Plyo boxes

[gauze]

WTF?!

A casual browse tells me these basic implements range from £100 to over £300 for 1! I'm gonna try to make some myself despite not being DIY inclined. It looks like I could knock one up in a few minutes.

[aliquis]

Sure it's basic but what anything metall cost lots of money. More so for big or heavy stuff.

Generic 4"x2" wood or whatever most likely cost more than you'd expect for whatever tree parts too. Not that it would cost you 100 £ to build a box of it but anyway, sadly it's not free =P

(Though if one got a work I guess it's a non-issue.)

[JP]

Pallets, a solution to suprisingly many everyday problems



1-2 pounds per pallet used.

Adjustable height as well

[veganjosh]

Pallets, a solution to suprisingly many everyday problems

Have you stacked pallets for use as plyo boxes? Any tips on making it so they don't slide on top of each other? With 10 pallets or whatever stacked, it seems like you could have a big mess if you missed a jump and whacked your feet/shins into them.

I'm building out a home gym right now, and am also dealing with trying to figure out what to do for jumps...

[SpugFab]

I'm building out a home gym right now, and am also dealing with trying to figure out what to do for jumps...

Maybe don't worry about jumping onto something and think about jumping up to something instead?

You could have one of those vertical leap indicators which mark the highest point your hand reached. Or you get those mats which time how long you are in the air and calculate how high you reached.

After all, jumping onto the box is a lot about the technique and flexibility of bringing your legs up under you to land on the box. When what you are really interested in is the explosive movement before that.

[GrahamC]

Here's a 'recipe' for a plyo box from Crossfit.com:

http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/49 ... _boxes.pdf

[JP]

i've never even thought that there would be a specialist boxes to jump on. I just jump on stairs, outside on some walls, weightlifting blocks at the gym and so on.

[gauze]

Pallets, a solution to suprisingly many everyday problems



1-2 pounds per pallet used.

Adjustable height as well

great work JP, I've managed to snag free pallets from Travis Perkins before to use as a makeshift sled. Add on £1.50 bags of ballast and you've got cheap as shit carry and drag implements!

[veganjosh]

I'm building out a home gym right now, and am also dealing with trying to figure out what to do for jumps...

Maybe don't worry about jumping onto something and think about jumping up to something instead?

You could have one of those vertical leap indicators which mark the highest point your hand reached. Or you get those mats which time how long you are in the air and calculate how high you reached.

After all, jumping onto the box is a lot about the technique and flexibility of bringing your legs up under you to land on the box. When what you are really interested in is the explosive movement before that.

I don't know...there's something about the fear of smacking my shins on the edge of a box if I miss that tends to motivate me into getting an extra few inches of height Plus, for me, training for cycling, having to go quickly from an explosive push into a crouch to get on the box is probably good.