room mates and buying a home gym..need input.

[fizler]

I have been setting up a home gym for a while now. Been looking for deals and buying them when I can. So my question is this, should I let my room mates use my gym stuff, even thought they refused to help out with any of the costs? I don't want to come off sounding like a cheap asshole, but hell I am in college, have used every spare dollar I have to be able to train at home, while I study. I have over the months acquired the following;

1/2 garage covered in flooring(very thick/expensive!)
pullup/dip station
dumb bells from 2-110lbs in 5lb increments
powertec multi bench, with leg and arm attachment
powertec power rack, with lat pull down.
about 1000lbs of olympic weights, painted black and have trees to hold them.
olympic bar x2 and olympic curl bar
adjustable dumb bells up with 1'' holes for custom sizes up to like 60lbs

So far I've spent about $2500 dollars. I am planning to get a elliptical soon and that will be a few more hundred dollars.

anyway, none of this was in the house when one of them moved in. we talked about setting up a home gym and he was down to pay 1/2 and be glad to workout at home whenever. now every time i find a deal he never wants to chip in. I am not even asking him for much, but $100 for unlimited use for life. (he lives in my house, very very cheap i might add, and prob won't be leaving till I kick him out)

he HAS money, I mean i let him live with me for 400$ a month in a $350,000 dollar house, that my family owns. It doesn't even cover the utilities. Hes constantly using my things and messing them up. I don't care if people use my things but I don't want them fuked up ya know? He choses to buy 200 dollar shoes, spend tons of money drinking but wants to use my shit free. I look at it like this, can you go to the local gym and workout for free? NO so why should you expect to be able to do it at my house after not helping out at all.

[Lightsout2184]

no one should have chipped in because when they leave they wont get to take it. i would just have a short leash on the situation. if they dont leave everything exactly how it is then they cant use it anymore. most gyms cost like 30 bucks a month right now and have a lot more than 2500 in equip. if u wanna charge like 10 dollars a month go for it. right now where i live there are a lot of rooms for rent for 500 to 600 dollars in this economy. the average house here even now is probably 800,00 if not more.

[CBGB]

If he wants to use it, he pays half. When one of you leaves the house, the person who keeps the equipement has to buy the other one out. value depreciates with every rip, tear, crack, chip..... Nothing is free.

[fizler]

no one should have chipped in because when they leave they wont get to take it. i would just have a short leash on the situation. if they dont leave everything exactly how it is then they cant use it anymore. most gyms cost like 30 bucks a month right now and have a lot more than 2500 in equip. if u wanna charge like 10 dollars a month go for it. right now where i live there are a lot of rooms for rent for 500 to 600 dollars in this economy. the average house here even now is probably 800,00 if not more.

I don't live in Cali, but your market IMO is way over priced. My house in cali would be 1.5 easy. Anyway your right, I don't have a full gym at my house but I have everything that I need for a total body workout, at home. 400 a month is EVERYTHING(utilities) Unless you live in a freaking ghetto, where im from thats a badass deal all day long.

Back on point, the gyms here are 550 a year, 400 and so on. I really don't feel that 100 bucks for the next 3 years+ is much at all, when you think about it. I mean I don't even care about the 200 bucks in the grand scale. I look at is like this;

Would you eat $2500 dollars worth of my food? NO
Would you drive my car a few thousand miles a year without paying me something? fuk no.
Why should you get to benefit from me spending the little money I have while you blow money left and right on dumb shit?

[fizler]

If he wants to use it, he pays half. When one of you leaves the house, the person who keeps the equipement has to buy the other one out. value depreciates with every rip, tear, crack, chip..... Nothing is free.

My thought. I was trying to be reasonable and only ask for a VERY small portion.

[CBGB]

Why should you get to benefit from me spending the little money I have while you blow money left and right on dumb shit?

Does he agree that this is money well spent. Or does he think you are blowing money left and right on dumb shit?

[jbm]

[fizler]

Does he agree that this is money well spent. Or does he think you are blowing money left and right on dumb shit?

Money well spent.. until you have a home gym, you have no idea how badass it is to wake up, bang out a few sets before the shower, or when you get home or even at 4am if you can't sleep. I workout while I clean my house, do something, hit a set, its great. Fuk using the local gym.

[CBGB]

Money well spent.. until you have a home gym, you have no idea how badass it is to wake up, bang out a few sets before the shower, or when you get home or even at 4am if you can't sleep. I workout while I clean my house, do something, hit a set, its great. Fuk using the local gym.

I agree with you. I am asking about his thoughts.

[CBGB]

I would love to set up my own home gym. But with 3 kids and a wife, the gym is my oasis. Later in life........

[fizler]

I wanted one more like that, but its to big.



power rack I have. Bench and all.

With all attachments, for bench and cable stuff..

check this out;
http://www.shoppowertecfitness.com/p...=12&view=video

edit; i researched everything for months before I bought it. Powertec has a lifetime warranty in home, fix. Supports more than I'll ever lift, and was in the middle of mid-higher end stuff. Ya I'd love to have a natalus 3000 dollar one, but I don't see the point!

[Lightsout2184]

I don't live in Cali, but your market IMO is way over priced. My house in cali would be 1.5 easy. Anyway your right, I don't have a full gym at my house but I have everything that I need for a total body workout, at home. 400 a month is EVERYTHING(utilities) Unless you live in a freaking ghetto, where im from thats a badass deal all day long.

Back on point, the gyms here are 550 a year, 400 and so on. I really don't feel that 100 bucks for the next 3 years+ is much at all, when you think about it. I mean I don't even care about the 200 bucks in the grand scale. I look at is like this;

Would you eat $2500 dollars worth of my food? NO
Would you drive my car a few thousand miles a year without paying me something? fuk no.
Why should you get to benefit from me spending the little money I have while you blow money left and right on dumb shit?

yeah its expensive out here but the weather and everything else makes it worth it. its the land that drives the market value. thats anywhere u live though. i owned a couple houses out in texas on the coast recently so i know what ur talking about 500,000 got me a bigger house plus some toys. honestly i have had a lot of roommate situations and have learned that u need to just make any rule that is gonna make u happy in the end. if u want him to pay for half than that is that.

[fizler]

yeah its expensive out here but the weather and everything else makes it worth it. its the land that drives the market value. thats anywhere u live though. i owned a couple houses out in texas on the coast recently so i know what ur talking about 500,000 got me a bigger house plus some toys. honestly i have had a lot of roommate situations and have learned that u need to just make any rule that is gonna make u happy in the end. if u want him to pay for half than that is that.

I live in SO FL, so we have sort of semi weather, except you can smoke some pot

My house isn't worth that much but the waterfront + acre makes it very $$$$. Ya I didn't even ask him for 1/2, at the start of all this, when I picked up 2-110lb dbs and a bench, hes like oh i'll pay half but I even told him to give me $50 bucks, and I'll cover the rest. The dumbbells were damn 800 dollars! I will be taking them with me of course but I have 3 years left here. So the power rack gets ordered, and all the attachments and bench and were talking $1700 bucks. Shit just got real. I was like dude, give me 100 bucks and you can use all my stuff anytime. He though it was a bad deal. Oh well **** them all. They live in my house cause I'm a nice guy. I don't need room mates, and quite frankly I'd like to turn there room into a gym and park my 2nd car in the garage!

edit
PS send me some cash baller man you seem to have to much of it on ur hands!

[DEE151]

I have been setting up a home gym for a while now. Been looking for deals and buying them when I can. So my question is this, should I let my room mates use my gym stuff, even thought they refused to help out with any of the costs? I don't want to come off sounding like a cheap asshole, but hell I am in college, have used every spare dollar I have to be able to train at home, while I study. I have over the months acquired the following;

1/2 garage covered in flooring(very thick/expensive!)
pullup/dip station
dumb bells from 2-110lbs in 5lb increments
powertec multi bench, with leg and arm attachment
powertec power rack, with lat pull down.
about 1000lbs of olympic weights, painted black and have trees to hold them.
olympic bar x2 and olympic curl bar
adjustable dumb bells up with 1'' holes for custom sizes up to like 60lbs

So far I've spent about $2500 dollars. I am planning to get a elliptical soon and that will be a few more hundred dollars.

anyway, none of this was in the house when one of them moved in. we talked about setting up a home gym and he was down to pay 1/2 and be glad to workout at home whenever. now every time i find a deal he never wants to chip in. I am not even asking him for much, but $100 for unlimited use for life. (he lives in my house, very very cheap i might add, and prob won't be leaving till I kick him out)

he HAS money, I mean i let him live with me for 400$ a month in a $350,000 dollar house, that my family owns. It doesn't even cover the utilities. Hes constantly using my things and messing them up. I don't care if people use my things but I don't want them fuked up ya know? He choses to buy 200 dollar shoes, spend tons of money drinking but wants to use my shit free. I look at it like this, can you go to the local gym and workout for free? NO so why should you expect to be able to do it at my house after not helping out at all.

a true friend will show you the respect and manners to you for leting him live with you.. do let him step all over U or take an advantage of you ....

[fizler]

a true friend will show you the respect and manners to you for leting him live with you.. do let him step all over U or take an advantage of you ....

like today when i walked outside to see him using my car wash stuff..

I have all top of the line stuff, cause I am OCD about keeping cars clean. My $40.00 sheep hair washing thing is on the FREAKIN GROUND.. if you know anything about anything, that thing is now full of sand and no washing will get it all out. AKA its trash. I try to explain it to him in a claim manner, but all I got was someone who wanted to try and tell me its fine and it wouldn't scratch my car. Sent me over the edge, I took my bucket, dumped out all the water, grabbed all my stuff and locked it in my car while he looked at me dazzeled. LOL felt good man.

[CBGB]

So the gym equipment is'nt the problem. Sounds like you probably don't need a roomate. I don't like sharing either, don't feel bad. Dump the jackass find a hooker to move in.

[Bojangles69]

Dude Fiz I know how you feel man, its fvckin annoying and theres very little you can really do to have absolute control over the situation w/out looking like the biggest a-hole alive.
We have a home gym and I know how great it is, I can work out in boxers and no shoes and its great.
You're in a different situation though cause I share mine with my family.

I do a lot of crazy shit like locking my food up in rubberwear container so my brother dont eat it, I also always keep my room door locked encase someone wants to go "borrowing" some protein (and never giving back lol)

I really have no solid advice for you because I KNOW sometimes no matter what you do, you're always gonna have to deal with some shit.
Thats why I would try focusing more on you and getting yourself, your mind, and your body in the exact shape you want and literally just letting everyone else do wtf they want.
In the end it just becomes too much stress, and if you give them free reign over your stuff you may actually notice thats all they wanted (the choice), and they might not even use it.
W/e you do, just try to not lose your mind over the shit cause I know how I get sometimes with crap like this, it literally is just learning how to cohabitate with people w/out killing them. Just don't kill them and one day you wont have to deal with the shit anymore.

[eatrainrest]

its weird i actualy kind of dont give a shit.. but for your sake fvck that mooching prick

[IM708]

I let people use my home gym free of cost, spent thousands on the equiptment.

[eatrainrest]

id let people use my shit but the fact that it just sounds hes the type of selfish prick tahts a leech and mooching off of evefrythign you have.. pisses me off.. ill help you .. but dont not help me and keep mooching cuz your gnna get shafted

[IM708]

to continue on what I said, as lnog as they clean up after themselves afterwards and treat my equiptment with respect I have no problems.

[gixxerboy1]

I live in SO FL, so we have sort of semi weather, except you can smoke some pot

My house isn't worth that much but the waterfront + acre makes it very $$$$. Ya I didn't even ask him for 1/2, at the start of all this, when I picked up 2-110lb dbs and a bench, hes like oh i'll pay half but I even told him to give me $50 bucks, and I'll cover the rest. The dumbbells were damn 800 dollars! I will be taking them with me of course but I have 3 years left here. So the power rack gets ordered, and all the attachments and bench and were talking $1700 bucks. Shit just got real. I was like dude, give me 100 bucks and you can use all my stuff anytime. He though it was a bad deal. Oh well **** them all. They live in my house cause I'm a nice guy. I don't need room mates, and quite frankly I'd like to turn there room into a gym and park my 2nd car in the garage!

edit
PS send me some cash baller man you seem to have to much of it on ur hands!

oh man you got ripped bad on the powertech equipment.

[eatrainrest]

damnit gixxer stop talking about equipment and find me a good treadmill! lol

[gixxerboy1]

damnit gixxer stop talking about equipment and find me a good treadmill! lol

im looking right now i dont have anything that would suit you and be in that price with shipping.

[eatrainrest]

yea i feel ya.. maybe if i find something ill send you the link to get your feedback on the equipment! if i plan on purchasing some nice equipment in the future ill definately let you know

[fizler]

id let people use my shit but the fact that it just sounds hes the type of selfish prick tahts a leech and mooching off of evefrythign you have.. pisses me off.. ill help you .. but dont not help me and keep mooching cuz your gnna get shafted

Holy this x2. hit the nail on the head.

to continue on what I said, as lnog as they clean up after themselves afterwards and treat my equiptment with respect I have no problems.

Ya, I said before if your going to use my bench, please put a damn towel down! I am in the medical field and know what comes out of sweat(its fuking gross to say the least, its not just water) Gah I think I'm about to get sick.

oh man you got ripped bad on the powertech equipment.

Oh really? I paid 850, shipped for the rack w/ pull down. Picked up the bench for 80 bucks(best bench I've used besides a few of the ones at the gym) Do tell where I went wrong!?

[vpchill]

Let them use it, But Set Guidlines. Dont let them destroy ur stuff and allow them to use you.

[gixxerboy1]

Holy this x2. hit the nail on the head.



Ya, I said before if your going to use my bench, please put a damn towel down! I am in the medical field and know what comes out of sweat(its fuking gross to say the least, its not just water) Gah I think I'm about to get sick.



Oh really? I paid 850, shipped for the rack w/ pull down. Picked up the bench for 80 bucks(best bench I've used besides a few of the ones at the gym) Do tell where I went wrong!?

bench for 80 is good. The rack for 850 is alot nad powertech is ok stuff at best.

[fizler]

bench for 80 is good. The rack for 850 is alot nad powertech is ok stuff at best.

damn with all the research I though it was pretty good stuff from a home users POV. I like the lifetime warranty, not that you could break a decent rack! For the same price who makes a better rack w/ lat pull downs?! I read a thread on bb.com that people posted info on racks and a lot of people liked this one, thats why I got it.

[gixxerboy1]

damn with all the research I though it was pretty good stuff from a home users POV. I like the lifetime warranty, not that you could break a decent rack! For the same price who makes a better rack w/ lat pull downs?! I read a thread on bb.com that people posted info on racks and a lot of people liked this one, thats why I got it.

its prob the best for the price. I wouldnt trust it with nearly the amount of weight it says it could hold. The frame is a little thin. If you try and really tighten the bolts you can pull the frame in.

[jfalco]

Am I reading this right? You are in college and you own a house and 2 cars and a home gym?
Sounds like things are going pretty well for you and said friend might feel like you are being a little petty asking for $100. My first response was that $100 isn't very much money and your friend should stop beig cheep. After reading the thread, and seeing how much you seem to have, I think you're acting like a spoiled brat demanding money to let him use your stuff.
Demanding that your stuff be treated in a certain way is perfectly reasonable. If he is mistreating your belongings, by all means, cut him off. But demanding money from a friend for use of stuff that your parents probably paid for anyway is petty. I'm guessing that he already pays you rent to live in a house that you live in for free and you saved up you allowance for all your nice toys. Pry the silver spoon out of your mouth and get some perspective. New stuff is easier to find than new friends.

[CHAP]

Gym memberships cost money, And good roommates are hard to find. Your going to have to find some middle ground. Appartments have small gyms. And the 1's that do cast more. Up the rent 50 a month. For you house with a damn gym thats still a great thing for him.

[eatrainrest]

gixxer for VET OF FITNESS EQUIPMENT!

[Pocketbattleship2B]

If he uses the gym he should have to give you money towards that but, as he won't be taking any of it when he moves out, half would be a bit much.Find a middle ground and ask for an appropriate amount of money,if he won't pay put a lock on the gym and don't let him use it.