Official Home Gym Building Thread

LiE · 30 Jan 2013 at 13:19

I could store the bar in the house during really cold spells.

Tackle_Berry · 30 Jan 2013 at 22:18

My garage is away from the house with no heating, its cold for about 5 minutes before I warm up and then I don't feel it just where hoody, thick bottoms. With the bars I wear thin gloves for the first 20 or so minutes by then the blood is pumping and the bar won't feel that cold. Only thing working out in a cold damp garage is your breathe soon makes everything wet with condensation so I coat everything including my power rack with WD40. Seeing as yours is attached and warmer you shouldn't have that problem.

LiE · 5 Feb 2013 at 19:23

How's this look?

Syla5 · 5 Feb 2013 at 19:45

Begbie · 5 Feb 2013 at 19:51

Not enough weight.

Srs

cawill · 5 Feb 2013 at 19:56

LiE said:
How's this look?

Looks great, I own that rack and highly recommend it.

Do you need some clamp collars for the dumbbell? As the spring collars slide off mine.

LiE · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:05

cawill said:
Looks great, I own that rack and highly recommend it.

Do you need some clamp collars for the dumbbell? As the spring collars slide off mine.

Are the springs from fitness superstore weak? I'll have to proper look at them.

Plan is to clear out the garage on Saturday and then go to fitness superstore HQ on Sunday to look at kit and probably buy it all. Depending on time I may have it all set up Sunday evening.

cawill · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:11

LiE said:
Are the springs from fitness superstore weak? I'll have to proper look at them.

They seem no different from any I have used at various gyms. It seems a lot of people have issues with spring collars sliding off oly dumbell handles. The springs work fine with a bar.

cawill · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:13

Also what exercises are you going to use the dumbbells for? I originally got them for pressing but that didn't work out that well.

King Damager · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:14

LiE said:
Are the springs from fitness superstore weak? I'll have to proper look at them.

Plan is to clear out the garage on Saturday and then go to fitness superstore HQ on Sunday to look at kit and probably buy it all. Depending on time I may have it all set up Sunday evening.

How are you going to transport it all?!

kd

LiE · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:27

cawill said:
They seem no different from any I have used at various gyms. It seems a lot of people have issues with spring collars sliding off oly dumbell handles. The springs work fine with a bar.

Yea I can see how having the dumbbell on the side would be a problem with just spring clips.

cawill said:
Also what exercises are you going to use the dumbbells for? I originally got them for pressing but that didn't work out that well.

Quite a few. You had problems pressing with DBs?

King Damager said:
How are you going to transport it all?!

kd

Got a van hired over the weekend to clear the garage out so will use that.

Skillmister · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:34

How much is membership going to be and are there any campsites local to you?

cawill · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:37

LiE said:
Quite a few. You had problems pressing with DBs?

Can be a pain to get setup. I also don't have that much rubber matting so I have to press in the rack which causing problems with the dumbbells hitting the rack when setting up or putting them down. The screw clamps also need tightening every set.

cawill · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:38

Are you buying it up front or using finance?

LiE · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:40

cawill said:
Are you buying it up front or using finance?

0% credit card.

cawill · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:42

LiE said:
0% credit card.

I assume you're going to negotiate a deal with them? The member of staff in Surrey store offered me £50 off the rack if I paid up front. I assume with the amount you're ordering you could get a decent amount off.

LiE · 5 Feb 2013 at 20:46

Yea spoken to someone there and they said when I go they should be able to give me a discount.

LiE · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:30

cawill said:
Can be a pain to get setup. I also don't have that much rubber matting so I have to press in the rack which causing problems with the dumbbells hitting the rack when setting up or putting them down. The screw clamps also need tightening every set.

These look good
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lock-Jaw-Olympic-Barbell-Collars/dp/B0015YV50Y/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_1

cawill · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:34

LiE said:
These look good
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lock-Jaw-Olympic-Barbell-Collars/dp/B0015YV50Y/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_1

I agree.

Strength shop have these on offer right now which is tempting.

https://www.strengthshop.co.uk/review/product/list/id/580/

Syla5 · 5 Feb 2013 at 22:27

LiE as long as those lock jaw grips arnt more then 1.5inches wide you will still be able to get over 50kg on the DB only bars

with the weights we talked about earlier.