I love my home gym, it's pretty much what Burns described but with a cable attachment as well.
I hate commercial gyms and I'm really gonna miss my own gym when I move to Australia

Or not. So many of those videos of fat slobs using them and falling on their asses after it loses its grip on the door frame and breaks rofl

Heels on chair, hands on bench, weights on lap.

Dips!





This one doesn't fall.

This post was edited by CMBurns on Jan 9 2015 02:00pm

How much did you invest in your entire gym?

I've got a decent gym setup in my basement currently...

Bench with leg extension (was a gift for Christmas like 6-7 years ago also came with Olympic bar, curl bar, 2 adjustable dumbbell bars and 200ish lbs of weight)
Squat rack no safety bars tho :\ (spent 160 on CL for the squat rack, Olympic bar and about 160 lbs in weight gg deal)
Pull up/dip tower (paid 90 on CL - another gg deal)
Also bought a few more weights probably spent ~100 for another 200-300 lbs

Total I can load a bar up to 700 if I want although it may be a few years before I can dead lift that lol

I wanna get some actual adjustable dumbells like the bowflex ones or something similar as well as safety bars for squatting but for now I'm happy with what I've got

What's it like being both simultaneously the biggest and smallest guy in your gym?

lol

To be honest I'm the opposite, I get more motivated solo. Being able to blast whatever music I want, workout in whatever I want and the equipment is never in use (unless my roomy is in there, which is seldom the case).



Yes you're right, it's been a slow process adding everything and its gone from the necessary items to turning it into my own little man cave gym lol.

If you look at the recent photo you'll see the Olympic bar on the weight tree, made a huge difference once we picked those up.

Also, with the punching bag, it's a 12 in one station. On the other side you can see it has a back rest/arm rest to do leg raises/dips/etc. as well as pull up handles at the top (will get better photos up this weekend).

But yes, we do have one of those door pull up bars, love it (prefer it over the boxing station tbh).



I would highly advice in investing dude. If you slowly acquire used weights you'll be able to re-sell for the same value if not more plus save on costs of gym membership/travel. Also hugely motivating having a gym next to your bedroom.

As stated above the boxing rig has a spot for dips, check it here: http://fitnessavenue.ca/item.php?id=513



As of right now, post dumbbells, I'd say we've spent about $2500. That cost could've easily been less had we stuck with used gear (everything but this recent pickup was purchased new) as well as having nearly $500 in flooring alone which wasnt really necessary (said fuck it lets do the whole room).

You're right to stick to used, although for adjustable dumbbells I'd suggest checking out PowerBlocks. They've got several different versions varying in quality, and all have stages 1-3 which can be upgraded at any time (stage 1 5-50, stage 2 55-90 and stage 3 95-120).



Lmao, never thought about that. Not gonna lie I love it, never have to concern myself with other people, if I don't feel like cleaning up after a heavy workout I don't have to worry about it, etc.