Home Gym

TheChosenOne_

I have a small room in my house which I am very interested in turning in to my own personal home gym. I am not looking for any state of the art equipment now or anything, I would like it to be as simple as possible (obviously having the essentials for a good workout)

Looking for tips or suggestions on what equipment to look for (strength training so weights) and where is the best place to get these.

Will also be working off a budget for this gym 500-700

Killgore Trout

Make your own bench:
http://homemadestrength.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/strongest-bench-youll-never-buy.html

Make your own bench and squat stand:
http://homemadestrength.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/more-than-just-squat-stands.html

Get a bar:
http://www.d8fitness.com/store/cross-training-2/olympic-bars/

Some plates
http://www.d8fitness.com/store/cross-training-2/colour-bumper-plates/

Dumbbells:
https://www.fitness-superstore.co.uk/body-power-olympic-dumbbell-handle-x1.html

Lower weight 2" hole plates

4 x 1.25kg
4 x 2.5kg
4 x 5 KG

Some collars

Some rubber mats
http://www.d8fitness.com/product/rubber-mat/
Some plywood

bladespin

Awesome post, massive thumbs up for that.
Woodies better be ready!

Btw, workshop mats in Halfords are fine and come in at e12 for about 2msq

dzh444

bladespin wrote: »

Btw, workshop mats in Halfords are fine and come in at e12 for about 2msq

great suggestion, keeps cost down

Macy0161

bladespin wrote: »

Btw, workshop mats in Halfords are fine and come in at e12 for about 2msq

Can sometimes be got a bit cheaper, and there's also the axa discount. Only issue I've had is that in the summer, in all day direct heat, they've expanded a fair amount (but always gone back in shape when they've cooled). They are quite soft too - weights (or anything else) does leave a (temp) compression mark.

bladespin

Once they pad the floor I don't care really, haven't fitted out the whole room, just the weights area.

TheChosenOne_

Killgore Trout wrote: »

Make your own bench:
http://homemadestrength.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/strongest-bench-youll-never-buy.html

Make your own bench and squat stand:
http://homemadestrength.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/more-than-just-squat-stands.html

Get a bar:
http://www.d8fitness.com/store/cross-training-2/olympic-bars/

Some plates
http://www.d8fitness.com/store/cross-training-2/colour-bumper-plates/

Dumbbells:
https://www.fitness-superstore.co.uk/body-power-olympic-dumbbell-handle-x1.html

Lower weight 2" hole plates

4 x 1.25kg
4 x 2.5kg
4 x 5 KG

Some collars

Some rubber mats
http://www.d8fitness.com/product/rubber-mat/
Some plywood

Thanks for the great post I appreciate it. But to be honest I would not be the best for DIY or wouldn't be the most patient with it so think putting that together would be fairly unrealistic for me ha.

I've been looking around at some power racks, would they be the right thing to purchase for house?

Macy0161

bladespin wrote: »

Once they pad the floor I don't care really, haven't fitted out the whole room, just the weights area.

I did the whole floor. No complaints, as bang for buck couldn't be beaten (got them on sale, plus there was an extra 5% axa discount on top of the normal 10).