PICS and DISCUSSION of YOUR HOME GYM V2.0

[2020Wellness]

Got my mini deadlift jack and Viking press back from powder coating. I wanted satin black but they did gloss black. Turned out nice anyway. Need to add the piece of UHMW to the jack and get some plastic plugs to close off the open ends.

Garage is a mess right now, loaded up with furniture while we having carpet installed.

Have you seen the Genesis Jack?

[Ronpeter]

wow

[Ronpeter]

Glad to see some awesome pictures of gyms

[JCB003]

Have you seen the Genesis Jack?

Yes. It's pretty slick. I could make one if I had time to draw in CAD and get parts CNC burned out in steel or cut on a waterjet in aluminum. Once you have the design done it would be less work than making the one I made.

[EricAtl]

Finished paining the gym in “krypton”. I painted the concrete columns dress blue from the flag. Major pia with all of the holes in the concrete. Now I think in need to paint under the flag, we’ll see. I also have not painted the garage door, still considering what to do with it. I got the Sorinex rack together but need to tighten the mega bolts. Heads are 1.5”. I’m going the continue cleaning up the cubbies and work bench area. I want to move the sink to the left to free up some space. I’ll add some stall mats where the sink is and in the front of the gym.

[vhd16]

I got the Sorinex rack together but need to tighten the mega Heads are 1.5”.

I have used Rogue 1.5" wrenches by hand to when putting my XL rack together. You can use impact driver but I think 1.5" sockets are not that common.They are available though. Your DB uprights are same as XL rack uprights.

Sorinex 1.5" wrenches are useless.

[2020Wellness]

Yes. It's pretty slick. I could make one if I had time to draw in CAD and get parts CNC burned out in steel or cut on a waterjet in aluminum. Once you have the design done it would be less work than making the one I made.

You could also just order one from Kleva, haha. The time spent engineering one would be worth more than buying one that someone already put the work into. I have one and it's a really good invention.

[EricAtl]

I have used Rogue 1.5" wrenches by hand to when putting my XL rack together. You can use impact driver but I think 1.5" sockets are not that common.They are available though. Your DB uprights are same as XL rack uprights.

Sorinex 1.5" wrenches are useless.

I think the guy I bought the rack from May have had a Sorinex wrench. Worked for some bolts. Went to hd and they had up to 1 3/16 socket. I checked Lowe’s online and they have 1.5. Auto parts may as well. I tightened almost half with my huge wrenches. Put up a mirror, 36 x 48. I should have bought a circus mirror that makes me look wider, not so skinny. Going to keep cleaning up the cubbies. May need to paint under the flag. I’m eyeing a Cybex incline plate load to put next to the shoulder press. Would need to move the sink. Really should add some leg equipment.

[HomeGymChains]

Great setup!
(And I like the idea of a circus mirror!!!)

[Demontye]

Dear All,

I have An inquiry, i need your help guys, i'd like to post my Home Gym Equipment and then if someone can make a training routine plan for me to get started,

[d2mini]

Dear All,

I have An inquiry, i need your help guys, i'd like to post my Home Gym Equipment and then if someone can make a training routine plan for me to get started,

Read the stickies, bro.
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8

[turbolsxstang]

Ordered up some steel to make up some rack mounted dumbbell storage to free up more floor space. Hoping to have it done by the weekend.

Also thinking for piece of mind this weekend I may go under the house and add some additional floor reinforcement. Planning to double up on the amount of floor joist in the room and install blocking between them and next week add a support column and beam down the center of the floor joist span for the room so I won't have to worry about if I'm overloading the room.

[turbolsxstang]

Ordered up some steel to make up some rack mounted dumbbell storage to free up more floor space. Hoping to have it done by the weekend.

Also thinking for piece of mind this weekend I may go under the house and add some additional floor reinforcement. Planning to double up on the amount of floor joist in the room and install blocking between them and next week add a support column and beam down the center of the floor joist span for the room so I won't have to worry about if I'm overloading the room.

That sucked but it's done after spending two entire days in my crawl space while it was 90+ degrees out my gym floor is now as strong as I can possible make it. All 2x10 floor joist were sistered, blocking installed between them, and a beam installed down the center of the room. Tonight I havs to put all my plates back in the room and Tuesday the metal will be here to start building the dumbbell racks.

[krlafont]

That sucked but it's done after spending two entire days in my crawl space while it was 90+ degrees out my gym floor is now as strong as I can possible make it. All 2x10 floor joist were sistered, blocking installed between them, and a beam installed down the center of the room. Tonight I havs to put all my plates back in the room and Tuesday the metal will be here to start building the dumbbell racks.

Not a fun process! I just went through the same thing, and it sucked! You were smart to be proactive about it. I decided to wait until the floor joists exploded...

[gym62richard]

That sucked but it's done after spending two entire days in my crawl space while it was 90+ degrees out my gym floor is now as strong as I can possible make it. All 2x10 floor joist were sistered, blocking installed between them, and a beam installed down the center of the room. Tonight I havs to put all my plates back in the room and Tuesday the metal will be here to start building the dumbbell racks.

Good job, they say "prevention is better than cure". 90% of my gym floor is concrete, but last year I added an extra area, 6'x17' and had to build a timber sub floor, it has to support 1500lb rack and dumbbells and a Hammer Strength leg press and plates, about another 1000lb, paranoia forced me to go complete overkill, concrete support pillars every 6" and 3"x10" joists.

Not a fun process! I just went through the same thing, and it sucked! You were smart to be proactive about it. I decided to wait until the floor joists exploded...

Oh damn, I remember reading about it at the time, I didn't envy your task, the main thing is that you put it right.

[turbolsxstang]

Not a fun process! I just went through the same thing, and it sucked! You were smart to be proactive about it. I decided to wait until the floor joists exploded...

That sucks and was definetly a big fear of mine with having so much weight on a wood floor. After ordering another 350lbs worth of kettle bells for the room and plans to store all my dumbbells on my rack I had to do it just for the piece of mind. I may still add another steel post or two on the joist closest to my rack that sees the most weight.

[krlafont]

Damn. Hope you came out uninjured. Mind if I ask what caused the explosion. I am moving and my gym will be going from a concrete floor basement to a 3rd floor game room (25x18 space but will only taking up 15x15 space). I am already planning to be deadlifting in the garage, but I have an old FreeMotion Dual Cable Cross that weighs ~1200lbs and will have a total of 2000 to 2500 of equipment up there reasonably spaced out. I am a bit worried about causing damage or even falling through the floor (my wife is at flipping **** level). Based on my research I should be okay, but I have to ask now.

My gym was in an old structure.. rotting was already occurring! Oh and dropping 225lbs overhead from clean and jerks didn't help either... Oops

[JustTheDad]

I put our exercise room together after scouring this website for equipment advice.
I'll post pictures just to lower the curve, because you guys have some amazing home gyms!
This is mostly done. I'll get a couple more 45's, sand blast and spray them to match the others. As a scrawny 50+ yr old desk jockey who's just looking to not fall apart, I don't really need them. They'll be for my son and his friends.
Other than a couple of 45 lb bumper plates and a GHD, it's about done. Having limited space is going to save me money!
The platform is 2" of OSB under 3/4" of plywood or 3/4" stall pad rubber. The rack is through bolted to the platform using T-nuts.

Right now my daughter is the only one using it every day and that's her squat weight in the rack right now. (No laughing She's tiny, just started lifting a couple of months ago, and is doing high bar squats with good form for 10 rep sets. Also good form on her body weight deadlifts in sets of 10.)
Todd

[RestoringTally]

I put our exercise room together after scouring this website for equipment advice.
I'll post pictures just to lower the curve, because you guys have some amazing home gyms!
This is mostly done. I'll get a couple more 45's, sand blast and spray them to match the others. As a scrawny 50+ yr old desk jockey who's just looking to not fall apart, I don't really need them. They'll be for my son and his friends.
Other than a couple of 45 lb bumper plates and a GHD, it's about done. Having limited space is going to save me money!
The platform is 2" of OSB under 3/4" of plywood or 3/4" stall pad rubber. The rack is through bolted to the platform using T-nuts.

Right now my daughter is the only one using it every day and that's her squat weight in the rack right now. (No laughing She's tiny, just started lifting a couple of months ago, and is doing high bar squats with good form for 10 rep sets. Also good form on her body weight deadlifts in sets of 10.)
Todd

Embedded pics for you.

You are off to a great start. I am sure you can fit a lot more into your space.

[redviking]

I put our exercise room together after scouring this website for equipment advice.
I'll post pictures just to lower the curve, because you guys have some amazing home gyms!
This is mostly done. I'll get a couple more 45's, sand blast and spray them to match the others. As a scrawny 50+ yr old desk jockey who's just looking to not fall apart, I don't really need them. They'll be for my son and his friends.
Other than a couple of 45 lb bumper plates and a GHD, it's about done. Having limited space is going to save me money!
The platform is 2" of OSB under 3/4" of plywood or 3/4" stall pad rubber. The rack is through bolted to the platform using T-nuts.

Right now my daughter is the only one using it every day and that's her squat weight in the rack right now. (No laughing She's tiny, just started lifting a couple of months ago, and is doing high bar squats with good form for 10 rep sets. Also good form on her body weight deadlifts in sets of 10.)
Todd

Nice setup !

[Asjogren]

I put our exercise room together after scouring this website for equipment advice.
I'll post pictures just to lower the curve, because you guys have some amazing home gyms!
This is mostly done. I'll get a couple more 45's, sand blast and spray them to match the others. As a scrawny 50+ yr old desk jockey who's just looking to not fall apart, I don't really need them. They'll be for my son and his friends.
Other than a couple of 45 lb bumper plates and a GHD, it's about done. Having limited space is going to save me money!
The platform is 2" of OSB under 3/4" of plywood or 3/4" stall pad rubber. The rack is through bolted to the platform using T-nuts.

Right now my daughter is the only one using it every day and that's her squat weight in the rack right now. (No laughing She's tiny, just started lifting a couple of months ago, and is doing high bar squats with good form for 10 rep sets. Also good form on her body weight deadlifts in sets of 10.)
Todd

Nice gym..well done

[Domicron]

so jealous of natural light in your gym. don't get me wrong there are perks to the basement, but very little natural light sucks (the deck covers the windows).

[JustTheDad]

Embedded pics for you.

You are off to a great start. I am sure you can fit a lot more into your space.

Thank you. You're probably looking at the space under the inverted pull up bar. But that's where the barefoot P90x happens (hence the spray mop in the corner).

Besides, I'm all set for: squats, deadlifts, bench/incline bench, military, rows, pull-ups, dumbbell curls, tricept extensions and even some landmine exercises... . What else is there an old fart like me needs to do? (That's tongue in cheek, but I think I'm set up for the basics.)

Domicron,
Sunlight is nice, but thank g-d for A/C during the NC summers. And obviously, if my kids ever want to do Olympic lifts, they can warm up by carrying the bumper plates down the stairs to the garage. When we built the house we made sure the floor was strong enough to support a gym by overspec'ing the joists a lot, but I still wouldn't want to drop anything heavy from overhead. Definitely not off the platform!
It'd make a great picture though, with the bar actually touching the rubber flooring...

[AubStrong]

Wow good stuff!

[RestoringTally]

Thank you. You're probably looking at the space under the inverted pull up bar. But that's where the barefoot P90x happens (hence the spray mop in the corner).

Besides, I'm all set for: squats, deadlifts, bench/incline bench, military, rows, pull-ups, dumbbell curls, tricept extensions and even some landmine exercises... . What else is there an old fart like me needs to do? (That's tongue in cheek, but I think I'm set up for the basics.)

I am jealous of all your open space. My gym fits in a 10' x 12' room. My major equipment includes a rack, a stack loaded lat pulldown/seated row machine, a calf raise, a 45 degree back extension bench, two full DB racks, two weight trees, a set of KBs, and a landmine. I don't have room for P90x, though.

You can fit a whole lot more in your space. Stick around this forum and you will see how much can fit.

[gym62richard]

Thank you. You're probably looking at the space under the inverted pull up bar. But that's where the barefoot P90x happens (hence the spray mop in the corner).

Besides, I'm all set for: squats, deadlifts, bench/incline bench, military, rows, pull-ups, dumbbell curls, tricept extensions and even some landmine exercises... . What else is there an old fart like me needs to do? (That's tongue in cheek, but I think I'm set up for the basics.)

Domicron,
Sunlight is nice, but thank g-d for A/C during the NC summers. And obviously, if my kids ever want to do Olympic lifts, they can warm up by carrying the bumper plates down the stairs to the garage. When we built the house we made sure the floor was strong enough to support a gym by overspec'ing the joists a lot, but I still wouldn't want to drop anything heavy from overhead. Definitely not off the platform!
It'd make a great picture though, with the bar actually touching the rubber flooring...

Great first time set up, you appear to have all the basics covered. It looks as if you also have space should you wish to add more equipment, if that's not your intention, then I'd advise staying away from this forum haha.

[EricAtl]

Great first time set up, you appear to have all the basics covered. It looks as if you also have space should you wish to add more equipment, if that's not your intention, then I'd advise staying away from this forum haha.

Agreed. Check your pm (Richard).

[Restomod]

I put our exercise room together after scouring this website for equipment advice.
I'll post pictures just to lower the curve, because you guys have some amazing home gyms!
This is mostly done. I'll get a couple more 45's, sand blast and spray them to match the others. As a scrawny 50+ yr old desk jockey who's just looking to not fall apart, I don't really need them. They'll be for my son and his friends.
Other than a couple of 45 lb bumper plates and a GHD, it's about done. Having limited space is going to save me money!
The platform is 2" of OSB under 3/4" of plywood or 3/4" stall pad rubber. The rack is through bolted to the platform using T-nuts.

Right now my daughter is the only one using it every day and that's her squat weight in the rack right now. (No laughing She's tiny, just started lifting a couple of months ago, and is doing high bar squats with good form for 10 rep sets. Also good form on her body weight deadlifts in sets of 10.)
Todd

Nice job, looks great.

[JustTheDad]

Thank you guys. Between us, it's a little fru-fru feeling to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm soft and lazy these days, but that incline bench is my favorite piece because it was a true, beat up commercial bench with many layers of paint over the powder coat. I stripped it, modified it, and last weekend I blasted and painted it.
I do love seeing the beautiful gyms some guys have set up, but I think I admire the people who put together and use dungeon gyms with rusty plates, torn vinyl and chalk the most. It's what I had years ago, and somehow, it still feels right. I remember building my first dip stand from 2x4s and dowels with a hand saw, hammer, and nails. Build it far too wide, but we made it work. The pull up bar was a 1" black steel pipe we wedged between two trees, and half the plates were sand filled vinyl. We'd turn on the music, lift for an hour, go for a run, drink a can of mountain dew, and stack everything back in the corner.
Now my gym has a swifter-spray-mop.

[turbolsxstang]

Finally pics of the finished space/upgrades,

https://i.imgur.com/8vuxUlV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/z5eZZDB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JDkqu84.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/H8WdURv.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JVLSO95.jpg