altadore weightlifting & fitness club

We have never had a good set at the club.
Sometime in future we need 12 inch wide bars like these ones at U of C.

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This thing is popular in some clubs as kids can (eventually) do something like a back handspring by themselves.
It is lousy for competitive, but great for rec.
More photos of this thing in action from Olympic Gymnastics, Perth.

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Rick McCharles
The best I’ve ever seen is the matting at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics in New Zealand.
I was there for installation, custom fit carpeted mats held tightly together with wide Velcro. It was done by a local mat maker who took pride in producing equipment at a far lower price than the major companies, […]

Top of the wish list for Rick McCharles is the new trampoline vault horse.
One day all vault horses will be made of a trampoline surface. So far, this is the only model made. Cost is about US$1000.

It can be configured in many ways, but the best is low as a vault horse. (No beat […]

The two standard “throw mats” from Spieth are good.
Request 3 of the thinner ones.

Spieth - Throw Mats
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Spieth rings

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Altadore really needs more “cheese” mats.
All programs want them.
The smaller ones are frustrating, I feel. Bigger kids and adults can “miss” them too easily. The two largest sizes are best.

Spieth does not sell rings on a pulley.
We could make our own. They would be very similar to the ring machine built by Ed Vincent.
Cost about $200.

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P-bar SA $5400.00 164C
Competition Parallel Bars - Spieth

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2 Mushrooms would be ideal. Perhaps one of each of these.
Spiethe w/out pommel $775.00 w/ pommel $900.00

Spiethe is known to be expensive.
Ultra Dome Complete by Gym Trix is listed on-line for only US$250 or so.

Ultra Dome Complete by Gym Trix
For another $100 the Ultra Dome adds this unusual single pommel. I’ve seen it, […]