What 3 machines would have in your dream (home) gym??
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free weights, adjustable bench and medicine balls0
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An elliptical, and weights.0
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You did say DREAM, right?
General equipment -
The room shall have a mirrored wall with ballet bar (for stretching and horizontal pull ups)
Floor mat for aerobics
Large screen TV w/ DVD/BluRay
Dumbell set
"Machines"
A bowflex or something similar
An endless pool, with the treadmill bottom.0 -
Treadmill, multi-functional weight machine, and either a weight bench or rowing machine.0
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1. treadmill - choose the quietest one you can afford, your hearing matters!
2. cycle trainer
3. free weights
Television is a necessity too - use to help the time go by or for video workouts.0 -
A good bench, free weights, and a good treadmill.0
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I have had the big equipment and have since replaced with a very simple but effective home gym.
1. Incline/Decline bench
2. Full set of Dumbells, wracked
3. quality mats - suitable for aerobic, yoga, etc..
4. Dip/Pullup bar station combo
5. Dvd player, tv, sound system0 -
I don't know about all 3, but the one thing that instantly comes to mind for me is the assisted pull-up machine. I hate doing assisted pull-ups with a chair because I feel like I am cheating by using my legs too much, but this machine could build up my back strength until I could do pull-ups on my own...at which point that's what I would use the machine for as a stand-alone pull-up bar.0
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Top of the line treadmill (I am a runner)
rowing machine
hand bike0 -
1. Sound system
2. Large monitor
3. Computer
Even when I go to the gym the only machines I use are the treadmill (for warming up) and the non-electronic stationary bike when I do spin classes. Other than that, I use free weights, fit balls and floorspace when I'm at the gym.
For home gym, I'm enjoying Insanity, and all you need are the 3 things I listed.
Having an endless pull, as someone mentioned, would be very cool though. Even better if the bottom of it was a TV so you could watch some kind of swimming training / motivational video. Maybe have a pace-setter so you can see how you compare against your own PB, or against serious swimmers or against a personal target or something. That'd be pretty cool. And some way of getting music heard underwater. That's the main reason I get bored when I swim.0 -
well i have a cross trainer, a boxing bag, a bike and a home gym already. so it would be a treadmill mainly. just need to find my wraps so i can use it.
i guess the only other thing would be a ab thingy0 -
We have free weights, a smith machine with a pec deck and low pulley and pulldown. The bench has leg extension and curl on it and I have an EZ-curl bar and a set of power blocks for dumbells. When I hit 300 I am going to give myself a set of racked dumbells up to 75lbs. We also have a nordi-trac recumbant bike. The only thing that would make it a dream home gym would be about 6 more feet of room on one wall so I could keep the bench and smith machine a little farther apart as it gets crowded sometimes. We do plan on a heavy bag, but that will have to go in the barn. No room at the inn. I thought the dining room table could go, but I got vetoed on that idea. :-/ I though it was a good idea, no table eat less, makes sense. Okay that was the look I got from my wife too. :grumble: :noway:0
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I have one ruptured and two herniated disks in my back (car accident, many years ago), so exercise equipment is tricky for me. Right now I have a Proform recumbent stationary that is a lifesaver--I can go crazy, cardio-wise, on that bike and my back is spared. So my bike (or maybe an even nicer bike!) for sure. Then a Bowflex Ultimate 2 home gym, and then either a treadmill/climber or an elliptical, both of which my husband and son are fond of!
And all I need is a few thousand bucks!
Kris0 -
A nice indoor swimming pool would be awesome.
Yup, a 50m pool is all I can think I'd like to have at my finger tips. Most other equipment is just designed to replicate activity I can do without a machine.0 -
I would have to have a treadmill, a leg press, and probably just a barbell so I could do squats, work on my back, my arms, etc.0
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Oh, well, if I had known an indoor POOL was on the table! Never mind the elliptical or the treadmill--I want a POOL!
Kris0 -
squat cage, adjustable bench, olympic weight set.
you "need" nothing more.
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But this is about wants and dreams, not just needs ;-)
Kris0 -
Elliptical
Punching Bags (cause you gotta have the speed bag if you've got the big bag)
Bosu (2 so I can snowboard inside) and and exercise ball
and a few dumbbells, can't have a gym without dumbbells.0 -
But this is about wants and dreams, not just needs ;-)
Kris
that is what i want? lol.0
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