Thread: The home gym ace up the sleeve!

I'm lucky enough to have a basement where I set up a power rack along with a compliment of dumbells and various accessories. I can get it all done one way or another. But I hardly use it cause I like to train at the gym and I also am lucky that there is a gym at my work....
I was on my way to the gym this morning when my wife called saying I had to return home cause my kid was sick.
So I went home and made sure my kid was comfortable in front of the tv with some juice and I went downstairs to crush.
I just wanted to share cause it's a good idea to set up something at home (if you can obviously) to cover your ass for whatever comes up.

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I have always been a fan of the big boxes, but I always run into something that drives me crazy there. I built a power rack and some bumper plates and have never looked back. I can crank my tunes as loud as I want, and not wait for a bench to be free. Your example is a good one as well.

Originally Posted by Anzel

I'm lucky enough to have a basement where I set up a power rack along with a compliment of dumbells and various accessories. I can get it all done one way or another. But I hardly use it cause I like to train at the gym and I also am lucky that there is a gym at my work....
I was on my way to the gym this morning when my wife called saying I had to return home cause my kid was sick.
So I went home and made sure my kid was comfortable in front of the tv with some juice and I went downstairs to crush.
I just wanted to share cause it's a good idea to set up something at home (if you can obviously) to cover your ass for whatever comes up.

Anzel
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Visit Puritysourcelabs.ru or PM me.

Guys made fun of me said I was pissing in the wind only working out at home. Not so.

I put on most of my mass in an apartment livingroom and had to spend more time getting my weights out and packing them away than the damn workout took.

I finally moved my benck and stuff to a storage locker and worked out from there in the blazing heat of a non climate controlled tin shed. The floor would be soaked in thirty minutes.

Now I have my own little downstairs dungeon. Only things I wish I had are a leg press and calf raise machine.

Having to do what I had to do to work out was a pain in the ass but it took dedication that helps now that I have it easy. Home gyms are the shit.

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Broke my bench the other day. Hoping to get this soon.

I agree I lift at home as well no gyms close to where I live I would have to drive 30 min just to get to one

Two things I learned when selecting, make sure the bench seat lowers for declines and make sure your rack is a full box frame. You set 400lb on a pos stick frame and pretty soon you will be scared to squat for fear of it collapsing.

Originally Posted by born

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Broke my bench the other day. Hoping to get this soon.

Hell yeah that would work

Your a good dad! Home taking care of you kid! A good place to workout at home just in case you can't make it to the gym is a great stand by. I work out at home and have for about 25 years. Don't have to wait for anything, talk to anybody, listen to what I want and workout whenever I want.

Well said, Born. A calf machine is something I long for, and probably one reason why I think about a gym membership. I hit calves after my leg workout and it's a pretty funny site seeing me try to use various items for a platform with 300+ on my back. Never quite works.

Originally Posted by SunBorne

Well said, Born. A calf machine is something I long for, and probably one reason why I think about a gym membership. I hit calves after my leg workout and it's a pretty funny site seeing me try to use various items for a platform with 300+ on my back. Never quite works.

I use pipe insulation around a barbell and set it close to my knees with my feet 45 plates. I do 5 sets sitting and 5 standing alternating with no rest. Probably my least favorite workout with that and abs