home gym equipment

**deciever** · 11-30-2002, 10:15 AM

Okay guys, im getting some stuff for a home gym for christmas, and im goin g to have some left over money to spend..

Im undecided what i should do with it.. i was thinking..
A) Cambered bar
B) Average bands, and keep left over money
C) Set of chains from topper supply
D) other..

any ideas??

**Ermantroudt** · 11-30-2002, 12:08 PM

Perhaps if you told us what you already have, we could help you make the best choice?

From that list, I would go with the Average Bands, and spend the extra $20.00 and get some mini's now too.

Ermantroudt

**GRIMM** · 11-30-2002, 04:04 PM

I would get a saftey squat bar before a cambered bar. there are a dozen ways to work the chest similar to a cambered bar but nothing works the squat/dead muscles like a SS Bar. just my opinion.

**deciever** · 11-30-2002, 04:09 PM

im getting a power rack, bench, 600 some odd lbs of weight, i have mini and light bands already, and i have 200 lb set aside for dumbells... i have a kettlbell as well too. I also have a set of 3/8 chain for suspending stuff, but if the full set of chains is really good on DYN days, and stuff, i may opt for those. What could i use the average bands on? only thing i could think of is reverse band deads.. i think they might be too much for me on squats... ahh so confusing..

Grimm- i cant afford the safety squat bar.. its like 300$.. the cambered bar is like 120 w/ shipping, has a 3.5 inch camber or something... but thanks for the input

im not getting top of the line stuff... my min wage job just wont allow that....

**Jagermeister** · 11-30-2002, 09:24 PM

I would get the bands,

I would also look around at scrap yards, shipping yards for 5/8 or 1" chain. you might be able to find some cheaper than Topper supply and you dont have to pay for shipping.

**IrishPower** · 11-30-2002, 11:14 PM

i have the cambered bar. i think it's a waste of time. i've used it like once.

get the chains and bands

DO YOU HAVE A REVERSE HYPER???? IF NOT, SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR THIS.

**deciever** · 12-01-2002, 05:20 PM

i think im going to go with the average bands, and use the left over money to buy something like a weight tree....

I'll make sure i check around for a scrap yard by me.. thanks for the idea/.

a reverse hyper... that would be so nice.. i think im just going to build one to fit the power rack.. im too cheap to buy a real one..
going by my current 7 hour work weeks @ 5.40 an hour, + 10% in taxes.. i think i'd hjave to wait quite some time before i got one...

oh, and also, i finally got the website working..

everything you told me worked great, but my ISP was blocking port 80.

**JMcQuaid** · 12-01-2002, 08:22 PM

The bands are a must, with the bands, you can also do pull throughs, and they can be used on just about every exercise in some way. also save up money for a Safety Sqaut Bar. I hate the bar, but love the bar, it really works the muscles great, and westside barbell, is experimenting on using it for mini cycles on Dynamic Effort day. I have a friend that had a welder build a reverse-hyper attachment to his power rack and it works great.

**bigokie** · 12-02-2002, 12:21 AM

Well, I guess I'm gonna be a little different. I would go with the chains, either from toppers or locally if you can find them. Get as many sets of the 5/8" that you can afford. The 3/8" you have can be used as support chains around the bar. I am coming to the conclusion that chains are better than bands. That's my opinion anyways. But good luck with your gym.