Home Gym suggestions?

**solid90062** · 03-12-2008, 10:09 PM

For various reasons Im thinking of setting up a home gym. Limited space in the garage 7 x 10 foot area, but the idea is to set up something that hits all the major body parts. Not necessary for a high end powerlifter set up but just a good all around set up. Would like to set it up for under $2000 USD

One note: I have a friend that can get me a pretty good deal on Hammer strength type multi station that may suit my needs (it has about 12 exercises that you can do on it). Plus I'd grab a nice dumbbell rack in addition to it. How do you guys feel about leverage type machines like Hammer Strength?

DO NOT SUGGEST A BOWFLEX!

**rockinred** · 03-13-2008, 02:32 PM

bro, my opinion is to get a power rack with some cool attatchments.. you can do everything with that... I think it really boils down to where you are at and where you want to go with it... how serious or not.. check out new york barbell.. look at those power rack and attatchments.. another one would be powertec.... and i noticed you have LA, their are a tone of good racks made in Cali

as far as a multi gym, I think they are ok for a light workout for somebody.. the nicer ones that can put free weights on like hammer, powertec and so on require much more space then 10X7.... so think about that... I would say a power rack with some floor mats will be good for that space and most functional.

**doolo** · 03-13-2008, 03:14 PM

Get a cage with a utility bench. I can deadlift, squat, bench, and anything else you can imagine with an olympic bar and a cage. Get one of those bowflex adjustable dumbells and if you need heavier then 120 get the prostyle dumbells just for the heavy stuff. Get a T bar for the oldschool T bar rows. You can prolly find a bench with a leg extension/curl attacthment and preacher curl attatchments and all sorts of things. Only things i miss at home are cross cables, leg press and ahh maybe some calf machines.

**solid90062** · 03-14-2008, 12:49 AM

Great Ideas.

RockinRed, can you direct me to some of the better companies that make power racks out here in Cali?

**hauss man** · 03-14-2008, 12:58 AM

check out elitefts.com

**solid90062** · 03-14-2008, 03:50 AM

How do you feel about Body Solid products? Smith Power Rack Approximately $2k with out the weights.

Ps, Doesnt this guy look happy?

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or

$1200

Their website is nice. Its lists all the exercises you can do with this machine.
Bench Press
Incline Press
Decline Press
Converging Chest Press
Converging Incline Press
Converging Decline Press
Pec Fly
Incline Pec Fly
Decline Pec Fly
Pullover
Crossover
Bent Over Row
Deadlift
Good Mornings
Chest-Supported Mid-Row
One Arm Row
Frontal Lat Pull Down
Lat Pull Down
High Row
Upright Row
Shrugs
Standing Military Press
Standing Shoulder Press
Incline Front Delt Raise
Seated Shoulder Press
Seated Military Press
Converging Shoulder Press
Reverse Delt Fly
Standing Biceps Curl
Standing Reverse Curl
Preacher Curl
Reverse Preacher Curl
Incline Biceps Curl
Front Wrist Curl
Rear Wrist Curl
Narrow Grip Triceps Press
Lying Triceps Extension
Seated Triceps Extension
Triceps Pressdown
Calf Raise
Squat
Front Squat
Calf Raise
Lunge
Prone Leg Curl
Leg Extension
Leverage Squat
Leverage Calf Raise
Resistance Ab Crunch
Resistance Oblique Crunch

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Powertec Leverage machines?

$1200

Video for this item
http://powertecfitness.com/workbench_multi_sysn.htm#

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or another

$800

Video for this unit
http://www.thebenchpress.com/powerte...ack_system.php

**Mr Tick** · 03-15-2008, 10:00 AM

WOW that second one looks like some kinda contraption from the future that will chase me around the house.

Its got everything on it!!

**rockinred** · 03-18-2008, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by solid90062

Great Ideas.

RockinRed, can you direct me to some of the better companies that make power racks out here in Cali?

Solid, sorry I hadn't checked back in here... did you find what you needed? hausman had a good suggestion with Elite... what did you decide?

**BITTAPART2** · 03-18-2008, 09:46 AM

these pics dont do justice but i just got a bunch of Nautulus stuff in the house,
Bench Press
Adjustable bench seat
regular seat
preacher curl with bar
seated calf machine
universal smith machine with pullies
leg extension machine
dip rack/roman chair/pullup combo
squat rack rated for 2000lbs (yeah right)
3 racks of dumbells up to 120lbs
20 cable attachments!!!!
leg press
hack squat
sit-up bench

yeah im woking out a lot all of a sudden, i can literaly eat between sets, its great!

**BITTAPART2** · 03-18-2008, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by BITTAPART2

these pics dont do justice but i just got a bunch of Nautulus stuff in the house,
Bench Press
Adjustable bench seat
regular seat
preacher curl with bar
seated calf machine
universal smith machine with pullies
leg extension machine
dip rack/roman chair/pullup combo
squat rack rated for 2000lbs (yeah right)
3 racks of dumbells up to 120lbs
20 cable attachments!!!!
leg press
hack squat
sit-up bench

yeah im woking out a lot all of a sudden, i can literaly eat between sets, its great!

pics would help LOL

**rockinred** · 03-18-2008, 10:07 AM

Bit, looks cherry... I was wondering how it went and was going to send you a pm to see if you had it all set up... do you have people working out yet?

**rockinred** · 03-18-2008, 10:08 AM

can you get those pics bigger...when I click on them they stay tiny small.

**BITTAPART2** · 03-18-2008, 10:21 AM

they are from my phone I couldnt get them larger, I have some at home on my camera, ill try to get them up tomorow

**solid90062** · 03-18-2008, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by rockinred

Solid, sorry I hadn't checked back in here... did you find what you needed? hausman had a good suggestion with Elite... what did you decide?

Still havent decided. Elitefts, lacks alot of information on their website. So I still have not done my homework on them yet. However, I noticed they seem quite a bit pricier than newyorkbarbells.
As yet, I'm still undecided which way I'm gonna go. I like the leverage gym idea because of how easy it is to use. At my gym, I tend to graviate to the Hammer Strength Machines when I dont have a work out partner or spotter. But that Body Solid Rack looks good too and has a some nice attachments as well.

**BITTAPART2** · 03-18-2008, 11:56 AM

^^^bro have you checked ebay? workout equiptment is like a single wide trailer, they loose their value once off the lot, so you can find pages and pages of stuf that hasnt even been bid on. Just a suggestion.

**rockinred** · 03-18-2008, 02:44 PM

New York will ship to you also... free freight charges... I pretty much live on west coast and ordered... some of there stuff is better than others and other stuff new york has is cheaper then others... I can't complain on the power rack i ordered... they have a lot of attatchments for it and also had the crossover cable attatchment that was great... the hip sled was really nice compared to others.. anyhow, i liked this company out of Salt Lake City too... w w w .p r o - e l i t e . c o m /.... The west coast has really nice equipment just a little higher priced... the body solid above looks pretty good. I would rather have free weights to the universal machines.. the powertec is pretty cool.. I have seen that one live.. but like I said I prefer free weights.. it really dep e n ds on what you want...

**rockinred** · 03-18-2008, 02:48 PM

check out Bitapart's thread in the lounge about his set up... I hijacked his thread

with my home gym layout... It has the New York Barbell set up... let us know if you can't find it... it should give you a guage on how it looks... I do think elite, hammerstregnth, pro-elite, might be a little nicer though....

**rockinred** · 03-18-2008, 02:55 PM

Here is the link...
help me train...legal questions

**solid90062** · 03-19-2008, 06:58 PM

Rock your set up looks great, but your equipment looks like a lot more than 2k for all the attachments and weights...Am I right? Of course I'm not counting all the dumbbells, Heavy bag, and cardio equipment.