Patreon Extra: My Janky Backyard Dipping Station

Jamie Chaos

May 20, 2020

I mentioned my scrapheap dipping apparatus in Patreon Extra: Bodyweight Shit DEFINITELY Keeps Your Strength Up During Down Times, but I failed to include a pic. I will now rectify that situation.

We’ve got an outdoor tent thing, which is why there is a rug abutting the dipping posts, It was made with scrap wood from the basement and whatever the fuck those anchors are for- a gazebo or something I would guess. I’m not a carpenter, dislike building things, and had no intention of taking a pic of it, hence its appearance.

Unlike the rest of the world, I just do shit for myself, and I couldn’t give a fuck less what people think of my execution or its appearance. It serves the purpose for which it was built, and the only reason I mention any of the above bit is to forestall the inevitable statements about my shitty craftsmanship. I built that little brick pathway exactly the same way I built the dipping station- we had antique brick sitting in piles and no walkway. I suppose I should fill in the gaps with sand, but again, I really don’t give two fucks about it- it serves its purpose and that’s fine by me. I’m in a series of rowhomes with a similar form-over-function backyard setup- whatever patio people have is just to sit outside and smoke weed and drink, not to admire the circumstances in which they’re getting inebriated

That was a lot more explication than was intended, but it seemed weird just posting a pic of my janky dipping setup. Hopefully, I’ve adroitly dodged comments about my craftsmanship, but feel free to talk shit- that’s what the internet is for, after all.

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Jamie Chaos

I am a former all-time, all federation world record holder in raw powerlifting at 181lbs, a record I broke just to say fuck you to the internet’s “lifting” community and the powerlifting community at large. Over the last ten years I’ve written over 500 articles on strength training, nutrition, and supplementation, and continue to do so simply to fight the tide of weakness and sadness that currently pervades the scene I’ve called home for the better part of three decades. I’ve got personal trainin certs, BodyPump and BodyCombat certs, a BA in History and East Asian Studies from the University of Arizona, and MBAs from the Vienna University and University of South Carolina on my side, in addition to some sick lifts and a hell of a lot of rage. What the fuck have you got?

4 responses to “Patreon Extra: My Janky Backyard Dipping Station”

Brandon Hewitt

May 20, 2020

Dipping station, and also a makiwara for low kicking lol.
1. Jamie Chaos
  
  May 20, 2020
  
  Hahaha. I don’t think I’ve got the intestinal fortitude to deaden my shins like that. I knew some thai fighters in Tucson and the shit they did, just while watching tv, to deaden the nerves in their shins was horrifying to watch.
Steve and the revolution

May 25, 2020

Scaffolding can be useful for such projects. I used to have a set of parallel bars made of scaffolding, I didn’t need to set them in concrete (obviously you could), just used a hammer to set the “legs” in the ground and then attached the horizontals. Later on I made a power rack out of scaffolding which I still use. Scaffolding also fits olympic weights, use it as a fat bar. The place where I bought it would cut it to any length you stipulated.
1. Jamie Chaos
  
  May 25, 2020
  
  Ha, interesting. I definitely hadn’t considered that, but it makes perfect sense.