Foo - Finally finished the Gym

I don't know how many of you would be interested in this, I know a few that are. I have been building a new gym over the last year including the room itself.
I finally finished it off today putting up the last of the mirrors.

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Very impressive.

Jumping XENU on a pogo stick! That's a fantastic Gym man. Can I move in?

Couch

:eek:

Dude! you a personal trainer?!?!?! Most, most impressive!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! fantastic job, Timber.

thats freaking awesome, I would love to have something like that someday when I buy my own home. As it is 24 hour fitness was $300 for two years so I cant beat that ;)

Thank You,I have been into the fitness game for about 15 years. This is my personal gym in my home, I have never been a personal trainer, I have no time. My job is very demanding

Thank You,I have been into the fitness game for about 15 years. This is my personal gym in my home, I have never been a personal trainer, I have no time. My job is very demanding

Mind if I ask you what you do for a living? You are doing it right my friend.

Couch

That dragon is my favorite part. Nicely done.

That dragon is my favorite part. Nicely done.

Yes, Dragons rule!

Couch

Mind if I ask you what you do for a living? You are doing it right my friend.

Couch

I am the Operations Manager for warehouse & trucking company. I head up the New England division of our company.

Well, I'm jealous. Very nice gym there Timber.

Nice.

What is the bar for on the top of the rack?

Nice.

What is the bar for on the top of the rack?

That is for doing Squats, I keep it up all the way if I'm not using it & it is handy to keep my change out plates on.

I just noticed the chains. :thumb:

Where is the beer fridge ?

WOW - Impressive gym!!!!!!!!!!

^ LOL, Canadians...eh.

65er, get thine arse to Hybrids, I got the Kuwahara back today.

That is a beautiful gym. Did you build the Smith machine yourself?

And I have to ask: Does your wife lift weights too?

:love: That's where I'd be after work and weekends. You still need some replica swords on the wall.
Ernest

T8, what kind of flooring did you put down?

Very nice!!! Did you install glass mirrors, or did you go with mylar mirrors (I think the company that makes them is mirrorlite). My wife installed them in her studio, and you can lift a 4' x 8' mylar mirror with your pinky. The other benefit is that it reduced her liability in case someone crashed into the mirror.

I am the Operations Manager for warehouse & trucking company. I head up the New England division of our company.

Very nice and extensive (for a home, at the very least) gym.

Want to tutor me in my Manufacturing Planning and Control Class? haha. :innocent:

the good news is, that looks nicer than most gyms you'd pay to join and go to.:thumb:

the bad news is you now have no excuse to ever skip a workout:D

That is incredible. Did you buy the equipment new or used?

Nice. Digging the chains, got any bands? I'm loving the bands for box squats now a days. I still don't understand why that bar with the manta ray is near the ceiling? How do you get it down?

Sick!!

That's an awesome home gym.

you do realize, that every fooster in your neighborhood is going to invite themselves over...

Damn that's an impressive gym.:thumb:

That dragon is just RAD.

The room is 16 X 30, the floor is 3/4 horse stall mat. I got a pretty good deal at my feed & grain store.

The mirrors are 1/4" glass so an accident with them would be a disaster.

All the equipment was bought new over time. I have retired & replaced many pieces. I have learned what I like to work with. The newest piece is the K2 universal & that is about 3 years old now

I have assembles & moved this stuff many times but I did not fabricate any of it. All of it was purchased over time. It was set up in a different room, the cardio stuff was all over the house.

My wife uses the treadmill but that is about it. Wt lifting is a personal journey & not for everyone. I am more of a fitness enthusiast, a body sculptor rather than a power lifter or body builder. I am almost 50 so my days of maintaining a body building form are behind me.

The squat bar with the Manta-ray ( that I love by the way ) is at the top of the power rack out of the way so I don't walk into it. When I use it I unload some of the wt to the bench bar and lower the bar. The blocks slide up & down on the power rack. I never Bench & Squat on the same day so what ever 1 I'm not doing hold the change out plates for what I am working with.

I have use resistance bands over the years but I prefer free wts. & cable machines. The chain covers added resistance as you lift similar to the effect you you get out of bands on vertical moves anyway. I gave most of my bands to my Road Drivers

The beer fridge is in the pool house LOL

Ahh that makes sense now. great set up.:thumb: The bands I'm talking about I use in conjuction with free weights, kind of the opposite of chains. Extra resistance at the top of the squat. I've always struggled coming out of the hole ,so at the bottom they aren't adding resistance. Anyways, I don't want to bore eveyone here. I'm like you, 41 and my heavy days are long in the past. Bands: http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/default.asp?qid=14337&tid=101

Ahh that makes sense now. great set up.:thumb: The bands I'm talking about I use in conjuction with free weights, kind of the opposite of chains. Extra resistance at the top of the squat. I've always struggled coming out of the hole ,so at the bottom they aren't adding resistance. Anyways, I don't want to bore eveyone here. I'm like you, 41 and my heavy days are long in the past. Bands: http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/default.asp?qid=14337&tid=101

I dropped a lot of the wt. off the bar & went from parallel squats to full squats for full range of motion. I try to keep my leg work light because my quads get too big and my cloths don't fit.

SWEET!!!!
I've been buying used gym equiptment for years, building my own gym. The rooms a little smaller than yours. I've gotten some great deals on Craigslist on comercial equiptment.

... I am almost 50...


Damn dude - much respect to you. I would guess your age to be in the mid 30s.

Aside from working out, do you have any health/fitness tips on staying/looking young? how often do you workout per week? how much time? judging by your equipment, you have the leisure of working out 'whenever' you feel like it which must be really convenient.

solid, that's a lot of equipment.

Damn dude - much respect to you. I would guess your age to be in the mid 30s.

Aside from working out, do you have any health/fitness tips on staying/looking young? how often do you workout per week? how much time? judging by your equipment, you have the leisure of working out 'whenever' you feel like it which must be really convenient.

Your to kind but that I am afraid is Genetics. Eating right and exercising will help and keep you healthy. Lots of water and moisturize your skin & stay out of the sun. I lift 4 to 5 days a week depending on what my body tells me,1 muscle group a week about an hour on wts. Cardio is on my bike.

You need a large picture of a wizard casting a lightning bolt to balance out the other wall.

that dragon is my favorite part. Nicely done.
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Very nice Sir ! If I may make one suggestion?? The Battle Ax, please enclose it with a sign that says " In case of Zombie attack BREAK GLASS !!" :p

how much is the monthly fee to join ur gym? haha

To be honest I think it is cheaper to join a public gym these days. I am sure I have 10 grand into this gym. That is a lot of years at a public gym & that doesn't even include the equipment that I no longer have that some of this stuff has replaced. I originally started working out @ home because I drove a semi truck for a living and could only workout in the early morning. I always workout around 4 to 5 am & have for years. You also have to have space for it & most people don't, for me this has always been the best option an I have never regretted it. One thing though Commercial equipment you use in a public gym is not always the best stuff for a home gym

VERY impressive. And unlike a lot of things that cost 10 grand, well worth it in my opinion.

I used to have a personal rock climbing gym. I hate pulling on weights, but I could go out and trash myself bouldering every day and still enjoy it. When we moved to Costa Rica, it was about the only thing I miss.

Is the dragon Smaug?

Is the dragon Smaug?

Puff :innocent:

Awesome gym, but I would miss the cute girls in spandex if I worked out at home. Wait a minute, I have an idea...

Awesome gym, but I would miss the cute girls in spandex if I worked out at home. Wait a minute, I have an idea...

..... does it involve cross dressing and doing aerobics in front of a mirror?

That's a helluva gym. Now I'm feeling guilty and will have to hit the gym harder today.:thumb:

..... does it involve cross dressing and doing aerobics in front of a mirror?

Just the aerobics part. I've been cross dressing for years so that was assumed.