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  1. Pappy O'Daniels

    Aldi selling workout equipment this week

    Nor do I! But for non-specialised equipment like this, it's not a deal breaker.
  2. Pappy O'Daniels

    Aldi selling workout equipment this week

    https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/special-buys-wed-8-february/ Some good prices
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    • $19 150 aldi bastard buys dam damn deal don equipment february good price prices rack read selling special squat squat rack tha url website wee week
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  3. Pappy O'Daniels

    Beginners program

    This is great advice. Fadi, you're a Jedi Master of this game, I can see that!
  4. Pappy O'Daniels

    Show us your Home Gym

    No photos yet, Mick, but you can see the vinyl flooring here. Easy installation, just cut into pieces with a carpet knife (I used my laser level to help mark straight lines on it before cutting), then slap on the floor. Nothing else required, and makes the garage look completely different, and...
  5. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    Thanks for the comment, Big Mick, but due to the abovementioned concerns about the total lack of information about the characteristics of standard bars, I'll just pay the $100 extra (it's not much) for the oly bar. Looking at some other weightlifting forums, I was amazed to see that just 9...
  6. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    Here is the bench I bought, $180 off eBay. Not bad for a Chinese product:
  7. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    I found this video instructive. He's talking about buying a used bar, but when buying new bars from China this is probably good advice too:
  8. Pappy O'Daniels

    Beginners program

    Thanks, Fadi. I like Parks because that's what I did as a teenager, worked like a charm back then.
  9. Pappy O'Daniels

    How long before newbies can post links and images?

    This is post #15 then :)
  10. Pappy O'Daniels

    Hi [you] and welcome to ausbb

    Hi. 6' tall 250lbs. Glad to be here.
  11. Pappy O'Daniels

    How long before newbies can post links and images?

    Kinda irritating that I am trying to discuss something but cannot do either. :mad: Your error message says "a few" posts are required before permission is granted ... well I'm on 14 and still cannot.
  12. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    Thanks Woody. I had a look at the ABC site. It's really a horrible site with the typical Aussie lack of attention to detail. Nobody in the US (where I spent 10 years recently) would buy from a site that put this as the total info on the barbell: Notice the spelling mistake ("DIAMETRE"). Notice...
  13. Pappy O'Daniels

    Beginners program

    Does anyone here recommend the old programs, like Joe Weidner's stuff or Reg Park's routine?
  14. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    Sadly, our Aussie body-building websites mostly state nothing about standard bars. They tell you the diameter, usually 28mm. Do they tell you: Steel tensile strength? Exact weight of the bar? Maximum weight rating? Knurling details? Ring markings and spacings? The answer to all these...
  15. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    I hear you, Tim. Unless I can find a standard bar that has the same sort of strength as the cheaper oly bars, I think I'm going to pony up the extra money and buy the oly bar. Thanks
  16. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    Thanks Tim. What would be the reason for me to pay the extra $100 for the oly bar over the ordinary one? I can afford it, just not sure it's a smart buy....
  17. Pappy O'Daniels

    Show us your Home Gym

    I have an almost identical environment, and I covered the floors with sheet vinyl flooring from Bunnings. Cheap and very quick, no glue required, only problem is you cannot put rubber plates on vinyl or it discolours (not that I care, I use powder-coated steel plates).
  18. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    Will do. Yup, was planning that anyway, simple spreadsheet should do it. Thing is, I can afford an Olympic bar at $160, which is what my local dealer is selling. I can't find any bad reports about these Force USA-style Chinese-made barbells, but then I haven't read through all these threads...
  19. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    That's interesting to hear it said like that. Most threads like this one are bombarded in other forums with advice to buy an Olympic bar no matter what. There seems to be a disdainful attitude to standard bars, or am I misreading the other forums I've visited? A standard bar is: much cheaper...
  20. Pappy O'Daniels

    Older guy starting home gym, advice wanted

    Gymdirect.com.au has the best website for this stuff, lots of information right down to the tensile steel strength, which is missing from most other Aussie sites.
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