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Finally brought a house - Bring on the home gym!

Yeah I'm just busting ya chops... When I was into cars I used to drop a shitload of coin on my gtr so I see no harm in spending coin on the things you enjoy.
 
in my experience most iron/rubber coated 20's and 25's aren't 450mm in diameter. I am sure they exist, they just don't come up for sale second hand around where I live.
 
I still reckon a set of good bumpers would be money well spent. I am lucky in that I picked up some 450 mm bumpers really cheap, a pair each of 20's and 15's.

I chuck those on to warm up and then slide on my smaller diameter plates for my heavier sets. I have a pair of ABC rubber coated 20's that are about 400mm, so sometimes even the good stuff isn't the right size.
 

congrads dude,

iv recently just setup a gym at home its about 60% complete gumtree/ebay/trading post and auctions are really helpful,

jt

~Iron, Sweat, Pain~
 
Picked up a Startrack commercial spin bike on Gumtree to add in, with the shed ready to go and a bit of my existing gear moved over, this is what i've got to fit my home gym into

I've brought, but not yet assembled, a cheap cable crossover and I'll be pushing the button on a rack, bar & weights pretty soon.

 
NightFallTech said:
I've brought, but not yet assembled, a cheap cable crossover and I'll be pushing the button on a rack, bar & weights pretty soon.

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Wow that should make for a very nice home gym!!!

Where did you bring the cable crossover from, since you mentioned that you brought it.
 
I brought it home from the shop i bought it at
(FitnessAndStrength)

(El cheapo brandless crossover, but it has 2x100kg weight stacks and the sample one i tried felt decent enough for home use, and at $533, who can complain!)
 
Will be great to see that gym all set up.

Can't wait till I build my shed/home gym. Unfortunatly still a few years off at this stage.
 
That's an awesome space for a home gym haha. Wish I had something like that . Good luck with it all, home gyms are the best.
 
I'm looking to expand slightly

Items to add are

Lat tower / low row - powertec looks great but $850 plus shipping. Does anyone have experience with the Force USA and body solid glm83 plate loaded?

Seated calf, force usa would be good but I struggle to get my knees under... Body solid is a few hundred more and cyber fit is even more, and looks more space hungry... Any recommendations?

Leg press : powertec have what looks like a good roller based one. Alternatively cyber fit have a cheap linear bearing or I could splash a lot more on a muscle motion linear bearing.... Thoughts? I'll want to use this with 300-400kg

Vague ideas of an iron edge GHR as well, but i really don't think I can fit it in.

And then my gym Will be done!



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Have a talk with Graeme from littleblokefitness, hes a small business in melbourne. I bought a home gym recently and was negotiating between gymandfitness and littleblokefitness, they matched their prices but i ended up going with littleblokefitness as the service was much nicer, helpful and replies were a lot faster. I had a few bolts missing so i emailed Graeme, he sent them straight away! Highly recommend him
 
I brought my rack, plates, a couple of bars and bench from them, for the lat tower and seated calf they only sell force USA though and i'm not 100% sold on those model, but i agree their service is fantastic, best experience I've had building this gym

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You still looking for a dedicated lat tower NFT?

The bodysolid piece from gym direct is awesome! One of the best I've ever tried.

90kg stack plus option to increase with plates.

Better than my powertec lat option on my old rack.
 
Yep $1k

You add plates to the stack on 2 bars that stick out from the stack (I think it can only take 10kg or so more max though).
 
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