Good home gym?

I wonder if you couldnt find some safety stands or use something like chain loops.

Killmenext wrote: »

I will have to look in to what those even are. : \

Safety stand. They are to catch the bar in case you cant get the weight back up.

newyorkbarbells.com/93015.html


Or safety straps
liftinglarge.com/Spud-Monolift-Safety-Straps

Before you injure yourself, why don't you check all these out.

I'm not into free weights currently, but it's supposedly a good programme for strength training:
StrongLifts 5x5

It's probably also good to read up on what types of stuff you would need to train safely, before making any more investments. And I'd throw in training with someone, who does know what proper lifting form looks like as well. And read Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe or similar books.

Assuming those bar catches are adjustable (which they should be) and it's structurally sound, it looks like a solid option.

Agree about buying on Craigslist. The only question you didn't address is what you want out of it. Everyone threw out free weight options, which if you use them is great. But there are plenty of other home gym options with multistations, etc. While those have a few drawbacks for more advanced users, they are cheep and a great way to see if you will actually stick to using it without investing a tons of cash and taking up a lot of space, like those people who are selling them on Craigslist.

The best home gym is the one you will use.

Killmenext wrote: »

They are adjustable, there are pegs in the wrong to select your height and such. I am just looking to get some muscle and tone up, nothing specific honestly. I just know squats, press are what I need to do. This just so happens to also have lateral pull down and I can use it for pullups probably too if I wanted.

You won't get the muscles you want if you just fart around without a plan.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/AglaeaC/view/stronglifts-5x5-and-mark-rippetoe-s-starting-strength-658366
I did a comparison of Rippetoe's book and the StrongLifts 5x5 programme. It is almost a perfect match. There are youtube videos for the StrongLifts programme too on Mehdi's website.

There is also bodyweight training, which is totally different but very efficient too. I just started Convict Conditioning, which is one programme. The Big Six (six types of movements) include one-arm pullups, headstand pushups, and more. Insane muscles and insane movement results as advanced practitioner of it.

AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »

Something like this. You might find a decent used one on craigslist. You could even build the cage yourself to save on costs, if you're handy like that.

I'd call that a pretty good end more so then a good start lol. really the only thing you can't do with this is cable work.

on top of this it would be nice to get a set of dumb bells and maybe an ez curl bar. As far as strictly weight lifting goes, that should cover most... maybe some bumper plates too.



not every one has the space for that though, and can be somewhat expensive.

an effective alternative would be suspension trainers.

bowflex equipment is pretty good too and then have some useful space saving options but they will probably cost as much or more then a powercage and weights from dicks.

Killmenext wrote: »

So could still be ok because of the bar catches? I already threw down a deposit on it, so I could get it delivered. : \

yes, the smith machine, whether you ever use it or not, would technically be added value. I'd say 150 is a great deal for that.