What should I put in my garage gym?

Don’t like the idea of a multi-gym so would be looking to start from scratch, e.g. pull up bar, punch bag, kettlebells, free weights, bench …

What have you already got and what’s good about it? What would you like to add?

FTR, garage has pitched roof with rafters.

Ta

Power Rack + bench (and some free weights)

that’s all you need! 🙂

EDIT – just realised height may be an issue, you’d need around 2m

Get yourself a power rack made up, the rest is almost redundant then

get a pull up bar though

Peter file +1 (almost)
Chin bar, heavy bag, skip rope and some kettlebells.

Nothing.

Pull ups from rafters, everything else body-weight (have you tried single leg deads or squats?)

Spend the money on more bikes.

A sauna

most power racks come with pull up bars (ones that ive seen/used anyway), so two birds and all that.

if you get a reasonably good one, there are lots of add ons available too

I have squat rack, bench, dip bars, pull up bar, bag, loads of weights & kettle bells, incline bench for abs and a rope. And a radio.

Wine rack, beer fridge, PS4, a niiiiiiiiiice sound system…

Excellent responses guys. I forgot about power racks + don’t know much about them. Will have a look now. Any good ones you know of?

hundredweight bag of cement for push press.

power racks, FFS!! – it’s like Rocky IV was never made

a telly………….

… unless, of course:

I very much like the look of this. Not sure I can justify the cost but I can at least dream about putting it to good use 🙂

That’s about what I spent on mine. Approx the same as 18 months gym membership. Which do you think is better value?

I’d go half rack and bench. The crossfit racks are very versatile. My gym has trojanfit ones but they’re pricey…..

What are your training objectives ?

That’s about what I spent on mine. Approx the same as 18 months gym membership. Which do you think is better value?

Agreed. 18 months gym membership I’ll never have the time to use. Nor will it have resale value. I just need to hide the receipt and tell the missus I made the setup out of Meccano 😯

Oof, those Trojan racks are pricey, even the half racks!

Put some bikes in it and give over with the Schwartzenegger stuff. They’re all on those steroids y’know…

Told you!!!
More reasonable;
https://www.savagestrength.co.uk/strength-shop-power-cage.html

training objectives ?

– core strength
– toning
– fat burning + increasing muscle mass (mainly upper body)

And basically having something I can turn to without having to get all my gear sorted + it’s in the dry and warm + avec tunes.

Absolutely no discussion on this.

Power rack or sumo rack (height dependant)
Olympic bar and weights
Chin up bar (if you have a sumo rack)

Done!

Freeweights and a stability ball are all you need then.

Lots of good suggestions already so I would suggest, a nice big mat for stretching and floor exercises and a foam roller for deep muscle exercises.

Olympic Rings you can adjust and a kettlebell.

Some porn mags and a roll of tissue

Absolutely no discussion on this.

Power rack or sumo rack (height dependant)
Olympic bar and weights
Chin up bar (if you have a sumo rack)

For a proper home gym this is what you want.

I don’t have space at home so I make do with dumbells, kettlebells and and a pull-up bar.

Mirror.

🙂

Sorry, and a bench!

Not a stability ball….

ok here is mine

bench, freeweights, med balls, step up bench, big mirror, pull up bars, 2 bags, 32 inch lcd,dvd, surround sound, insulated and soundproofed, wooden floor, 8 bikes hangin around and best of all a sauna on the end……………… 😀

Climbing wall, obviously.

I’m gymless at the moment… but before moving my old gym had:

Squat rack
Bench
250kg Olympic weights
Chin bar
Dip station
Cable pulldown/row machine
Punchbag
Rollers for a bike

That did me quite nicely. A 45 degree leg press and a smith machine would have been nice though.

I still have the kit I just need to build a gym to pit it in.

Giant hamster wheel.

Just get a weights rack with pull up bar and bench. That way you can do all the stuff you need to do ie squats, deadlifts, bench, overhead press etc.

So far I’ve got Olympic bar and plate set. A Squat stand is on order (should arrive today). Chin up bar is next….

This is the stand I’ve gone for.

Power rack is too heavy as I’ll need to move the stand out the way if I want to work on an 8’x4′ sheet of ply etc.

Ive got a bodymax squat rack, fairly cheap but does the job, spotters also double up as spotters for benching too.

Ive got standard york spinlock bars with about 300kg of cast iron plates. majority of which are on my squat bar and my deadlift bar.

Also got a set of york fixed rubber dumbells in 7.5, 10, 15, 20, 25kg

all on this rack:

plus another spinlock set of dumbells at 27.5.

also got and EZ curl bar, wrist roller, press up stands and a pull up bar with olympic rings attached.

and a Treadmill:

and punchbag

Hmm, that’s a good point re moving a power rack around. Hadn’t thought of that. I think I’m going to have to look at partitioning off the workout area so nothing ever becomes invasive.

Plenty of good ideas from you guys – cheers.