Friday, November 13, 2020

$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)

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