OK how to keep 'the wheels' if you're;
    A. Lost & marooned on an island.
    B. Find yourself in prison and lined up to spar with Charles Bronson.
or C. Just plain ol' broke and running outta room

Previously I'd blog'd the old Roman Squat complete with construction details. It niggled in the back of my mind that there must be a more simple solution. Enlightenment came via OldTimeStrongman.Com and Professor Attila.

Sig Klein demos the Roman Board (35lb 'bell)

Aha, we only need basically two items to allow us to do Roman Squats; An upright and knee supports...

Some rope, padding for the knees and a reef knot

Loop the loop (what?) around the sturdy upright

Step into the loops (facing the upright!)

Sit-back

Squat to thighs horizontal (min) curse @#$;%.

Repeat.

Yes that is pink rope - but it was all I had and cost me nowt. Obviously in prison rope will not be an option - so if you're in 'solitary' whip off your kecks (trousers) tie the legs together and use the bedframe as the upright.

I'd made a pair of nylon lifting straps ages ago; nylon 'cos it's stronger, harder wearing and available in 'black'.

They served me well but it never was a really comfortable seque from hand to bar, so a trip to Goodall-Woodalls this afternoon saw me parting with some serious hard-earned cash (ok it was only 56p - but that is over half a quid; Maltonites aren't renown for bartering) for a metre of 1½inch cotton webbing - a visit from the sewing fairies and my new straps were born. Nice.
The difference in feel, as in the photo, is literally black & white; the cotton is more comfortable, moulds to hand and bar affording a grip tighter than Andy Capp on a pint o'bitter...

Material needed; 50x75x250mm wood stuff + 25x25x75mm wood stuff