Create A Home Gym Cheaply, Effectively
Here are the five main parts of my home gym. What your gym looks like and contains is up to you.
1. Dumbbells and Rack
2. Weight Bench
3. Concept II Rower (foreground in photo)
4. Gloves, Jump Ropes, misc.
5. Sound System
My dumbbells range from 3 to 75 pounds. They’re all you need for effective strength training. I bought mine, including the rack, second-hand and at sales.
The Weider weight bench I’m using in the photo I got on sale for under $70.
Got the rower second hand for $400. They’re $1,500 new with shipping to Maui, so this was s steal. I absolutely love this piece of equipment, it is great for abs, upper body, cardiovascular system.
Gloves, exercise mat, jump ropes, other items for less than $30.
Sound system is the tiny tape player on ground on at left–$10. It rocks.
The most important thing is to just get started. Your own home gym can begin with a pair of light hand weights or a jump rope, or whatever. Add to it as you go along. Mine is the result of watching for sales and gathering stuff. It was fun putting it together and I’m always on the look-out for new stuff. Have fun and get started. And next time you find yourself watching the boob tube, grab your dumbbells and pump some iron at the same time. Hit the rower or exercise bike or treadmill. Drop and give yourself 20!
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July 25th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Great article Jerome. Thank you. A great place to find gym equipment is on craigslist.com They always have used equipment for sale in their sporting goods section.