Looking for a good home gym

[McSwickles]

Hey guys I’m looking at buying a home gym. I want to start working out with my son and turn my garage into a home gym. I’ll still be using my local gym several days a week for the majority of my workouts so I don’t need anything crazy. I’m gonna have a budget between $700-$1000. I’ve looked on Amazon and a little on Google and have a couple that are pretty nice in that price range. If anybody has any suggestions or any sites they recommend I’d appreciate it.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Use Walmart they actually have great prices on equipment.
I got the golds gym xrs 20 with the squat rack and its been a great piece of equipment very versatile.

 

[McSwickles]

Thanks I’ll have to check that out. I kinda figured walmart/Amazon had decent equipment.

 

[TG1]

Don’t be cheap on quality. Even for home gym. Look for used commercial grade equipment. Stick with basics at home. Squat or smith machine. Adjustable Incline bench. Decline bench.

I bought some lower grade commercial stuff for home including a calve machine. 50mm Olympic bars and weights. But its still nothing like the gym. Its good for convenience and maybe doing 2 a day workouts.

 

[Stratfordave]

Agree… Craig’s list for higher quality equipment! I grabbed sets of York (15-75lbs) hex dumbbells and two racks last year for 175$!

 

[Bigmurph6]

I look for stuff like that all the time and ive gotten a couple of good ones

Nice grab especially if there in good shape meaning no rust

 

[McSwickles]

I’m definitely looking at used commercial gear, I think that’s the best bang for your buck. I’m looking at marcy home gym with the smith machine too. I’m wondering about the quality though. I’m not planning on going crazy with the weights, it’s more to teach my son on and get him started, but I’d like good quality either way.

 

[Stratfordave]

Near perfect condition! Dusty …lol

 

[McSwickles]

My part of the country isn’t turning up much on craigslist or Facebook, I don’t wanna drive 3 hrs to pickup equipment either.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Damn hell yeah

 

[Bigmurph6]

I can’t blame you for that im in the same position where im at I don’t have access anymore smh

 

[Sig516]

Same, boondocks has its perks, amminitys arnt 1 tho. Also government auction sites like govplanet has stuff for cheap

 

[Bigmurph6]

Govplanet is it a surplus site?

 

[Sig516]

Yes, but civilians can bid on anything, and they do have gym equipment at times

 

[Bigmurph6]

That’s cool I didn’t know that they had an auction website for surplus.
You can probably just find about anything on those sites I imagine.

 

[TBU]

We have a couple places that sell used equipment. It’s called second wind. A lot of gyms that upgrade or close down sell the equipment there. Everything from dumbells to cable machines and everything else . Good stuff and fairly cheap. If your close to a city I am sure you will have something similar…

 

[TBU]

Seen this on TV.

 

[Raphael3636]

 

[swole88]

I owned a gym for years and you can’t be quality. For home use the Tuff stuff smith machine with lat pull, pec dec, and seated row is incredible. Not only do you have the smith portion, you can also use an Olympic BB.

 

[McSwickles]

I’m gonna check out tuff stuff, that’s exactly what I’m looking for.