Pic's and discussion of your "Home Gym"

[ahoskinson44]

Hey ellisbailey, what kind of building is that? Looks really cool and how many sq. feet is it?

[dragon360]

My setup which has been evolving over the last two years.








This is an Iron Edge Assault Rack. It`s bomb proof and one of the only items that has been here since the start. I don`t see myself ever getting rid of it.




Cybex Lat pulldown - Love it and 250lbs stack makes for plenty of progression.









Any questions ask away :-)

Some really nice pieces there. Really like that pulldown.

[infantryryan]

I've updated my setup since this time last year. Currently I have:

Powertech Rack and Bench
3 OLY Bars (1 Rogue Bar and 2 cheap CAP bars)
Just over 500 pounds of Olympic weight
Just under 300 pounds of standard weight
160 pounds of Bumper Weights from Rep Fitness
2 adjustable dumbbell handles for the standard pancake plates.
Kettelbells (10, 15, 20, 35x2, and 54)
40 foot battle rope
20 pound wall ball and a 10 pound slam ball
Assorted resistance bands
Agility Ladder
Exercycle
Cheap Rower
Adjustable Plyo Box
Gymnastic Rings
Freestanding heavy bag and 110 pound grappling dummy
Assorted Martial Arts equipment
Assorted other gear (Chalk, Foam Roller, Speed Rope etc.)

Still a lot more that I would like to get by I kinda ran out of room.

[infantryryan]

Here is the last of the new pictures and some of the old gym for comparrison

[Gizdawg]

My setup which has been evolving over the last two years.





Any questions ask away :-)

Did you get the db's off sams fitness?

[ellisbailey]

Did you get the db's off sams fitness?

Yeah he is a great bloke to deal with. If I could go back in time I would probably buy pro-style pancake ones as a few of these have warped from a drop or too, meaning the weight is off balance when pressing. My bad for dropping them though in the first place.

[Gizdawg]

Yeah he is a great bloke to deal with. If I could go back in time I would probably buy pro-style pancake ones as a few of these have warped from a drop or too, meaning the weight is off balance when pressing. My bad for dropping them though in the first place.

You think DB's are a good investment? Ridiculous expensive for a proper set.

Is any of your gear powertec? Looks pretty good quality compared to what else is available around town.

[ellisbailey]

You think DB's are a good investment? Ridiculous expensive for a proper set.

Is any of your gear powertec? Looks pretty good quality compared to what else is available around town.

Yeah for me they were a good investment as we have multiple people using them at once so we needed a full set of individual ones. The often come up second hand on Gumtree so always worth looking there.

At the start heaps of my gear was powertec and ironmaster and it served me really well with no issues.

As time went on though, we needed heavier duty gear so I sold the Powertec leverage squat and multipress, as well as a set of ironmaster dumbbells.

I still have the powertec bench and leg ext attachment but I`m after a commercial inc/flat bench and a standalone leg ext machine.

[a7stringkilla]

@Skid - Its a Combo Incline. I mainly use it as a Jammer though and rarely twist with it.

[genycrazy]

Hey !
I'm new to this site but i have been working out for two years now but im just looking to build up my muscles mass a little...
the problem is that im in college so i dont have the money to go train in a gym...... i do have weights, lifting bars, dumbbells at home but i Wonder
what i could do if i need to use cables for some exercices, cause i dont have any.... can someone help me?? lol

[dragon360]

Hey !
I'm new to this site but i have been working out for two years now but im just looking to build up my muscles mass a little...
the problem is that im in college so i dont have the money to go train in a gym...... i do have weights, lifting bars, dumbbells at home but i Wonder
what i could do if i need to use cables for some exercices, cause i dont have any.... can someone help me?? lol

Wouldn't the college have an available gym for you? And you may need to start a thread or find the appropriate thread for your questions.

[matrix563]

Yeah he is a great bloke to deal with. If I could go back in time I would probably buy pro-style pancake ones as a few of these have warped from a drop or too, meaning the weight is off balance when pressing. My bad for dropping them though in the first place.

awesome gym its grown a lot . did you fully enclose the original space you had? or move to a new space? I remember it being smaller or perhaps you only utilized one side. I am also curious
which building that is too and the sq ft . or square meter .

rpark, which hand gripper is that in the video?

[ellisbailey]

[QUOTE=matrix563;1149484623]awesome gym its grown a lot . did you fully enclose the original space you had? or move to a new space? I remember it being smaller or perhaps you only utilized one side. I am also curious
which building that is too and the sq ft . or square meter .



Cheers mate, yeah it is now all fully enclosed, which is great in winter but proving to be rather hot in summer so will need to look at AC next.

Its around 50sq mts 7x7.

[matrix563]

Cheers mate, yeah it is now all fully enclosed, which is great in winter but proving to be rather hot in summer so will need to look at AC next.

Its around 50sq mts 7x7.

Those are skylights not light bulbs yes?

[deathsled]

Got my deadlift platform built today.

I am pretty sure I saw the design on here, so thanks to whoever originally explained how to do this.

[Pudlem]

This is an Iron Edge Assault Rack. It`s bomb proof and one of the only items that has been here since the start. I don`t see myself ever getting rid of it.

Awesome set up!

Love the new monkey bar cross beam on the assault rack!

Did you get the ABN registered personal trainer discount through Iron Edge? I swear i'm tempted to do a PT course and get an ABN just to get the 50% discount lol!

[ellisbailey]

Awesome set up!

Love the new monkey bar cross beam on the assault rack!

Did you get the ABN registered personal trainer discount through Iron Edge? I swear i'm tempted to do a PT course and get an ABN just to get the 50% discount lol!

Cheers bud, yeah its really good with a nice grip too. As for the ABN we looked into it but we couldn`t be arsed jumping through all the hoops needed lol

I`m seriously tempted by their GHD machine but the shipping alone is 230 bucks which is off putting!

[Pudlem]

Cheers bud, yeah its really good with a nice grip too. As for the ABN we looked into it but we couldn`t be arsed jumping through all the hoops needed lol

I`m seriously tempted by their GHD machine but the shipping alone is 230 bucks which is off putting!

Let me know what you end up deciding on; a GHD is a piece of kit I'd like to add.

The new Again Faster GHD looks good. Not sure when it will drop in AU.

The force USA one gets good reviews.

Rogue is too expensive in AU, Cyber market looks ok, and a few places do a $400ish model.

[ellisbailey]

Let me know what you end up deciding on; a GHD is a piece of kit I'd like to add.

The new Again Faster GHD looks good. Not sure when it will drop in AU.

The force USA one gets good reviews.

Rogue is too expensive in AU, Cyber market looks ok, and a few places do a $400ish model.

I`ve been looking at the cyber market one and it looks pretty good. With postage the IE one works out at about 900 bucks which is a fair cost. The cybermarket one comes to about 600, and I just don`t see the IE one being worth 300 more.

I`ve always avoided force usa like the plague though as everything I`ve tried by them has not been that well built. I may look into their GDH though as I really want one to compliment my hammie training.

PS - I hope you are all safe with the bushfires mate. My safe thoughts go out to all the NSW crews fighting it, brave people.

[lemieux66c]

I've added/changed a few items in my gym, so I figured I'd show the new items. Not the greatest pics in the world, but here you go:





You can take a look at what I had in a previous post, but I went from a ProMaxima rack to the Elite one, and a mix of dumbbell racks (already had the dumbbells) to the York ones. And added the Concept2 rower. While I won't go completely jackbravo and not get stuff until I hit certain milestones, I've been more and more willing to pass up on good deals unless I feel like something will help me progress...although if an Elitefts cable crossover w/ low row and lat pulldow

[jshpark]

looks great

[lemieux66c]

you need to post the direct link to the pictures in between the [img] codes. I found them by clicking the arrow icon that says "more ways to share" next to the star and caption bubble. Then grab html/bb code and you can find the .jpg link found in the codes

Thanks...it had been a while since I used Flickr and they changed the way they allowed you to link files. It was much easier before.

[matrix563]

Thanks...it had been a while since I used Flickr and they changed the way they allowed you to link files. It was much easier before.

nice pics. i'm always jelly of basement pics. I want one bad . too bad flickr is more difficult to use. /facepalm things should become easier not harder lol

[Pudlem]

I`ve been looking at the cyber market one and it looks pretty good. With postage the IE one works out at about 900 bucks which is a fair cost. The cybermarket one comes to about 600, and I just don`t see the IE one being worth 300 more.

I`ve always avoided force usa like the plague though as everything I`ve tried by them has not been that well built. I may look into their GDH though as I really want one to compliment my hammie training.

PS - I hope you are all safe with the bushfires mate. My safe thoughts go out to all the NSW crews fighting it, brave people.

Just confirmed again faster's ghd ( new style with compact footprint, vertical weight tree and multiple adjustments) is available in AU.

Might be worth a look.

Thanks for well wishes; I'm in the south east, so as long as the national park doesn't spark off I'll be ok.

A few mates from work live in springwood, so I'm more worried about them

[Gamecock69]

Hello all, Realatively new guy to this forum.

I have recently started working out at home so I cannot use the dreaded, "I don't have time" excuse. I got an amazing deal on Olympic weights off of Craigslst;
360lb's of olympic plates.
Olympic plate stand.
Olympic bar
Bench (Not really great but works)
Weider calf raise seat.
All this for $150 bucks!!!!! The guy was moving and needed it gone within a couple of hours...

I am going to build my own power rack with plans from the home gym bodybuilding site. What I am lacking is dumbbells. I just cannot pay the high price for the adjustble toasters and the cast iron weights are just too dang expensive and require way too much space. My only real option is the screw lock handles with the small hole plates or those big Olympic size handles that the large hole weights fit. (I am thinking this is a bad choice).

How many of you all use the screw lock weights? WalMart starter kits are like 40lbs for $25 and the individual plates are a lot cheaper. Thoughts, opinions, advice, personal experience input is greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Wade

[ellisbailey]

Just confirmed again faster's ghd ( new style with compact footprint, vertical weight tree and multiple adjustments) is available in AU.

Might be worth a look.

Thanks for well wishes; I'm in the south east, so as long as the national park doesn't spark off I'll be ok.

A few mates from work live in springwood, so I'm more worried about them

I`m essentially torn between the Again Faster one and the Cyberfit one. The cyberfit one has the additional knee pad on it which I like the idea of but the Again Faster one looks more heavy duty.

I`ve kind of ruled out the IE one as it`s nearly a grand with postage :-(

[PatSatt]

heres a pic of the current home setup not pictured is a squat rack dip/pullup tower and a curl bar rack from 20-110

[vHuGi]

so many great home gyms here xD

i have:

Z Curl Bar
Straight Bar
Adjustable Dumbells that i can put up to 62kg at each.
3 pair os adjustable Dumbells
Pull up Bar
Use Chairs for Dips
Over 200kg in Weights (Plates), all standard. Nothing Olympic, i dont feel the need for Olypimc stuff, weight is a weight and Olympic stuff is too much $$, maybe when i have my own home and a job since im still a student.
Belt to add weight on pull ups and dips
Adjustable Bench

and i think thats it. All you need anyway, i just need the power rack now to do some squats and bench press.

[vHuGi]

Hello all, Realatively new guy to this forum.

I have recently started working out at home so I cannot use the dreaded, "I don't have time" excuse. I got an amazing deal on Olympic weights off of Craigslst;
360lb's of olympic plates.
Olympic plate stand.
Olympic bar
Bench (Not really great but works)
Weider calf raise seat.
All this for $150 bucks!!!!! The guy was moving and needed it gone within a couple of hours...

I am going to build my own power rack with plans from the home gym bodybuilding site. What I am lacking is dumbbells. I just cannot pay the high price for the adjustble toasters and the cast iron weights are just too dang expensive and require way too much space. My only real option is the screw lock handles with the small hole plates or those big Olympic size handles that the large hole weights fit. (I am thinking this is a bad choice).

How many of you all use the screw lock weights? WalMart starter kits are like 40lbs for $25 and the individual plates are a lot cheaper. Thoughts, opinions, advice, personal experience input is greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Wade

you must have standard weights for dumbells, either eay without dumbells, 2 chairs and a pull up bar you are missing the best things to Workout. at least you can squats, deadlift and bench, it could have been worse, get those Dumbells and those weights.

[matrix563]

This was hard to get to this point, I had help yesterday and I'm still worn out!

I still need to figure out how to get the shed door open with the horse mats in the way. I'm probably going to cut away some of the bottom and put some kind of sloped wooden stop in front to keep the rain out of the bottom. At least I think that's what I'll do

I still need to redo some of the shingles I'm using as spacers underneath the mats but that won't be hard since they are in place.











Eventually this will make it to the back but I need a roof to keep it good according to the manufacturer. But otherwise its ok to sit outside.




I keep my weight sled by the front door inside, since I use it on the road. The yard is too lumpy and not long enough.