My Powerlifting and Strongman Gym

[Narc1911]

My area sucks for powerlifting gyms and have zero strongman gyms around. Because of this, and working shift work, I starting putting a home gym together focused around powerlifting. I started with 300lbs of weights and bar from an old crappy Weider set at my parents house. I started with junky squat stands and a wobbly $25 wall mart bench. I slowly added a used power tech rack, bought some bumpers, more iron, a rogue flat bench, and power bar. I accumulated a few other things like grip tools, kettle bells, etc. I then bought my new house and got married. We sold the old stuff, kept the weights and rogue stuff. For the new house we bought a R6 rack and then began expanding.



This year we decided to invest fully in our training and the gym. I sold tons of gear from when I was a competitive shooter and firearms instructor to fund this, as well as work a ton of OT. Part of that was buying a lot of strongman gear and implements, mainly because we found this to be our favorite way of training, and the fact there was no where at all to train like this around here. We started with a log, made some atlas stones and filled some kegs. The farmer's walk handled, circus dumbbells, a yoke, husafell stone, and a lot more.





Powerlifting (even though body building is what we are training to compete in) is also a focus of our training. So we added a rogue Westside bench, lots of accessories such as a Kabuki Duffalo and Transformer bar, chains, box, etc. We also recently got calibrated plates, a deadlift platform and a deadlift bar.








Full list of gear and more pics here:https://anchorasalutis.com/garage-gym/

One wall in my garage is full of normal garage stuff, like work benches, tools, outdoor stuff, lawn mower, generator and more. I am building a shed to move all of that stuff out to. That will give me a full additional wall to build up the rest of the garage into the gym. I have the supplies for a deadlift platform and a rogue frame sitting waiting. I also have a belt squat machine on the way to go along that wall.

[JamesA1990]

Amazing. That is a home gym done right.

All that equipment and your focus is body building though?? Time to switch to powerlifting

You get the rogue calibrated plates too?

[Narc1911]

Amazing. That is a home gym done right.

All that equipment and your focus is body building though?? Time to switch to powerlifting

You get the rogue calibrated plates too?

Yes, I have 3 (soon to be 4) sets of the 55s, 1 set of 45s, and 25s. I love training the power lifts, even went to Kabuki and trained with Duffin, just don't have plans to compete anytime soon since my priority is body building.

[Lpenny]

You should post first and foremost where your gym is on the website. If you didn't have your location in your profile info, I'd have no idea where you are.

[WorldClassDBag]

mirin. that's a sexy home gym

[Narc1911]

mirin. that's a sexy home gym

Thank you!

[Narc1911]

You should post first and foremost where your gym is on the website. If you didn't have your location in your profile info, I'd have no idea where you are.

What do you mean? It's not a public gym, its my garage.

[Lpenny]

What do you mean? It's not a public gym, its my garage.

Oh, I thought the purpose of the site was to promote your home gym as a place to train. TBH I don't really understand the purpose of making a website to show off your garage gym.

[TomMutaffis]

Looks like a solid setup...

There is a 'Workout Equipment' section on this forum with a lot of great information and participation. You may want to re-post the photos there as well. (Not sure if you already did)

[geoffstgermaine]

Best home gym I've seen. Well done!

[JiP]

Oh, I thought the purpose of the site was to promote your home gym as a place to train. TBH I don't really understand the purpose of making a website to show off your garage gym.

What an unusual thing to get annoyed about.

The set up is amazing! Very jealous. Also cool that your partner lifts.

[Narc1911]

What an unusual thing to get annoyed about.

The set up is amazing! Very jealous. Also cool that your partner lifts.

Thank you! Yes my wife is into all the same lifts, even the strongman stuff, she just does it lighter weight but heavy for her.

[Narc1911]

Looks like a solid setup...

There is a 'Workout Equipment' section on this forum with a lot of great information and participation. You may want to re-post the photos there as well. (Not sure if you already did)

Thank you! I did post on the post your gym thread there. I thought folks might like this here since it seems like (at least in my area) there are not many folks with strongman gear in their garage gyms.

[Lpenny]

What an unusual thing to get annoyed about.

The set up is amazing! Very jealous. Also cool that your partner lifts.

I didn't mean to convey annoyance. I was just confused by the purpose of the site. Is it just to give an example to other potential garage gymers?

[Narc1911]

I didn't mean to convey annoyance. I was just confused by the purpose of the site. Is it just to give an example to other potential garage gymers?

It's just one page on the site. I had a ton of questions on my garage gym on Instagram, so I initially put that up as a blog post on the site and linked it to folks who asked all of what is in my gym. I keep it updated (for the most part) and link it to folks who ask about it or on forums to share

[Lpenny]

It's just one page on the site. I had a ton of questions on my garage gym on Instagram, so I initially put that up as a blog post on the site and linked it to folks who asked all of what is in my gym. I keep it updated (for the most part) and link it to folks who ask about it or on forums to share

Gotcha

[FLChamp]

Excellent setup. I am envious...