое достижение!
Прежде всего, мои бицепсы болят во время упражнений, область вокруг локтей болит тоже. Самое сложное упражнение - отжимания. Второе самое болезненное упражнение - выпад вперёд плюс удар, когда я делаю его левой рукой. Боль становится сильнее ближе к концу повторов. Но моя правая рука чувствует себя нормально.
Одно из упражнений стало трудно сделать, это альтернативная форма 4-го упражнения. Я не знаю, как продолжать его делать, возможно, буду просто делать его с руками ниже, чем в горизонтальном положении.
Если вы задавались вопросом, что со мной не так, то я скажу вам  у меня тяжёлый случай сколиоза, так что, к примеру, я не могу поддерживать хорошую осанку и некоторые из моих поз выглядят некрасиво. Старайтесь держать спину прямо, если вы можете. Я не могу.

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4 kilo dumbbells training - results

15 days of training with 4 kilo dumbbells are gone and it's the measurements time.

Are there any gains and changes?

There are! And here they are (everything is in cm and from left to right):

biceps - 36.1; 37

chest (inhaled) - 108

waist - 85.5 (I am glad it didn't grow since the last time)

thighs - 58.5; 59.5

calves - 39; 39.3

forearms - 29; 30

It's quite impressive to me :) I hope I can keep up with the next 5 kilos challenge. In his later books Sandow said that there is no need to take up on more than 4 kilos dumbbells and he suggested to keep training with them for at least as a half year! I will still try to follow his earlier book's progress sheet which tells us to go up to 10 kilos, although it sounds really terrible to me.

15 дней тренировок с 4-ёхкилограммовыми гантелями ушли в прошлое, и сейчас время снятия мерок.

Есть ли какой-либо прирост и изменения?

Есть! И вот они (все в см и слева направо):

бицепсы - 36,1; 37

грудь (на вдохе) - 108

талия - 85,5 (я рад, что она не подросла, так, как это было в последний раз)

бёдра - 58,5; 59,5

икры - 39; 39,3

предплечья - 29; 30

Это довольно впечатляюще для меня :) Я надеюсь, что смогу поспевать со следующим 5-тикилограммовым вызовом. В своих более поздних книгах Сандов говорит, что нет необходимости приниматься за более чем 5-тикилограммовые гантели, и он советовал продолжать тренироваться с ними, по крайней мере, полгода! Я всё же буду стараться следовать таблице прогресса его предыдущей книги, которая говорит нам идти до 10-ти килограммов, хотя, как по-мне это звучит действительно страшно.

DIY tablet (pad) holder for a door knob

Hello, everyone!

I want to share my DIY thingy - tablet (pad) holder for a door knob.

You will need a cardboard box, scissors, some straws or sticks to fix a tablet inside the box and that's it.

First, put the tablet in the box and make 4 holes as close to the surface of the tablet as possible, on the same line of the tablet frame in order not to cover the screen. Then make a hole suitable for your door's knob.

Second, put the straws through the holes.

Third, connect the straws as in the photo.

Fourth, use your tablet holder as you see fit.

In my case I spend meaningful time in the toilet translating some manga, so I need my hands free to use a translation software in my phone. 😁

It's pretty safe and the tablet won't fall out easily.

training with 4 kilos dumbbells

This is a video of me training with 4 kilos dumbbells, following Sandow's system plus some variations of my own.

Feel free to ask questions about my training.

Biceps exercises are still the most painful of all, push-ups with weights are still the most difficult of all.

Это видео того, как я тренируюсь с 4-х килограммовыми гантелями, следуя системе Сандова плюс некоторые мои собственные вариации.Не стесняйтесь задавать вопросы о моей тренировке.
Упражнения на бицепсы по-прежнему самые болезненные из всех, отжимания с весом всё ещё самые сложные из всех.