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post 1626198273 12-21-2020, 11:11 AM
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why do weights gotta be so fukkin expensive holy fuk

brb spending 100 fukkin dollars on 1 45 lb plate

anyone know where i can get some cheap fukkin weights? gyms closed

miscers with home gyms, where did you get your plates and dumbbells?
post 1626198413 12-21-2020, 11:12 AM
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supply and demand boyo

I had a home gym prior to lockdown. Prices now are insane.
post 1626198633 12-21-2020, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted By Stray800⏩
supply and demand boyo

I had a home gym prior to lockdown. Prices now are insane.
sucks. wanted to get back to being thick. solid. tight. after not lifting for a few years

fuk it i'll lift buckets of sand or some chit
post 1626198723 12-21-2020, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted By ISmokeTooMuch⏩
sucks. wanted to get back to being thick. solid. tight. after not lifting for a few years

fuk it i'll lift buckets of sand or some chit
Yeah you just have to be creative.

Bodyweight exercises, use what ya got around the house
post 1626198903 12-21-2020, 11:18 AM
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They'll never go down again srs

Home gym costs like $6000 now. That's just a power rack, decent selection of plates + barbell + adjustable dumbells
post 1626199943 12-21-2020, 11:30 AM
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Dat COVID inflation.
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post 1626200573 12-21-2020, 11:39 AM
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post 1626200973 12-21-2020, 11:43 AM
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Gotta work smarter, not harder.
1) Create a plate mold
2) go around stealing wheel weights from every car in your neighborhood
3) melt it down into the mold
4) profit
post 1626201113 12-21-2020, 11:46 AM
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try to buy in bulk, somebody might be willing to let it go for a good price

weights go for around $2-3 a lb, sucks man

many places are also sold out. rogue equipment is overpriced af, sold out and it takes like 6 weeks to ship.


bought some adjustable DBs for $800 that go up to 90 lbs, should last me for a good while, just gonna add bands to it once 90s become too easy to flat bench press.
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post 1626201213 12-21-2020, 11:47 AM
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paid only $50 for mines

I just bring a duffle bag and take it from my gym

they can afford it because they are a corporation making millions off of people like me so fuk them
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post 1626201453 12-21-2020, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted By sooby⏩
try to buy in bulk, somebody might be willing to let it go for a good price

weights go for around $2-3 a lb, sucks man

many places are also sold out. rogue equipment is overpriced af, sold out and it takes like 6 weeks to ship.


bought some adjustable DBs for $800 that go up to 90 lbs, should last me for a good while, just gonna add bands to it once 90s become too easy to flat bench press.
Did you get Selecttechs, Ironmaster, or something else? Another ******* 28 day lockdown in Toronto, luckily i have the Ironmaster adjustable ones.
post 1626201533 12-21-2020, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted By Train57⏩
paid only $50 for mines

I just bring a duffle bag and take it from my gym

they can afford it because they are a corporation making millions off of people like me so fuk them
lmao I made a thread about doing this

Stealing all the dumbells
post 1626201963 12-21-2020, 11:53 AM
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[QUOTE=backinthegymbro post_id=1626201743]Just sold two 45 lbs to a milf today. Cost me $10 to make.
Concrete is the way to go boyo.

[i[/img][/QUOTE]brb deadlifting with concrete weights

Never gonna happen boyo
post 1626202203 12-21-2020, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted By 55ers⏩
brb deadlifting with concrete weights

Never gonna happen boyo
Sold plates to a powerlifter. He deadlifted 440 lbs with my concrete plates. Zero cracks.
Just don't do half reps and drop them from thigh high and you'll be fine.
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Originally Posted By backinthegymbro⏩
Sold plates to a powerlifter. He deadlifted 440 lbs with my concrete plates. Zero cracks.
Just don't do half reps and drop them from thigh high and you'll be fine.
440 ain't chit but mirin hustle
post 1626202703 12-21-2020, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted By backinthegymbro⏩
Just sold two 45 lbs to a milf today. Cost me $10 to make.
Concrete is the way to go boyo.

Damn you still at it??? Holy crap man, have you scaled up yet? Update us man!
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yeah i dont think we have seen anything inflate as aggressively as lifting stuff. i rushed and bought a bunch of sht for my home gym back in march. paid like $280 for a 300lb olympic weight set of dicks sporting.

of course they dont have any now. amazon has sellers who are charging $1k for the same set. yeah fck that i would be looking at alternatives
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post 1626204273 12-21-2020, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted By Harry815⏩
Did you get Selecttechs, Ironmaster, or something else? Another ******* 28 day lockdown in Toronto, luckily i have the Ironmaster adjustable ones.
I bought them from a place based in Vancouver, but I think they are most likely the SelectTechs aside from minor differences like paint and branding. Likely the same manufacturer.

Supposed to have them delivered by Dec 23, I ordered them a good 5 weeks ago and honestly just been too lazy to lift.

also lol @ another 28 day lockdown, that's what they said 28 days ago!
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Yeah olympic weights are pretty nuts. Starting to find 1 inch plates available for ~1$/lb in places like Walmart though. I think we're starting to get closer to recovering on the supply side.

Got a deal on FB marketplace myself a few months ago. 1k for ~500lbs plates, 200lbs dumbbells, combo bench, a few 1 inch bars and spinlocks. Seemed to be better offers on there than craigslist. Just gotta be patient.
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Yeah, this sucks. Someone posted a site (sorry, don't remember what it was) that you can keep an eye on that tells when weight equipment comes into stock, but you have to watch it constantly because it sells out right away. Maybe they'll see this thread. I could really use a set of bumper plates and some more 10 lb plates, but I'm not paying crazy prices for them.
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Originally Posted By ISmokeTooMuch⏩
brb spending 100 fukkin dollars on 1 45 lb plate

anyone know where i can get some cheap fukkin weights? gyms closed

miscers with home gyms, where did you get your plates and dumbbells?
I got mine from the scrap metal yard for like 40 cents per pound. I found a full dumbells set 15-100 lbs and like 700 pounds of plates for the price.
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What that Tonal crap is only like $3000 I think? Obviously not a home gym but it is more compact and easier than others.

But for a home gym standpoint, if I was to make one right now, here's what I'd do with my brief google spree, to be as cheap and basic as possible

300lb plate Set w/ Bar- $475
Adjustable Bench - $ 125
EZ Curl Bar - $75
Lifting Rack - $365
DIY Cable Machine - $150
Misc Plates - $100
Misc Accessories - $100

Total - $1,400ish.

Typical gym membership costs - $10, $20, $ 30 a month.

1400/10,20,30 = 12 years, 6 Years, 4 Years to pay off respectively.

but realize that your home gym will be utter ass and not afford the flexibility of other gyms. The only thing stopping from me getting a home gym is the cost to usage ratio. The catchup time for me would be 12 years as opposed to just using my current gym with state of the art brand new equipment.

But yeah weights are expensive for the material and the manufacturing required for them. Then now you're paying the markup on COVID Related impacts from greedy fukks. My gym is currently open again and I love it. But as a precaution, I got an EZ Curl Bar, an adjustable bench, 400 pounds in plates, barbell, and adjustable dumbbells for free from a neighbor. They were moving and I helped them with a bunch of stuff and gave it to me for free since they knew I'd use it. But the best place to get weights would be a local scrapyard for metal shop. They could probably give you a cheaper alternative for a weight.
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Originally Posted By backinthegymbro⏩
Just sold two 45 lbs to a milf today. Cost me $10 to make.
Concrete is the way to go boyo.

Damn, they just keep looking more refined. Gjm.
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Originally Posted By sooby⏩
try to buy in bulk, somebody might be willing to let it go for a good price

weights go for around $2-3 a lb, sucks man

many places are also sold out. rogue equipment is overpriced af, sold out and it takes like 6 weeks to ship.


bought some adjustable DBs for $800 that go up to 90 lbs, should last me for a good while, just gonna add bands to it once 90s become too easy to flat bench press.
which ones? I've been looking for a decent pair of these. I perfer to use dumbbells than barbells for any exercise other than deadlift and squats tbh.
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Originally Posted By ISmokeTooMuch⏩
which ones? I've been looking for a decent pair of these. I perfer to use dumbbells than barbells for any exercise other than deadlift and squats tbh.
honestly, this was one of the few times where being cucked by directed advertising came in handy lol. was searching on google for adjustable dumbbells and couldn't find any. I log on to instagram and there was like 3 ads for fitness equipment and all 3 of those sites sold adjustable dumbbells.

i got mine from a site called better-body.ca, price has gone up maybe
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Originally Posted By Johnez⏩
Damn you still at it??? Holy crap man, have you scaled up yet? Update us man!
I quit back in august when the gyms re-opened. Some foreign people still wanted to buy them here and there but nothing crazy as during the lock downs.
So i wasn't really feeling it anymore and stopped selling them.

But now when the gyms got locked down again in my area , old customers reached out to me asking if i had more weights for sale.
So i figured i could make them again since obviously, the quality must be good enough if people want to buy more. (always worried about people having buyers remorse)
And since i already have all the tools, all it takes is some concrete and a little effort. So i'm selling them again for now, just to get a bit of extra money. But i'm not expecting a huge pay day like before since the gyms will probably open again in january, which make people more cautious about buying weights.
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