Homemade Exercise Equipment

Training Powerlifting
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I found a great link: homemade exercise equipment

and it got me to thinking. What are some of the best ideas you’ve had for homemade exercise equipment? Someone posted the idea of using scaffolding for a cheap squat rack awhile back, which I thought was a great idea and will be starting on within the next week. The link above had some great and simple ideas (homemade medicine ball=b-ball filled w/ dried beans and duct-taped back together, instructions for a cool grappling dummy, etc.) I’m trying to put a decent, cheap, and very compact home gym (to fit in a corner of my studio apt.) so any ideas would be appreciated. Right now I’m thinking scaffolding squat rack, sandbag, med. ball (cause it’s cheap) and some dumbbells.

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I did the med ball thing…filled a few basketballs and kick balls with sand then duct taped them together. Works fine…but don’t throw them.

Sandbags are your best bet.

In all honesty, you could go to a flea market or yard sale and pick up a ton of exercise plate for almost nothing. Buy some JS or Iron woody bands, and you’re set.

Some of the stuff that guy made looks kind of crappy.

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The best buy I ever made was a couple of 4x8 bricks from the stone yard I work at, and I use them for knuckle pushups in my room. You can also stack a few of them, and elevate yourself for a deeper pushup. By the time you do regular ones on the floor, they feel like nothing.