When was the last time you incorporated something completely new into your workouts?Īdding some variety to your home workout routine doesn't have to mean investing in tons of expensive equipment.įor instance, you could make some do-it-yourself battle ropes for just a few bucks.Īfter you see how easy it is to make battle ropes checkout the list of top 7 battle rope exercises. ![]() ![]() It's not that I cannot force myself, it's just that I can definitely feel the mental drain.Įven if you switch exercises and routines, as you should, these are still the same dumbbells and the same barbells. I have been training for over 20 years, and I can tell you that many times I am forcing myself to train and don’t feel like it at all. (oh and also don't forget to check later how you can make DIY Kettlebell for almost no cost!) Sometimes dumbells or barbells simply won’t cut it, you want something new, something fresh.Īnd what's even better if can build your own gym equipment and save money?ĭIY battle ropes are easy to make and you can set them up at your home or outside with almost no effort. In fact, several studies and fitness experts say that when it comes to exercise, variety is often the key to sticking with a "get fit" plan and achieving the results you want. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.If you're like me, then you probably like to try a variety of exercises. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. You can listen to their remastered 3-D recording of bats at npr.org/batsounds. MONTAGNE: That's NPR's Christopher Joyce and Bill McQuay of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We remixed these pieces in 3-D sound so if you can, listen with stereo headphones. MCQUAY: Here's where you need to lean in and listen. And there on the ceiling, hanging in these big clumps were thousands of bats. It was another mineshaft and it was pitch black, lots of water dripping from the ceilings and we found this huge cavern. JOYCE: The next day though, we got lucky. MCQUAY: Yeah and after all that, we didn't even find any bats in that mine. SMITH: You all right? It only takes one rock to really ruin your day. There are big, loose rocks clinging to the wall. JOYCE: Halfway down, I make a beginner's mistake. STEVE SMITH: Check your carabiner, make sure it's shut. JOYCE: Steve Smith, a local guy, roped us up and Bill went down first, about 30 feet below on a ledge and then I followed and I thought this was going to be easy. MCQUAY: Those grates would keep people out, but the bats could come and go as they pleased. What they were doing was finding which mines the bats were in and covering over the entrances with these big metal grates. JOYCE: So we joined some scientists who were going down into these mines, rappelling down on ropes. ![]() Extreme horror, of course, but what would Halloween be without bats? NPR science correspondent Christopher Joyce takes us along on a bat adventure.ĬHRISTOPHER JOYCE, BYLINE: I went with my audio engineer buddy Bill McQuay to an abandoned copper mine in the upper peninsula of Michigan to get the sound of bats in their hibernaculum.īILL MCQUAY: It was part of MORNING EDITION's Radio Expeditions series about the natural world and what we found out was bats had taken up residence in a very deep abandoned copper mine.
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