mizvalentine Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 So, I've been doing bodyweight rows on the Smith machine with the bar just below my chest. I want to get it lower, but the floors are so slippery in my gym I can't do it...my heels fly out from under me. I have a similar, though not as pronounced issue with incline pushups. Any suggestions on how to get around this? Something I can put on my shoes maybe, or a mat you can buy? My gym is pretty archaic...its like Mandelbaum's Gym in that Seinfeld episode. I like that in one sense because its really old school (they have ball-end dumbbells and leather medicine balls!) but its not well maintained. Maybe there's something I can tell them to put in there for safety? Quote Link to comment
67alecto Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Can you move a bench to brace your legs against? Quote Repairing a lifetime of bad habits... Link to comment
Knightwatch Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Do they only the the ball-ended dummbells? If they have any hex ones, maybe grab a couple heavier ones and put them in front of your heels? Quote "The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder." --GK Chesterton Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea... http://www.facebook.com/#!/jbaileysewell Link to comment
mizvalentine Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Do they only the the ball-ended dummbells? If they have any hex ones, maybe grab a couple heavier ones and put them in front of your heels?AH...great idea. I think they have some 75# hex DB's I can use. Thanks! Using a bench is a good idea also, but unfortunately there's a poorly positioned rack of fixed barbells in the way (there's WAY too much equipment in our gym, but that's another story...). But I think the DBs are small enough to work. Quote Link to comment
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