2'x2' of pain and enjoyment!

I have been using a cheap folding chair for doing my “box” jumps on as it is the only thing I really had around the house. Not a good idea… I bent it to heck and if you landed on the wrong part of it, the chair would fold up and almost kill you.

I have been looking at Lowe’s and Home Depot for a crate or spool or something that would work instead for weeks now with no luck. A local fitness store actually has boxes but they are over $100 a pop.

So I finally gave in and decided to build my own. I went to Lowes and bought a peice of OSB plywoodfor just under $10 and a couple bucks worth of deck screws. Lowes will actually cut the OSB for you, so I had them cut it into 2′x2′ squares. (so I got 8 2×2 pieces)

I took it all home and started assembly. Used 5 of the pieces to build a box that was open on the bottom (so I can keep it free of spiders and stuff (or use it as an actual box lol). So after about 30 minutes-1hr of assembly and $12, I had myself and awesome 2′x2′, sturdy as heck box for doing my box jumps.

You really don’t need to always go out an buy fancy equipment to get the job done. This is one example of thinking outside of the “box” when you need one. If you need a piece of equipment to do something that you want to do, don’t be afriad to create that equipmment yourself!

Unrelated Sidenote and link: Rambodoc has issued his readers a 7 day challenge that is very very primal.