Setting up a garage gym

Scott Birdby Scott Bird | December 23, 2005
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Jim WendlerEliteFTS has an interesting piece by Jim Wendler on setting up a garage gym. I have to say though, that a typical one car garage in Kentucky must be an awful lot larger than one in Glasgow. Not a bad setup at all.


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You still have me beat. I have no garage. I have a weight bench, but it is currently buried. I did take it back out of storage a few months ago, though.

Posted by: Blaine Moore (Run to Win) | December 23, 2005 4:50 PM

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that is a pretty nice setup. mines pretty similar to yours scott - same rack, bench, weight, barbell and a 2” thick rubber mat.

i had a look at buying a GHR machine but cheapest i found in UK was £500 from gymratz. :/

Posted by: john y | December 23, 2005 5:02 PM

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One of the interesting things in the article is that they didn’t have a garage either, so they simply rented one. It may work out quite reasonable (at least long term) compared with paying to go to a commercial gym. Of course, the benefits are far more than financial.

John, I also took a look at GHR machines a while ago - great to have, but far from cheap. The best (cheapest) poor-mans’ solution I’ve seen is basically using a belt to strap your ankles onto a normal bench. Tempting, but not quite the same :)

Posted by: scott | December 23, 2005 5:41 PM

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Good article Scott, we are thinking of setting up our own garage gym here and this will definately be useful info to have.

Posted by: Stinn | December 23, 2005 5:58 PM

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yeah they really arent cheap. i do feel it would be a very effective piece of equipment to have though…

as an aside bodysolid.co.uk have a big sale going on sadly i saw the steelflex weight set at 20% off - shame because topping up my set with single 20Kg plates is going to be bloody expensive (i have 220Kg total currently)

also i wanted to get some fractional olympic plates but i was quoted over £50 for 2×0.5 2×1 and 2×1.25 Kg plates - crazy. then i realised i could just load my standard plates on the spring collars…

rip off britain eh.

Posted by: john y | December 23, 2005 6:01 PM

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John, you’ll probably see a few more ads from people selling standard plates after xmas. If you can get away with the size, it’s worth waiting.

Stinn, I can definitely see you renting a garage and setting up a decent gym. Sometime after winter though :)

Posted by: scott | December 23, 2005 6:15 PM

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I read that eagerly, as some of the proceeds from the house sale will be used for gym equipment in our new house. Incidentally, our garage that we rented for our apartment is a 10×12, it would make for a tight quarters gym.

Posted by: Alberto Caraballo | December 24, 2005 9:41 AM

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10×12? That’s almost luxurious - I’m working in less than that at the moment, and it’s enough for the rack and a stack of plates.

The main problem seems to be head height - hopefully there’s a bit of space for chin-ups, overhead presses etc.

Posted by: scott | December 24, 2005 10:47 AM

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Discussion thread of great interest to me. I’ve started an MSN Group to focus on garage gyms and home training. This is NOT a commercial site. I am not advertising or selling anything. Just looking to share info.

Note that you can visit/view the site openly, but membership is required to post there (I am trying to keep the porn freaks away).

http://groups.msn.com/TheIronMineGarage/welcometotheazironminegaragehomegyms.msnw

Posted by: Jimbo | January 7, 2006 3:49 PM

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Hi Scott. Wanted to let you know that I’ve moved my garage gym workout site off of MSN Groups to my own domain. If you or any of your blog readers have interest, take a look:

http://www.azironmine.com/

Thanks and have a great one !
AZ Iron
(Jimbo)

Posted by: AZ Iron Mine | January 28, 2006 10:29 PM

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A very nice setup by any standards.

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