Photos of your home gym
Let's see where you work out. It might be in a basement, garage or spare bedroom, show us what you got, no matter how well equipped, or if you are just lifting milk jugs filled with sand, we want to see it!
Just scroll down to the submit photos of your home gym form at the bottom of this page.
Submitted by "trojannation", a regular poster on bodybuilding.com forums.
Submitted by Justo C., a true inspiration for anyone who wants to build a home gym. He writes: This is the first house I've ever purchased. Both my wife and myself grew up in the ghetto and lived in apartments until two years ago. I started lifting weights when I was 13 and had to either walk great distances and catch the bus to gyms that were in the suburbs because in my neighborhood there were no gyms. And I swore that when I get my hands on a house, I'd have a gym in it even if I didn't have a bed to sleep in. And I finally did it. I say that to say this: It's not a JUNGLES, GOLDS, OLYMPICS or a BALLY'S but it keeps me going. So I will get some good pics and send them to you. Thanks for being such a KICK ASS DUDE man. I mean it. Justo.
Submitted by Mike.My home gym is built around simple compound movements. Start with a list of the exercises you want to build your workout foundation around, then purchase equipment that supports this workout plan. Some people (including a younger me) focus on building a mini fitness center at home, before realizing that they cannot fit a new, useful piece (e.g. GHR/power rack) because their floor space is filled with supplemental crap: calf machine, lat machine, cable crossover, leverage machine, leg press, pec deck, treadmill, eliptical, smith machine, etc.. Start with the basics, then expand as your budget and room size allows.
Submitted by Jeff: Hi Barry, I am submitting my home gym pics. I really like your site and would like to contribute pics of my gym which is a result of over 25 years of collecting different pieces. I like the atmosphere of an unfinished basement for working out. No windows, no distractions. Clean, but with a bit of a "dingy" feel. I don't think I could ever get used to working out in a "chrome, glass & glitz" environment again. Here's my "dungeon":
Submitted by Earl. I asked Earl where he got his stuff "I bought half new (Parabody, Powertec and Hoist Stuff) and the other half on
craigslist (commercial equipment, plates, cardio stuff, etc.)"
All I can say Earl... how much is a membership?
Submitted by James. Here's a couple pics of my home gym in Hawaii. The gym consists of an Icarian leg press and standing leg curl, Tuff Stuff lat machine and roman chair, Parabody power rack and benches, Nautilus smith machine, powertec sit up bench, dumbbells from 5-100, and a whole lot of olympic plates. Not the best but does the job and for cardio I go surfing.
Submitted by George. My gym has built up gradually over the years. I am currently running out of room, I may have to take over the upstairs. I have a leg press, a leg extension/leg curl, seated calf machine, power rack with FID bench, preacher curl, lat machine, high/low pulley, a dipping station, a treadmill, assorted dumbbells from 1lb to 100lbs, also a "Punch Bob" and a speed bag. I even have a TV and a pair of inversion boots. I am currently working on rubber floor mats.
Submitted by Kelly.
Hello Barry! Finally! My home gym is somewhat presentable. I have labored on this project since January. I started with white walls and a bare floor. Now I have two tone gray walls with a black strip in the middle. The floors are covered with clear coat and epoxy. I even built over size cabinets to put all of my junk. I intended to make this gym somewhat of a good training environment. I now have to get some shelves built between the cabinets, and I want a TV in the corner near the mirror (for the wife-she insisted).
Everything on here was purchased from Craigs List. I have saved over $6800, and I have spent less than $2300. There's about $10000 worth of stuff in here now, and counting. Thanks for turning me onto Craigs List. I never visited this site until you educated me on it. You are awesome! If you want to put these photographs on the site, please feel free. You can use my name on it if you want too. Thanks a million. A Friend, Kelly Angel
Submitted by Kenny S. When I bought my house it came with an unfinished basement. So I started to accumulate certain pieces I've used at gyms that gave me the best pumps. I really scored when the last gym I attended was closing. He was selling everything. So some of the pieces and mirrors were from him and the Hammer and Cybex came from a company called Direct Fitness Solutions.
Submitted by Brian N. These are the pics of my home gym I built. I got a lot of inspiration from your site and ideas, Thank you!!!! I bought most of the equipment used, especially the weight plates, and dumbbells. I sanded and repainted all the weight plates and dumbbells. I found out through a lot of phone calls and internet searches that mirrors is something that you have just got to go through a glass dealer to get.
Even if you find some used ones I had no way of transporting them because they are so fragile that the chances of breaking them in transport or removal and installation is very high so it's best to leave this up to the glass people. But I shopped around and got a great deal on my mirrors because a local glass dealer had ordered a bunch for of 4' x 10' mirrors for a casino and the casino decided they didn't want them so he sold them to me for $70 apiece.
I tell you what I did that really paid off for me, I found a body solid leg press in Dallas on craigslist that I wanted for $400 dollars cash that was saving me $800 because a new one sells for at least $1200. So while I was going to drive 5 hrs to go to Dallas to get it, I found a big fitness reseller (fit supply) in Dallas. I called and asked them if I could go by and see what they had that I could buy for my home gym. They were glad to have me; I was like a kid in a candy store.
You have to go to one of these places in order to see all the stuff and pick out the exact piece that you like, plus it gives you hundreds of options to choice from that the internet can never give you. I ended up buying dumbbells and rack, stair master, rubber interlocking flooring that I put under my carpet. I saved $1000 just on the rubber flooring; the guy sold me a whole pallet of used flooring for $25.
Submitted by Mike B. This is my gym as of two years ago. It's a bit more cluttered now..as you can see, it's strictly "old school". The globe dumbells, Jackson Olympics, and York power rack are ancient!
Submitted by Garett
I have very limited space and need to get maximum use out of minimum equipment. I tried to have a Soloflex and a power rack, but both together in a small space was just too cumbersome. Finally I found a welder that could turn a pair of Soloflex Muscle Machines into a power rack. I had a pair of hooks made up to hold the bar and turned a pair of barbell arms into a pair of safety catchers. I can do everything that a half cage power rack can do and everything that a Soloflex Muscle Machine can do plus some other things as well.
The Soloflex Machines are excellent. Their barbell arm can be exercised with 500 pounds of freeweights plus 400 pounds of their weightstraps. With the pair together it can be used with very heavy freeweights safely. The construction and quality of materials in the Soloflex is really first rate.
I think this gives me the most versatility in a limited space of any home gym setup. I have an online forum and community in development at SoloflexForever.
Submitted by Dennis D.
I’m sending you some pictures of my home gym, wife says I’m constantly adding to it. Most of the equipment is Body Solid, just picked up their GDC210 Functional Trainer, absolutely love it.
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