Any serious home lifters?

BrainsOnGains
BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I work out primarily in my basement gym "ThunderDome", yes I named it. I have an elaborate spread of equipment and benches. Just looking for any homemade ideas for equipment. Dont tell me to lift milk jugs. I am talking serious equipment made of metal and wood and will break a toe if dropped. I will post my $10 home depot dumbells later. I have a welder if you have schematics.
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  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    I lift at home, mostly with equipment bought off Craigslist or that I built. I love my Indian clubs and Bulgarian sandbag.
  • CrazyTrackLady
    CrazyTrackLady Posts: 1,337 Member
    I work out primarily in my basement gym "ThunderDome", yes I named it. I have an elaborate spread of equipment and benches. Just looking for any homemade ideas for equipment. Dont tell me to lift milk jugs. I am talking serious equipment made of metal and wood and will break a toe if dropped. I will post my $10 home depot dumbells later. I have a welder if you have schematics.

    What about a chin up bar? Or a rower? Can you reinforce your ceiling?

    I'd also suggest a wet bar and a petting zoo, but that might be a bit over the top. And messy.
  • _Peacebone_
    _Peacebone_ Posts: 229 Member
    I don't have a home gym (yet), but here is a DIY squat rack that looks pretty awesome.

    http://freckledlifter.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/diy-squat-rack/
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    Craigslist is a great resource. I bought two gym quality flat utility benches and a pair of 100lb prostyle dumbells for $80.
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    I lift at home, mostly with equipment bought off Craigslist or that I built. I love my Indian clubs and Bulgarian sandbag.

    Tell me more about indian clubs and bulgarian sandbags, I am not familiar. Thanks
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    Craigslist is a great resource. I bought two gym quality flat utility benches and a pair of 100lb prostyle dumbells for $80.

    Nice! I need some heavier dumbbells, but nothing's been available lately. Making due with a short barbell and plates right now.
  • foxro
    foxro Posts: 793 Member
    Ditto, I'd like to build my own Lat machine in the garage.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I work out primarily in my basement gym "ThunderDome", yes I named it. I have an elaborate spread of equipment and benches. Just looking for any homemade ideas for equipment. Dont tell me to lift milk jugs. I am talking serious equipment made of metal and wood and will break a toe if dropped. I will post my $10 home depot dumbells later. I have a welder if you have schematics.

    What about a chin up bar? Or a rower? Can you reinforce your ceiling?

    I'd also suggest a wet bar and a petting zoo, but that might be a bit over the top. And messy.
    Hmm, that sounds wonderful. Our "gym" is in the basement along with the dogs, chicken incubators, and several dozen snakes. Petting zoo, check. I wonder where I could put a wet bar.
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    Ditto, I'd like to build my own Lat machine in the garage.

    Search Craigslist high and low, people get the new years bug either this year or a few years ago and they have equipment that they stopped using for pennies on the dollar, which they are sick of hanging their laundry on. I have found exercise equipment is the easiest to negotiate.
  • Going4Lean
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,078 Member
    you can google for ideas and there is one site called DIYstrengthgear.com for ideas on how to build equipment at home.
  • funforsports
    funforsports Posts: 2,656 Member
    I have got a weight room in my basement that is made of completely hand crafted machines or things I got off craigslist. I have a bench press, squat rack, overhead cable, and pull up bar that are all homemade.
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    LOL I have a water fountain from my work down there (boss said "we dont need this anymore, throw it away", mind you its not hooked up yet but it is a legitimate water fountain.
  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
    Was considering setting up a home gym in my garage... then it snowed... I'll just go to the gym :D
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    I have got a weight room in my basement that is made of completely hand crafted machines or things I got off craigslist. I have a bench press, squat rack, overhead cable, and pull up bar that are all homemade.

    Nice
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    Was considering setting up a home gym in my garage... then it snowed... I'll just go to the gym :D

    Read "Rogue Warrior, the part where Marcinko was in prison. He would work out, outside in the snow and come back in steaming (literally)
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    you can google for ideas and there is one site called DIYstrengthgear.com for ideas on how to build equipment at home.

    I will check it out.
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    I work out primarily in my basement gym "ThunderDome", yes I named it. I have an elaborate spread of equipment and benches. Just looking for any homemade ideas for equipment. Dont tell me to lift milk jugs. I am talking serious equipment made of metal and wood and will break a toe if dropped. I will post my $10 home depot dumbells later. I have a welder if you have schematics.

    what all do you already have?
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    My dad is building me some boxes for box jumps and such out of plywood. That's pretty much all I have in my garage gym that will be truly homemade, although I have refashioned the dip handles on my pullup/dip tower as a rack for squats and military presses.
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    I work out primarily in my basement gym "ThunderDome", yes I named it. I have an elaborate spread of equipment and benches. Just looking for any homemade ideas for equipment. Dont tell me to lift milk jugs. I am talking serious equipment made of metal and wood and will break a toe if dropped. I will post my $10 home depot dumbells later. I have a welder if you have schematics.

    what all do you already have?

    http://t.co/WJMYDV4f
    http://t.co/wx5dxUct
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    My dad is building me some boxes for box jumps and such out of plywood. That's pretty much all I have in my garage gym that will be truly homemade, although I have refashioned the dip handles on my pullup/dip tower as a rack for squats and military presses.

    Plyometrics is going to turn you into a fat burning machine.
  • foxro
    foxro Posts: 793 Member
    you can google for ideas and there is one site called DIYstrengthgear.com for ideas on how to build equipment at home.

    Thankyou, just checked it out and found a design, Cheers !!!
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    you can google for ideas and there is one site called DIYstrengthgear.com for ideas on how to build equipment at home.

    Thankyou, just checked it out and found a design, Cheers !!!

    give us the link brother! sweet!
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    http://t.co/WJMYDV4f
    http://t.co/wx5dxUct

    Puts my home gym to shame.
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    http://t.co/WJMYDV4f
    http://t.co/wx5dxUct

    Puts my home gym to shame.

    Acquire it piece by piece.
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    Just a random strength tip; Work on your grip strength and every other heavy lift will get stronger. Especially something like barbell shrugs, sure you can shrug 405 with straps but what can your grip really handle..
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    looks like you've got more than we do!
    We have a power cage, olympic bar and plates, adjustable bench with leg extension/curl and preacher curl attachment, hyperextension bench, pull-up/dip/roman-chair station, EZ bar, adjustable dumbbells.

    A few months back we added a band system that helps expand the accessory work we can do.
    Wish I had more insight, but I'm interested to see what others suggest. But I don't feel like I miss out on much have a variety of plates and a cage :P
  • curlygirly80
    curlygirly80 Posts: 176
    I don't have a home gym (yet), but here is a DIY squat rack that looks pretty awesome.

    http://freckledlifter.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/diy-squat-rack/

    I have needed a squat rack for the longest time, but have just been using my hubby for assistance. I am so making this, this weekend. I am so excited right now.
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    looks like you've got more than we do!
    We have a power cage, olympic bar and plates, adjustable bench with leg extension/curl and preacher curl attachment, hyperextension bench, pull-up/dip/roman-chair station, EZ bar, adjustable dumbbells.

    A few months back we added a band system that helps expand the accessory work we can do.
    Wish I had more insight, but I'm interested to see what others suggest. But I don't feel like I miss out on much have a variety of plates and a cage :P

    Believe it or not I could get a better workout with a minimal set, than by someone who works out at a gym and doesn't know how to lift, doesn't confuse muscles, doesn't superset, doesn't work complimentary muscle groups in the same workout. As long as you know how to lift and hit your muscles where it hurts (BTW if you don't hurt the next day you didn't really work out).

    Ive seen your pictures you are eating weights, I think you are doing fine LOL
  • BrainsOnGains
    BrainsOnGains Posts: 282 Member
    I don't have a home gym (yet), but here is a DIY squat rack that looks pretty awesome.

    http://freckledlifter.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/diy-squat-rack/

    I have needed a squat rack for the longest time, but have just been using my hubby for assistance. I am so making this, this weekend. I am so excited right now.

    Wow I could modify that for barbell shrugs and upright barbell rows.
  • foxro
    foxro Posts: 793 Member
    you can google for ideas and there is one site called DIYstrengthgear.com for ideas on how to build equipment at home.

    Thankyou, just checked it out and found a design, Cheers !!!

    give us the link brother! sweet!
    http://diystrengthgear.blogspot.ca/

    Also check youtube, there is a vid of a machine a guy built and can also do rows

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