Torgus wroteyoga pants, right?Unless you have a lot of space in your home unused or gyms are super far away I vote a gym membership. Save you $$$.
Save the space for something useful like the above Bar. Bottles will not drink themselves, I know from experience.
I've done the home gym thing, I prefer going to the real gym for a number of reasons.
PoorLurker wroteYes, among other things.yoga pants, right?
itsbeenfunmike wroteI second this. Rogue rack and f34 sleep in the garage.I have a ROGUE rack in my garage. I can still fit MY car. The missus gets the WHOLE drive way.
jmg any updates?PoorLurker wroteDitto. We started with an affordable stationary bike but I needed more motivation. A gym opened up nearby with more equipment than I would ever afford. We have personal trainers going through a circuit and I find it more effective having someone push me than I every would alone. My son started playing basketball, so I put a hoop up and that's enough to get out and move for being at home. It's much more convenient than basically losing a room just for gym equipment.
There are days I want to take my third stall and put a squat rack with some eleiko bumper plates.
However, my house sucks any motivation from me. I'd rather drive a mile to the gym and work out there. More motivating when I see others.
With that said, I still want a gym in my garage haha
Redd wroteI have dumbbells. I now go to the local gym. I can do my dead lifts and rowing there!It sounds like you just want a gym in the house but may not (yet) be serious about working out. Don't spend so much or you could just be getting expensive equipment just to have it collect dust.
My 2 cents - If you have limited time/discipline/inspiration in a day and can only workout once, get a rowing machine. You'll achieve a lot more rowing than running on a treadmill or elliptical.
If you are semi serious, then get a decent set of dumb bells. You can get massive gains just working out with dumb bells. I prefer them to bar bells.
If you're hardcore then get a proper rack with bars for squatting and benching.
jmg wroteGet a heavy bag.Any other space economical piece of exercise equipment that you can recommend? I do prefer free weights, but I'm open to ideas.
taha166 wroteyour hitting a heavy bag every day ? I thought that was too intense for the shoulders ? But I don't really know.That Heavy Bag is the best workout you can get for building pure lean and powerful muscles. I got wonderful results from that lost 7 kg by doing 7 rounds each day and believe me this hard working routine has done wonders for me.
ScottSinger wroteThere are a lot of ways to use a heavy bag and they don't all require wailing on the bag (eg form, speed, accuracy, consistency, volume, angles, etc...). Proper protective equipment should also be used and can vary depending on what you're doing. I wouldn't not wear wraps and use heavier gloves (and warming up) if practicing power shots or going hard. Knees, kicks, and elbows can also be practiced on a banana bag but the latter requires care. Otherwise you can skin your elbows pretty good (pads work better but require a training partner).taha166 wroteyour hitting a heavy bag every day ? I thought that was too intense for the shoulders ? But I don't really know.That Heavy Bag is the best workout you can get for building pure lean and powerful muscles. I got wonderful results from that lost 7 kg by doing 7 rounds each day and believe me this hard working routine has done wonders for me.
Denny347 wroteLook at you with those fancy Pendlay competition bumpers! I was bummed when MuscleDriverUSA closed and extra bummed when Coach Glenn passed.The pandemic shutdown forced us to build a garage gym. A 2-car garage that we still park 2 cars in. So we went with the Rogue Fitness folding squat rack. Buy quality, buy once. We love our home gym. Never will we be unable to work out again.
hooligan_E84 wroteIndeedLook at you with those fancy Pendlay competition bumpers! I was bummed when MuscleDriverUSA closed and extra bummed when Coach Glenn passed.
