Home Gym Equipment

Whimzeee

If you had an extra room - say 400 or 500 sq feet - to make into a home gym, what equipment would you put into it?

Bikini_Beast

Squat Rack w/Tower, Bench w/leg ext and free weights.

AnvilHead

If given a generous budget:

Squat rack
Bench with incline/decline capability
Olympic bar & weights
Rack of dumbbells from 5-100 lbs. in 5 lb. increments
Pull up / chin up bar
Some kind of cardio machine (bicycle, treadmill, stairclimber, etc.)
Mat for stretching/floor exercises


If given a tight budget:

Bench with incline/decline capability
Adjustable dumbbells
Pull up / chin up bar
jump rope (if cardio machine was out of budget)

Mokey41

I have a lot less space than that but I have an elliptical, a stationary bike and a treadmill crammed in my space along with storage for my road bike. I have another area for weights with a Wii & DVD player set up. It would be nice to have it all in one spot though.

pinkpearlz

I just got a Total Gym and it is AHHmazing! My 8 and 13 year old boys are even able to use it and they were actually fighting over it. It will work every muscle in your body with the right exercises. I'm tellin ya, get rid of everything else because this is all you need. And it folds up so you don't need the extra space all the time.

Whimzeee

Bumping -

Capt_Apollo

a squat rack or a power cage with 400 lbs of weights. i'd prefer the power cage so i can get the pull up chin up attachment for it.

a bench to be able to do bench press in the cage.

heavy bag in the corner

box for box jumps

kettle bells

taso42

What I have now - power rack, oly bar, plates, bumpers, dumbbells, bench, treadmill.

Tat2dDom0105

dumbbell rack
flat bench
more plates than what i have now
my treadmill
Wavemaster XXL
kettlebells

fakeplastictree

Bump

robin52077

My current weight room =

Squat stands with barbell,
bench with it's own barbell,
third barbell on the floor for deads, rows, OHP, complexes, etc.
treadmill
trampoline
stability ball
power tower (pull up bar, dip station, situps, pushups)
adjustable dumbells
kettlebell
mat
music!

Soloflyergirl2

If you have no budget: Use soup cans for light weights.. When you can do 12 reps without effort, increase your weights.
Use a jump rope outside for aerobics.
Buy the stretchy type of rubber bands you stand on and stretchhhhhhh.
Walk outside..... walk around the block 4 times , if you have to .. All of this is free, and saving me 60 dollars a month at the health club. It's a start.... just do it.... Watch the tv show... Sit and Be Fit... and sitting in a chair, she will work you out...

Graypanther

Do you have a budget?
whats the size of the room? 20X20 room?
Its going to depend on your goals.

Wuggums

My current 600 square foot home gym:

8' x 15' Endless Pool
Elliptical
Treadmill
Recumbent Bike
Rack w/ Olympic Bar, plates and dumbells
Bowflex Ultimate 2
50" Plasma TV / DVD player and lots of fitness DVDs

rachmass1

My current 600 square foot home gym:

8' x 15' Endless Pool
Elliptical
Treadmill
Recumbent Bike
Rack w/ Olympic Bar, plates and dumbells
Bowflex Ultimate 2
50" Plasma TV / DVD player and lots of fitness DVDs

Ooh, I want that! Sans the bike that is

ninerbuff

I just got a Total Gym and it is AHHmazing! My 8 and 13 year old boys are even able to use it and they were actually fighting over it. It will work every muscle in your body with the right exercises. I'm tellin ya, get rid of everything else because this is all you need. And it folds up so you don't need the extra space all the time.

Well for beginners it is, but for veteran lifters, it would be inadequate.


A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

My0WNinspiration

I have squat rack, bench, weight plates, dumbbells and punching bag w/ stand

cowgirlashlee

Stationary Bike (I love mine and use it daily)
Free Weights Set (instead of just the 2.5 and 5lb weights I have)
Elliptical
Treadmill
Bowflex
Rack w/Olympic Bar and plates (seems to be fairly common, and I am getting more into strength training as well, so it would be really nice)
TV/DVD combo with fitness DVDs
Plenty of mats

neverstray

I would want a squat rack, bench that incline/declines, Olympic barbells and plates, and a full rack of dumb bells. That's it for the major investments. I already have other stuff like a jump box, medicine balls, pull up bar, and things like that.

Ejourneys

I've already got, scattered in several rooms:
1. Various free weights (straight bar, EZ-bar, plates, dumbbells) and soft weights, plus weightlifting gloves
2. Weight bench
3. Mini-trampoline
4. Magne-Trainer mini-bike
5. Wind trainer for a regular bicycle
6. NordicTrack WalkFit -- the foot-powered kind, like this one:

7. Pull-up bar
8. Yoga mat and cushion
9. Exercise ball

I used to have and LOVED my Gravity Edge, which looked like this:

It was an ingenious design that used your own body weight as resistance. Terrific product for what it did.

Given the space and budget, I'd want to add:
1. Enough free weights to have a full set.
2. Squat rack
3. Power rack
4. Medicine balls
5. Balance board
6. Endless pool
7. A mirrored wall for checking my form
8. Motorized treadmill.
9. A great sound system
10. Room to dance!

rachmass1

I have the following (all of which I love)

-Precor elliptical (they rock)
-treadmill (my desk is on top of it - what better way to work?)
-Functional trainer (don't use it as well as I should)
-10 pound medicine ball
-battle ropes

I would love to add a set of dumbells from 8 pounds up to 25, maybe higher
-Great bench that I can reach the ground with (shortie)
-maybe a bowflex or some type of weight machine although I know free weights are better
-If I could afford a pool that would be high up there on my list as I swim a lot in the summer, but hate pools