Advice on a home gym?

awishawash

Hey everyone,
I'm looking to get a home multi gym thing from vj's or one of em.
You see I cant really do too much free weights cos I've a bad lower back. Always goes on me when doing anything with the barbell.
So I'd be looking to build as much upperbody weight as poss so what do I need? Looking to fork out around 400.
Any ideas?

awishawash

Just to update, I've narrowed my search down to the Hammer multi gym, and the York 2002 multi gym.
They both look really good but I cant make my mind up. Does anyone know if these things are noisy?

amazingemmet

Tbh i think most multi gyms aren't really worth the cash and you'd be better off buying some free weights and a bench. I know you say you've got a bad back but with proper training you'd be able to sort it out

t-ha

awishawash wrote:

Hey everyone,
I'm looking to get a home multi gym thing from vj's or one of em.
You see I cant really do too much free weights cos I've a bad lower back. Always goes on me when doing anything with the barbell.
So I'd be looking to build as much upperbody weight as poss so what do I need? Looking to fork out around 400.
Any ideas?

What's wrong with your back. Building alot of upperbody mass without a strong lower back may be asking for trouble, not to mention it would just be difficult to do.

awishawash

I dunno, never had it checked, too busy and too expensive!
Gets really weak and painfull of a sudden on the right hand side of my spine just above but deep into the pelvis. If I bend down and rotate my body I hear a bone crunching sound and the pain goes for a few minutes till I've to stand on it again. See I can do alot of exercises sitting down with a multi gym.

amazingemmet

Sounds like your hips are displaced, a couple of visits to an osteopath should sort you out, then a proper core training program will keep it from happen ing again. If your unsure about core training start a new thread.

t-ha

awishawash wrote:

I dunno, never had it checked, too busy and too expensive!

Yeah but we're talking your long-term health here, I definitely wouldn't embark on a training programme without having it looked at. It may hold you back in the short-term but it's definitely worth it. Like emmet said, there may be exercises you can do to correct it once you know what's wrong.

awishawash

You mean I could get this sorted out in a few weeks after having it for 12 years? Wow I'll get straight to an osteopath...

Transform

awishawash wrote:

You mean I could get this sorted out in a few weeks after having it for 12 years? Wow I'll get straight to an osteopath...

Get it sorted!!!!!

A good therapist will set you straight and i use powerblocks for my home workouts. http://www.powerblock.com/homegyms.html

The best i have ever used, tidy and plenty of weight for all exercises (though i still recommend getting someone to show proper technique)

Dragan

awishawash wrote:

You mean I could get this sorted out in a few weeks after having it for 12 years? Wow I'll get straight to an osteopath...

To be honest thats pretty much exactly what they mean. You obviously are not too worried about you all round health to let something go like that for 12 years, so why start working out???

If it sounds harsh i'm just trying to drive the point home dude.

awishawash

Well, I do manual work by day so I'm constantly at it. Its not as if I'm sitting there at a desk or sumthin, it doesnt come down to laziness. I was under the impression that with your back, if you ever hurt it, it'd be like that for life. You could do stretches and stuff, but with heavy weight sessions you'ld just injure it again. Having been to many a physio in my time its true that they leech money from you from as many sessions as possible, when in fact you could be doing the same exercises at home, and any massages given to an injury speed it up minimally. I would be wary of an osteopath charging a high initial consultation then stringing someone along just as the physios do. Aswell as the inconvenience in appointments.
I'll look into it tho...! Ta for the responses