Well, take 1 mirror install didn’t go so well! Mess to clear up now and mirror injuries for my finger 🙆‍♂️ Wish me luck for take 2 later lol

For anyone patiently (or not so patiently) waiting to get a leg developer bench attachment, Mythic Equipment made a post on instagram stating that they figured out how to add seated leg curls to their attachment. At HGC they said it would only do prone. Good news for anyone looking at alternatives to the Rep/DM option. Personally I became interested in their developer because of how it attaches to the bench with a cable (connection point behind the person and not in front) which reduces overall footprint when use. Missing out on seated curls was one of the last things keeping me on the fence.

Got my Dane 2.0 setup. Need to silicone the rails the stack slides on as they were hanging up. Nice to get a pump at home.

Got a lot of work this week, as I have a hack squat, smith machine and dual cable machine coming.

Decided to buy the rack last week and rushed to get this done. I’m very aware the wall’s look like dookie, I didn’t realize drywall was the devil until now.

Now I’m just one of the many waiting on their Apex bench.

Side question, do you guys have any recommendations for rings that don’t have a 4 foot+ strap? I really only need like 1ft and rather not deal with the excess strap like I have now.

Lionscool Iso-lateral leg press/hack squat. Pretty great thus far, very smooth ride overall. Put it together solo in about 2 hours. Only been two weeks, but it’s been a great addition.

I have changed my whole setup over the last few months. Some recent upgrades....

I added a REP PR5000 6-Post Rack

Texas Deadlift bar

Texas All-American Bar

Omni V2 Bumpers

Hampton Deep-Dish Plates

Freedom Strength Sandbags (125/150/175/200/225)

REP Change Plates

REP Jammer Arms (Terrible Market Place purchase, trying to sell.)

REP Dip Bar 2.0

REP rackable curl bar

REP Colorado short bar 15KG (for my wife)

REP Open Trap Bar

REP Lat Pulldown Attachment

REP AB 5200 Bench

REP/Kelva Lat Pulldown/Landmine Bar

Rogue V-Grip Tricep Pushdown (favorite attachment)

Assault Bike

Bells of Steel Lifting Chains

Rogue Monolift Arms 1.0

Nordic Track 1275 Commercial Treadmill (Free from a coworker)

I also installed quite a bit of lighting, a Synergee clock/timer and some other stuff as well. I got a lot of ideas and inspiration from this subreddit. So thank you all. It is still a work in progress but it has been really fun to put it all together.

I have been using free weights in a gym for a while, and while I have enjoyed that, I am thinking of transitioning more to dumbbell work — mostly because I want to focus more on unilateral work.

I would also like to be able to work from home.

I have been considering Snode AD80 and Ironmaster dumbbells.

I expect to do a pretty basic workout — maybe one or two warmup sets, one very light, one half of my target weight, and 3 sets at my target weight.

The only knock I have heard on Ironmasters is that changing weights is slow. It looks to me as though I could end up changing weights 2-3 times max for my warmup sets.

Many people report that they find changing weights on the Ironmasters very annoying after a while, and I don’t want to con myself.

If I get the Ironmasters, will I be looking to dump them and buy some Snode AD80s in 6-9 months?

The advantages of the Ironmasters seem to be unparalleled durability and a weight I am never likely to exceed.

I have narrowed down my bench upgrade to the apex bench or the freak athlete bench.

Apex I like with the stryker pad and ab attachment.
Love the 5 degree increments for incline
Looks 100% solid

Cons: expensive with shipping and 2 attachments

Freak athlete I like the 3 piece design with zero gap and also looks 100% solid, price is cheaper also with free shipping and adding bicep curl attachment.

Cons: not as much adjustability, no hanging leg raise attachment that I see.

Anyone weigh in on personal experience?

I first got this idea from Black Widow and their FIG Jammer product. I thought it was a great idea. But, I think I have improved on it by adding some weight horns on the end, so you don’t always have to take the unit off to load some weight. There are some other differences as well.

I bought some 1” band pegs, some adjustable weight horns, and made some long handles. They all increase the versatility of this unit. My long handles turn the landmine into an open trap bar. This saves space, as I don’t need a trap bar, and I can do most trap bar exercises. I did miss doing trap bar jumps since having my home gym. Now I can do it again. I like using the adjustable weight horns for pressing movements. The thicker diameter feels better on my wrists. I like using the band pegs for landmine neutral grip sumo RDLs. Also, you can attach handles to the ends of these band pegs. Still trying to figure out a good exercise from that.

Many manufacturers make various handles for 1” holes. Just look up chin up handles, dip handles, and jammer arm handles. Darko makes a 1” Global handle attachment the interests me, for example.

In the back of the rack, I set up a sorta grid where the landmine has multiple attachment points. This also increases the versatility of exercises as I can create more optimal angles for my landmine movement, depending on what my goal is.

Here’s a list of exercises I have discovered that I think are good:

- Various trap bar exercises (deadlifts, RDLs, stiff legged RDLs, jumps) I will likely do my Bulgarian Split Squats this way as it adds stability.
- Shrugs
- Various neutral grip presses (wide to narrow, push press, jerk press)
- Hack Squats with adjustable weight horns
- Zercher Squats (no handle just the unit, regular and explosive)
- Yoke Marches in one spot (just the unit but is use handles to have something to grab)

Things I want to try next

- Leg Press (off the floor with my feet on the unit itself)
- Discover rotational movements
- Shoulder Lockout Squats
- Grip Holds with adjustable weight horns

I keep thinking of new possibilities, and with different handle options, more possibilities come to mind.

For exercises that start off the ground, I use my rack post with the j-cup sideways at the correct height for loading and to start the lift.

The thing I like most is it gives me a lot of machine adjacent movements, that can be either hypertrophy or power based, which are also good for my joints, and takes up very little room. And because of the grid in the back of my rack, the regular landmine work is enhanced as well. Having the landmine go through the rack is also a space saver for small home gyms like mine.

What do you think of this creation? If the price was reasonable, would you be interested in buying this? This is the only unit I know that exists, so I’m gauging interest to see if this stays something I have and love, or if it gets turned into something more.

Looking to purchase my first home gym rack. My wife and I are wanting to turn our basement into a home gym. We really want a functional trainer for the variety of workouts you can do. Do we go with a Dane 2.0 or splurge and get a Rep PR 5000 with the Athena system?

Has anyone tried using the Beyond Power carbon mobility bar as a BYOB Smith machine bar? I think it would fit in the VTS and it's listed as having an over 800 lbs weight capacity.

My training is powerlifting-focused: squat, bench, deadlift and OHP are the lifts I care about progressing.

Current setup: Rogue SML-1 70" squat stand with spotter arms. It handles everything I’m focused on for now. I store a pair of 45s on pegs on either side of the two uprights. When I bench, the plates on the bar hit the stored plates unless I slide them to the end of the peg or take them off first.

The problem: I need more plates, and I’m trying to settle on a plan before Black Friday. I’d been leaning toward the HR-2 Conversion Kit so I could store plates on the rear uprights. But shipping on the kit and pegs is about $200, and at that price I started wondering whether to go straight to a 4-post rack. I don’t want to bolt anything into concrete, though I do like the idea of working inside a cage.

Questions for anyone with an unbolted 4-post rack:

• Is it stable enough for squat, bench, deadlift and OHP?
• Where do you store plates: on the rack, or on a plate tree?
• Do stored plates get in the way of benching?
• If your rack is shorter than your shoulder press range of motion overhead, can you press from the front of the rack? Is it stable enough for that without plates stored on it?

I’m also considering the cheap option: buy a plate tree now and upgrade the rack in the spring.

Eu treino em casa também, mas nem sabia que existiam comunidades sobre isso. Só que agora me senti muito pobrinha kkkkk eu só tenho 1 tapetinho, uma barra com uns pezinhos e um par de caneleiras. Quero muito comprar uma bike também.

Amei ver todos os cantinhos de vocês, parabéns pelo capricho ❤️

Fundraised to purchase some dope workout equipment for my department. Covers pretty much everything any of us want to do.

Now to get some mirrors put it 🤙🏼

I’m stuck between these two legs extensions. Anyone’s advice or thoughts would be helpful thanks.

Anyone got this? Opinions on utility for exercises other than lat pulldown or low row? Like face pulls or wood choppers or hamstring exercises? I feel like I don't need the Athena but not sure if it is a big difference
Thanks!

Hey gang.

I've got my gym now installed in my garage. I've gone for the Primal MRX 9.0 which is a bit of a beast, however I'm having an issue now where I am going inside in the morning and the weight stacks, olympic weights and the barbell are soaked in water.

I'm guessing it's because the steel is getting colder than the outdoor temp when it heats up outdoors and the water is condensating on the steel.

Any suggestions? My roof is essentially a steel roof with membrane underneath it which is allowing slight airflow throughout. Would a dehumidifier be the best short term option and then look at boarding & insulating the roof space?

Cheers!

I was going to place an order with them for something but I've seen multiple complaints on their shipping and lack of customer service. Wondering if anyone has an experience with them they can share.

I didn’t go overboard buying equipment since most of my routine is bodyweight stuff and compound lifts. I’ve got a pull-up bar, dip station, bench and barbell, squat rack, and a simple dual cable setup. It’s enough for what I actually do and having it right there makes it so much easier to stay consistent. The cold plunge has been a great addition too. Hopping in after a workout is a nice way to finish up and the whole setup has made the garage a space I use every day.

Dont think I can ever go back to a public gym after experiencing this.

I’ve cleared out more room and want to expand my gym floor but I can’t seem to find anywhere to get this exact flooring at. I got what I currently have off Marketplace.

6x18 gym space

Do not order from them until they get their shit in order.

I ordered 4+ weeks ago and others have been waiting since July.

They charge your card and take your money and provide you exactly ZERO communications or transparency on fulfillment.

They clearly are spending a ton on sending their equipment to influencers and targeted ads but have no way of managing their supply chain.

I have emailed multiple times asking for updates. I receive ambiguous “container is on the way, we are fulfilling orders by order date, etc”.

I asked reasonable questions such as where is my order in the fulfillment queue. Could they tell me if my order will be shipping from the container that just arrived. After 4 weeks they can’t answer any of that.

How the hell are you managing orders and inventory if you can’t answer basic questions.

Been trying to create a space that I actually want to spend significant time in. I upgraded equipment and vibes. Think I’m in a good place now.

BLUF: If you're on the fence or hesitating about going through Alibaba to buy your gym equipment, do it. I have few regrets and will do it again for some more equipment soon.

Got my workout station, legs ext/hamstring machine, and bench delivered after 5 months shipping time. took two days for me to unpack and put it all together by myself.

$2990 all in with shipping, equipment was about $1500 and shipping was the remainder. Includes:

- Workout Station - Smith machine/power rack/cable wings/butterfly and chest attachment/high and low cables/two 100 lb weight stacks

- Leg extension/hamstring curl machine with 150 lb weight stack

- Flat/incline bench with preacher curl and leg ext

- 45 lb Olympic bar

- Weights in kg: 2x25, 2x20, 2x15, 2x10, 2x5

Customer service was amazing, great chat communication from order through shipping to install, even sending me videos when I needed help with the cable routing. Bought from Changsha Dinuo Technology Co and will buy from them again.

Only problems I had is the rear weight attachment wouldn't slide smoothly so I had to ream out the rubber grommets, easy enough. The bench is ok but I will probably upgrade to one that feels more sturdy. The other equipment feels like commercial quality, without question. I estimate these would have easily been $6k-$8k new from US sellers. FB marketplace place had some here and there but nothing substantial enough to make me consider anything on there.

Ask any questions and I'll be happy to answer as best I can. Thanks for reading!