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Ghetto setup recommendations Anonymous
Some of my friends and me want to start buying weights, benchs and stuff in order to create a small gym for our use.

Anyway... we'd like to buy things slowly and eventually, end up with a decent setup, but i still don't know what should we buy to start with.

Additional info: one of us has a decent amount of muscles and the others dont have any, so we might not need a lot of big weights at the beginning.

Any recommendations /fit/?
>> Anonymous
Don't do it, what happens when you have a fight or someone leaves? Shit falls apart
>> Anonymous
save up and buy a power rack with close drillings (about an inch apart) and a solid, adjustable bench (can make it incline). that with an olympic bar is about all you need to feed.
>> Anonymous
OR---- DO do it...
>> Anonymous
>>107941
I really dont have to worry about that, we've been friends for years now.
>> Anonymous
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I recommend you and your best buddies build your own weights.
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>> Anonymous
Firstly, do ay of you know how to do any body-weight excercises? because they're quite handy...
Secondly, how much money do you all have to spend on excercise equipment and how much space do you have?

I would start off by simply buying a bench, some plates for dumb bells (Yes that's right DUMBBELLS not barbells) and then put your money together for a basic squatting rack.

With a flat bench and lots of plates for dumb bells you can do practically everything. the squat rack would be for your heavy back and leg workouts.

but you can do pec flyes, pec press, one arm DB rows, shoulder press, ab workouts galore, lat deltoid raises, incline push ups, decline and incline all of the above all with a basic $50-$100 bench plus weights

If you guys want more information you could email me
>> Anonymous
>>107967
Thank you very much kind anon.

I wouldnt recommend you posting your email here, but if you have one that can withstand huge amounts of spam, please do post it here and i will try to get in touch with you.

Thanks again!
>> Anonymous
Shit, son.

Browse through as much /fit/ up to page 10, there was a great thread with links to great weights. They were espoused to be cheap, quality, and wouldn't damage floors if dropped.

That is what you should get to start.

Also, I would say Bench, Squat Rack, Oly Bar, and two of each plate size to start with. Dumbbells if you want.
>> Anonymous
get a power rack instead of a squat rack. they're not the same thing. and if you get a power rack you won't need a seperate rack for the bench.

check elitefts.
>> Anonymous
crossfit forums has a subforum specifically for garage gyms.

people there build their own squat racks with 2x4/4x4s upright in buckets filled with concrete, for example

very good ideas on that forum

as far as what you actually need to set up, a bench and a squat rack/power cage are enough. try to set up a pull-up bar if you can, or if there's a tall tree dangle a rope or gymnastic rings from a high branch. also consider medicine balls (or a $4 basketball filled with sand and duct taped) since you're working out with friends, a lot of great two person drills to supplement your heavy lifts.

sandbags are widely recommended but as effective as they are, they're really a bitch to deal with, so your friends probably will not be down with that despite the cost and workout efficiency
>> anonymous
buy a bench and barbell for it. You also need to get a power rack for things like squats, shrugs, and olympic lifts. Get some good dumbells to for any dumbell exercises youd be doing
>> Anonymous
Power rack. 300# Oly set. Bench (adjustable if you can, not that important). This covers most everything you need. With this you can squat, deadlift and bench your way to glory, as well as row, curl (if you're a retard), and overhead press.

Don't get dumbbells over a bar; you are gonna miss out on a lot more from not having a bar than you will if you get a bar and not dumbbells.