Official Arfcom Home Gym Pic and Discussion Thread (Page 2 of 11)
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Originally Posted By jcatcg: All that space  Little over 400 sq ft of mat space, I'm trying to keep it out of the other functional areas but it's spreading. Downside to having it in the shop vs a regular garage is I don't have as much wall space as I'd like. So I'll eventually build mobile storage for plates, kettlebells, bars, etc. |
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Originally Posted By SubQ: Little over 400 sq ft of mat space, I'm trying to keep it out of the other functional areas but it's spreading. Downside to having it in the shop vs a regular garage is I don't have as much wall space as I'd like. So I'll eventually build mobile storage for plates, kettlebells, bars, etc. Originally Posted By SubQ: Originally Posted By jcatcg: All that space Little over 400 sq ft of mat space, I'm trying to keep it out of the other functional areas but it's spreading. Downside to having it in the shop vs a regular garage is I don't have as much wall space as I'd like. So I'll eventually build mobile storage for plates, kettlebells, bars, etc. Yeah, that’s really nice. |
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Originally Posted By Quiganomics: Still a work in progress, but getting there. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/411079/Resized_20210419_132009_jpeg-1910961.JPG Looks good - need more plates and dumbbells  Joking aside - when we decided to build a home gym I picked up one of those all in one benches. It was a Marcy and I hated it. Leg extension sucked, preacher curl sucked, and it wasn't very good even as a flat bench. Happy day when I upgraded to a good bench. Yours looks more substantial so hopefully your experience has been different. |
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Originally Posted By SubQ: Looks good - need more plates and dumbbells Joking aside - when we decided to build a home gym I picked up one of those all in one benches. It was a Marcy and I hated it. Leg extension sucked, preacher curl sucked, and it wasn't very good even as a flat bench. Happy day when I upgraded to a good bench. Yours looks more substantial so hopefully your experience has been different.
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Originally Posted By Quiganomics: I have another 300 lbs of plates not in that pic...just been too busy to move them down to the basement from the garage. Dumbbells are adjustable from 5-50 in 5 lb increments, will be adding some larger ones soon. Also not pictured is the lat attachment for the power cage, again, been too busy to assemble it. Like I said, work in progress still. it always is
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Originally Posted By BadBobTheAlbino: Six months into my home gym. This is the best decision I’ve ever made. Not just for me, but the effects on my girl... I believe it was the wise dom mazzetti who once said, “these exercises will give you big dick energy when you have little dick dick.” |
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Originally Posted By DocBach: I believe it was the wise dom mazzetti who once said, “these exercises will give you big dick energy when you have little dick dick.” But in another Trueisum of Dom is " Don't spot me... watch me" and " did you lift it if no one is there to mire you doing it ?" Both are hard to do in a home gym buy yourself lol |
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Originally Posted By DocBach: I believe it was the wise dom mazzetti who once said, “these exercises will give you big dick energy when you have little dick dick.” Link for exercises? 
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Originally Posted By BadBobTheAlbino: Six months into my home gym. This is the best decision I’ve ever made. Not just for me, but the effects on my girl... Makes it all worthwhile  My only complaint is my discretionary funds were “reallocated”, so a thermal optic is going to have to wait. |
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Originally Posted By SubQ: Link for exercises?  Exercises to Make You Better at Sex |
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Originally Posted By DocBach: Best part of home gyming https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91850/09923687-C995-4169-8724-7F86361796E6-1934054.jpg No shit! My girlfriend is doing squats every goddamn day now. She’s upgraded from a booty to a frickin dump trunk. God bless those nice folks at Rogue. Making America great again one ass at a time. |
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Originally Posted By DocBach: Still trying to get her to do more barbell stuff, and her squat depth sucks. Probably should get her some actual lifting shoes to help with her mobility. I've actually been thinking about digging them out of the closet and starting a bodyweight regimen for the purpose of building up to barbell squats in six months, or so. |
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Attached File Added some loadable dumbbells to the garage today. I can go all the way to 315 apiece if I wanted to with the weights I already own. Great decision. 
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Originally Posted By corwin1968: I've reduced my home gym to a very basic level. I'm never going to lift huge poundage, nor do I particularly want to. I'm naturally stocky, so size has never been a major goal. During trap bar deadlifts, I can feel my right knee shifting on every rep and the sound it makes is frightening. I'm probably headed for shoulder surgery and moderate weight barbell deadlifts were aggravating it as far back as 2006. Cardio, dumbbells and a flat bench for the forseable future. I have enough plates to load each dumbell from 5 pounds to 62.5 pounds, in 2.5 pound increments, with room to spare if I decide to buy more plates. I'm too lazy to arrange everything enough for a decent picture, so I snatched some images from the internet, showing what I have, except my bench is all black, thankfully. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/42575/Home_gym_jpg-1827766.JPG @corwin1968 How do you like the bikerg ? I’ve been on the wait list for months and think I’m up to buy next week. I’m really looking to use it for a indoor trainer for long distance/mountain bike conditions and less for short interval ESD because I already have a rower and echo bike. Is the bikeerg good to get on and ride for an hour? None of the reviews I’ve read have mentioned how comfortable or effective it is for long rides. |
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Originally Posted By SubQ: Some nice gyms ya'll have. Here's mine as it is now. https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-4q9thS5/0/7956ab4d/L/i-4q9thS5-L.jpg Waiting on the last two boxes from Rogue to finish the GHD. Near term plan is to replace the PRx half rack with an RM6. When the wife asked to build a gym in the shop, I didn't want to use much space so I made her get a fold up half. Since I started working out I've changed my mind . I also need to scrounge up some square steel tube and fab up a weight tree to get the bumpers off the floor. Further out I want to get a 5-75 lb set of Rep hex rubber dumbbells. I like the straight full knurl handles. Maybe also an FT one day. Oh...and some rubber grip plates. For those looking a stall mats for their gym - I highly recommend the Rural King mats over Tractor Supply. I started with 4 mats from TS. They ranged in size from 5'11' to 5'11-3/4' long. and 3'11' to 3'11-1/2' wide. I picked up 15 more from RK and (with one exception) they were all 6'1/8 to 6'1/4' long and 4'1/8' to 4'1/4 wide. The exception was 6'1/2" long. RK mats were $6 cheaper, did not stink, MUCH more consistently sized. And the texture is a lot more comfortable. RK mat texture https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BRmdg9P/0/7715e482/L/i-BRmdg9P-L.jpg TS mat https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Mpz5mXS/0/4697028a/L/i-Mpz5mXS-L.jpg @SubQ Where do you get the RK mats? |
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Originally Posted By BadBobTheAlbino: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/441745/1CC4A126-9E51-4148-A5CE-BA6634621F50_jpe-1941542.JPG Added some loadable dumbbells to the garage today. I can go all the way to 315 apiece if I wanted to with the weights I already own. Great decision. Only 315lb curls? Man, that’s beta as fuck
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Originally Posted By AlphaThree: @corwin1968 How do you like the bikerg ? I've been on the wait list for months and think I'm up to buy next week. I'm really looking to use it for a indoor trainer for long distance/mountain bike conditions and less for short interval ESD because I already have a rower and echo bike. Is the bikeerg good to get on and ride for an hour? None of the reviews I've read have mentioned how comfortable or effective it is for long rides. I only do short intervals, because sitting on a stationary bike for any period of time is psychological torture for me. But, I had an Airdyne for years and the bikeerg is much, much more suited to long distance/time riding. In fact, I've seen several people online who mention that the bikeerg excels at long rides and that for that reason, they use it more than their assault bike or similar HIIT oriented bike. If you are on Facebook, join the bikkerg page, numerous people post up their PM readings after a ride and long distances/times are extremely common there. I don't think you will be disappointed with the bikeerg, but in the unlikely event it doesn't work for you, you can probably sell it quickly. My riding is usually short distance (ie, 1 mile, 2000 meters, 4000 meters max) intervals or short time (ie, 2, 3, 4 minutes) intervals. These are not even high powered intervals, I'm 53, totally deconditioned and weigh almost 400 lbs. These are intervals that challenge me, but don't come close to HIIT training. Yesterday, I got out on my real bike, a heavy duty off-road touring rig with 50mm + knobbies and I felt like superman. I haven't felt that kind of power and endurance in 20 years. I was blasting up hills at higher speeds, in higher gears, than I would have thought possible a year ago. I'm 100% sure that's due to the bikeerg work I've put in. |
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Originally Posted By NY_Shooter: Looking to do a lot of upgrading of my equipment. Is it worth it to wait and see if any of the big companies do sales for Memorial Day and Father's Day? Or is there no chance of sales with the high demand of everything fitness related? Rogue usually doesn’t have sales with lower prices on special days, but sometimes they’ll do special runs like flat dark earth stuff for Veterans Day or pink stuff for breast cancer week or whatever. Their big sale is matte Black Friday, price reductions and also five ships free deals. Not sure about other vendors, |
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Originally Posted By DocBach: Rogue usually doesn’t have sales with lower prices on special days, but sometimes they’ll do special runs like flat dark earth stuff for Veterans Day or pink stuff for breast cancer week or whatever. Their big sale is matte Black Friday, price reductions and also five ships free deals. Not sure about other vendors, Originally Posted By DocBach: Originally Posted By NY_Shooter: Looking to do a lot of upgrading of my equipment. Is it worth it to wait and see if any of the big companies do sales for Memorial Day and Father's Day? Or is there no chance of sales with the high demand of everything fitness related? Rogue usually doesn’t have sales with lower prices on special days, but sometimes they’ll do special runs like flat dark earth stuff for Veterans Day or pink stuff for breast cancer week or whatever. Their big sale is matte Black Friday, price reductions and also five ships free deals. Not sure about other vendors, Gotcha. Thanks for the heads up. |
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Originally Posted By Blaster7R: Ordered over $3000 worth of stuff from REP fitness last week.. stuff started showing up today... you know just as the gyms reopen without mask rules lol Just think how nice it’s going to be never having to wait for some douchebag to stop curling in the rack you want to use. |
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Originally Posted By DocBach: Best part of home gyming https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91850/09923687-C995-4169-8724-7F86361796E6-1934054.jpg Winning 
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Originally Posted By GUNGUY148: Long time, no see. Nice BFLs. Originally Posted By GUNGUY148: Originally Posted By Bhart89: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/23561/FD25D353-C007-45ED-9F98-2AA3EFE195CD_jpe-1946597.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/23561/0D301D36-827C-4657-8527-59A9248C0A95_jpe-1946598.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/23561/5F720191-2E7E-4284-982B-FB428DD893F2_jpe-1946599.JPG Long time, no see. Nice BFLs.  Last time I posted a pic is was bare studs. It’s been a slow but steady transition into a finished basement. I need to finish the built in behind the squat rack. Going to do shiplap there
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Originally Posted By Bhart89: Last time I posted a pic is was bare studs. It’s been a slow but steady transition into a finished basement. I need to finish the built in behind the squat rack. Going to do shiplap there Originally Posted By Bhart89: Originally Posted By GUNGUY148: Originally Posted By Bhart89: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/23561/FD25D353-C007-45ED-9F98-2AA3EFE195CD_jpe-1946597.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/23561/0D301D36-827C-4657-8527-59A9248C0A95_jpe-1946598.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/23561/5F720191-2E7E-4284-982B-FB428DD893F2_jpe-1946599.JPG Long time, no see. Nice BFLs. Last time I posted a pic is was bare studs. It’s been a slow but steady transition into a finished basement. I need to finish the built in behind the squat rack. Going to do shiplap there My basement gym still needs some love too, I'm horrible about getting something to it's useful state then failing to finish the project  |
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Originally Posted By BadBobTheAlbino: Just think how nice it’s going to be never having to wait for some douchebag to stop curling in the rack you want to use. Originally Posted By BadBobTheAlbino: Originally Posted By Blaster7R: Ordered over $3000 worth of stuff from REP fitness last week.. stuff started showing up today... you know just as the gyms reopen without mask rules lol Just think how nice it’s going to be never having to wait for some douchebag to stop curling in the rack you want to use. More appropriately.. How nice it will be to do curls in the squat rack with out some tool asking me how many sets I got left lol It will pay off for its shelf in just convenience or workouts. I think it was Coop from Garage Gym Reviews said something like. If building a home gym was a monetary decision no one would do it... It would take over 10 years to recoup the money over a golds gym membership. It is a lifestyle decision |
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Originally Posted By Blaster7R: More appropriately.. How nice it will be to do curls in the squat rack with out some tool asking me how many sets I got left lol It will pay off for its shelf in just convenience or workouts. I think it was Coop from Garage Gym Reviews said something like. If building a home gym was a monetary decision no one would do it... It would take over 10 years to recoup the money over a golds gym membership. It is a lifestyle decision Originally Posted By Blaster7R: Originally Posted By BadBobTheAlbino: Originally Posted By Blaster7R: Ordered over $3000 worth of stuff from REP fitness last week.. stuff started showing up today... you know just as the gyms reopen without mask rules lol Just think how nice it’s going to be never having to wait for some douchebag to stop curling in the rack you want to use. More appropriately.. How nice it will be to do curls in the squat rack with out some tool asking me how many sets I got left lol It will pay off for its shelf in just convenience or workouts. I think it was Coop from Garage Gym Reviews said something like. If building a home gym was a monetary decision no one would do it... It would take over 10 years to recoup the money over a golds gym membership. It is a lifestyle decision Yup My bar bell and 8 45s cost me well over a grand
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Originally Posted By Blaster7R: More appropriately.. How nice it will be to do curls in the squat rack with out some tool asking me how many sets I got left lol It will pay off for its shelf in just convenience or workouts. I think it was Coop from Garage Gym Reviews said something like. If building a home gym was a monetary decision no one would do it... It would take over 10 years to recoup the money over a golds gym membership. It is a lifestyle decision Originally Posted By Blaster7R: Originally Posted By BadBobTheAlbino: Originally Posted By Blaster7R: Ordered over $3000 worth of stuff from REP fitness last week.. stuff started showing up today... you know just as the gyms reopen without mask rules lol Just think how nice it’s going to be never having to wait for some douchebag to stop curling in the rack you want to use. More appropriately.. How nice it will be to do curls in the squat rack with out some tool asking me how many sets I got left lol It will pay off for its shelf in just convenience or workouts. I think it was Coop from Garage Gym Reviews said something like. If building a home gym was a monetary decision no one would do it... It would take over 10 years to recoup the money over a golds gym membership. It is a lifestyle decision |
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Originally Posted By Blaster7R: It would take over 10 years to recoup the money over a golds gym membership. It is a lifestyle decision I mean, I could get a cheap power rack, bar and weight set and have a full functional gym for about $600 if I really wanted to However yes i believe I fall into the second category, but I’ve actually never had a private gym membership. I would never go to a commercial gym, hate being around tons of people, hate waiting to use equipment, and hate driving to get there. I had a rock climbing gym membership and I went like three times with work friends and spent hundreds of dollars I never used. |
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Originally Posted By Bhart89: When I finished my basement I lost about 25% floor space to my wife. I have a cybex leg press machine siting in my garage as I type this. I’m too lazy to post it for sale on EBay. My SO has a bunch of gym equipment taking up space too. Silly ab spinners and stair climbers, other garbage she's collected. I tell her it's a good thing she's sexy
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Here is my humble little garage gym set up. I still need to do a few things, including getting some stall mats. I have a 3 bar vertical bar hanger I haven’t gotten around to mounting yet. I’d like a dumbbell rack and a few more dumbbells as well as a few odds and ends... But, this my setup as of now. Attached File |
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Nice, super space efficient! I was gonna ask what all the 10lb plates were for then I saw the loadable dumbbell handles. Have you thought of an adjustable system? My nuobells replaced a 5-50lb dumbbell set and goes up to 80lbs. Would work well in a space like that. |
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Originally Posted By corwin1968: I love the bikeerg! ZERO regrets about buying it. I only do short intervals, because sitting on a stationary bike for any period of time is psychological torture for me. But, I had an Airdyne for years and the bikeerg is much, much more suited to long distance/time riding. In fact, I've seen several people online who mention that the bikeerg excels at long rides and that for that reason, they use it more than their assault bike or similar HIIT oriented bike. If you are on Facebook, join the bikkerg page, numerous people post up their PM readings after a ride and long distances/times are extremely common there. I don't think you will be disappointed with the bikeerg, but in the unlikely event it doesn't work for you, you can probably sell it quickly. My riding is usually short distance (ie, 1 mile, 2000 meters, 4000 meters max) intervals or short time (ie, 2, 3, 4 minutes) intervals. These are not even high powered intervals, I'm 53, totally deconditioned and weigh almost 400 lbs. These are intervals that challenge me, but don't come close to HIIT training. Yesterday, I got out on my real bike, a heavy duty off-road touring rig with 50mm + knobbies and I felt like superman. I haven't felt that kind of power and endurance in 20 years. I was blasting up hills at higher speeds, in higher gears, than I would have thought possible a year ago. I'm 100% sure that's due to the bikeerg work I've put in. Awesome. My number finally came up on the waitlist last week. BikeErg was delivered yesterday l!! |
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Originally Posted By DocBach: Nice, super space efficient! I was gonna ask what all the 10lb plates were for then I saw the loadable dumbbell handles. Have you thought of an adjustable system? My nuobells replaced a 5-50lb dumbbell set and goes up to 80lbs. Would work well in a space like that. Thanks! I’ve set it up so everything is efficient in the space. Only thing that isn’t “dual purpose” is a small deadlift Jack I just ordered. I’ve looked into the Nüobell, but this setup is more versatile. As well as it was cheaper as a whole. I already had 2 pairs of 10’s, so I just got a couple more to work with the handles. I can also use those 10’s for the cable station which is actually pretty convenient. On top of that, each handle can be loaded to 220lbs and was only $154 for a pair (including shipping from Fringe Sport). So not only can I supplement them along with the dumbbells I already have, I can use them for heavier farmers carries (slightly awkward with larger plates, but it’ll do). The goal is to get a 3 tier dumbbell rack down the road and finish the set (by 10’s), leaving me with only needing 40’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Then I’ll use the loadable handles for 85lb+. I prefer actual dumbbells, so that is a compromise of sorts. Good suggestion though! |
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Originally Posted By jokermann77: Here is my humble little garage gym set up. I still need to do a few things, including getting some stall mats. I have a 3 bar vertical bar hanger I haven’t gotten around to mounting yet. I’d like a dumbbell rack and a few more dumbbells as well as a few odds and ends... But, this my setup as of now. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/78149/055A70CB-0AFE-41ED-BD47-0202C42C4CEF_jpe-1952545.JPG Looks great! What cable machine is that? On stall mats - In an earlier post I recommended Rural King mats over Tractor Supply. If you have an RK near you it’s worth checking them out. |
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Originally Posted By SubQ: Looks great! What cable machine is that? On stall mats - In an earlier post I recommended Rural King mats over Tractor Supply. If you have an RK near you it’s worth checking them out. Thank, I will look into RK. It’s a Valor BD-62. It’s been a nice little snag from FB-Marketplace! It has been great! Yeah, it has some limitations compared to a commercial cable machine. With that said, I love it and I’d get another one, especially for small spaces like mine. https://valorfitness.com/products/valor-fitness-bd-62-wall-mount-cable-station |