If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
The Ausbb - Australian BodyBuilding forum is dedicated to no nonsense muscle and strength building. If you need advice that works, you have come to the right place. This forum focuses on building strength and muscle using the basics. You will also find that the Ausbb- Australian Bodybuilding Forum stresses encouragement and respect. Trolls and name calling are not allowed here. No matter what your personal goals are, you will be given effective advice that produces results.
Please consider registering. It takes 30 seconds, and will allow you to get the most out of the forum.
So I've been looking around for a Bad Bag, and this is the only seller I can find in Australia, it's in nsw and he wants 50$ shipping. There's a picture here if you want to know what it is. Bad Bag
The idea is it's a covered block of high density foam, you can use it as a weights bench and a multitude of other things. I'm looking at it as a portable bench option for clients who I train outdoors or at their homes.
Iron edge do not sell them or have access to them, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on a shop in Melbourne that might carry either the Bad Bag, or something comparatively similar?
Aye the bag itself on that site is 150$ then 50$ shipping on top of that.
So I'm either looking for a Melbourne supplier, or an alternative.
The lightness of it is why I want it. My business is mainly mobile, in any equipment I purchase for use with clients I need to take it's portability and functionality into consideration. Most everything I use has multiple uses and is portable.
Prime example is my Bowflex dumbells. Are they overpriced and a bit wanky? Sure. Does it allow me to take one set of dumbells in my truck to use on 90% of my clients, yes. So it was worth the cost in the long run.
I'm checking them out now ill give them a call and see what they have. I will need to have it covered though as I'd want it to look a bit more professional.
Just gave them a call. They don't deal in any memory foams, only a low and high density of polystyrene which if I had one cut to the same dimensions as the bad bag, would cost me between 90$ (low density, weight 6kg) to 170$ (high density 15kg).
This is before gst, and without considering the cost of covering them, which he said would be essential or the material will break down too quickly.
I'm going to check out some other foam companies though and see what comes up.
I'm a personal trainer, and many of my clients I train in their homes or in nearby locations.
I would use it as a light weight 'bench' for weights, and for all the general exercises you can adapt a bench for like jumping exercises, step ups, etc. Multitude of uses.
Its for business use? You will make back the $50 in what.. 1 session?
If money was that tight, you could have not spent the $500 odd on bowflex dumbells, and bought spinlock dumbells which suit 100% of your clients and be left with $350 spare change over bowflex.
Its for business use? You will make back the $50 in what.. 1 session?
If money was that tight, you could have not spent the $500 odd on bowflex dumbells, and bought spinlock dumbells which suit 100% of your clients and be left with $350 spare change over bowflex.
Well Mike, I've had the bowflex dumbells for 2 years now so they have 'paid for themselves' by now I'm sure. And they are MUCH FASTER for transitioning between exercises and clients, not to mention they add a professional look.
It's not so much about money being tight, it's about getting the best price through some research... To run a business you'll always pay for quality when you need to but don't throw away money if you don't have to.
When I initially wrote this topic it was just to broaden my search easily to see if there were other IronEdge like gyms I wasn't aware of or had missed in my google searches, to check out. Seems there is no Victorian distributor so I will order them (I'll probably need 3) from NSW.