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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 5/15/2007 7:05:07 PM
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tryin2getripped
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i have a home gym myself...i have a Fitness Gear bench(incline, flat,decline) That i bought @ dick's sporting goods ,pracher curl pad, and a lat pull (cable) extention. i have a 15. lb. barbell, and a 25 lb. barbell for bench pressing, and squats.
Have a set of 25 lb. dumbells, 10 lb. dumbells, and a slew of steel weights that were given to me, and some that i bought.Also have dumbell bars to slide weights on (2 sets).
also have an ez curl bar.
I am limited in what i can do..but this helps me to be creative. This totally works 4 me, because time is a very important thing 4 me with a wife, and a 3 yr. old. I can always up grade, and buy more weights when i want.just my opinion though.
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 5/16/2007 7:45:39 PM
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tryin2getripped
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Thats a sweet set-up. Good luck with that, man
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 5/25/2007 7:21:40 PM
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Traps
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Having a home gym is definitely worth it, but only if you are really passionate about working out. Considering the price of gas nowadays, you'd probably save a lot on that alone. The only two major factor in having a decent home gym is money and space. One thing I hate most about commercial gyms is that all the hardcore gym with dumbbells up to 200 lbs are disappearing and getting replaced with foo-foo gyms with dumbbells only up to 100-125 lbs. My home gym has dumbbells up to 160 lbs, a pair of 100 lb plate, cambered bar, safety squat bar, glute ham raise, texas power bar, power rack, 6 ft curl bar, chalk, and other stuff you can't find at your local gym.
It has a lot to do with making sacrifices too. I sacrificed getting a new car so I could set up a gym in one of the spear bedroom.
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 5/25/2007 10:39:02 PM
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j_flex
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Wow thats an incredible set up. You better make sure your floor boards dont give out under the weight of all those plates and dumbbells!
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 6/21/2007 11:42:25 AM
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Wendy21
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I do believe home gyms are worth it....I feel that if you have the right mind-set and motivation, you will be able to work out at home rather than going to a gym. I do believe though that gyms in which you sign up to have more or possibly better equipment, but you could still have a great work out at home and get great results.
Wendy
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 7/12/2007 3:35:20 AM
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j_flex
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Hey I have had my power rack, bench and weights (as above) for about a month now an I have to say it's the best money i've spent in a long time. I can do just about everything I did at the gym except for lat pulldowns, but this has forced me to strengthen up on the pullups, an exercise I was weak on before hand. I am focusing on basic heavy compound movements as the guts of my routine, which I feel is giving me brilliant strength gains.
I have added a set of heavy adjustable dumbbells into the mix and I'm really happy. I can close the door to my study slash weights room and turn the music up and get into it. I can do whatever I want without having to wait. And having the weights under my nose makes me wanna lift.
Basically investing in a home gym if you have the cash is a really good idea, especially if you dislike rush hour at your local gym.
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 3/4/2008 8:25:53 AM
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RobertN
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My wife and I have our home gym set up in our bedroom. I work days, and she works late-week mids. We also have two kiddos... one in 1st grade, and one in pre-school. Plus, the closest gym (where my wife use to be a member) is about 26 miles away. Add to all that, I am a reserve police officer and usually work a few shifts a week AFTER I get home from my paying job.
So even thinking about going to a gym on a regular basis is pretty much out of the question.
So, our setup consists of a Fitness Gear Smith Machine (just got it, and LOVE it!) that includes an incline/decline bench with a preacher pad and a leg curl attachment. I has a very high quality cable system on it that is very smooth that includes high and low cables, plus two cables on the front uprights that can be adjusted from top to bottom in 4" incrememnts. Besides having the Smith machine (which we like because often times we work out alone since the other might be at work), there is also an area where you can use an Olympic bar free-style. We also have an Olympic bar w/300# of weight, a Power Tower (pull-ups and dips), a set of BowFlex SelectTech dumbbells (5# to 52.5#), a Body Solid leg press sled, and a treadmill. I keep looking for a few pairs of cast dumbbells over 55#, or I might just get a couple of bars to add my own weights to.
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 4/4/2008 1:42:09 PM
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Soccerking3000
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quote:
ORIGINAL: pilotdrneo
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/trans67.htm
who cares, he was overweight and did some cardio, using anything when first working out will work machines are NOT as good as freeweights, they have their place but not for what most of us need
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RE: home gyms are they worth it? - 4/7/2008 10:32:15 AM
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RobertN
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quote:
ORIGINAL: pilotdrneo
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/trans67.htm
You really like pimping for this guy, don't you. This is what, like the 4th thread you have posted this in? Are you him?
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<~~~~~~ Resident Ectomorph!
Age: 37
Height: 5' 10"
Starting weight: 130#, January 2, 2008
Current weight: 154#, April 28, 2008
157#, May 8, 2008
Weight goal: Anywhere north of 160#
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