Chris' Deployment Journal

The Frankenstein-like lat pull-down machine.

Most frustrating though, the weights are a mix of pounds and kilos, and few of the bars, weights, and collars actually fit together as they are all different widths. The other day I spent twenty minutes in the stagnant, sweaty heat trying to just put some plates on a bar and then put some collars on them that would stay and protect me from the weights sliding off.