$1000 Gym Build - In Stock Equipment

Rogue Fitness 11/13/2020

The Ohio Bar - Black Zinc - $285

45# US-MIL Spec Bumper Pair - $157.50

25# US-MIL Spec Bumper Pair - $87.50

SR-1 Bearing Speed Rope - $26.00

#2 Blue Echo Band - Single - $11.50

#5 Purple Echo Band - Single - $28.00

P-6V Garage Pull-up System - $125.00

35# Rogue Kettlebell E coat - $55

Shipping - $193.40

Tax - $43.71

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$1,013.61

REP Fitness 11/13/2020

20kg Saber - $149.00

(2) 25# Black Bumper Pair - $138.00

Competition Speed Rope - $20.00

(3) Bands (Yellow, Black, Green) - $37.00

PR-1000 Power Rack - $275.00

27.5# Dumbbell Pair - $68.00

35# Kettlebell - $49.00

Shipping - $191.05

Tax - $76.34

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$1,035.39

Raptor Fitness Supplier 11/13/2020

20 Kg Colorado Bar Black Zinc - $219.00

160# Bumper Plate Set - $335.15

Rex Series Squat Stand - $325

Shipping - $163.27

Tax - $72.97

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$1,115.39

Home Gym equipment is finally in stock in reasonable quantities to put together a suitable home gym.  The entry point for budget set ups seems to be $1000, so I decided to put together a few sample gyms.  I would always start with a barbell and weight.  Removing shipping and tax, you are looking at $530 at Rogue for 140#, $287 at Rep for 100# and $554 at Raptor for 160#.  With half the budget blown, you cannot pull off a rack from Rogue, but can at Rep or Raptor.  I actually think a better way to go is to grab a jump rope (cardio), bands (most versatile), a pair of dumbbells and a kettlebell.  This gets me through 90% of my workouts.  Yes, I would grab a basic bench from Amazon for $52 and I really like having stall mats from tractor supply $160 for 96 square feet.

I pulled off the $1000 home gym with:

Beater Bar - $80

190# Bumpers - $285

Jump Rope - $20

Bands - $31

Dumbbells - $41

Kettlebell - $40

Folding Rack - $240

Shipping - $0 (all local pick-up)

Tax -$28 (mostly bought second hand

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$765

+ Bench $25, Stall Mats $160, Abmat $10, Wall Ball $42 = $1,002

It certainly pays to shop second hand in normal pre-Covid times.

Of course my spending has long eclipsed the $1000 benchmark.  I have added more weight, dumbbells, kettlebells, a rower, Crossfit accoutrements, Strongman equipment, and a few miscellaneous items that seemed crucial at the time, but do not get used much.  At this point, building a home gym has become as much a hobby as it was a utility. 

Last items I used (in order) over the past week

11/13/20

Stall Mats

Pull-up bar

(1) 27.5# DB

Jump Rope

Timer

Gymnastics Mat

(2) abmats

Parallettes

11/11/20

Stall Mats

Timer

Barbell

Bumpers (30#)

Collars

Sandbag

11/9/20

Stall Mats

Timer

Barbell

Bumpers (90#)

Bench

Rack

Squat Box

Pull-up bar

Abmat

11/6/20

Stall Mats

Timer

Rower

Jump Rope

I kind of surprised myself in using $2,539 (just over 50% by dollar value) of the equipment I own this past week.  

My least often used are bands, rings, rope, weighted vest, atlas stones, axle bar, tire and silencer pads.  Fortunately that is only $490 (just over 10% by dollar value) of the equipment I own.

In the middle is the technique bar, extra weight, extra dumbbells, kettlebells, wall ball, and steel mace.

Of the (4) workouts I have done the past week

Stall Mats & Timer - (4)

Abmats - (2)

Barbell - (2)

Bumpers - (2)

Jump Rope (2)

Pull-up Bar - (2)

27.5 DB - (1)

Bench - (1)

Collars - (1)

Gymnastics Mat - (1)

Parallettes - (1)

Rack - (1)

Rower - (1)

Sandbag - (1)

Squat Box - (1)