Hi all,

I have got about 7K to spend on my home GYM i am knocking the two sheds down at the bottom of the garden and building a building right across from side to side to make the gym i have wanted for so long.

Builders are in next week i will post pics of its progress from then on

I work at a steelbar mill and have lots of spare time on my hands so i make stuff for myself at work

I have recently made a thing for doing shrugs on, suppose it could also be used for some form of strongman training becuase you can walk with it too like farmers walk type thing

Heres the pics, what you think?



Bit rough but i made it in 30mins on nights.

It is ALOT better for me than dumbells etc for hammering traps.

Looks good
look forward to seeing the end results, i train in my garage & have made dips & chin stations

one thing im strugling to make how i would like is, well i wonderd does anyone know if you can buy like a weight stack with a pin in like a rack of weights, that i could use in a home made frame like for a seated cable row and pull down machine etc

Why spend 7k on a home gym.

You must be ****ing minted or insane.

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i might not spend it all, but its also got room at one side for the garden equipment like lawnmover and stuff.

thats just my budget, its to build the building aswell as buy equipment

I take it it`s balanced OK mate ?

7 grand should see you with plenty of change mate I think, I`m making my dipping bars tomorrow, two pieces of wood and four brackets, bracket across the stairs down into the cellar, slot the wood in, sorted and for just over 5 of your English pounds.

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yea its balanced perfect, i got the idea from a gym i used to go to but theres had a plate accross the front too which made it tip forward and had to swing it to put down so you didnt land it on toes.

Looks good mate. Yes pleasee take and post progress pics, Look forward to it :) Will watch this space.

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yea its balanced perfect, i got the idea from a gym i used to go to but theres had a plate accross the front too which made it tip forward and had to swing it to put down so you didnt land it on toes.

Nice 1 mate, lots of thought gone into `frontloading `one lol.

Yours reminds me of two guillotines welded together though, something you`re not telling us ?

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ha, it does dosent it- guy at work was taking this piss - he has a little multi gym and plastic weights, he said i wouldnt have that pishy metal in my garage looks like two drain covers

With £7k I'd buy a prospot
Think power rack with a free bar but it's attached to a cable that holds the weight when you let go of the bar rather than pins... so lift off is straight up and down, bar moves free in all directions, when you go to failure you just let go so no need for safety pins.
Had a go on one in fitness superstore... they are very good.

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With £7k I'd buy a prospot
Think power rack with a free bar but it's attached to a cable that holds the weight when you let go of the bar rather than pins... so lift off is straight up and down, bar moves free in all directions, when you go to failure you just let go so no need for safety pins.
Had a go on one in fitness superstore... they are very good.

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looks good, but im going for the spit and sawdust type gym and just want a normal heavy duty power cage

the 7k has to build the building which im guessing will take up 3k

then 1k on mirrors/rubber matt/ paint/ stereo system

ive got to decide on what to buy i want :-

Power cage

Dumbells 5k upto 60kg in 2.5increments upto 30 then 5increments to 60

Fixed flat bench for bench pressing

Fixed Incline bench with step for spoter to stand on if you know what i mean

Home made seated cable row machine

Cable crossover machine

Preacher bench and ezbar

Rowing machine

Lat pulldown machine -also for tri pushdowns

then later add calfrase machine legpress and leg extentions thing

Think that is everything i need

Mate check out http://www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk/ , Ring James at Nottingham Branch List down what you want on the webby 1st total up the Website price. And ask on each item whats the best you can do i saved over £100 so far fro mthe website prices. And it your ording lots of gear he do u a better discount.

Think Tony on here or TONY saved about £60 and got 20Kg Xtra.

Caint wait to see the pics

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one thing im strugling to make how i would like is, well i wonderd does anyone know if you can buy like a weight stack with a pin in like a rack of weights, that i could use in a home made frame like for a seated cable row and pull down machine etc

You can buy all spare parts. So a stack and what is called a selector pin can be brought.

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That is the type of incline bench i want, but really cant see how they jump from £200 to 700 for this, i could make one like that at work that would be even stronger, just would rather buy them but is there any cheeper of the same design IE with a step behind for the spotter

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I supose this could be a good option and save me some space - i was going to have a fixed incline and a fixed flat but this seems a good sturdy alternative

what do you think to this brand?

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one thing im strugling to make how i would like is, well i wonderd does anyone know if you can buy like a weight stack with a pin in like a rack of weights, that i could use in a home made frame like for a seated cable row and pull down machine etc

You can buy all spare parts. So a stack and what is called a selector pin can be brought.

Thank you, do you know whereabouts i can buy the spare parts online?

Lucky man....hope it goes well mate, will keep an eye on this.

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Hi mate,

If the equipment doesnt need to be brand new then i know a guy who buys/sells commerical gym equipment. He does sell new stuff too and kit out gyms but you can grab a bargan with the 2nd hand stuff - they are re-furbished and in excellent order.

I kitted my own gym out with -

Power rack

Smith machine

cable cross over

bicep machine

calf raise

leg press

dipping station

leg ext

full dumb bell rack 5-55 kg in 5kg jumps

Iso-lateral shoulder press (like a hammer strength one)

Got alot of oly bars and free weights too (cant remember the price now but it was a quarter the price of it new)

His name is Rab Mc Combe and hes from Ballymoney,Northern Ireland although he has a 40ft lorry and does deliveries all over the uk - the name of the business is complete gyms - i'm sure you can find the details if you goggle it.

You will need to call him or e-mail him though as he doesnt have the re-furbished stuff showing on his website - if you let him know what you want he can norm get it


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Thanks very much paul that could be very usefull info