Home Gym Help

I am looking to set up a home gym and have a few products in mind, i will list them below and if you guys could perhaps let me know if you have the same product and what you think or if you would recommend something different which you think is of better quality/price.

PowerRack: Bench Press | Power Rack - - Powertec Power Rack

WeightPlates: Iron Edge Bumper Plate Pack - Australian Kettlebells/ IronEdge

Bench: Commercial Flat Bench with wheels

Weight Tree: Bumper Plate Storage Rack

Bar (already ordered): Australian Barbell Company |

I am not going to buy that exact set of bumper plates, i am going to buy them in pairs and get some more 25s instead of the 15s, i wanted a bench that is wide, 30cm is ideal and one leg also. Have looked at the MM Rack from gymdirect but i prefer the quality of the powertec, is rated to 450kg vs 320kg on the MM. That is the most i will want to spend on a rack, if there are any other racks out there that you think are of better quality/ price please let me know.

Cheers

i have the same bumpers, had no problems with them

They're slightly odd sizes, and the 20s are bigger than the IPF/IWF approved ones but otherwise they're schweeeeeeeet.

Thanks Graham and Callan, i know PTC use the ironedge bumpers as well....they seem to stay strong for them so i think they are the go

Also, i dont know if you guys can help with this but how do i go about an AUSBB discount on gymdirect....do i need a code or do i send the guy an email? Cheers

not sure on the discount... but i measured my bumpers and they are only 3mm bigger then Eleiko iron plates used in competition.

oh ok, much of a muchness then really. I shall order some later in the week

Kutalopolis said:

Also, i dont know if you guys can help with this but how do i go about an AUSBB discount on gymdirect....do i need a code or do i send the guy an email? Cheers

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read this thread
http://ausbb.com/gymdirect/12480-claiming-10-ausbb-discount.html

callan said:

not sure on the discount... but i measured my bumpers and they are only 3mm bigger then Eleiko iron plates used in competition.

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Yeah there's f*ck all difference.

I just do deadlifts standing on a piece of timber that's probably 4-5mm

why do u need to stand on timber to do deadlifts?
????

If the plates are slightly bigger than what I would use in comp then I leave myself open to being weak off the floor (due to having to pull that 2-3mm extra to what I train with) so I stand on a thin piece of timber to try and make up the difference.

Totally irrelevent if you're not a competing Powerlifer or Olympic Weightlifter I will add

I have that Powertec cage and it's held up very well over the couple of years that I've owned it... It does have some scratches on it but that's expected as it actually gets used. Try to avoid buying the yellow one, ask for black or grey as they wont show the scratches as much.
The only downside to the cage is that sometimes on heavier sets of bench, rows, etc the cage does move out of position slightly... This can be stopped by bolting it down or putting a 20kg plate on either side of it.

If you're handy with a welder mate I could send you some plans to build a squat rack; mine cost me about $80 in steel.