Thread 76318341

how much did you spend on your home gym?
paying $2k+ for a treadmill seems a bit ridiculous

Several hundred but the new bench in the front is a piece of shit and i only used it for dumbell presses and abs.

>>76318341 (OP)
Uhh so far I'm like roughly $700 in, with some hand me downs.
Debating on getting a Rep Nighthawk or a bunch of misc cable and rack attachments for my next purchase.
Need to DIY and Oly plate tree here soon.

>>76318341 (OP)
uohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

>>76318341 (OP)
>paying $2k+ for a treadmill seems a bit ridiculous

It is ridiculous. Get one off craigslist or whatever.
Most people buy sports equipment and then never use it or the most common reason is they have a kid and need the space.
I got my treadmill like this; a 1 year old treadmill worth $1.5k for $200

>>76318378
Seeing stuff like this reminds me that I'm not as poor as I could be.

>>76318341 (OP)
Why do you have life-sized photos of scantily clad minors in your gym, anon?

>>76320010
Works well if you live near a population but require some dumb luck if you don’t

>>76320056
>Works well if you live near a population but require some dumb luck if you don’t

True - I have bought indoor bikes and elliptical trainer bikes and finally a big treadmill (all suck) but each time it was either a couple moving in together or them having a baby. Each time it was her getting rid of his stuff - at any price.
Could be worth the trip to a more densely populated area to pick up a bargain.

>>76318341 (OP)
90lb Powerblocks with stand ten years ago plus a high quality flat bench, ran me about $500-$600 total. Really all you need. If I buy anything else it will be some rings to mount to the ceiling.

>>76318341 (OP)
1300 euro over the course of 4.5 years so not that bad, averaged to monthly expenses it's a lot less than the cheapest gym in my area.
>>76319943
the nighthawk looks great, I might buy it with the leg curl/ext whenever they release that.

>>76318341 (OP)
>how much did you spend on your home gym?
About $6K over a decade (more, if I count the ac split unit). CL and fb marketplace are kind of dead in my area. I’ve been dedicated to bodybuilding/strength training for a couple decades and decided I was going to slowly acquire quality gear over time. I also still belong to a gym because machines are convenient, and my space is limited. I wouldn’t do the home gym thing unless you’ve been training for a few years, consistently. I know guys who have spent, upfront, as much as I have and then quit lifting or couldn’t stay disciplined working out at home—it’s an acquired skill.
>inb4 ree I hate people at the gym
Not enough to ensure a home gym will work for you imo.

>>76318341 (OP)
Buy everything second-hand, there's too many people with their workout equipment getting thrown away without you buying more new stuff. It's environmentally-friendly and cheaper if people just get stuff from eBay or whatever.

I washed the dishes at my house yesterday and thought about how people are always buying new cutlery. Why? Just buy preowned cutlery so we're not constantly having to smelt up new metal while simultaneously burying old metal in trash dumps.

inb4 some """aristocratic""" """superior""" guy tells me he doesn't want to eat with other people's used cutlery or use workout equipment other people have sweated on. Get over yourself, we're supposed to get a little dirty. Surely you've been to the gym and used workout equipment others have sweated on before or gone to a function and used other people's cutlery.

>>76320019
What does your set up look like?

All i need is a bench and free weights and a pull up bar.

The second bench was supposed to replace the first. Might get a power cage at some point though.

If you live in the US you can often find pretty good deals on used stuff on the Facebook market as long as you are patient.

>>76318341 (OP)
Around 1.3k for
>rack + lat pulldown/low row plate loaded cable tower
>FID bench
>oly bar + weight plates
>spinlock dumbbell handles + standard plates
>bands
>wrist roller
>some pulleys + eye bolts + cable to turn rack's lat pulldown/low row cable tower into a functional trainer

60 bucks.
let me guess, you need more?

My home gym is 2 kettlebells and a pull-up bar

>>76318341 (OP)

Got all this over last few years - mostly new stuff - some 2nd hand bargains.

Multigym €400 + 60kg weights
Treadmill €200
Folding bench €130
Pullup rack €80
Weights 160kg €300-ish
straight bar, Z bar, dumbbells €60
projector €80
AC unit €300

Just about got everything I need now - so €1550 all in

>>76318341 (OP)
Probs $1000 at this point, but I'm 2 decades in. I bought the $300 Oly starter kit from Sports Authority (same one available at Dick's now), gradually added to it over the years. Built some of my own equipment, found some of it used. Latest addition was adjustable dumbbells.

>>76318341 (OP)
I spend about $300 a month on dbol, test and HCG and then $20 a month on my netflix subscription.

>>76318341 (OP)
about $1100 but if I did it again I would probably only spend about $600

>>76321007
I need a barbell (or a bunch of kettlebells) because pulling/hinging movements involving the entire posterior chain are the most important to me.

>>76320926
Not that anon but invest in a good power rack. It can come with a Pullup bar and if you get more disposable income later down the years you can add more attachments.

>>76321300
What attatchments would you recomend? I really want an olympic weight sec and had been considering picrel

>>76318341 (OP)

Let's see:
Power Rack
Barbell
Bench
Plates
Resistance Bands
Dip bars
Pullup bar (rack attached)
Cables, pulleys, carabiners and attachments
GHD/Back-Extension/Nordic (Freak Athlete)
Leg Extension/Hamstring Curls (Freak Athlete)
Concept 2 RowErg
Jumping Rope
Feet harness
Weight scale

It might be ~3.5k-4k. All that only to discover I don't care about squats that much, should have went for adjustable dumbbells+cable tower instead of power rack

>>76321416
>should have went for adjustable dumbbells+cable tower instead of power rack
Kek I had the same realization. I end up mostly using my rack as a functional trainer by doing some frankenstein DIY connecting pulleys to the lat pulldown/low row tower. I could've gone with one of these instead and be fine.

>>76321428
Yep, pretty much (or the eonfit omni, which is basically the same thing). You can connect a fringe sport mammoth belt squat to that tower if you want to do heavy squats down the line. I feel I fell victim to powershitter's opinion.

>>76318341 (OP)
Why would you buy a treadmill when you can just run outside for free? Running on a treadmill is unbearable.

Welcome home, gymbro.

>>76318341 (OP)
What The Fuck Do You Need A Treadmill For The Ground Outside Is Free Nigga!!!

>>76322140
you get mocked in my town for jogging outside

>>76322155
>oh no the fat people are gonna make fun of me!!!
you are never ever gonna make it if you let crabs in a bucket pull you down

>>76322140
>>76321478
it's too hot to run outside

>>76318341 (OP)
Just the thread I was looking for.
I was thinking of building my own, anyone use powerblock dumbells? Kinda expensive but seems like a good initial investment for any size bells up to a hundred pounds, or is there a better alternative?

Around 4k$ in a span of 17 years.

>>76322224
Is that the black sun?
Dangerously based if so.

>>76318341 (OP)
About $1500 on Olympic plates, $400 on a half rack, $600 on a yoke, $1500 on barbells and specialty barbells, $400 on sandbags and kegs

>>76320056
>>76320341
oh i thought you people meant that you have to buy that stuff i you live in a place with a certain kind of population
like you have to run indoors if you live around them you know? them usuals

I've bought the plates dumbbells and bar all brand new, but can't remember exactly how much each item was. I Made the bench and half rack myself because im a welder, also painted it myself. aprox 700 bucks for everything and some work hours.

>>76318341 (OP)
go be a pedo somewhere else

>>76322140
>you are never ever gonna make it if you let crabs in a bucket pull you down

>>76321249
thats fair, i'll probably get one myself to better progress squats lol

>>76322212
>better alternative?
all preference
>pbs
fast changing of weight, can go heavy, blocky shape
>peppins
just as heavy, fast changing as well, but cost as much as a full set of individual dbs, new kid on the block so longtime durability is questionable
>ironmasters
heaviest, more traditional dumbbell shape, slow changing of weights
>spinlocks/oly db handle
can get you by, but the better options are above
>bowflex, nuobell, similar
avoid due to the plastic parts that change the weights are prone to breaking

pbs are good, they are used in university and military gyms nation wide. i've used them for this reason, but disliked the shape, so when i bought my own i went with ims because i didn't have the space for a full set
if you can, try them out before buying

>>76322333
>I Made the bench and half rack myself because im a welder
Pretty impressive anon. Do you plan on expanding the half rack to a full rack or adding some cable pulley system to it?

>>76322416
Thanks for the reply. Will look into these.

>>76322241
Yes, how could you tell?

>>76322333
Ayo ZIĄĄ kiedy ustawka na jakieś wspólne ciężary? Rejon 05-420?

>>76318341 (OP)
Why do you have little girl pictures on your wall ?

>>76322333
ffs i dont know why the picture flipped like that

>>76322417
Funnily enough, it was a full rack at first but i had to cut it and remake it into this because it took too much space and was awkward to walk around with stuff. The gym is placed in a corridor that leads to a garage so i move stuff sometimes through there. I figured i don't even like back squats that much so i just made it a half rack and enjoy front squatting and lunges. I'm thinking about a pulley system in the future, it's piss easy to make. Tricep pushdown and lat pulldown would be great additions. For now it's skullcrushers/ overhead tricep extensions, rows and pullups so not too bad. I do dumbbell pullovers too.

>>76322505
siemka ziomek, a co poznałeś po butelce muszynianki ? Ja Podkarpacie także lipka.

Some people say they have insane monthly gym payments so it probably doesn't even take that long to get the 2k$ saved but in my case I live inside an apartment cell so I pay for the gym to get in a relatively wide space to do all kinds of movements. I also can walk to my gym too, if you have to drive there then that also has to usually be accounted in the cost.

>>76322666
>poznałeś po butelce muszynianki
Zgadza się, also tripsy na walkę z ukrami. Z darem ziomuś, siła, masa, rzeźba!

>>76322201
>only 12% humidity
Probably feels nice and cool

>>76318341 (OP)
~2.5k
Got a concept 2 rowing machine
Set of dumbells from 5-50
bar + 345 lbs of plates
Rack
American flag

>>76321007
yeah I like training legs

>>76322500
based pagan bro or retard nazi mutt?

>>76320022
that's my daughter you sicko

I think this has cost me somewhere between £800-£1K over the last 3-4 years. Some of it was given to me by a friend.
I can do almost any exercise, just lacking some leg stuff really. Quite happy with my little sanctuary :)

>>76318341 (OP)
around 1k to 1.5k maybe, this is an old photo I have the setup arranged differently now and added a static bike
still got the cat shitboxes closeby so I can toxomaxx

Nothing yet since I found a bench, bar, loadable dumbbells and iron plates in a shed after a family member died. They're really cheap 1" bars and plates and the bench isn't comfortable so I'd like to get better stuff eventually but I might as well wait and save up until I'm maxing out this shit I have now. One thing I might get sooner is a cardio machine of some kind since winter makes going out for runs more of a hassle

>>76318341 (OP)
About $700 and I sold it all to a guy on meth for like 4 or 500 a few weeks ago. I move around too much to have all that cumbersome shit.

>>76322416
>>76322435
Just to add a few thoughts to this
>pbs
Having your hands inside the pb cage can feel very awkward. Definitely go to a Dicks and try them out: my local store had a workout area set up for people to try things.
>peppins/reppins
Have already seen videos of these getting loose or breaking when people drop them
>ironmasters
I went with these a long time ago and have no regrets. They’re just awesome, and changing plates doesn’t take so long. They are expensive, but less so than the reppins, and expandable to like 165lbs each. They also sell a heavy handle kit, which makes the minimum dumbbell weight 20lbs and really compresses the footprint of each one—definitely feels better when the weight is more compact and centered in your hand.
>spinlocks/oly db handle
Horrible and frustrating
>bowflex, nuobell, etc
China trash, don’t waste your money

One last recommendation, if you have money to blow: Thompson fatbells. They feel awesome and natural. It’s like making your hands weigh more. Only problem is cost, and Rogue for some reason won’t make them in regular sizes and normal 5lb increments, so assembling a full set would be hard.

>>76320022
It's OP's niece if you know my meaning

Give or take around $15k

>>76325133
I think i understand. The child if a sibling.

>>76321020
Add a dip station and that's really all you need.

roughly 40-50 usd
I'm from 3rd world.
60kg adjustable dumbbells (30kg each side) + a bar that turns them into barbell
some plastic dumbbells (bought long ago)
some bands, resistance and shoulder stretchy stuff
a foam roller for running/cycling activities
no bench. no chair. no rack. if I lift it's either standard stuff, or zercher styles.

a free backpack that I can load some plates (roughly 20-25kg) so I can do heavy carry walking. and maybe weighted pushups too

a thick 1 meter rope that I will attach to a pole and do inverted rows

what I will steal next: some yoga blocks/bricks so I can do deeper ROM pushup as well as yoga stuff. some cements from nearby construction sites. some metal bars.

rate my setup please

>>76322201
fuck I wish I had 12% humidity

>>76324848
how can (s)catfags live with turds just lying around next to them in the open all day?
all (s)cat owners are spiritual Indians.
cat piss is also the most pungent type of piss there is, these animals were designed to have the nastiest kinds of excretions and the homosexuals who own them seem to relish in that fact since they love to display their droppings like high school trophies.

>>76318341 (OP)
about €2000 possibly more

>fat
>cutout of 6 year old girl
Seriously man get your shit together and clean your hard drives.

>>76318341 (OP)
>paying $2k+ for a treadmill seems a bit ridiculous
It IS ridiculous, the outdoors is right there and completely free.

>>76318341 (OP)
At least 3k euro. I got a rack, barbell, bench, pair of adjustable dumbells, dip attachment for the rack and around 250kg of weights.