Official Home Gym Building Thread

Added a chalk ball (£3) and york belt (£6) to my home gym. These cheap and basic additions have made lifting much easier. I'd definitely recommend adding them. My grip kept giving out after about 6 reps on the deadlift and I'd have to stop to readjust, losing intensity. The chalk gives perfect grip.
I only use the belt for squats. It helps with my form and directs more of the stress to my thighs, where I want it.
 
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Hey again. So i bought myself a oly bar and weights, but im at the stage where its just not safe to get the weight onto my shoulders for squats. Could someone explain the benefits of a full power rack over a half one?

Thanks
 
wilber said:
Hey again. So i bought myself a oly bar and weights, but im at the stage where its just not safe to get the weight onto my shoulders for squats. Could someone explain the benefits of a full power rack over a half one?

Thanks
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it depends on the racks tbh, a lot of full racks come with added benefits that you cannot have with half racks.

dip bars
pulley system
etc

half racks are easier to get in and out of, especially the oly bar and you could do it with weight on, but in a full rack it has to have zero weight on it tbh.

basically a full rack has a lot more options, accessories, etc.

you can of course buy a full rack which has no dip bars and no lat down pulley attachment, in those cases a half rack would be better.

basically do you want to spend less money on a half rack with no option to upgrade it in the future?

or you could buy a powertec full rack, then add the lat attachment at a later date when you have more spare cash.

so that is why most people opt for a full rack, dips and pulley systems, plus it's more stable imo,therefore safer.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
it depends on the racks tbh, a lot of full racks come with added benefits that you cannot have with half racks.

dip bars
pulley system
etc

half racks are easier to get in and out of, especially the oly bar and you could do it with weight on, but in a full rack it has to have zero weight on it tbh.

basically a full rack has a lot more options, accessories, etc.

you can of course buy a full rack which has no dip bars and no lat down pulley attachment, in those cases a half rack would be better.

basically do you want to spend less money on a half rack with no option to upgrade it in the future?

or you could buy a powertec full rack, then add the lat attachment at a later date when you have more spare cash.

so that is why most people opt for a full rack, dips and pulley systems, plus it's more stable imo,therefore safer.
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Cheers for the reply!

The half rack I was considering came with all the extra attachments you mentioned. I'm on a tight budget, and new to weight lifting so i thought the following would sort me out for the next year or so.

Here was the one half rack i was looking at

http://www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk/bodymax-cf376r-half-cage-with-lat-attachment.php

I wanted to purchase the below full rack BUT they are currently out of stock so the price has gone back up until they are back in stock. Trouble is I don't really want to wait much longer, I think i injured my arm slightly last night getting the weight over my head to squat.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTIMATE-...8?pt=UK_Strength_Training&hash=item2319bfe12a
 
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Personally I have only ever seen and used a powertec rack, therefore it is the only one I am willing to recommend. I also own some body solid equipment and can vouch for their quality too. As for the others I don't know how good they are. If you're on a budget try eBay and Gumtree. Otherwise I would save up the extra and get a powertec.
 
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Otherwise I would save up the extra and get a powertec.
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With you not having experience with the powerhouse equipment I can understand your hesitation to recommend it, but the PTWBPR11 costs £100 more than the CF475, and there's quite a few people on this forum and in this very thread that own the CF475. It's quite well regarded :)
 
uv said:
With you not having experience with the powerhouse equipment I can understand your hesitation to recommend it, but the PTWBPR11 costs £100 more than the CF475, and there's quite a few people on this forum and in this very thread that own the CF475. It's quite well regarded :)
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So long as you can vouch for it then it is up to him to decide. Also if he is buying brand new he can haggle over price especially if he buys a lot of stuff. But I couldn't really vouch for something I have never seen or used before personally. So i generally tend to recommend equipment I or my friends own or have used at the gym.

So I would haggle with both and see what they come up with as their best price, then make a decision from there, don't take the book price as gospel.
 
Bros, where the cheapest place to buy weight plates from? i need 2 x 20kg, 2 x 10kg and maybe 2 x 7.5kg to fit a standard bar
 
Standard or Oly bar?

You could take a look on ebay/gumtree for some local ones.

Power house fitness is £53.98 for 20kg x 2
Fitness superstore is £59.99 for 20kg x 2
 
I would move over to Oly before you start spending a decent sum of money on plates, I made that mistake. Moved to olympic equipment after having around 80-100kg in standard plates.
 
Yea ive already got about 100kg of standard weights, thing is its cheaper at the moment to just add to them rather than replace the lot
 
Yea something like that, i got mine from powerhouse fitness so need to check, take me a while to get there if it is tho
 
Kimi said:
Yea something like that, i got mine from powerhouse fitness so need to check, take me a while to get there if it is tho
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A quick google shows that most standard barbells have a load limit of 200-250 lb. So that's a max of 113KG.

Time to sell up and swap for Oly weights :)
 
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