*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

Heres my thinking, Gym membership right? real cheap one? £20pm? Cost of travel and other bits and bobs easy another £10+ per month. Realistically gym nearer £50 pm and travel etc £30?

Decent proper Gym setup for home. ~£1500

Time it takes to succeed in your goals, minimum 3 yrs maximum 5 years realistically - Forever

So the min cost of getting to where you want using a commercial gym is £1080 (3 yrs cheapo gym) or more likely £2880 (3yrs good gym)

Plus you can train when you like, or more importantly when you CAN, meaning you dont miss workouts. Workouts missed due to gym and or travel issues will account for at least 1 year wasted in 5 for average individuals.

In my opinion there is very little case for using a gym over a good quality home setup except for those for whom it is completely impossible to have. Plus resale of kit is usually pretty easy if you buy good stuff, you will lose 20% max on cast iron and 40% max on racks

My 2p
 
U_E, I can afford to pay £50 this month. I can't afford to pay £1500 for a home gym.


A fine principle if you have the disposable cash to buy your equipment. Or if you don't enjoy going down the gym with others, enjoying the atmosphere.
 
wish my gym was empty.. lol there's like 100+ from 6-10pm :) and we've got 1 squat rack! gotta fight for it all the time, for e.g. today im meant to do deadlifts, squats, shoulder presses..

it'll take me 20 mins just to get my working weight on the bar.. then it'll take another 20 minutes to hopefully collect enough to get my working weight for squats..

pish take tbh.. but hey you get what you pay for i guess.
 
I am definitely making sure our next house has a garage or enough room to build a home gym. As much as I like the fact that it gets me out the house and keeps me entertained watching the world go by, I hate that it takes me 2 hours to do 30 mins worth of exercises.

Luckily, I'm still a student for the next year so getting there at the quiet times is pretty easy at the moment.
 
Ultra_Extreme said:
Heres my thinking, Gym membership right? real cheap one? £20pm? Cost of travel and other bits and bobs easy another £10+ per month. Realistically gym nearer £50 pm and travel etc £30?

Decent proper Gym setup for home. ~£1500

Time it takes to succeed in your goals, minimum 3 yrs maximum 5 years realistically - Forever

So the min cost of getting to where you want using a commercial gym is £1080 (3 yrs cheapo gym) or more likely £2880 (3yrs good gym)

Plus you can train when you like, or more importantly when you CAN, meaning you dont miss workouts. Workouts missed due to gym and or travel issues will account for at least 1 year wasted in 5 for average individuals.

In my opinion there is very little case for using a gym over a good quality home setup except for those for whom it is completely impossible to have. Plus resale of kit is usually pretty easy if you buy good stuff, you will lose 20% max on cast iron and 40% max on racks

My 2p
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Problem with the above is the below

MoNkeE said:
U_E, I can afford to pay £50 this month. I can't afford to pay £1500 for a home gym.


A fine principle if you have the disposable cash to buy your equipment. Or if you don't enjoy going down the gym with others, enjoying the atmosphere.
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Solution to the problem above is (if you can)

Buy the gym on an interest free on purchases credit card, usual offer periods 18months to 26months. Make monthly payments of £50 per month, and by the time your offer period ends you have almost paid off your gym.

Alternatively, get a credit card with a long balance transfer offer, and buy the gym on another credit card. Balance transfers often last longer then purchase interest free periods.

if you only pay say £30 per month, by the time you get to the end of your interest free period, you can balance transfer the remaining funds to another credit card, as these offers are always around.

Home gym, same monthly cost as membership, more freedom, gainz, winning :thumbsup: :cool:
 
It's an idealistic dream tho. I cannot possibly get the same range of equipment or quality for £1500 or even £3000. DBs from 1kg to 60kg? A squat rack with all the attachments? Dual sided cable stacks? 260kg of plates? Good quality barbells? Leg press? Leg Curlz?

It's an alternative, not a solution. And as I said, you don't get the same atmosphere. You don't get other people watching and judging, which pushes you that bit further.

I'm going to build a home gym in my garage. But I'm also going to have a gym subscription!
 
My home gym is slowly coming along. Once you are past the initial outlay of a rack, barbell and plates you can add the rest over time.

Aiming for something like this:

 
Apok said:
Verdict on Dw sports & fitness gyms anyone?
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Don't know if this was answered or not but I go to DW.
Dumbells go up to 50kg, two squat racks, decline, incline and standard bench, plenty of spare olympic bars and weight plates.

Can't think of anything it's missing really.
 
When I have a house rather than a flat I'll probably invest in a home gym set up.. Problem is that a bar, rack and weights alone is thousands of pounds, which is affordable and easy to save up for, but it is paying it in one hit. I actively hate my gym but it's the best I can get around me unless I go to one near work, but that's not convenient for weekends.

You just have to get that balance working for you. There is no ultimate solution, it just depends on your life. :)
 
Ff LiE's setup cost £1750, is quite inclusive, and re paying out in one lump sum, see above solution. You go from paying a gym membership, to a credit card bill, infact you have more flexibility over your payment options as well.
 
For LiE though it's perfect, without sounding like an arse all he needs to do is train the three main lifts for his comp then assistance work how he can.

For a BB like Monkee for instance, I can see how having the extra equipment is going to help in the long run but naturally cost a heck of a lot more.
 
I am not saying its gonna work for everyone, I am saying its very easy to finance a home gym if you want to get one.

I agree that for a bb'er it is not as cheap to get a setup going and you really want individual dumbbells which cost a decent whack, but you also don't need every piece of equipment to get the same results in the same time.

I do like monkees home gym + membership idea as you get the best of both worlds then.
 
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