Bought A Bench Press

Anyone have a home gym and give there thoughts on this investment?

I've been working out for about 4-5 years on and off (the past year), never had a home gym, only dumbbells, what do you fellas who have your personal home gym make of it?

I'm thinking of making a small personal home gym, got the bench press/barbell, some dumbbells attach-able preacher curl =)

Throw me some pros/cons

 

Pro: do it whenever you want
Pro: people aren't hogging the machines
Pro: cheaper long term than a gym membership
Pro: don't have to travel far

Con: gets cold in the garage in winter

 

Not many cons other than upfront cost for it.

I have been thinking of getting my own bench with squat rack.
A few basic plates and what not and with just those, could probably get a pretty good workout.

Do it. I want to too

 

yo can u pm me? wher u bug an for how much ?

 

I just have dumbbells to occasionally do squats, pull backs, raises, and a variation of curls.

I rather go to the gym since the equipment's available to help are diverse and you get to see women in spandex

 

Nice!
Never begrudge an investment in yourself!
Personally, I don't think a home gym is something I would ever do. For me, I need to get out of my regular enviornment, too many distractions. I am that way with a lot of things, I always go to a coffee shop to read, etc.

For this reason, I will always have a gym membership. I love seeing people at the gym too!

 

Oh, I'm just doing the home gym as a convenience when necessary, I'm still going to go to the gym

 

completely agree breh... nothing better =)

 

Still going beast mode. I like it.

 

thats how we do it breh..

 

I have been using my home/outside gym for a few months. Never had so much fun working out before.

• I work out when I want.
  
• I work out how I want.
  
• I work out as long as I want.
  
• I get a awesome tan while working out, two birds.
  
• I don't have to drive to the gym, when I'm pumped and ready I can go straight to the weights.
  
• I can blast the music I WANT. So fun to lift while jamming to the music you like.

I've got a adjustable bench for incline/flat/decline. I built a squat rack with a pull up bar above the squat bar. Bench bar, curl bar, dumbell bars, and like 250 lbs in weights.

Con: You have to do purely free weight workouts unless you're loaded or find a good deal for machinery.

Pro to that is I feel like the free weights have given me a lot more muscle control, machinery does a lot of the work for you.

 

I have a treadmill, pull up bar, elliptical and dumbbells.

Doing pull ups and push ups are essential for increasing your strength and I would strongly recommend never getting a treadmills for home gym, it's boring and you would rather be outside instead of running in one spot.

 

Yeah fuck that i got my preacher curl machine and bench press haha so im sett

 

I have one as well. It's always nice doing a few sets here and there

 

yee i got rubber tiles as well, dumbbells... its gonna be sik

 

I've got a home gym as well, and have made really good gains from it.

Equipment I have:

Adjustable bench
Pullup Bar
Weight belt (For weighted pullups)
2 dumbbell handles with twistable locks
1 EZ curl bar
250+ pounds in plates. Have multiple 20 pound plates, 10 pound plates, 5 pound plates and 2.5 pound plates

 

Sickkkk bro yeah i was just thinking i need to get an ez bar :'(

 

Go for it man! Personally I really only need them for skullcrushers, which is quite honestly the king of tricep isolation exercises. Ez bar curls are pretty decent as well, although I do prefer using dumbbells for biceps.

 

i agree skullcrushers are #1, close grip bench press #2, and tricep pushdowns #3

 

Ay bro but you can't forget about legs!