Sorry, Flap, but my dinner was brats roasted over an open fire (with the buns, of course) and s’mores. I also drank enough beer and my brother’s homemade 90 proof to forget how many beers I had.
Damn, those graham crackers were good.
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Sushi is for sure in the top 10, it almost made the short list. Steak would be…close. Really, the list would probably even change depending on my mood and my current diet.
Well, there’s nothing bad on that list, but I would agree with flappinit that steak and sushi should be higher, but that’s just me. A medium rare ribeye is about as good as food gets. I actually order them rare when I go out unless I know it’s a good steak place, because most places don’t know what medium rare is supposed to be…
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Honestly, after 4 straight days of eating about 10 pounds of lasagne and little else, it might have to move out of the top five for a while. So Sushi is back in.
That said, I am suddenly craving steak.
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Day C+59
Bicepses and Bob day. I find that I hate biceps work a bit less when I just have a day where that is all I do. It sucks less somehow. I am keeping the weights low and make sure the form is spotless, using various methods to hit all the important bits. Today it was pretty much just the straight bar, starting with drag curls and ending up with regular BB curls. Did a few isometric holds on the pullup bar in between just to keep things rolling. And had a few rounds with Bob, so that I felt like I at least did something today.
Still have that 135kg set sitting in my shopping basket. Just not sure. Would have to dump like 2 grand in total (at least) with a rack, bench and some flooring to go with it, plus basically clean out my extra room. I dunno. Having been forced to do a lot of sub-maximal training these last few months has shown me that I don’t actually hate it. And that I am well suited for it, perhaps.
#firstworldproblems
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You sure? My bare minimum figure is around €800 to include a bench I don’t particularly need.
Squat stand, bench, bar and 160kg or so. I wouldn’t deadlift tbf. Could even do without the bench and weight my pressups/do dips.
135 kilo set (bar included) alone costs about 800 Euro, and that is only because I have stumbled across a site nobody seems to know about. I have seen 100kg sets of used garbage going for 1200 euro, give or take.
And yeah, that is minus a bench or a rack.
Have you shopped on craiglist, facebook, or whatever used item sites for a better deal? I got a squat cage with an olympic bar and 100 kilos of plates for $200, and a bench, another bar and 230# of plates for $150, on craiglist with about a week of looking. I’ve had them both for about 4 years now, working great, except my son bent one of the bars by dropping it while squatting.
The used set I mentioned about was on the local equivalent of Craigslist. I think there is just a general shortage here. Plus things just cost a lot more in general. 800 euro is a relative bargain.
Okay, I replied before I saw that. I guess there’s a lot fewer wannabe weightlifters who buy their stuff and then give up, in Europe.
I think that fewer people are likely to have home gyms over here than in the US. In part because of the cost, in part because of less space. So suddenly everyone is trying to get their hands on equipment, and there is a shortage. The used prices are absurd.
Yep, couldn’t believe your 2000€ calculation and wanted to provide you some links with shipping to Denmark that would’ve been cheaper but after some shopping around, it turns out EVERYTHING is out of stock.
If you waited until they are back, it would still be cheaper though.
True. Not TONS cheaper, but it would be cheaper when stuff comes back in stock. If it comes back in stock.
Wait a second. I’ll have a look (not saying that you’re wrong, I just want to see for myself).
1114 € exl. shipping for 177,5 kg plates + 1 powerlifting training barbell + 1 flat bench + 1 commercial rated squat rack (I’ve actually used that one) + optional spotter arms incl. dip option and band pegs.
The shitty thing is, that shipping is calculated at checkout, so I don’t know if that’s going to add a huge amount. But if you have a truck and can cross the boarder, the company is physically in Hamburg.
Forgot to say: Most items I chose are marked with “back in stock mid May”.
Link? I don’t mid ordering from DE if it comes to that. No truck, though.
This isn’t standard pricing - it’s all price gouging due to the highest demand/lowest supply that home gym equipment has seen, ever.
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Plates:
I calculated 4 x 25 kg, 2 x 20, 2 x 10, 2 x 5, 2 x 2.5, 2 x 1.25
Bar (lots of options. This isn’t the cheapest but low end):
Flat bench:
Rack (there is one cheaper option):
Spotter/ dip arms/ band pegs:
I have had mostly positive experiences with this particular company. Although I currently only own one power bar.
U may not need a truck. I moved a rack (half disassembled), bench, Barbell and 200kg weights in my sedan
True all of this could fit into a Kombi. Too leazy to google if that’s the correct word in English.
But I have no idea where in Denmark @Cyrrex is, so that would kind of decide if that trip made sense. Well that and if they’d let him cross the boarder in both dorections.