Home gym

[Heavyweightmover]

How many of you juicy bros have a home gym or thinking about one? What’s your inventory or dream inventory?

About 5 years ago I was gifted a power rack, barbell, and plates when I was a furniture mover. I’ve recently made some purchases. So far:

Powerack with pull-up and dip attachments
2 barbells with steel plates up to 300 lbs and 6 45 pound bumper plates.
EZ curl bar
Dumbbells from 5-20 pounds and 2 adjustable dumbbells from 25-60 pounds
Dumbbell handles that fit Olympic plates for heavy work
Resistance bands that attach to power rack
Adjustable bench with leg press/leg curl attachment
Concept 2 rower and Rogue Echo bike for cardio

The only thing I think I’m missing is a pulley system to focus on certain isolations. Anything I should add?

 

[fershiz85]

What equipment is heavily relative to the size of your space IMO. I’ve got a 25x14 (approx) basement gym, so floor space and height for equipment always comes into account.

Anything that comes in contact with me and the weight I typically don’t cheap out on. Beyond that, I take price into account. I’ve got a rogue OPB, ohio deadlift bar (boneyard) and cap ob86 as a trash bar. powerblock 90lb dumbbells.

90% of my workouts involve using the titan flat foot rack in some fashion. I use rogue jcups and safety straps since staying alive is pretty important.

for weights - I went cheap and found some cap’s someone was selling. I don’t regret it in the few years I’ve had 'em. he had 6 35’s in the set i bought, so kinda tells you what he knew at the time.

 

[Cle]

Dip belt so you can weighted dip and pull ups.
Two solid wood box/platform so you can do bench squat and belt squat.
One big ass speaker.

 

[Billazefagates]

I’m also starting a homegym but from scratch, what racks do you guys suggest. I was thinking the Titan t3

 

[MiniFridge]

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Heavyweightmover" pid='43577' dateline='1551550492:

How many of you juicy bros have a home gym or thinking about one? What’s your inventory or dream inventory?

About 5 years ago I was gifted a power rack, barbell, and plates when I was a furniture mover. I’ve recently made some purchases. So far:

Powerack with pull-up and dip attachments
2 barbells with steel plates up to 300 lbs and 6 45 pound bumper plates.
EZ curl bar
Dumbbells from 5-20 pounds and 2 adjustable dumbbells from 25-60 pounds
Dumbbell handles that fit Olympic plates for heavy work
Resistance bands that attach to power rack
Adjustable bench with leg press/leg curl attachment
Concept 2 rower and Rogue Echo bike for cardio

The only thing I think I’m missing is a pulley system to focus on certain isolations. Anything I should add?

I’d pick up an older Schwinn Aerodyne over the Rogue bike. Same exact concept and you can probably find one at a yard sale that someones grandma bought in the 90’s. I’ve got nothing again Rogue but they’ve gotten gimmicky with all of the crossfit shit and their pricing is too high.

Good choice on the Concept 2 rower though. I’ve worked on them in the past and even at their worst, a complete rebuild one one is less than $200. You can get 10 years out of them with minimal or no maintenance.

Got a dusty Airdyne AD4 for $100 off craigslist, thing is bombproof.

 

[TeddySwolesevelt]

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I’m also starting a homegym but from scratch, what racks do you guys suggest. I was thinking the Titan t3

I had the T3 til I got a Rogue flat foot for a screaming deal off Craigslist.

T3 is a beast, but was a little out of square. Quality isn’t that of Rogue’s but they make solid shit, and for 99% of people will work just fine. Powder coat/welds/j hook fitment could all use some work, but everything will WORK.

For what it’s worth my buddy got the X3 flat foot from Titan and likes it a lot. If you don’t want to bolt the rack down I’d say that’s a good option for a bit more coin.

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Some other things to consider you may want to keep an eye out for…

Selectorized or decent plate loaded lat pull down. Bonus if it has a low pulley. I scored mine with 250# stack for $80.

Bands for warming up/stretching/mobility shit. Helps me a ton with shoulder issues to accommodate heavy bench/shoulder work.

GHD or reverse hyper. This is one of the last missing pieces for me. Reverse hyper will be substantially cheaper and take up less floor space, but IMO doesn’t hit hammies as hard.

Also +1 for the Schwinn Airdyne. Things are bulletproof and straight ass kickers.

3/4" horse stall mats from Tractor Supply for flooring. $45 for 4’x6’.

 

[strongr007]

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I’m also starting a homegym but from scratch, what racks do you guys suggest. I was thinking the Titan t3

I have a T3 extension bolted to a wall and lots of attachments. Good stuff. Make sure and catch a sale. They ship Fedex ground same day from Alabama.

If I was loaded I’d buy everything Rogue they are 100% USA manufactured. Beautiful gear but for the price of one accessory you can buy a Titan cage.

I put those cheap rubber puzzle mats on the floor - 3/4" thick. About $3 for 2’ x 2’. Really saves your joints.

Academy has this low end Marcy cage for a good price. I like the angled supports for bench, and it has a decent pulley setup for the $$.

https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/marcy-pro-power-cage-and-utility-bench

Walmart for cheap plates. $1 a pound. Free shipping.

Cheap hex bar from Amazon.

Landmines on both cages makes for versatile combinations without much changeup.

 

[Billazefagates]

So far I found 500lb plates for 250 on Craigslist. Using horsestall mats for flooring. Tomorrow gonna pick up a powertec workbench + back extension for 300, I think it’ll work well for accessory lifts. Just waiting for a good deal on a rack, I found rep fitness has a pretty bad ass half rack for 299 (not counting 150 they want for shipping) the sr4000 and they also make high quality benches for a fair price, just hoping I can catch a steal on CL or a sale before I pay full price on anything lol

 

[MrBoxOffice]

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I’m also starting a homegym but from scratch, what racks do you guys suggest. I was thinking the Titan t3

Do not recommend my Prx. Love its Low profile but for the cost its just meh. Looking back would have gone for the Wall Mounted Titan.

Of course thats all null if space is of no issue to you.

 

[Heavyweightmover]

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I’m also starting a homegym but from scratch, what racks do you guys suggest. I was thinking the Titan t3

My rack is a bodysolid gpr378. It’s a higher gauge steel than most racks and should be able to support most of your weights unless your Eddie Hall. It has additional accessories that can be purchased like a dip bar and lay pulldown with stacked weights. The price is reasonable at most online dealers have a sale every few months for holidays so keep a look out. The only complaint would be you have to do OHP on the outside due to the height but this is probably true for most racks. I’m 6’3” and if I had the lat tower attachment my head might touch it on squats if I didn’t take another step back or squated on the outside without the safety bars.

 

[keoking]

Building a home gym was the best health decision I ever made. The wife has given me free reign, so all this shit is in my formal dining room, breakfast nook, and living room. Respect to all the poor fuckers having to slug it out in garage gyms in the SW/SE US. Fuck that.

Rogue RML-690 rack
FID bench
Maybe 700lbs of weights
Bowflex 90lb adjustable dumbbells (they’re fine unless you drop them; fuckers are fragile as fuck)
Bodycraft XPress Pro w/ leg press (covers all my stack/pulley needs)
Treadmill
Concept2 rower
Rogue Echo Bike (this thing is brutal)