don't know if any of you do this or have tried it, but i thought of using the cable machine to simulate the caber toss.
check it:
(for cable machines with a low height setting for the pulley) set the weight (most likely the whole stack), attach rope/chain/close-grip handle, grab it and step back a couple steps.
hold it where you would carry the caber, approach, stop&pop.
advantages: simulates movement very well. cable is very moveable from side-to-side, so it forces you to keep it centered (for that 12:00!). you can pull it all the way past your chin to over your head without having to chase after something you threw. can be repped much more frequently than repping with caber tosses. your heart will feel it.
disadvantages: requires specialized equipment. simulates direction of forces best at the bottom...strays from caber forces the further up you pull. you don't get to watch a 20' log fly through the air.
i will keep doin these. and then i'll graduate to the Wills No-Approach Braemar Cabar simulations.
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rking