If you had a 40 foot square space room to create your own personal home gym?

[rjroy3]

What would be your bare essentials to have? What equipment would you absolutely want in there?

My personal home gym is ever changing as time goes by and it makes me think what others want/have. Those crossfit rigs look like a damn good idea

Updates

+1 y

I think for me I would want a vaulted ceiling so I can strap on my Olympic rings and fit a climbing rope into the rafter. have stall bars hooked up to the wall next to all of my barbells and specialty bars. With a set of rubber plates and a couple Dumbells. 6 foot long parallel bars. maybe a GHR and massage table, because I'm going to be done after whatever the f*** I do in there lol

[BertMacklinFBI]

d00d okay I don't even know what they're called but I want the pull up bar thing that also comes with the cable things on the side of it, its pretty big, then a bench, an entire rack of dumbbells, squat rack fosho, some other machines like leg press and cables, then flat bench, curling station setup. the dip bar thingy. and a few extra benches, 1 inclne 1 decline 2 flat benches. that will cover it for starters :D

[rjroy3]

pretty sure you were describing a smith machine. Because the two big ones are power racks and Smith machines. that definitely would cover the majority of your bases now

[BertMacklinFBI]

it might be a smith machine (a different kind) im not sure. but I know its huge, it has cables on the top and bottom of each side with weighted plates and the middle is basically just a giant pull up bar. yeah it can cover a ton of workouts! I do my triceps and biceps on there as well as back workouts and abs, (hanging leg raises).

[sexyasianboi26]

My personal gym is at my basement, it has a wing chun wooden dummy. A set of dumbbells, pull up bar, and deadlift station. I installed mirrors a couple months ago. Im planning to manually assemble an elliptical machine there cuz the stairs are too narrow to take one down.

[rjroy3]

I've always been jealous of shop guys. Do you have all of your own power tools and clamps to do all your drilling and saw?

[BertMacklinFBI]

you lucky mother fucker! :D (in the most respectable way!) hahaa. d00d I want to learn wing chun so bad.

[sexyasianboi26]

@QA, yes i got my own tools. Home depot and Sears are a rip off. I get my stuff ok craigslist or ebay.

@BertMacklimFBI - i learned it when i was a pmc. He was in my squad, the man looked chinese but he was born in russia and spoke russian. In return i taught him how to drive a manual car lol.

[rjroy3]

lol sounds like a fair trade

[imbittered_punk]

This is all you need. Kettle bells of various weights (i'd go for pairs of 15kgs, 22.5 kgs an 30 kgs) a 15 kg steel mace (basically the most useful piece of fitness equipment you'll ever own) and maybe a set of indian clubs.
for 270 dollars you can own a home gym that will make you a beast.

[rjroy3]

I've never found kettlebells to be all that great for me personally outside of good workout when on the road. But Indian clubs are pretty beastly

[imbittered_punk]

Then you can't be using the right weights or doing the right exercises. Turkish get ups are horrendous.

[rjroy3]

I did really like those.
Turkish get ups and one arm swings.
I got the hip hinge down, I just never felt the same work that I do when lifting. I feel like kettlebell is better suited for an accessory workout or a good resistance cardio for the upper body

[rjroy3]

Started with 16kg. So thatttts 35 pounds roughly. It was too light for any two arm movements, but I felt it work for the one arm work. Overhead press, one arm swings and Turkish get ups. I didn't get the rack position down too well tho. Had bruises on my forearms for a day or so after xD. That "punch through"... yea. I missed that

[imbittered_punk]

Start off lighter and get the tech down. Kettle bells are easily the most versitile piece of equipment you can own.

[ScruffyNerfHerder]

Adjustable dumbbells and a pull-up bar (which I already have). Everything else is a luxury.

If I wanted luxuries, I'd have an adjustable bench, an Olympic weight set, and a station for squats, pull-ups, etc.

The only cardio machine I would consider would be a stationary bike. But frankly, you don't need any equipment for cardio.

[rjroy3]

agreed on the cardio machines. The only thing I would even consider getting would possibly Is a rowing machine or a Stairmaster for warm up

[ScruffyNerfHerder]

Yeah, for cardio, I basically do body-weight exercises. Currently, I do burpees, high knees, and mountain climbers in intervals. I'm going to start learning sprinting/running drills (not actually running/sprinting, I'm a bit prone to injury) so I'll be able to add/vary my cardio.

A rowing machine doesn't sound too bad, though.

[rjroy3]

Best way to get warmed up to running is just start out light jogging until you can go harder. Build to 30 minutes and run on your toes.
Doing sprints right away can wreck you.

Yea, I used it for warmup for my back workouts. Honestly it was the best specific warmup I've found yet outside of doing reverse rows for warmup for pullups

[NovemberJoseph]

Power rack hands down number 1 most useful thing you can get. You can squat, bench, curl, pretty much all the main lifts.
That's pretty much all you need but if you can afford it, a lat pull down machine, preacher curl, cable row, and some dumbells

[NovemberJoseph]

Forgot to mention decline and incline bench.

[atlas15]

A squat rack with pull up bar, Olympic bar and rubber plates.
An adjustable bench.
Dumbells and kettle bells.

[rjroy3]

I'm assuming with matted floors so you can throw that s*** down lol

[SuitAndTie]

Treadmill, Smith machine, chin up machine and free weights. The bench can be used for both the smith machine and the free weights. Of course there are more but those 4 are the essentials I must have.

[HadiandErmina]

A 60' plasma with a player that can screen P90x

[rjroy3]

haha. I almost want to give you most helpful just for the humor lol