My own home gym evolution

[alexthaman]

Stall mats are 3/4 inch and the rubber interlocking tiles i bought are 3/8 inch thick. I bought them from Costco. They were at least 25% less expensive than directly from rubber companies.

[twodog]

Stall mats are 3/4 inch and the rubber interlocking tiles i bought are 3/8 inch thick. I bought them from Costco. They were at least 25% less expensive than directly from rubber companies.

http://www.costco.com/EZ-Flex-Interl...&storeId=10301

What smell ? The product states that it's virtually odorless, lol. Hopefully it's eventually true. Nice job Alex !

[alexthaman]

remember what they state isnt always true....

thanks

[StephanBB]

Stall mats are 3/4 inch and the rubber interlocking tiles i bought are 3/8 inch thick. I bought them from Costco. They were at least 25% less expensive than directly from rubber companies.

How do you think they would handle a dropped dumbbell compared to the stall mats? That's more than 2x the cost and half the thickness.

That's an absolutly amazing gym!

[Mech6]

How do you think they would handle a dropped dumbbell compared to the stall mats? That's more than 2x the cost and half the thickness.

That's an absolutly amazing gym!

I have the same material, except mine are 4foot wide rolls. But same 3/8" thickness. They handle drops fine. Really depends what's under them. Tile, maybe not so good. COncrete or plywood, no problem. But they're way better than stall mats.

[Mech6]

the new floor is completed. Let me tell you that it is a heck of a job to change a rubber floor with all the equipment in the room. It took me 12 hours of hard work, but now i am done and i am happy with the result. My back hurts and i am really tired. i hate that rubber smell of recycled rubber and i hope it will go away fast... the only thing left to do is too clean everything and lift some weights. here is a before/after pic

after

Heh, wtf, where are the seams? Nice job.

[Elpimpo1]

thats hot

[alexthaman]

Heh, wtf, where are the seams? Nice job.

Yeah I know, seams are so tight you cant even see them. I am really happy with the result. And yeah, it is way better than stall mats. And for shock absorbtion i am sure it is all good. In my gym, under the rubber floor, it is plywood, so no problem. Anyway i dont plan on dropping 500lbs from the ceiling on the next few years... for normal use it is all good!

[NumbWarri0r]

Wow nice setup man props!

[alexthaman]

New things in my home gym.

I had mech6 build me some dumbbell spotters for my half rack. Here are a few pics of them. So far so good, 25 inches between each dumbbell handles when in place, it may be a little too close but we will see after a few weeks of use.







When stored for barbell use

[alexthaman]

Mech also built me a sissy squat, it is all done just missing the two pads, will post pics when completed. He also added wheels and an handle to my Rogue box squat and repainted it in titanium grey.

[alexthaman]

Now i am a little short in space, i will be doing some addition to my home this summer, i will had a room on top of my attached garage so i will move the kids playroom out there, so the basement will be free for some more equipment....

[Northernmoris]

Jealous. Looks awesome.

[Mech6]

Now i am a little short in space, i will be doing some addition to my home this summer, i will had a room on top of my attached garage so i will move the kids playroom out there, so the basement will be free for some more equipment....

Lol, man, I hope you never have to move. It's going to be a pain

[alexthaman]

Lol, man, I hope you never have to move. It's going to be a pain

Even if i would not do my basement gym, it would be a pain. I plan on doing my leg gym in the basement, i had Atlantis quote for a pivot press, a standing calf, a seated calf and a leg curl extension combo. I would add to that my bodycraft hip sled, my Atlantis GHD and my new sissy squat. I would leave the dumbbells, half rack, Altantis weight benches, i would sell my bodysolid functional trainer and buy an Atlantis functional trainer, add a standing preacher curl and a military bench from Atlantis. Atlantis quoted me a really good price for all those items but it is still a lot of money... i have to sell this to my wife, good luck... Anyway this is just a project, we will see in a few months.

[Northernmoris]

. i have to sell my wife, good luck... Anyway this is just a project, we will see in a few months.

Fixed

[alexthaman]

Fixed

haha not bad! If it was not from her, i would have equipment all over the house

[dragon360]

Absolutely and incredibly jealous my friend!

[Mech6]

i would sell my bodysolid functional trainer and buy an Atlantis functional trainer

Why exactly? Any specific reason?

[alexthaman]

Why exactly? Any specific reason?

It is too low, i dont like the weight stacks, it is not smooth when using it, it is too deep for my home gym it is 12 inches deeper than the Atlantis. It is a residential unit and i want something more commercial like the rest of the gym. Not a bad unit, for 1/2 the price of a commercial unit you have 1/2 the quality...

[BloodyR]

subscribed ! amazing gym. I got one in my unfinished basement but yours is just wow. As a fellow montrealer I'll definitely hit up mech6 when I'll want to upgrade my power rack. I'm mirin those dumbbells spotters !

[alexthaman]

New things added to the gym,

as i said a few days ago mech6 built me the dumbbells spotters for my rack (pics in recent posts) and built me at the same time a sissy squat and added some wheels to my rogue box squat. The sissy squat is great. Adjustments for all pads, sturdy and great work from mech again... For the ones who never tried sissy squats, it is way better than leg extensions for the quads, puts less stress on the knees and more tension on the quads. A Great addition to any home gym as it has a small footprint (36inches x 28 inches. Anyway here are the pics of the new equipement. Enjoy

[alexthaman]

And now the box squat

from this



to this

[jackbravo]

Man, that is a mean looking sissy squat

[matrix563]

man I am tempted to move to Canada just to have mech6 make me stuff!

[judgecrandall]

man I am tempted to move to Canada just to have mech6 make me stuff!

I think the exact same thing every time I see this thread or one of Mech's threads, haha.

[daniel327]

man I am tempted to move to Canada just to have mech6 make me stuff!

eh?

[SuperAWESOMO]

Not going to lie that's a pretty sweet and nice set up for a home gym!

[alexthaman]

man I am tempted to move to Canada just to have mech6 make me stuff!

Stay in the USA brother, we have mech6 and thats it. Ho no we have Atlantis too. Forget it! Nothing used and we have to import everything for our gyms from the usa if we want quality stuff.

[Zipfreer]

Wow...Great set up you have.Nicely done !