'Look What I Bought Today!' - Part Deux

[Synthetickiller]

That is an awesome setup.
I'm jealous of you guys with these huge basements!

[matrix563]

That is an awesome setup.
I'm jealous of you guys with these huge basements!

me too

[CliveWarren]

Nice haul. Is that bar painted?

[EricAtl]

HEY! Thanks, it's good to be back, how are you? Sorry I didn't reply to this posting when first posted, I wanted to reply when I finished setting up the cable crossover, which was yesterday. My freemotion is a home grade (still I consider it commercial) as the arms unfortunately only move up and down. I love the free motion it's just I've been wanting a commercial Cable crossover for the longest time. I have no complaints of the FT except I wish the arms moved side to side. I love the Rogue RML-690 and I've sold about half of the bumpers only a few weeks after I got the shipment, It's been ever slow since then. I have 2 pics of the Cable crossover and will attach the functional trainer again, for easy viewing.

Great pics. I really regret not pulling the trigger on the same cable cross that was for sale for a while, now gone. I the FTs are getting all the love, but I really want a cable crossover.

[matrix563]

Nice haul. Is that bar painted?

sadly

[SomeIronBoy]

I have the same cybex crossover machine except mine has another stack of plates with a lat pull down station. I really like it. Probably one of the few weight equipment items I own that I wouldnt give up.

Man We need to see some pics of your gym, I can assume it's HUUUGE and probably very nice!

looking good man, very nice

Thanks man!

Set up is looking great.

Thanks, I tried. Lol

That is an awesome setup.
I'm jealous of you guys with these huge basements!

Thank God my parents let me use 95% of the basement. lmao

me too

LOL

Great pics. I really regret not pulling the trigger on the same cable cross that was for sale for a while, now gone. I the FTs are getting all the love, but I really want a cable crossover.

The FT's are an awesome piece to have and are being talked about like they're the "new thing". That sucks you couldn't pick one up like mine, after I bought new ends caps and hole plugs, as well as wiped it down it looks like new. I might replace the cables as there's some frailing in the coating. But other than this problem I can say the machine is "smooth as butter", I can say it does feel slightly smoother than my Freemotion....or maybe I just like the CC more. IDK

[matrix563]

is yours dual stacks? the ft. max weight?

[MGM711]

You sure are destined for this. Good for you. What is the power bar in the middle ?

The bar in the middle isn't a PB...it's a mint condition 80s Eleiko Comp bar.

[cwcmac]

looks like you could fit at least ten 50kg calibrated ivankos on each side...so a metric ton?...

I was looking at it with the idea of OM or other deep dish plates. Never thought about calibrated plates and how much thinner they are. I guess weight capacity wouldn't be an impediment

[Malve1]

With this T-Bar Row, the only item left on my short list is a selectorized preacher curl machine.

Rest of the gym:
https://youtu.be/t_0bjiopy3E

[Oxidated]

With this T-Bar Row, the only item left on my short list is a selectorized preacher curl machine.

Rest of the gym:

Do people wander in your garage and ask what is the membership fee?
That gym is better equipped than most of commercial gyms I've been to.

[sm1ke]

Bought almost everything last week, all came together over the past few days.

[sm1ke]

Also picked up some Doug Hepburn plates last night, posted in the Vintage Iron thread

[dragon360]

Bought almost everything last week, all came together over the past few days.

Congrats. those bolts look super long.

[Hardgains88]

With this T-Bar Row, the only item left on my short list is a selectorized preacher curl machine.

Rest of the gym:
https://youtu.be/t_0bjiopy3E

Just love your space, one of my all time favorites and best use of space. Always impressed with what you have done, thanks for the update

Man We need to see some pics of your gym, I can assume it's HUUUGE and probably very nice!

Thanks man!

Thanks, I tried. Lol

Thank God my parents let me use 95% of the basement. lmao

LOL

The FT's are an awesome piece to have and are being talked about like they're the "new thing". That sucks you couldn't pick one up like mine, after I bought new ends caps and hole plugs, as well as wiped it down it looks like new. I might replace the cables as there's some frailing in the coating. But other than this problem I can say the machine is "smooth as butter", I can say it does feel slightly smoother than my Freemotion....or maybe I just like the CC more. IDK

Thanks for the reply, i just thinking yesterday when i noticed who identified some generic bench in 2 seconds, how good it is your back. Love the new gear.
That cybex looks awesome, its not commercial, its heavy heavy commercial stuff! Lol how big are the stacks? Its 2/1 im assuming, just a tank built piece! I think i would actually make a short connector functional trainer width (save original for resale) then the FM is for wider and the cybex covers closer spaced pressing and other FT work. Be very very easy to make

I really like the FM FT's, but the fixed arm isnt ideal fir most gyms. You have tons of space and even more equipment, you are just adding Some variety, and can flip it anytime. For someone adding this to a tight gym and not going to be adding much eise, i think its too limiting.

[thejosef]

Just a quick update on these Urethane 10s I purchased. They scratched my chrome sleeves pretty bad. It's very strange. I have an AB hard chromed oly bar that I slide Rogue's competition bumpers on all the time which has resulted in no scratches at all. Not the case with the urethane ones. The metal hub on the urethane bumpers seemed fine (smooth) but i discovered it has a small lip on the edge of the hub that is quite sharp. Bummer. I'll sand it down a bit, but my poor bar.. lol. Not a huge deal, but just an FYI.

[BuckeyeROC]

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[Synthetickiller]

Just a quick update on these Urethane 10s I purchased. They scratched my chrome sleeves pretty bad. It's very strange. I have an AB hard chromed oly bar that I slide Rogue's competition bumpers on all the time which has resulted in no scratches at all. Not the case with the urethane ones. The metal hub on the urethane bumpers seemed fine (smooth) but i discovered it has a small lip on the edge of the hub that is quite sharp. Bummer. I'll sand it down a bit, but my poor bar.. lol. Not a huge deal, but just an FYI.

Super meta post. I like it, lol (the content, not the scratch).
Can you post a pic of the scratch? Can you also post a pic of the hub?

Just for ****s and giggles, contact rogue & see what they have to say.

[thejosef]

Super meta post. I like it, lol (the content, not the scratch).
Can you post a pic of the scratch? Can you also post a pic of the hub?

Just for ****s and giggles, contact rogue & see what they have to say.

Well, somebody wanted an update after some use, so I obliged. I'll see what I can do on the photos.. may be tough to get the hub thing in a pic. Doubt I'll contact Rogue.. pretty minor and them dudes don't care about anything lately.

[Malve1]

Yes..."How much is the membership?" is always the first comment!!!

[cwcmac]

With this T-Bar Row, the only item left on my short list is a selectorized preacher curl machine.

Rest of the gym:
https://youtu.be/t_0bjiopy3E

You seem like a good guy but I kind of hate you since your gym is so freakin cool

[Synthetickiller]

Well, somebody wanted an update after some use, so I obliged. I'll see what I can do on the photos.. may be tough to get the hub thing in a pic. Doubt I'll contact Rogue.. pretty minor and them dudes don't care about anything lately.

Even if you can feel where the imperfection is. I'm curious what happened.

[AttyGuy]

With this T-Bar Row, the only item left on my short list is a selectorized preacher curl machine.






Rest of the gym:

Matching equipment with rolled rubber flooring is the way to go.

[Nebamartinez]

Also picked up some Doug Hepburn plates last night, posted in the Vintage Iron thread

Now that's awesome 😎

[irongrandpa]

Matching equipment with rolled rubber flooring is the way to go.

Completely agree, the gym looks awesome!

[Malve1]

Matching equipment with rolled rubber flooring is the way to go.

It is actually not rolled flooring. It is the puzzle piece variety but works very well for my needs. The project started out small and in short order grew from a small portion of one garage bay to filing all three.

To say that I am happy with the results would be a gross understatement.

Thank you for all the kind comments.

[Hardgains88]

It is actually not rolled flooring. It is the puzzle piece variety but works very well for my needs. The project started out small and in short order grew from a small portion of one garage bay to filing all three.

To say that I am happy with the results would be a gross understatement.

Thank you for all the kind comments.

Interesting Malve, just assumed like most that you had rolled rubber. I have seen it going back several years and its always been in my top inspiration gyms 5 here. Can you tell me anything about the puzzle flooring? We hear so much bad about it and i know rolled rubber is superior, but im windering if theres higher grade puzzle that may be better then what i have seen.
I have rolled rubber under almost all mu equipment but exposed concrete everywhere else in basement. I really dont see mysekf ever moving everything and putting diwn entire new floor. Would be nice if there was a decent puzzle mat i could used between everything akready floored.

[urbanlifter]

Every time I see your gym Malve1 I think LA Fitness, very commercial looking and you even have the thicker mats down by the mirror like they do there! Very nice setup, love the organization!

[SomeIronBoy]

is yours dual stacks? the ft. max weight?

My FT is single stacked and 150lbs max stack.

Thanks for the reply, i just thinking yesterday when i noticed who identified some generic bench in 2 seconds, how good it is your back. Love the new gear.
That cybex looks awesome, its not commercial, its heavy heavy commercial stuff! Lol how big are the stacks? Its 2/1 im assuming, just a tank built piece! I think i would actually make a short connector functional trainer width (save original for resale) then the FM is for wider and the cybex covers closer spaced pressing and other FT work. Be very very easy to make

I really like the FM FT's, but the fixed arm isnt ideal fir most gyms. You have tons of space and even more equipment, you are just adding Some variety, and can flip it anytime. For someone adding this to a tight gym and not going to be adding much eise, i think its too limiting.

Thanks! I've been around many benches cheap-heavy duty commercial, I identify and cross my fingers to hope it's the right bench I'm assumming. It wasn't soooo heavy, especially when all the internals are removed, lol. They are each 150lb Stacks, Im still not too knowledgeable about the resistance ratios to tell you which one this is, I mean I know what they are, but I can't just look at a machine and tell you "yep this is a 2:1". The shortening of a connector piece is a good idea, but I'm not too bothersome as most of the length of the machine is towards the rafters. I do completely agree with you on the fixed arms of the FT. I'm really not looking to add much more to my home gym in terms of pieces of equipment, I want a hammer strength v squat, and a reverse hyper.

[SomeIronBoy]

Interesting Malve, just assumed like most that you had rolled rubber. I have seen it going back several years and its always been in my top inspiration gyms 5 here. Can you tell me anything about the puzzle flooring? We hear so much bad about it and i know rolled rubber is superior, but im windering if theres higher grade puzzle that may be better then what i have seen.
I have rolled rubber under almost all mu equipment but exposed concrete everywhere else in basement. I really dont see mysekf ever moving everything and putting diwn entire new floor. Would be nice if there was a decent puzzle mat i could used between everything akready floored.

The commercial 3/8" and 1/2" mats are super nice! I've had the ones with the colored flecks in them before, I'd so the 1 disadvantage to them is if you have an uneven floor, like mine, all the areas that "lock in" will be slightly raised, causing many tripping hazards.