27 September 2012

Bag weights insert


Dave and I went up the Thousand Steps in FTG as a "cardio" day the other week. We took a few kilos of weights in our backpacks for added challenge.
I wasn't particularly happy with the 4x2.5kg weights flopping around in my backpack, so decided to whip up an insert to go in my backpack
It has 2 layers of that cheap camping-bed-roll foam, then a vinyl cover.
Tested it last week with 2x5kg weights, worked really nicely. The weights were close to my back, and held up high. The longer stem allows me to put a 10kg plate on top of the lower plates, totaling 20kg if I go full-tank-mode up the mountain (unlikely!!)