adjustable dumbbells that you can attach regular weight plates on to
a piece of cardio equipment like, say a stationary bike
… what else?
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I spent about $1250 and got the best power rack I could find in Australia. I wanted dumbbells up to 70kg so I spent a bit extra on those as well and purchased the Ironmaster dumbbells with two add on kits. I also got a heavy duty olympic bar, safety squat bar, dip attachment and 300 kg in weights. The power rack I got has an awesome chin up bar and dip attachment. I’ve never trained with machines and cables so this was ideal.
Anyone thinking of getting a home gym, I couldn’t recommend it enough. Easily the best thing I have ever done regarding my training. Wish I did it 10 years ago.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
Here’s the rack, have 500 pounds of olympic weights, maybe 1000 pounds in regular weights, a preacher bench, flat/incline bench, I’m buying a 0-90 degree bench soon, I got the dip bar and pull up attachment on the rack, also a pulldown and tricep pushdown attachment for my bench, a few bars and adjustable dumb bells, almost done…[/quote]
I actually built a power rack with a buddy. Cost about $180.
It can hold I believe 500 lbs.
Yes, that may not be extraordinary or anything, but considering non of my lifts are anywhere near there, and also being on a budget, it was a great deal.
Thus far I have:
-Power Rack
-Olympic Barbell and PLates
-regular old school barbell with about 1000 lbs worth of plates
-EZ curl bar
-Preacher Bench
-Leg extension/curl machine (cant fit a lot but I only do those to pre exhaust or just as a finisher)
-Pullup bar/dip bars
-Adjustable Bench
-Adjustable Dumbbells (I want to up grade those in time but Im more of a barbell person anyway, I do most of my exercises with the barbell).
I also believe that the power rack could technically hold much more than 500 (the wood was built with the kind of lumber used for houses, and last I checked a house weighs MUCH more than 500 lbs!).
The only thing that I would have to “up grade” are the pins, because I think their limit is 500.
But anyways, lets see Austin’s setup! Lookin good thus far man!
Nice gyms people. I’m working on my home gym, and since my wife and I are both in grad school, I have very little cash to throw at this.
So far, I bought a Weider power rack, oly bar, ez-bar and weights on craigslist all for $200. I bought a decent bench at a used sports equip place for $60. Although I’m far exceeding the weight rating on the rack and the bench, it seems to be holding up okay. And of course, I bought a $40 pair of FatGripz.
With only $300 invested, I can do bench, squats, pull-ups, deadlifts, shoulder press, curls, skull crushers, etc. I think the only thing I’m really missing is some kind of lat-pull down or supported t-bar row, as I’m not a fan of doing bent-over rows anywhere near deadlifts.
So, my point is, while you can easily throw $1,000+ for just a rack, you can do pretty well finding decent oly weight racks on craigslist. And the nice thing about this, if you find a good enough deal, when you’re ready to upgrade, you can always turn around and recover your investment. Decent equipment does not depreciate. Plus, my appeal to my wife to spend $1,000 on a rack alone will be much stronger when I’ve lifted at home for the past year and have already saved half that in gym dues!
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
Here’s the rack, have 500 pounds of olympic weights, maybe 1000 pounds in regular weights, a preacher bench, flat/incline bench, I’m buying a 0-90 degree bench soon, I got the dip bar and pull up attachment on the rack, also a pulldown and tricep pushdown attachment for my bench, a few bars and adjustable dumb bells, almost done…[/quote]
Beautiful setup. Where did you order from?[/quote]
I was going to by one 100 dollars less with a 600 lb limit but this thing had the 1500 and I’ll definetly rack pull over 6.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
Here’s the rack, have 500 pounds of olympic weights, maybe 1000 pounds in regular weights, a preacher bench, flat/incline bench, I’m buying a 0-90 degree bench soon, I got the dip bar and pull up attachment on the rack, also a pulldown and tricep pushdown attachment for my bench, a few bars and adjustable dumb bells, almost done…[/quote]
Beautiful setup. Where did you order from?[/quote]
Thanks dude, I ordered from bodybuilding.com, keyword search powertec in the store rack should come up 499, I was lucky enough to have a coupon to save 50 dollars.
Hallo guys.
I know this is a old thread but I figured I could try to ask here instead of making a new one.
I’m going to build myself a new home gym, I have some stuff but want to add a pulldown/row machine. I have found to different types from bodysolid I think could work, but I’m not sure which I should select. So I was curious If someone have experience with any of them.
I’v hear the 83 is not the most “stable” machine, maybe because it’s so light, but I guess I could mount it to the floor or something? I also know 84 comes with a bigger weight stack, but my dealer doesn’t sell it, so If I by the 84 I guess I just have to use a chain to add some weights when necessary.
Only thing I would keep in the back of your mind when making a purchase of a cable machine for a home gym (which isn’t commercial grade) is the likely hood that you may need to upgrade the pulleys at some stage and possibly the cable also.
I’ve had a VERY GOOD look around and have found maybe one or two where the pulleys were rated above 100kg (220 lbs) but those were too expensive for me. Quite frankly though, if I were to upgrade the pulley I’d probably throw on a higher rated cable also.
Of course this destroys warranty so be mindful of that.
[quote]Teledin wrote:
Only thing I would keep in the back of your mind when making a purchase of a cable machine for a home gym (which isn’t commercial grade) is the likely hood that you may need to upgrade the pulleys at some stage and possibly the cable also.
I’ve had a VERY GOOD look around and have found maybe one or two where the pulleys were rated above 100kg (220 lbs) but those were too expensive for me. Quite frankly though, if I were to upgrade the pulley I’d probably throw on a higher rated cable also.
Of course this destroys warranty so be mindful of that.[/quote]
Thanks for the reply I have also been thinking about this, becouse I want gear I can use for a while and that could handle some use and weights.
What did you end up buying?
I have heard the glm83 should handle around 260lbs and the glm84 with bigger weight stack comes with 286 so I’m thinking the glm84 with less weights should handle the same.
I didn’t end up buying anything because I had to spend the money I had set aside for a home gym on car repairs, medical expenses, etc. So I never went ahead with it.
Sounds like a decent setup if it can handle 130kg (286). That should last you quite a number of years. Some pulley systems actually reduce the true resistance. I know some of the Nautilus cable stations have that, so also be mindful of this. I think they are rare though for pulldown stations. I’ve only ever once seen it and it was an isolateral row/pull down station.
Dunno how much a pulley upgrade would cost. I doubt they would be very expensive as you can get rock climbing ones rated at near 7,000 lbs for under $100.
[quote]bob84 wrote:
[quote]Teledin wrote:
Only thing I would keep in the back of your mind when making a purchase of a cable machine for a home gym (which isn’t commercial grade) is the likely hood that you may need to upgrade the pulleys at some stage and possibly the cable also.
I’ve had a VERY GOOD look around and have found maybe one or two where the pulleys were rated above 100kg (220 lbs) but those were too expensive for me. Quite frankly though, if I were to upgrade the pulley I’d probably throw on a higher rated cable also.
Of course this destroys warranty so be mindful of that.[/quote]
Thanks for the reply I have also been thinking about this, becouse I want gear I can use for a while and that could handle some use and weights.
What did you end up buying?
I have heard the glm83 should handle around 260lbs and the glm84 with bigger weight stack comes with 286 so I’m thinking the glm84 with less weights should handle the same. [/quote]
[quote]Teledin wrote:
I didn’t end up buying anything because I had to spend the money I had set aside for a home gym on car repairs, medical expenses, etc. So I never went ahead with it.
Sounds like a decent setup if it can handle 130kg (286). That should last you quite a number of years. Some pulley systems actually reduce the true resistance. I know some of the Nautilus cable stations have that, so also be mindful of this. I think they are rare though for pulldown stations. I’ve only ever once seen it and it was an isolateral row/pull down station.
Dunno how much a pulley upgrade would cost. I doubt they would be very expensive as you can get rock climbing ones rated at near 7,000 lbs for under $100.
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Thanks for the reply, I have mailed the company and asked if the model without weights and the one with 95kgs have the same pulleys and wires as the one that comes with a 130kgs magazine. If it’s the same I guess It would be all good.
I have also been thinking about this, becouse I want gear I can use for a while and that could handle some use and weights.