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post 1641456973 06-23-2021, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted By miscoach⏩
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I had to Google that poster to see what it's all about.

Strange... but I like it.

post 1641457003 06-23-2021, 07:31 AM
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Moving into a house with a 2-car garage down in Texas in a month or two and I can't wait to get a gym set up
And relief washes over me in an awesome wave
post 1641457833 06-23-2021, 07:48 AM
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I am getting close to the point where a home gym is going to be ideal. At my age I'm not going to on many more mass cycles or heaving the 140's for sets of 10 on Incline presses. Need to start prioritizing my health over mass. I've already picked out the equipment I will use in my small shed area I have to maximize the space. I've adjusted my training recently to mimic what I can do in a home gym and it's been going well.

Motivation to wake up at 430AM and drive to the gym isn't like it used to be.
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post 1641458043 06-23-2021, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted By JUGGERNAUT1333⏩
Motivation to wake up at 430AM and drive to the gym isn't like it used to be.
I hear that.. Did it for a couple years... In the office by 7...


I told work yesterday that I was taking an hours lunch a day to run home and lift, or I was finding a job that would let me.
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post 1641458123 06-23-2021, 07:52 AM
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Home gyms are cool, but people still like being around others even if they don't talk to them. We're still social creatures even though we're so guarded and private.
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post 1641458163 06-23-2021, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
Home gyms are cool, but people still like being around others even if they don't talk to them. We're still social creatures even though we're so guarded and private.
I dont like people looking at me while I lift.

I lose focus.
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post 1641458263 06-23-2021, 07:55 AM
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Lmao love the alien poster behind the bench.

Anyways to your question: Not everyone has a garage or spare room big enough to turn into a gym.
Not everyone has the money to build a proper gym. You'll easily spend 10k just for a dumbbell rack, plates, bench, squat rack and basics.
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post 1641458383 06-23-2021, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
I dont like people looking at me while I lift.

I lose focus.
I like it because narcissism. Sure, they might be looking at and mocking my calves, but there's an equal chance they're mirin' this fat ass bulge, and that keeps me going.
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post 1641458483 06-23-2021, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
I dont like people looking at me while I lift.

I lose focus.
This

I lose more mind muscle connection at the gym and start unnecessarily flexing my arms a bit mid set which is bad for every exercise but arms when i know ppl looking especially girls lol
post 1641458503 06-23-2021, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
I like it because narcissism. Sure, they might be looking at and mocking my calves, but there's an equal chance they're mirin' this fat ass bulge, and that keeps me going.
I'm super private.

And not looking to have anyone checkin me out. Its weird, I got nothing to prove to anyone, but still want people to fuk off and leave me alone. lol




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post 1641458513 06-23-2021, 08:01 AM
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Easy....

Most people can't afford to live somewhere big enough to have an entire room dedicated to a gym.
Are you not entertained?

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post 1641458563 06-23-2021, 08:02 AM
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Don't have a full home gym, but had the intuition to buy dumbbells weeks well before people lost their minds at the start pandemic. People were buying 3x what I paid all said and one. LOL!
post 1641458633 06-23-2021, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted By nin-com-poop⏩
Don't have a full home gym, but had the intuition to buy dumbbells weeks well before people lost their minds at the start pandemic. People were buying 3x what I paid all said and one. LOL!
I bought a full kettlebell set for peanuts about a month before the Vid hit.

Sometimes you get lucky. Then sold some unused crappy chit a few months later for great money. Fukkers drove three and four hours for two 45lb plates.
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post 1641458903 06-23-2021, 08:09 AM
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But who was 20 year old gym booties to stare at
post 1641459093 06-23-2021, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted By backinthegymbro⏩
Lmao love the alien poster behind the bench.

Anyways to your question: Not everyone has a garage or spare room big enough to turn into a gym.
Not everyone has the money to build a proper gym.You'll easily spend 10k just for a dumbbell rack, plates, bench, squat rack and basics.
Only if you are retarded or just have money to burn. I'm neither so my entire home gym setup might add up to 1/4 of that number, and that's pushing it...
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post 1641459123 06-23-2021, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted By bchap05⏩
But who was 20 year old gym booties to stare at
Haven't been to a gym in 3 months

Used to love that chit but sometimes would pop semis and sometimes rock hard had to try really hard to make dink soft and stop looking

Looking at those hot sloots without persuing them is like jacking off though, it doesn't get u anywhere
post 1641459513 06-23-2021, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted By backinthegymbro⏩
Lmao love the alien poster behind the bench.

Anyways to your question: Not everyone has a garage or spare room big enough to turn into a gym.
Not everyone has the money to build a proper gym. You'll easily spend 10k just for a dumbbell rack, plates, bench, squat rack and basics.
Not sure if srs

Get a pair of spinlock DB's/olympic DB's, Olympic BB, a bench, 400-600lbs in plates and a cheap powerack for less than $3.5k usd
post 1641459653 06-23-2021, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted By 78novacaine⏩
Only if you are retarded or just have money to burn. I'm neither so my entire home gym setup might add up to 1/4 of that number, and that's pushing it...
I'm even less than that.

Hit up a commercial fitness auction years ago. Paid about $500 for 300 lb of olympic weights, a commercial treadmill, bar, and some other chit.
My ex worked at a YMCA and they were replacing their steel dumbbells with rubber and I got a full set up to 80 lbs for $125.00. Came with rack...
Cast iron kettlebell set for $120. Up to 90 lbs, craigslist.
Power cage was decent enough quality, bought new for $350
Bench was new, fully adjustable for about $300
Preacher curl attachment $120.00
Rubber for floor was free
Lat pulldown and high low pulley attachment I made out of bits and pieces from a cheaper lat machine I got for almost nothing. attached to cage. works great.
380 lb flipping tire and dragging tire was free. Just needed the trailer to pick up.
large keg $70.00, sand free
Buddy had two 50' manilla rope. 2". $50.00.
Made land mine attachment out of an old castor and some pipe for free. Bolted to concrete floor with tapcons.

All in a shade over $1500.00

Edit, and my fluid 2 bike trainer was a gift, but you can add it too I guess. $350.00
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post 1641459673 06-23-2021, 08:24 AM
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I love the atmosphere at the gym, gives you a pump. Also nice to hnnnggg at hot sloots
post 1641459763 06-23-2021, 08:25 AM
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I hate the gym either way, unless it outside. If I can't workout outside then I feel like it's a chore.
post 1641460233 06-23-2021, 08:35 AM
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post 1641460263 06-23-2021, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted By Titansfan08⏩
I love the atmosphere at the gym, gives you a pump. Also nice to hnnnggg at hot sloots
A good gym has a great atmosphere. But a bad gym has the opposite effect. The only thing i hate most about a commercial gym (besides the lockdowns) is the commute distance.
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Originally Posted By backinthegymbro⏩
A good gym has a great atmosphere. But a bad gym has the opposite effect. The only thing i hate most about a commercial gym (besides the lockdowns) is the commute distance.
Ya new gym by me is like 5 min if that away from me and I go on my lunch. It can be a pain in the ass to get motivated during winter if you have a longer commute. Gym before was about 15-20 min and more than a few times I said f it during the winter as it sounded like chit.
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
Home gyms are cool, but people still like being around others even if they don't talk to them. We're still social creatures even though we're so guarded and private.
I get to be around lots of people all day at work. I get my fill lol.

I like the privacy of lifting at my house with my lifting partners.

When I was your age, I might have chosen the commercial/powerlifting gym too though.
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post 1641461863 06-23-2021, 09:05 AM
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I dont have a home


JK, but hard to get a legit home gym when I am still renting. It is the ultimate goal though.
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Originally Posted By Omnivium⏩
Home gyms are for dads with houses. If you're a young single guy who lives in an apartment/condo then going to a regular gym makes way more sense

But I might get some powerblocks in case clown world shuts down all the gyms again
Dad with house and powerblocks crew checking in.






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Ended up building a home gym since of the ghey covid restrictions in ontario and I ended up liking it way more than I thought I would. I don't plan on going back to a commercial gym anytime soon if ever
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Takes up a lot of space, costs money, you will never have the same amount of equipment, less socialization. ETC


No chance of finding new puss to poke at a home gym compared to a gym.



Im not anti-home gym. I am just listing reasons.
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Just went to 4 sporting goods stores and only 1 had DBs over 35. Grabbed the only fuking 50 they had and gonna order the other online. Have a bench and everything I need at home now thankfully. Not sure why you wouldn't invest a little to get sht for your place but then again people love showing off and having girls laugh at them on the inside.
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Originally Posted By devin45k⏩
Takes up a lot of space, costs money, you will never have the same amount of equipment, less socialization. ETC


No chance of finding new puss to poke at a home gym compared to a gym.



Im not anti-home gym. I am just listing reasons.
I will say, working out AT a gym, does provide a nice change of "scenery". I think id go nuts if all I did really was go to work then home. Atleast now, I can get out of the house and workout. 9-5 is already mundane, the gym atmosphere atleast breaks it up a little bit.

The convenience though would be nice.
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