Cost effective way to make home gym in garden

Hi all im currently working out at home obviously with coronavirus and im making use of the limited space in my house as its small. My wife is due to give birth end of may and im not really going to have room to continue working out in the house but i prefer working out at home as i can just get up early in the morning and do a workout. I do however have a big garden which i could utilise. Any ideas on a cost effective way to make a gym in the garden? Ive been thinking of getting a canopy and putting my equipment... Squat rack, bench and weights underneath but with living in england it would be freezing cold in the winter. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

Rent a heated storage unit?

[QUOTE=safcpaul;1603587371]Hi all im currently working out at home obviously with coronavirus and im making use of the limited space in my house as its small. My wife is due to give birth end of may and im not really going to have room to continue working out in the house but i prefer working out at home as i can just get up early in the morning and do a workout. I do however have a big garden which i could utilise. Any ideas on a cost effective way to make a gym in the garden? Ive been thinking of getting a canopy and putting my equipment... Squat rack, bench and weights underneath but with living in england it would be freezing cold in the winter. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated[/QUOTE]

I also live in the UK, given our climate I don't think a simple canopy will cut the mustard, ideally you'd need to consider some form of enclosed structure.

I don't know whether you're handy enough to build it yourself, but a large enough garden shed may suffice.

I have a timber engineered building, my background is in construction, so I was able to do the vast majority of the work myself, I started out with a very modest building of just over 100 square feet, enough room for a rack, bench and lat/low row machine, my gym has now evolved into a much larger structure, 600 square feet, pretty much a mini commercial gym.

For a rack and bench set up, 4mx2.5m should provide enough room, with a pre fabricated building, height may be the only issue.

[QUOTE=gym62richard;1603606051]I also live in the UK, given our climate I don't think a simple canopy will cut the mustard, ideally you'd need to consider some form of enclosed structure.

I don't know whether you're handy enough to build it yourself, but a large enough garden shed may suffice.

I have a timber engineered building, my background is in construction, so I was able to do the vast majority of the work myself, I started out with a very modest building of just over 100 square feet, enough room for a rack, bench and lat/low row machine, my gym has now evolved into a much larger structure, 600 square feet, pretty much a mini commercial gym.

For a rack and bench set up, 4mx2.5m should provide enough room, with a pre fabricated building, height may be the only issue.[/QUOTE]

I wish i took a trade like construction haha very handy trade to know. The guy who has done alot of work on my house will probably build a shed for me and do it fairly cheaply if i ask him... Do you have a rough estimate on the cost of the materials to build 4m x 2.5m shed that is about 7-8 feet tall?

[QUOTE=Greybird2;1603600781]Rent a heated storage unit?[/QUOTE]

Can you rent them to put in your garden?

Saw this guy on the local news..... built his own log gym....

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[QUOTE=rpark;1603634611]Saw this guy on the local news..... built his own log gym....

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That's crazy how he done that haha

[QUOTE=safcpaul;1603587371]Any ideas on a cost effective way to make a gym in the garden?[/QUOTE]

Step #1: Tell the wife you need a shed more than a garden.

Step #2: Pave over the garden, and build a shed (heated preferably).

Step #3: Buy a power rack, 300lb weight set, and a bench.

[QUOTE=safcpaul;1603630281]I wish i took a trade like construction haha very handy trade to know. The guy who has done alot of work on my house will probably build a shed for me and do it fairly cheaply if i ask him... Do you have a rough estimate on the cost of the materials to build 4m x 2.5m shed that is about 7-8 feet tall?[/QUOTE]


Well that's a difficult question, the building would need some form of base/floor, if you already have a level concrete area it may be good enough.

These are very rough estimates, base either concrete or timber, £80, 100mmx50mm treated timber studding, you would need about 40 lengths @ 2.4m long, approximately 100 linear metres, £65, wall cladding 28 square metres, depending on the cladding material, between, £8-£20 per sq metre, door and frame, £150, roofing sheets/material and fixings £100.

That's just for a very basic structure, on my gym I also used a vapour barrier under my cladding and have the wall and roof insulated, all the internal walls are lined with either Slat storage panels or plywood.

[QUOTE=urbanlifter;1603636921]Step #1: Tell the wife you need a shed more than a garden.

Step #2: Pave over the garden, and build a shed (heated preferably).

Step #3: Buy a power rack, 300lb weight set, and a bench.[/QUOTE]

I told her step 1 now i live in the garden haha

[QUOTE=gym62richard;1603638521]Well that's a difficult question, the building would need some form of base/floor, if you already have a level concrete area it may be good enough.

These are very rough estimates, base either concrete or timber, £80, 100mmx50mm treated timber studding, you would need about 40 lengths @ 2.4m long, approximately 100 linear metres, £65, wall cladding 28 square metres, depending on the cladding material, between, £8-£20 per sq metre, door and frame, £150, roofing sheets/material and fixings £100.

That's just for a very basic structure, on my gym I also used a vapour barrier under my cladding and have the wall and roof insulated, all the internal walls are lined with either Slat storage panels or plywood.[/QUOTE]

Ive got a level concrete area which i think would suffice. It sounds affordable and will give me what i want. Thanks for the advice and the detailed response, i appreciate it mate

I have a 15x10 shed summer house that a company in Birmingham UK fitted for me for 1200£
I just had to do the base myself.

I also agree with gym Richard about canopies etc. For a while I tried to use a fabric gazebo like a mRket stall type that I bought cheap. Ended up getting damaged due to rain build up. Just didn’t make it enjoyable to train at all. Get at least a shed. A 12x8 would work for a half rack barbell plates bench and some power block bells.