Power Rack and Benches

Chong Warrior · 11 Jun 2009 at 23:14

Morba said:
GYM PRICES

MEMBERSHIP IS £20 FOR THE YEAR

?!?!?!
£190 a year is bloody fantastic!

Yeah tell me about it

The £20 is a joining fee...

I wouldn't mind but it's literally around the corner from my old JJB gym where I was paying £37.50 a month!

It's a decent hardcore gym, quite a few pro's and competition guys train there, some of them are freakin huge!!

Morba · 11 Jun 2009 at 23:40

yeah, looks bloody great.

there is a comp winning bodybuilder trying to open a gym near me but the coucil are rejecting his application to change premises to leisure :/
so annoying as it will be great!

Freefaller · 12 Jun 2009 at 07:58

My gym for what it is is great, but it's not hardcore enough any more - but finding the big-boys gym is like finding rocking horse poo around my area and it's all a bit secret handshakes etc...

dun · 12 Jun 2009 at 12:29

When I trained at home I has a barbell with about 90k of weight. I used to put it down very gently but still it has cracked the ceiling slightly underneath and knocked the heads of the nails used on the plasterboard out. So I wouldn't put it upstairs

My gym now is pretty hardcore. Great bunch of lads in there with some older competitors and some up and comers. £25/ month for a single month as well.

Freefaller · 12 Jun 2009 at 14:06

I want a gym with 70kg DBs

Jonny L · 12 Jun 2009 at 14:10

Freefaller said:
I want a gym with 70kg DBs

Hope thats not for curling :eek:

First 70kg curls, then world domination....

In which case I'd like to say vive la Freefaller!

Hopefully that'll keep a head on my shoulders

dun · 12 Jun 2009 at 14:15

I think my gym has 90s. Definitely 80s had to move them yesterday.

Jonny L · 12 Jun 2009 at 14:21

dun said:
I think my gym has 90s. Definitely 80s had to move them yesterday.

Would they be mainly for shrugs and pullover etc?

Or are there actually real monsters that Bench Press them and such?

If so that's what I'm aiming for one day

dun · 12 Jun 2009 at 14:27

I haven't seen anyone use them for pressing mate and I go when most of the big lads are around. They're too heavy for moving around properly really, hard to get on the racks etc.

Mansize_tissue · 17 Jun 2009 at 23:48

Ok I've thought about this some more and I'm determined to make it work!

The closest gym to me is a bit of a chore to get to, and it really isn't that good. It's not even got a squat rack and the free weights area is really small and incredibly busy.

I had a chat to a friend in the building industry and he said that if a ceiling/floor can't take 180kg with little flex, you shouldn't be in that room in the first place! Unless it's a very old, listed building, the floors will have been built to strict regulation and will easily take that relatively light weight. I'm not taking this as gospel, but it makes sense that floors will have been build to take quite a lot of weight.

With regard to noise, and spreading the weight as Makunouchi mentioned, I'm guessing a rubber gym mat wouldn't be enough. But what about fashioning a large piece of wood (obviously not too heavy) or some other material, say 8ft x 6ft, with rubber/foam on the top to deaden the sound?

I know it seems like I'm disregarding all of your advice, though I'm really not. I'd have bought the power rack already if y'all hadn't advised against it!

Freefaller · 18 Jun 2009 at 07:51

Jonny L said:
Hope thats not for curling

First 70kg curls, then world domination....

In which case I'd like to say vive la Freefaller!

Hopefully that'll keep a head on my shoulders

No I'd use them for single armed rows (maybe not the 70kg ones quite yet), but I'd definitely use 50kg for pressing

At the moment I'm stuck on 27,5kg for curls when Ido decide to do them, so 70kg is a bit way off yet

Jonny L said:
Would they be mainly for shrugs and pullover etc?

Or are there actually real monsters that Bench Press them and such?

If so that's what I'm aiming for one day

Pull-overs, yes, shrugs, definitely, but I tend to go to around 200kg for shrugs.

I can press 50kgs for 4-5 reps

There are definitely people that press 70kg DBs as I've seen it - amazing obviously!

Freefaller · 18 Jun 2009 at 07:55

Mansize - any chance of doing it on the groundfloor? Please appreciate that it may well be 180kg, but the impact of such a weight repeatedly hitting the cage is going to transmit a lot of force.

If it's a modern home with thick concrete floors, and built like a brick ****house type of building sure - but ever wonder why gyms with a 2nd floor always re-enforce the floor?

I'm just warning you that although it might be "ok" - it's going to be, noisy, likely to cause some paint damage, may end up causing some cracks or other issues.

Just be careful and mindful.

Jonny L · 18 Jun 2009 at 08:22

Freefaller said:
No I'd use them for single armed rows (maybe not the 70kg ones quite yet), but I'd definitely use 50kg for pressing At the moment I'm stuck on 27,5kg for curls when Ido decide to do them, so 70kg is a bit way off yet

Pull-overs, yes, shrugs, definitely, but I tend to go to around 200kg for shrugs.

I can press 50kgs for 4-5 reps There are definitely people that press 70kg DBs as I've seen it - amazing obviously!

Phew, the world is safe... for now at least

50kg db press is mental I only press a lil bit more than that on bb for sets

Mansize_tissue · 18 Jun 2009 at 21:42

Freefaller said:
Mansize - any chance of doing it on the groundfloor? Please appreciate that it may well be 180kg, but the impact of such a weight repeatedly hitting the cage is going to transmit a lot of force.

If it's a modern home with thick concrete floors, and built like a brick ****house type of building sure - but ever wonder why gyms with a 2nd floor always re-enforce the floor?

I'm just warning you that although it might be "ok" - it's going to be, noisy, likely to cause some paint damage, may end up causing some cracks or other issues.

Just be careful and mindful.

I tend to put my weights down very, very lightly anyway; I've had to because annoyed my flat mates to begin with, but now they can't hear a thing. However, this was in halls and the floors were very strong.

In all honesty, the property I'll be living in is a fairly old terraced house. There is a bedroom on the bottom floor, and I guess I could swap with one of my flat mates and move into that one instead which, even if the floors are still wooden boards, will be a lot safer.

Buffman · 18 Jun 2009 at 21:46

Mansize_tissue said:
I tend to put my weights down very, very lightly anyway; I've had to because annoyed my flat mates to begin with, but now they can't hear a thing. However, this was in halls and the floors were very strong.

In all honesty, the property I'll be living in is a fairly old terraced house. There is a bedroom on the bottom floor, and I guess I could swap with one of my flat mates and move into that one instead which, even if the floors are still wooden boards, will be a lot safer.

I'd definetly do that, 180kg+bodyweight of force over a very small surface area can't be good for the floor unless it's well enforced.

Morba · 18 Jun 2009 at 21:58

Mansize_tissue said:
I tend to put my weights down very, very lightly anyway;

you arent lifting hard enough then

khimbar · 24 Jun 2009 at 16:42

Mansize_tissue said:
I had a chat to a friend in the building industry and he said that if a ceiling/floor can't take 180kg with little flex, you shouldn't be in that room in the first place! Unless it's a very old, listed building, the floors will have been built to strict regulation and will easily take that relatively light weight.

It's not the weight. Its a combination of the weight being on a small point and the impact of them coming down. Feel free to do it, but when your ceiling crashes on don't forget pics.