Pic's and discussion of your "Home Gym"

[brucedelaney]

Nice. Are your mirrors the 3x6 from Home Depot?

They're the 3' x 5' mirrors...$59 each, I got them at Home Depot or Lowe's and can't for the life of me remember now (They're right next door to each other in my town and I priced them at both stores). Getting them home I was a nervous wreck too.

We had originally wanted to get 6 footers but I decided we really only needed 5 footers and installed a home made 12" baseboard to get them up off the floor and be tall enough.\

You got me to thinking, I went and looked it up... I did get them at Home Depot, Here's the Link

http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/2022550...3#.UPBKnXckQhM

[hulked]

Couple of shots of my Multi-Press Rack, I use this for my squats, bench press, and my OHP lift off. The Rack and FID Bench are Tuff Stuff both very sturdy, and the Bar is Cheapo that I got from CL with my first set of plates which is a mix of CAP and Body Solid Branded Weights. (Not shown, and likely to be sold off in the not too distant future) Considering getting a Rogue Power Bar next.

Couple of cheapo bars, will upgrade as needed and one of pairs of lockjaws and some ancient vinyl coated db's

What makes my Weight Room a Weight Room and my most recent purchase 570# of York Rubbber Coated G2 Plates... Love that the 25's are the same diameter as the 45's like bumper plates

And the Dumbbell rack full of CL purchased Hexes 10's through 50's, If I need 5's for some odd reason I can use the old vinyl ones over on the floor.

I eventually aspire to put in a full sized power rack to replace the multi-press and as mentioned above a better bar.

Nice setup. Repped...!!! The G2's look really cool

[brucedelaney]

Nice setup. Repped...!!! The G2's look really cool

Thanks, Back at you.

[Pelipe]

Moved things around, put up a Dark Horse Rack.
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[Pelipe]

Gym 7.jpgGym 8.jpgGym 9.jpgGym 10.jpgPart Two

[matrix563]

pelipe is that your basement? nice gym .

[Pelipe]

pelipe is that your basement? nice gym .

Thanks Matrix
Yes that is my basement

[amgben]

Thanks Matrix
Yes that is my basement

Awesome gym Pelipe. Is that a Sorinex DH rack?

[Pelipe]

Awesome gym Pelipe. Is that a Sorinex DH rack?

yes it is a dark horse rack

[hulked]

Very nice setup Pelipe. Repped...!!! Hows the DH treating you

[KCGuy01012011]

After a lot of research and help from the community on here I'm finally set up with a decent first gym.

imgur.com/QT83V

I went with a Body Solid GPR378 rack from FitnessFactory for $400. I found a Body Solid WFID70 bench with preacher curl attachment and Olympic weight set (minus 1 - 10lb weight) for $200 on Craigslist. Since I had the preacher curl I figured I might as well purchase a leg extension for it as well. The leg extension for the GFID71 fits the WFID70 too, also purchased from FitnessFactory for $68. I didn't realize it is only for standard plates unless you purchase an Olympic adapter. I think I'm going to buy some PVC pipe, fill it up with spray foam and then slide it over the standard holder. It's all set up in a finished basement so I put down plywood and then went to a local farm supply store and bought two 4' X 6' horse stall mats ($33/each). There's no rubber smell coming from them and they feel great.

I'm 5'11" and 140lbs so I'm trying to bulk up. I started the Starting Strength program and the set up is working out very well for me so far. I was wondering if anyone knows of some kind of attachment I could hook around the pull up bar on my rack so I could have a lower bar to do full pull ups on? I thought I saw something like that before on here, but I can't seem to find it now. Currently I can barely put my head over the bar on the rack before I hit the ceiling.

[Jetigen]

Embedded for you.

After a lot of research and help from the community on here I'm finally set up with a decent first gym.

[KCGuy01012011]

Embedded for you.

Thanks!

[Pelipe]

Very nice setup Pelipe. Repped...!!! Hows the DH treating you

Have had for a total of two workouts. So far I really like it. I did legs and chest on it. Very sturdy, well built, so far really happy.

[f0rbidden]

Another more "dramatic" shot of the gym, haha... And my new "mirror".

[amgben]

diggin the setup f0rbidden. i like what you did.

[jasonnurit]

Lets see where you work out.

Mine;

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[dj006xx]

god are those horse stall mats a pain , just put that in with my weight tree

[Pelipe]

two new pieces for the gym

[StephenJohnSays]

Body Solid EXM 2000s, Body Solid Monster Power Rack, Body Solid ab bench, PowerLine PPB32X Preacher Curl Bench, Nordictrack treadmill, Diamondback 300ef elliptical, Weider and cap plates...

[brucedelaney]

Body Solid EXM 2000s, Body Solid Monster Power Rack, Body Solid ab bench, PowerLine PPB32X Preacher Curl Bench, Nordictrack treadmill, Diamondback 300ef elliptical, Weider and cap plates...

Wow haven't seen an EXM-2000 in years... sweet set up

[StephenJohnSays]

Wow haven't seen an EXM-2000 in years... sweet set up

Ha, thanks! For some reason Im a big fan of when Body Solid made everything in white and black. Everything I have was either free or really cheap from CL. Just bought and sold so much I had an extra 300 sitting around and pulled the trigger on the EXM, even had someone deliver it to my house. Pretty nice with the leg press attachment included.

Now Im looking for that CL post that has a lot of dumbbells and a rack...and some decent plates. #wishful thinking

[matrix563]

Thanks for the kind words.

I really like the new GHR. I ended up having to go ahead and put a 100lb plate on the peg in the back, but it isn't necessary.....just seems to balance the unit out when I'm extended out on it better. The guy has never gotten back with me either about the footplate problem I had, which pisses me off. I'm going to call him one more time to see if he just forgot, but I'm not expecting anything to happen tbh. Other than that, I love that thing and I'm so happy I got it. Its nicer to look at, has a stationary pad (easier on the thighs), and is much easier to mount/dismount. I really have no regrets about getting this machine. As far as upgrading for you, I strongly recommend a GHR. They are a humbling exercise to be sure, but once you start being able to get some reps on them, you feel really good about the progress in a way you don't with other exercises (primarily because most people can't do one rep correctly the first time they jump on the GHR ).






Your gym looks good, you have obviously been paying attention . Good rack and an excellent bench with the hoist. I see you have two benches as well and that is a nice feature. I've had two benches for a couple of years now. Not necessary, but useful. Nice stuff.

ok keet what did you use for a neck/head pad for the leg press?

some small photos of what i got. i'll take better when i have it inside set up

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/spo/3527224889.html

[Jason2459]

New to this section and have seen some great threads like this one showing off some great equipment and setups. Here's my basement training area (cramped at about 10'x12' but it does it's job)









Rattling off some stuff from the top of my head:
EFS box and rack
Jesup 1500# power bar
Some Bow Bar
EFS SS Yoke bar (original)
PowerTech fully adjustable 45 degree to roman chair
body solid plates and bench
Bunch of bands and some chains along with Walmart special heavy duty tow strap
Homemade rackable and adjustable Reverse Hyper
Couple DBs and attachment accessory stuff
Manta Ray and a Zercher/Front squat harness

On the way from Edge Fitness Systems hopefully by the end of this month custom GHR, custom A-Frame Reverse Hyper, Swiss bar, Cambered squat bar, and landmine package.

Edit: noticed it's supposed to be all pictures so took the video out and uploaded some old pictures of when the area was just getting setup.

[Stasher1]

ok keet what did you use for a neck/head pad for the leg press?

some small photos of what i got. i'll take better when i have it inside set up

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/spo/3527224889.html

Were they calling that roman chair a GHD?

[matrix563]

Were they calling that roman chair a GHD?

they were

tried to force me to buy everything for 300. i'm like no thanks . the lat tower seemed interesting (not for me) but it doesn't look like it broke apart enough to fit in my car. should have some new pics up soon

[Stasher1]

they were

tried to force me to buy everything for 300. i'm like no thanks . the lat tower seemed interesting (not for me) but it doesn't look like it broke apart enough to fit in my car. should have some new pics up soon

Sounds to me like you need a bigger car. I rarely have a problem fitting equipment in my Suburban.

[matrix563]

Sounds to me like you need a bigger car. I rarely have a problem fitting equipment in my Suburban.

LOL

u sure?




can't wait to bring that bad boy inside in a few hours!

[matrix563]

redid my gym a little bit. sold the hack squat leg press to save some space. i got a vertical old school leg press that takes up about 1/3 the space.
when i finish my sauna cardio room setup i'll post some new pics (gonna store the recumbent and ride my bike, sold the treadmill (will jog outside), and sold the stepper/air climber. i have a smaller stepper and i prefer just the stepper movement. still going to use my precor stretch trainer, back revolution inversion table, and rower machine.

all pics here: http://imgur.com/a/ePkT9

[Roughlift]

Ok time to do this. My "gym" isn't that big and it is pretty odd combination of equipment.

First up is my dip, rope, pull-up bar station..the pull-up bar has 4 height settings and a rotating bar..really works the grip, and these are impossible to get from anywhere as it is probably some kind of prototype. It has ensured that I never run out of finger power on regular pull-up bars, cons are that it makes any one arm pull-up even harder as all that rotation hits the grip on the arm.


Second up is the dumbbells, main attraction being here the 38KG Inch dumbbell replica (gladiatorpower version) this dumbbell is a beast and pet project of mine, works well together with my pull-up bar. The other weights aren't really notable, I've been thinking of getting a local school to maybe machine some plates for those extra handles for material cost.


Third up are the kettlebells, I have 2x20kg kettlebells and a 32kg kettlebell, all are with thick handles.


I have no picture from the garage at the moment but I do have a boxing bag there 150cm long and 46kg bag.