Pic's and discussion of your "Home Gym"

[little dragon]

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.

nice set up, do you workout inside the shed in bad weather ?

[matrix563]

nice set up, do you workout inside the shed in bad weather ?

thanks. this is just my outdoor setup. i'm going to have new indoor photos soon . I will workout in the shed but first I have to make it taller. its not quite tall enough for the power rack I have stored in there. I mainly wanted an area to do deadlifts without worrying about ending up in my crawl space, along with hitting the punching dummy, and this will work for now.

[twodog]

thanks. this is just my outdoor setup. i'm going to have new indoor photos soon . I will workout in the shed but first I have to make it taller. its not quite tall enough for the power rack I have stored in there. I mainly wanted an area to do deadlifts without worrying about ending up in my crawl space, along with hitting the punching dummy, and this will work for now.

It all looks good, and I understand that you need a roof over the cat condo since it's made of carpet .

Are you still thinking about the larger outbuilding ?

[matrix563]

It all looks good, and I understand that you need a roof over the cat condo since it's made of carpet .

Are you still thinking about the larger outbuilding ?

lol haha . yeah I think about the bigger building all the time

[irongrandpa]

thanks. this is just my outdoor setup. i'm going to have new indoor photos soon . I will workout in the shed but first I have to make it taller. its not quite tall enough for the power rack I have stored in there. I mainly wanted an area to do deadlifts without worrying about ending up in my crawl space, along with hitting the punching dummy, and this will work for now.

Matrix, you need to put a roof over your entire house and lot, make it one continuous gym!

[matrix563]

Matrix, you need to put a roof over your entire house and lot, make it one continuous gym!

I have thought about that

[twodog]

Matrix, you need to put a roof over your entire house and lot, make it one continuous gym!

What he needs to do is sell his house, buy a commercial building for his gym and put a bedroom, kitchenette, and office in the back, lol.

[SugarFree1]

Here's mine:

[twodog]

Nice set up, and on the plus side it looks like there is a lot of room for expansion . Repped !

[SugarFree1]

Thanks and yea, I got plenty of room. Was just about to replace the multipress with a commecial squat rack station but totaled my car over the weekend (hit a deer) so gonna have to put that off for a few more months now.

I'd love to hear other suggestions of what to add to the room. I'll put together a list of what I currently have now. As said already I want to get a squat rack and besides that thinking about an assisted pull up machine. Other than that I'm not sure whats available but need something that uses plates for rows and pull downs and such. I'm maxing out on some of the cable machine exercises even with a bar connecting both sides (total 400lbs with both stacks)

[SugarFree1]

I listed everything out. Wow doesnt look like much in writing... lol

Body-Solid Cable Crossover GDCC200
Body-Solid Multi-Press Rack GPR370
Body-Solid Seated Leg Extension & Supine Curl GLCE365
Body-Solid Leg Press & Hack Squat GLPH1100 
Body-Solid Rubber Grip Olympic Plates 1,000lbs ORT
Body-Solid Rubber Coated Hex Dumbbells 5-100lbs (2,100 lbs total) SDR
Body-Solid Commercial Seated Calf Raise GSCR349
Body-Solid Heavy Duty Flat Incline Decline Bench GFID71
Spirit Fitness xe295 Elliptical Trainer
Treadmill
Flat/Incline bench
Roman Chair

[mliebs]

Here's a few pics of my dining room/workout room. I wish I had more room but it is what it is at this point. If my wife would let me I'd take the living room over.

[dragon360]

Nice and clean!

[Northernmoris]

I listed everything out. Wow doesnt look like much in writing... lol

Body-Solid Cable Crossover GDCC200. ---SELL---- Find a better Lat pulldown/low row
Body-Solid Multi-Press Rack GPR370. ----SELL------ You already said you want a rack
Body-Solid Seated Leg Extension & Supine Curl GLCE365
Body-Solid Leg Press & Hack Squat GLPH1100 
Body-Solid Rubber Grip Olympic Plates 1,000lbs ORT
Body-Solid Rubber Coated Hex Dumbbells 5-100lbs (2,100 lbs total) SDR
Body-Solid Commercial Seated Calf Raise GSCR349
Body-Solid Heavy Duty Flat Incline Decline Bench GFID71
Spirit Fitness xe295 Elliptical Trainer
Treadmill
Flat/Incline bench
Roman Chair. ----SELL---- Sell and find a GHD

Assisted pullup machine is wasted space IMO. A landmine or dual landmine would be a nice addition.

[SugarFree1]

Assisted pullup machine is wasted space IMO. A landmine or dual landmine would be a nice addition.

Yea Ive been undecided and going back and forth abouth the assisted pullup machine myself. I do have plenty of space though. The pictures I included dont show a large portion of the basement which is mainly empty. My only space issues are fighting some low hanging soffits in some spots. The assisted pullup machine would be primarly for the wife; not that I wouldnt try and take advantage of it too if we had it. But right now shes sort of doing her own assisted pullups with her feet on the top of a chair.

The landmine thing looks interesting but this is the first im seeing of it so would need to research it a bit more.

Oh I forgot to add pictures of one of my favorite home gym additions, my in-home personal trainer

[Northernmoris]

You can hand bands on the handles for pull-ups. Slip a knee in the center of the band and it will be the same. With different size bands you can save money and the space.

Dual landmine: you can get one with a free standing base
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQqYkEAzz8

Assisted pull-ups:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercise...sisted-pull-up

[mck1212]

Sugarfree, very sweet setup!
My first thought looking at your basement was - that doesn't look like a basement! Nice clean walls/lighting etc.
Suggestions? Rather than a new piece of equip for the wife you might want to look into some flooring options? She'll probably appreciate that too. Bringing the floor up to speck could truly make your gym look the money. I know wall to wall rubber tiling will get pricey, maybe you could polish the concrete? Great advantage for a home gym when you can just walk in barefooted and crank out a few sets.

[SugarFree1]

Sugarfree, very sweet setup!
My first thought looking at your basement was - that doesn't look like a basement! Nice clean walls/lighting etc.
Suggestions? Rather than a new piece of equip for the wife you might want to look into some flooring options? She'll probably appreciate that too. Bringing the floor up to speck could truly make your gym look the money. I know wall to wall rubber tiling will get pricey, maybe you could polish the concrete? Great advantage for a home gym when you can just walk in barefooted and crank out a few sets.

Absolutely agree. I definitely need flooring but the basement is so friggin big its gonna cost me 3-5k to have done. I just keep thinking of other things to put that much money into when I have it...

Oh and the one time I got an estimate the guy was like I'm not doing this unless everything in here is completly moved out of the room. I was like where do you think Im gonna put all that...
(other half of the basement is filled with gun crap, work benches, shelves and stuff for reloading)

[mummra]

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

My personal opinion is that you don't need dumbells, especially if you are short on space. Build yourself a good power rack, that includes a pullup bar, maybe sell your bench on CL and get a better one, and you are all set.

Keep an eye on CL for dumbells by all means and if you see some for less than 50 cents a lb go for it. They take up a lot of room though. Spinlocks aren't worth it, just too much hassle and the price adds up fast.

I have a bunch of dumbells on a rack and I never use them, I want to get them sold.

[BAVE]

I listed everything out. Wow doesnt look like much in writing... lol

Body-Solid Cable Crossover GDCC200
Body-Solid Multi-Press Rack GPR370
Body-Solid Seated Leg Extension & Supine Curl GLCE365
Body-Solid Leg Press & Hack Squat GLPH1100 
Body-Solid Rubber Grip Olympic Plates 1,000lbs ORT
Body-Solid Rubber Coated Hex Dumbbells 5-100lbs (2,100 lbs total) SDR
Body-Solid Commercial Seated Calf Raise GSCR349
Body-Solid Heavy Duty Flat Incline Decline Bench GFID71
Spirit Fitness xe295 Elliptical Trainer
Treadmill
Flat/Incline bench
Roman Chair

How do you like the Leg Extension/ Leg Curl?

[alexthaman]

How do you like the Leg Extension/ Leg Curl?

I have the bodysolid glce365 as well. Not a bad leg ext. leg curl but not as great as the ones in the gyms. For leg extensions it is pretty good, you feel well the weights on quads, for leg curls, I dont like the fact that when you come at the the top of the movement, feet neat your butt, you dont feel the weights, because it is plate loaded, the weight is distributed on the arm of the machine and not on your legs. I dont like the padding too. It is not leather, it is a spongy weird product, not as easy to clean as leather is. It is better than any attachment to a bench on the market but not as good as a selected leg curl and leg extension from a commercial brand. For the price, it is a good addition to a home gym.

[SugarFree1]

How do you like the Leg Extension/ Leg Curl?

I like it a lot, its a nice commercial grade and very sturdy like most Body-Solid equipment. I got a good price on it as pre-owned from the store I shop at.
With that said though, the newer Body-Solid incline/decline bench I have has a holder to put attachements on including (leg extension/curls, preacher curl, leg holder). I dont use this particular attachment but it may be an alternative specially if space is a concern.

[mstngvic]

Hey guys, just wanted to share some shots of my small boiler-room powerlifting setup. It’s a small space (10x18’, 78” ceiling height), but I’ve crammed a lot of functionality in there and I can do a lot with it. I’ve had up to 5 friends (all fellow competitive powerlifters) over training before, and it’s a great set up.

Equipment List:
Rack: Black Widow Training Gear custom-made. 6-post rack, rear-facing weight storage. 1.75” hole spacing. Top and bottom band pegs, 2 sets of j-cups and pin/pipe safeties.
Bars: CAP OB-86PB, crappy generic bar, original Crepinsek safety squat bar, BWTG Swiss bar, homemade fat bar
Weights: Ivanko ROE-ZH (16x45 and 8x25), Cap Barbell plates (8x10, 8x5, 4x2.5)
Bench: Icarian/Precor Super Bench 119 FI bench (incredible piece)
Dumbbells: IronMaster 5-120lbs
Misc: homemade box squat box, BWTG deadlift jack, homemade deadlift platform, EliteFTS Blast Straps, full set of EliteFTS bands (short+long), tons of other miscellaneous stuff.

Not nearly as impressive as some of the incredible setups in this thread, but for what I do, it's perfect and I couldnt be happier!

[nvs180]

Hey guys, just wanted to share some shots of my small boiler-room powerlifting setup. It’s a small space (10x18’, 78” ceiling height), but I’ve crammed a lot of functionality in there and I can do a lot with it. I’ve had up to 5 friends (all fellow competitive powerlifters) over training before, and it’s a great set up.

Equipment List:
Rack: Black Widow Training Gear custom-made. 6-post rack, rear-facing weight storage. 1.75” hole spacing. Top and bottom band pegs, 2 sets of j-cups and pin/pipe safeties.
Bars: CAP OB-86PB, crappy generic bar, original Crepinsek safety squat bar, BWTG Swiss bar, homemade fat bar
Weights: Ivanko ROE-ZH (16x45 and 8x25), Cap Barbell plates (8x10, 8x5, 4x2.5)
Bench: Icarian/Precor Super Bench 119 FI bench (incredible piece)
Dumbbells: IronMaster 5-120lbs
Misc: homemade box squat box, BWTG deadlift jack, homemade deadlift platform, EliteFTS Blast Straps, full set of EliteFTS bands (short+long), tons of other miscellaneous stuff.

Not nearly as impressive as some of the incredible setups in this thread, but for what I do, it's perfect and I couldnt be happier!

Embed for you

[SugarFree1]

I have a few questions perhaps someone could help with.

Looking for some idea's/options for hanging/storing things such as cable machine accessories and attachments. I just can't decide if I want to do a regular type peg board or not and if it would detract from the look of the room if I did an entire wall with it.

I saw in the past a program that allowed you to plug in your room dimensions and equipment list and it would figure out how to best fit everything and also let you reposition things around the room. Would love to find that again. Anyone have any links to it or something similar?

As far as mirrors I was wondering what others may have done, how and where they purchased them. I have a good portion of my one wall covered but they are small in width panel type mirrors purchased from Lowes. I'd love to get something larger and more of a fitting cut for the wall but not to sure where to even get that done from. Also wondering if I should do the wall opposite mirrors so you can view both front and back while working out. How it might look and if there is any confusion caused by too many mirrors/views.

(My room pic's - post #4748)

Thanks in advance. Its great to see such a large productive thread and I enjoy seeing other's set-ups

[deadwoodgregg]

I saw in the past a program that allowed you to plug in your room dimensions and equipment list and it would figure out how to best fit everything and also let you reposition things around the room. Would love to find that again. Anyone have any links to it or something similar?

This is the one from Legend fitness. It has most of their equipment to choose from. You can resize each piece to the size of your similar pieces. Most equipment companies have a similar program.

http://legendfitness.icovia.com/icovia.aspx

[SugarFree1]

This is the one from Legend fitness. It has most of their equipment to choose from. You can resize each piece to the size of your similar pieces. Most equipment companies have a similar program.

http://legendfitness.icovia.com/icovia.aspx

Thank you. (repped)

[irongrandpa]

nvs 180, that's a unique idea to have your weight storage horns attached in the foward facing position. Reps sent.

SugarFree1, I used mirrors from HomeDepot,I think they're 30x40 or close to that and they weren't very expensive.

edit, nvs180, I just saw you had embedded the pics instead of making the original post, reps for posting the pics.

[cmarti063]

-snip-

Gyms use "glassless mirrors" - google it for sources (they are not cheap). An affordable route is Home Depot's vanity mirrors for bathrooms - they have relatively inexpensive frameless ones with very little distortion (thicker = better). Personally, I don't like mirrors at all, especially in my squat rack. I believe it is best to film yourself until you have a sense of body position simply due to kinematics and proprioceptive feedback.

[swimmer32]

This is the one from Legend fitness. It has most of their equipment to choose from. You can resize each piece to the size of your similar pieces. Most equipment companies have a similar program.

http://legendfitness.icovia.com/icovia.aspx

I'm currently using the legend fitness tool. Works pretty good!

Regarding mirrors - check with any hotels that are remodeling. A lot of times when they remodel they will sell their older stuff for cheap. I bought some mirrors from a men's dress store that went out of business also. Every once in awhile some large mirrors will show up on craigslist too.