Zercher squats/walks are great - but going for a 'walk' in the gym with a 7ft bar might not be the easiest of rambles. So that thought gets filtered-out, and we carry on until El Bonito at Rosstraining.com finds the answer/inspiration; newyorkbarbells.com, and brings it to the masses with his HMV (HomeMadeVersion - that's my TLA!)

Fabulous.

NYB Zercher

El Bonito's

The 'El' himself...

Add a large diameter T-bar to mimic Conan's Wheel

(kinda, in a fashion)

 Now go make (You know ya wanna)

ZERCHER WHO?
The Zercher squat was developed by Ed Zercher, a well-known...

For around £45-£55 and a visit to the scrapyard, you could bag yourself a great strongman training tool...
David Hornes Wheel Converters - Bumpers for the masses; not exactly rocket science but if you don't have the tools to do a home make, these are very reasonably priced.

Unlike the drill thru' an old plate & bolt-on solution, these will be more resilient to being dropped. Oh and it's an excuse to get the paper and wax crayons out; ahm! purely to get the correct bolt layout - of course!

AlexJones asked at Rosstraining.com:

"i wanna do some farmers walks, trouble is i havent got enough weight at home, and the heaviest dumbbells they have in the gym is a pair of 40kg/88 pound's. since thats the heaviest they have, i have used them but feel i can step it up a notch.can anyone suggest any other objects i could use?i wanna do some farmers walks, trouble is i havent got enough weight at home, and the heaviest dumbbells they have in the gym is a pair of 40kg/88 pound's. since thats the heaviest they have, i have used them but feel i can step it up a notch.can anyone suggest any other objects i could use?"

Someone suggested wrapping the handles with a towel, another 2x1 gallon water bottles filled with sand.

My solutions were: First thoughts would be to 'sling' the next heaviest DB under the heaviest using either rope or webbing. If you're worried about 'em slipping duct tape the slings in place. (similar idea at bodybuilding.com)

Or, howabout this - two old tyres; DBs wedged inside the rim!!! With two "big" hand holes in the tread you could grab thru' to the actual DB handles. (rather than holding onto the sidewalls)

Alternatively a rope loop, passed thru the tyre hole then taped up would provide a thicker grip, without all the hassle of cutting the radial banding.

As regards the leg banging water bottles;

(Stolen from Dr. Math) "Filled with water the weight will vary some with the temperature of the water. To begin, we know that by definitions,

                        1 gallon = 231 in^3*(2.54 cm/in)^4/(1 cm^3/ml),
                                    = 3785.411784 ml,

exactly. Now it is just a matter of multiplying by the density d in g/ml of water at the temperature you want, and then converting to pounds by dividing by exactly 453.59237 g/lb. Thus the answer to 12 significant figures is

    1 gallon of water weighs 8.34540445202*d pounds." say 8.35lbs

Different kinds of sand have different densities, but 2.3 g/mL is a typical value. So it's around 20lbs. However mercury at 13.6 g/ml would give you 114lbs...