Quality Home Gym and Bench Recommendations

[ResearchinStuff]

Sounds like you need a ghd

 

[TheCougar]

Sounds like you need a ghd

Hyper Pro has GHD, Rev Hyper, Back Ext, etc. kind of like a core Swiss Army knife.

 

[TheCougar]

Sounds like you need a ghd

Sounds like I need to go back in time and tell myself that doing volume sets of 300lb deadlifts “for time” is an effing stupid idea.

 

[TheCougar]

Gym list so far:
STEPR Pro from FB marketplace
Ares 2.0 with Smith attachment
Yoga mat. Make all the fun you want. It makes me hurt less
Good barbell
Preacher bar.
Set of plates.
DB set up to 100#. Probably 3-50, then 60/70/80/90/100.
Freak Athlete Hyper Pro with leg attachment and GHD pad
Prime Shorty Bench
Collars, bands, bars, ropes, etc.
Easy $10k.
The good news is my wife wants a mirror, and that’s free - I just have to remove it from the bedroom ceiling.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Pretty similar to what I have. You won't need the preacher bar with the cable machine curl bar. Could arguably skip the dumbells too, but I didn't.

Ares 2.0
Dumbellls 5-50
Rep alpine bar
Rep nighthawk bench
Leg rollers
Booty by bret hip thrust device
Titan Roman chair
Schwin spin bike
Rogue ohio bar
Fringe sport Savage bumpers
Radiant health sauna
Amazon gymnastics/wrestling mats
And the old titan half rack we started with that my wife won't give up.

 

[jjschuh]

Pretty similar to what I have. You won't need the preacher bar with the cable machine curl bar. Could arguably skip the dumbells too, but I didn't.

Ares 2.0
Dumbellls 5-50
Rep alpine bar
Rep nighthawk bench
Leg rollers
Booty by bret hip thrust device
Titan Roman chair
Schwin spin bike
Rogue ohio bar
Fringe sport Savage bumpers
Radiant health sauna
Amazon gymnastics/wrestling mats
And the old titan half rack we started with that my wife won't give up.

The Ronnie Coleman poster is a great touch

 

[ddd-shooter]

Pretty similar to what I have. You won't need the preacher bar with the cable machine curl bar. Could arguably skip the dumbells too, but I didn't.

Ares 2.0
Dumbellls 5-50
Rep alpine bar
Rep nighthawk bench
Leg rollers
Booty by bret hip thrust device
Titan Roman chair
Schwin spin bike
Rogue ohio bar
Fringe sport Savage bumpers
Radiant health sauna
Amazon gymnastics/wrestling mats
And the old titan half rack we started with that my wife won't give up.

Love the sauna! How do you like it?? We need one

 

[ddd-shooter]

Gym list so far:
STEPR Pro from FB marketplace
Ares 2.0 with Smith attachment
Yoga mat. Make all the fun you want. It makes me hurt less
Good barbell
Preacher bar.
Set of plates.
DB set up to 100#. Probably 3-50, then 60/70/80/90/100.
Freak Athlete Hyper Pro with leg attachment and GHD pad
Prime Shorty Bench
Collars, bands, bars, ropes, etc.
Easy $10k.
The good news is my wife wants a mirror, and that’s free - I just have to remove it from the bedroom ceiling.

I started with two barbells, highly recommend adding another as soon as you can. Wife has since found more at the thrift.
Even if she’s not working out with me, if I want to do multiple barbell lifts in superset it’s really handy.
If I had a better place for a sled, we’d have a sled. Looking at finding a way to make it work in the driveway anyway.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Love the sauna! How do you like it?? We need one

I'm actually using the sauna a ton, trying to detox some pretty serious mold toxin build ups. It's weird sweating so hard doing nothing, but I'm feeling noticeably better and sleeping away better on the nights I sauna.

My wife is partnered with radiant health, lmk if you want a discount code, it's good for like $500 off.

 

[ztc92]

Figured I’d add a few pictures for anyone following along. Our home gym is very simple but meets our needs for now. I’d like to upgrade our treadmill and get a rowing machine one day when we have a shop and more space.

This is the Titan T3 squat rack with half-rack and plate holders added on. I’ve been really happy with it so far. Dumbbells and plates are a mix from various sales and used on Facebook. Kettlebells are from Walmart. Peloton and treadmill came from Facebook marketplace.

 

[TheCougar]

So far I got a Hyper Pro bench to work on my core and lower body, and I scored a set of iron DBs and cybex tracks off FB. Got some rubber gym flooring coming too. This is going to blow all of my annual bonus.

 

[Tahoe1305]

So far I got a Hyper Pro bench to work on my core and lower body, and I scored a set of iron DBs and cybex tracks off FB. Got some rubber gym flooring coming too. This is going to blow all of my annual bonus.

No it’s not…….

Curious how you like the hyper pro. Used one for sale up the road.

Costco has awesome flooring (1/2” thick) for about 1/3 the cost I’ve seen elsewhere fwiw.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

So far I got a Hyper Pro bench to work on my core and lower body, and I scored a set of iron DBs and cybex tracks off FB. Got some rubber gym flooring coming too. This is going to blow all of my annual bonus.

I had a major mold issue develop with rubber flooring on my basement slab. Definitely need something in between to manage vapor even if your slab is dry and your humidity is low.

 

[pattimusprime22]

If you end up with a power rack I'd highly recommend the Beyond Power Voltra as a space saving cable machine. It's expensive, but I can attach it at the top of my rack for lat pulldowns, the base for low rows. Nice to not have to have another stack of weights beyond the barbell, plates, dbs and kbs.

 

[TheCougar]

If you end up with a power rack I'd highly recommend the Beyond Power Voltra as a space saving cable machine. It's expensive, but I can attach it at the top of my rack for lat pulldowns, the base for low rows. Nice to not have to have another stack of weights beyond the barbell, plates, dbs and kbs.

I have been looking at that.

 

[TheCougar]

I had a major mold issue develop with rubber flooring on my basement slab. Definitely need something in between to manage vapor even if your slab is dry and your humidity is low.

Did you use sheets or some kind of sealer? I was going to use double sided tape to hold the rubber roll down, but that won’t work with a vapor barrier unless I somehow attach it to the floor as well.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

My slab is painted, I have a dehumidifier always running, relative humidity is never over 35%, basement never gets wet. House was built in 2020. Put tractor supply stall mats down, they messed up the vapor flow coming off the floor and got moldy fast.

I just removed them to fix the mold problem. Currently lifting on the slab, since I have all bumpers it's ok. There's an integrated OSB and vapor barrier system made for basement flooring, long term I might add that.

 

[TheCougar]

My slab is painted, I have a dehumidifier always running, relative humidity is never over 35%, basement never gets wet. House was built in 2020. Put tractor supply stall mats down, they messed up the vapor flow coming off the floor and got moldy fast.

I just removed them to fix the mold problem. Currently lifting on the slab, since I have all bumpers it's ok. There's an integrated OSB and vapor barrier system made for basement flooring, long term I might add that.

I think I’m going to install some poly sheeting underneath the rubber mats.

 

[KyleR1985]

fun fact:

Wheeler action wrench handle fits in the 1” holes in the gym cage posts perfectly.

Second fun fact:

The viper barrel vise base holes line up perfectly with two 1/2” holes on my posts towards the bottom.


My gym doubles as my sturdy base to break barrels free from actions and torque them down .