The power rack was the best piece of equipment I have ever gotten.
A power rack is surprisingly one of the few pieces of equipment that I do not have in my garage gym. Its on my "wish list", but the available square footage has to be increased first. Currently, I am considering an addition to the garage (approx. another 400 sq ft) that would help immensely.
Here is the current equipment list:
- 6500 lbs. Olympic Weight - New and used
- 1800 lbs. Standard 1" Iron Weight - New and used
- Numerous Plate Trees and Racks - New and used
- Fixed Plate Dumbells, Racked (5 lbs to 80 lbs in 5 lb increments) - New and used
- Olympic Flat / Incline Bench - New
- Olympic Leg Press / Hack Squat - New
- Lat Pull Down / Lat Pulley Row / Tricep Press Down - New
- Leg Extension / Leg Curl - New
- Standing Preacher Curl Bench - Home built
- Seated Preacher Curl Bench - Home built
- Dipping Bars - New
- Lat Row Bar (T-Bar) - Home built
- Roman Chair - Home built
- Olympic Shrug Bar (5') - New
- Olympic Straight Bar (7' - 10ea) - New and used
- Olympic Curl Bar (3ea) - New and used
- Olympic Tricep Bar (1ea) - New
- Standard Tricep Bar (2ea) - Used
- Multiple Attachments for Lat Pull Down - New and used
- Mirrors
Last edited by AZIronMine; 03-05-2006 at 07:37 PM.
A power rack is surprisingly one of the few pieces of equipment that I do not have in my garage gym. Its on my "wish list", but the available square footage has to be increased first. Currently, I am considering an addition to the garage (approx. another 400 sq ft) that would help immensely.
Here the current equipment list:
- 6500 lbs. Olympic Weight - New and used
- 1800 lbs. Standard 1" Iron Weight - New and used
- Numerous Plate Trees and Racks - New and used
- Fixed Plate Dumbells, Racked (5 lbs to 80 lbs in 5 lb increments) - New and used
- Olympic Flat / Incline Bench - New
- Olympic Leg Press / Hack Squat - New
- Lat Pull Down / Lat Pulley Row / Tricep Press Down - New
- Leg Extension / Leg Curl - New
- Standing Preacher Curl Bench - Home built
- Seated Preacher Curl Bench - Home built
- Dipping Bars - New
- Lat Row Bar (T-Bar) - Home built
- Roman Chair - Home built
- Olympic Shrug Bar (5') - New
- Olympic Straight Bar (7' - 10ea) - New and used
- Olympic Curl Bar (3ea) - New and used
- Olympic Tricep Bar (1ea) - New
- Standard Tricep Bar (2ea) - Used
- Multiple Attachments for Lat Pull Down - New and used
- Mirrors
I'm not really sure. I've put together the AZ Iron Mine (my garage gym) over a period of about 35 yrs. Combination of new, used, and home built.
I find that if you are careful, do your research, and are patient, you can find some pretty good bargains for used weights and equipment. Similarly, if you wait it out and look for sales, you can pick up Olympic sets from big name retailers from about $99 to $105 new.
I'm not really sure. I've put together the AZ Iron Mine (my garage gym) over a period of about 35 yrs. Combination of new, used, and home built.
I find that if you are careful, do your research, and are patient, you can find some pretty good bargains for used weights and equipment. Similarly, if you wait it out and look for sales, you can pick up Olympic sets from big name retailers from about $99 to $105 new.
yeah, thats what im trying to do now....get like a 300lb weight set and then hopefully a power rack after it, then a bench. then when i need to, buy some more plates
yeah, thats what im trying to do now....get like a 300lb weight set and then hopefully a power rack after it, then a bench. then when i need to, buy some more plates
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Got it from Dicks here in Michigan , just after the New Year, they were selling them for 79.99__ I've seen that brand at Dicks on sale more than once thru the year.
super d(motordetroit)
{Key to communication}: "It has nutt'in to do with correct grammer an syntex, which are of no importance so long as one makes one's meaning clear." NOW CAN U "DIG DAT"
Where did you get that square Kettlebell looking thing?
Thats pretty cool !!
(Name reminds me of a Zappa Album, Zoot Alures)..
Yes I took some poetic license with Zoot alures (big zappa fan).
The square brown thing is a fifty pound scale weight, (used to calibrate large truck scales etc.). My grandfather used it as an anvil for many years before I came across it.
I find it good for dumbell rows etc.
"I wouldnt belong to a club that would have me for a member" Groucho Marx
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.
Nice.. I'd like to find one of those truck weights one of these days!
And thanks for the props on my gym guys, nothing beats a stocked home gym! (Even picked up another 300 pound set from Dicks Sporting goods today.. $89.00, cant beat it)..
The square brown thing is a fifty pound scale weight, (used to calibrate large truck scales etc.). My grandfather used it as an anvil for many years before I came across it.
I find it good for dumbell rows etc.
I hate to quote myself, but the scale weight also is a good pivot for t-bar rows.(If you turn it on its side)
"I wouldnt belong to a club that would have me for a member" Groucho Marx
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.
mcdelio
Just wondering where did you got those white ....ez curl/ bar holders that are bolted to the wall?? you know for spotting with doing exercies etc??? I am after those or ones that are free standing. for ez curly bar or straight bar.
Some of the accessories I have around are home made, I have a couple of good friends who do welding. He welded them up for me, he said it would hold quite a bit of weight but if I needed to he could put a brace on them. There is enough room for the ez-bar and a 5' straight bar
I also posted some pics of some dumbell racks I had made up for my bench.
They fit right inside the tubes and are adjustable for about 18". My friend told me they should hold 100 pounds or better. I have another set being made right now (there probably done) to mount on my smith-machine.
They do have them on the market for hex dumbells but I don't have hex dumbells and of course mine were half the cost.
Oh, I just wanted to say that I feel lucky for where I live and no this is not an ad but I am like 30 minutes away from New York Barbells (Elmira NY) what a candy store.
Thanks for all the kind comments on the gym. I was told by a neighbor that it's nice to have the equipment if it's used. In other words do I collect equipment just to have it or do I use it. Believe me I use it.
I doesn't really matter what you have or can afford, it's how you use what you have.
Thanks
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