People talk about buying old tractor tyres to use for training.
NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE AS THEY ARE GOING TO BE SCRAPPED!!!!!
Matt Wilson 2010
Some of the tyres cost hundreds of dollars to scrap. The tyre shop boys have more beer money they are happy, we have free exercise equipment that can cause serious pain, so we are happy, called a winwin.
The biggest exercises to get strong enough to do a tyre flip are kettlebells for arm and upper body strength and dead lifts for lower body/back strength. The most common injuries from tyres are torn biceps and lower back injuries from backs not being strong enough to complete the movement. Make sure you are strong enough before attempting these demanding exercises. That said I have had trained kids doing these exercises, male and female.
To get a tyre-just go to a tyre yard. Chalmers is the one near where I live. I have a 40 kg, 90 kg and a 200 kg.
The 40 is new for the NSW mile. Shane from Chalmers even drilled a hole in it to attach a rope and then fill drag and when the lower body is broken and the tyre is loathed and hated take a sledge hammer and pound some anger into the offensive tire, it will not understand, but give it a go you will sleep better knowing you attempted to punish the offending rubber.
I am using the Ironmind draught harness with it. The angle it puts the body into causes as much pain to the quads as hams. It is a demanding exercise and to pull this a mile in one go is not going to be quick.
