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Who says fitness equipment has to be expensive? Well, if you're looking to add some challenge to your workouts, you may be interested in creating your own slosh pipe. Slosh pipe training is new to me and I learned about it after flipping through a fitness magazine. It is simply a piece of PVC pipe (6 to 10 feet long, 3 to 4 inches in diameter) and two end caps. You glue one end cap to the end of the pipe, fill the pipe halfway with water, and glue on the other end.
How to Create Your Own Slosh Pipe
The video below demonstrates how easy it is to create your own:
Slosh Pipe Training Benefits
Why carry around a pipe filled with water? It creates more of a challenge for exercises such as walking lunges, squats, or even just sitting and trying to keep it balanced over your head. The action of trying to keep it balanced activates more muscle fibers and gives your core muscles a good workout.
Demonstration in Training
Using one doesn't look easy at all. However, it appears to be a cool way to add challenge and something new to your regular routine. Have you ever tried slosh pipe training?
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Woah, cool idea. What about hanging paint cans on the end to add some weight? Basic physics tells us the longer the bar used or the heavier the weight hung on the ends, the more torque placed on the body. Hence the more exertion demanded by the core.
Hey Jeremy, I bet the paint cans would definitely make it harder and much more unstable.
Awesome post! Simple but effective. Headed to the hardware store right now!
Let us know how it goes, JP
That’s pretty far out. I can’t say I’ll be making on this weekend, but thanks for sharing! I’ve never seen anything like it I can totally imagine how unstable (and challenging!) it must be to work with!
I thought it was pretty neat when I read about it. I would like to try it out myself one day.
More DIY equipment! I’ve read about slosh pipes before but haven’t built one, yet. They look like they would be an awesome challenge.
They seem easy enough to make and really inexpensive.
I haven’t heard of using a sloshpipe for a workout! I could imagine it strengthens the core. This is interesting
Never seen this type of training before….looks awesome!
Interesting article. Thanks for your good and inexpensive tip.
Steve
I am always looking for new workouts for my clients to try, this seems like it would be a fantastic workout! It is a mixture of strength training and cardio. How did you come up with the idea?