Skid'z Gym & Workshop

[Skidmarx]

I figured I might as well start my own thread to keep my gym pics and equipment mods/restorations in one place.


Here's my first gym in 2007. I thought it rocked until I joined bb.com and saw what REAL home gyms can look like.



Here's the current lineup :
SKID homemade 3x3 power rack, hammer strength db rack, pro db's 15-100, all ivanko and york plates, 40 lb xvest on wall rack, life fitness 0-90, hammer strength 0-80 bench, various bars, handles, other gizmos.



Unknown commercial lat pulldown, bodymasters seated row, pendlay ghd, bodymasters calf, parabody combo leg curl/ext



I just did a rebuild on that bodymaster row. It used to be a rusty heap.


Recent foot plate I made for the GHD. They come with some puny crap from the factory.

[DamonB82]

Been waiting for this thread! Looks great!

[ProtienandIron]

Awesome gym Skid, pretty much everything I would choose regardless of how much space I had. Lots of high quality items, and nice big weight stacks on the machines.

[2MoreRepz]

Love it dude, that lat machine turned out perfect after the refurb!

[SuperBison]

Awesome Gym man!!
Special gratz on the homemade rack!

[irongrandpa]

Great setup! All top quality equipment without being too crowded. Also, I'm jealous of your welding skills.

[jtaliani]

Great looking setup! Thanks for sharing the pics! I too am envious of your welding/fabbing skills. I'd rep but I'm on spread with you.

[KBKB]

Nice! (Repped!)

[RichL1982]

I like it. Very clean and have everything you need in a home gym. Wait....put some rings on the ceiling. Never thought Id enjoy rings but they are slowly becoming addicting

[Cimino36]

Very cool gym. That GHD is making me want to spend some more $$$ (Just finished ordering more collars and Elitefts bands, about time to slow down). Also, how to you have your bar hung from the top of the rack? I've got a few bars but the ceilings is too low for vertical storage.

[Skidmarx]

I have 2 sets of top hooks welded into the rack. In that pic one of the bars is hanging from the powerhooks I used with my dumbbells.

[Skidmarx]

Here's a set of double hooks I made last week. I'm thinking about making another set... just because

[Skidmarx]

Down for paintenance

[jackbravo]

In for pretty colors

[Skidmarx]

2 new additions to the family today

Hammer Strength leg press. I've wanted one of these for a longgggg time




vintage York olympic bar

[weisgarb]

Nice job with the homemade power rack.

I had that exact Body Solid half rack for years. I loved it at the time, and would probably still have it if the spotter arms weren't so damn short.

[ProtienandIron]

Nice additions, can't wait to see the new paint job. WHich colour did you go with in the end, or is it a surprise?

[Skidmarx]

I'm going with the blue, just so it'll have a nice pop to it.

Got to try the leg press this morning for my leg workout, quads are toast lol

[mendyed]

Wow! That HOME gym is nicer than some gyms we have here. Thanks for posting. + rep

[jtaliani]

Those are two awesome new additions. Your gym just keeps getting nicer!

[Skidmarx]

Welp I got my rack repainted. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.





also moved the leg press around. I'm going to wait a few weeks and then paint it black to match my other stuff

[ProtienandIron]

Sweeeet. Good choice. I'm glad you left a bit of black to contrast, and its practical as its on the high use areas. GJ.

[jackbravo]

man, that blue really stands out. makes the rack pop, did you use rustoleum enamel or ...

[KBKB]

Welp I got my rack repainted. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Looks great!

[Skidmarx]

man, that blue really stands out. makes the rack pop, did you use rustoleum enamel or ...

Yeah it's the sail blue color.

[ProtienandIron]

bb.com blue?

[Huck43]

Very impressive! Gym looks outstanding. So envious of that iso row you recently refurbed!

[Skidmarx]

Very impressive! Gym looks outstanding. So envious of that iso row you recently refurbed!

thanks man

[Skidmarx]

New pickup today. I'm not sure if she's a keeper but bench day is Thursday so we'll see.

[twodog]

Hey Skid, the gym looks great as always, and I love the way the new blue paint pops on the rack. But I have a few questions:

1) the thread title mentions workshop, when do we get to see the area where it all happens, lol ?

2) Where are you keeping your bike, I always figured that it was in the garage with the weights, but I didn't capture any glimpse of it.

Nice job on seeking out some really cool equipment.