So why a home gym? According to everything I've read and heard from people who know how to lift, there are really only 4 or 5 lifts you need to do. Thats the good news. The bad news is that they are full body lifts that require power racks and you can't use gym machines. Also these lifts are typically done by the real weightlifters who grunt too much and scare off the good customers who just screw around on the machines a little and buy $10 smoothies. If you're lucky, a gym might have 4 power racks and they'll always be busy.
Anyway, this point is, this time, I'm going to go all in. So the home gym option should remove ALL the obstacles. No travel time. No shower/locker room bullshit. No getting judged by planet fitness assholes who will call me a lunk. The living room is open 24/7. And the rack will always be available.
This plan has actually been brewing for months; the opportunity for having a power rack in the living room was a major reason I moved in with this roommate. The only reason for this post is to remember all the shit I need to buy. So. Here is the home gym option.
- Power rack - $429
- Power bar - $318
- Plates - (one each X [2.5, 45]) - $304
- actually roomate suggested 4 plates of 2.5, 5, 10, 20, and then 4 of 45
- Weight Rack - $41
- Bench - have one from high school
Stuff we're not sure about:
The bonus is we can put my video projector on top of the power rack.
Total: $1502.
In conclusion, and I just want to make sure I start saying this while I'm still not "ripped" or a "meathead" or whatever -- fuck Planet Fitness and everyone who tolerates those shit heads.
Actually this isn't going to happen right away; we have to figure out how to do all this. My roomate is pretty concerned about the floor, and rightly so. Hopefully maybe we'll have this set up by end of Oct. Maybe.
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