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\"Rings<\/a>
Rings are ridiculously fun, by the by. And, yes, I\u2019ll be careful, Mom (and Sven and Alex).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After I had decided to start this exercise adventure but before<\/em> rings came into the picture, there was a brief time where building some sort of structure in the back yard was under consideration. I ended up getting some rings \u2013 they\u2019re so versatile, and I\u2019ll have\u2026 wow\u2026 YEARS of work exploring what can be done with them \u2013 but that notion of designing and building still appeals to me.<\/p>\n

In class the other day students were working diligently on their prototypes and\u00a0in that little\u00a0lull I decided to reach back to my architecture roots and model something for construction in my current game engine of choice, Unity. Past and present collide! The object of my efforts: the exercise structure described here<\/a> by Calisthenic Movement\u2019s<\/a> Alex (El Eggs).<\/p>\n

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In the video above, a commenter asked about getting the structure\u2019s dimensions in Imperial units. I did some conversions and pretty quickly realized that the 80x100cm beams didn\u2019t map well to typical Imperial lumber dimensions. Deciding that 4\u201d x 4\u201d would work (which is really 3-1\/2\u201d x 3-1\/2\u201d), I set out to see just how different a metric build would be from an Imperial build. The answer: Not Much. There are differences, but they\u2019re slight. The screenshots below are both from the Imperial build.<\/p>\n

\"ExerciseStructureDimensions01Small\"<\/a>\"ExerciseStructureDimensions02Small\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Imperial dimensions shown were rounded up to the nearest 1\/8\u201d in most cases. I think<\/em> there\u2019s a missing beam in the materials list in the video. It\u2019s either the one that is set perpendicular to the base to anchor the brace for the high bar upright beam OR the brace for the inner parallel bar upright beam. When I positioned the 80x100x900 beam to brace the parallel bar upright beam it seemed long, so I decided that the 80x100x900 beam was part of the base (shown above) and added a slightly shorter beam to the list, 80x100x800 (4\u201d x 4\u201d x 2\u20197-1\/2\u201d), to brace the parallel bar upright beam.<\/p>\n

What I\u00a0Learned<\/strong><\/p>\n

ONE<\/b> I found the process of building this and manipulating it in 3D enlightening. It helped me to understand the video and the structure a lot better. Fitting the pieces together was a logic puzzle. For example: Alex calls out the 100cm beam specifically, so the placement of that beam was certain. The placement of others had to be matched up with how many there were and what role they played. It wasn\u2019t a super challenging puzzle, but it was fun to piece it all together.<\/p>\n

I have a much better grasp on what I would want out of a structure like this should I ever design one. And I have a good start on a mock up for it. \ud83d\ude42 I\u00a0feel confident that I could design one to my own specifications.<\/p>\n

Overall, this structure is pretty straightforward and versatile; the most complex areas are the bar for working on the human flag and the offset interior brace (shown below).
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TWO\u00a0<\/b>The overall structure described has some critical dimensions related to customizing it to your needs:<\/p>\n