Garage Gym

[mrpercentage]

Boom! Lets see what ya got.

[Comar]

After buying my first house I saw my garage had plenty of potential. I haven't bought a gym membership for about 18 months since starting my own gym. Plenty of money saved right there. Never have to wait for the equipment and can listen to whatever I want in total privacy.

I got the mirrors for free. They were lying in somebody's backyard, looking like they were waiting to be thrown away and I just asked if I could snatch them up. It was not a problem, the owner was in fact going to throw them away. 0 dollars spent (or krónur, the currency here in Iceland).

The olympic bar and weights are unfortunately luxury items. There are not a lot of free weights for sale on the icelandic internet flee markets and after searching for many weeks I gave up and spent about 500 dollars for them.

The green dumbells I got for free from my nephew who was also just going to throw them away. The heavier black dumbells I bought for about 100 dollars. Of all my stuff the I use the dumbells the most and am saving to buy more of them.

The pulley machine I bought used for about 200 dollars. I use it mostly for pulldowns.

In one of the pictures you see my phone tripod and speakers. I use it to watch my (free) youtube subscriptions and listen to vlogs as I train.

I bought another luxury item, the Conan the Barbarian poster, for about 10 dollars. It gives me inspiration. I have been a big time fan of Arnold (and his somewhat frugal philosophy) and the legend of Conan, who through hard work and struggle went from being a slave to being a King. I remind myself I'm just a wageslave at the moment (far from FI) and I need to invest and be frugal to move from being a slave to being a FI King (lol).

All in all I've spent less than 800 dollars, which I belive is less than you spend for 1 year gym membership here in Iceland. I can train whenever I want and I love it. In the mirrors you can see my 1997 nissan micra. I drive it proudly despite affording bigger luxury cars my friends go for.

[mrpercentage]

That's awesome.
I think another benefit of home gyms is there is no over doing it because others may be watching. It makes a difference when you aren't trying to impress anyone and it all about you own personal progress

[Bracken_Joy]

Once we have space, this is on our to do list. Bumper plates are so expensive though! I think the biggest advantage will be it allowing us to live somewhere that isn't close to a gym.

[mrpercentage]

The shipping will kill you on bumpers. Rogue does free shipping on certain packages and during certain times of the year. I would say Craigslist but you will have to be patient because bumpers are a rare find. You could check with a cross fit box and see if they have a recommendation for used or check for used equipment listings

[Bracken_Joy]

The shipping will kill you on bumpers. Rogue does free shipping on certain packages and during certain times of the year. I would say Craigslist but you will have to be patient because bumpers are a rare find. You could check with a cross fit box and see if they have a recommendation for used or check for used equipment listings

Since it'll be a couple years before we have room for a home gym, I'm going to keep my eye out for an auction as crossfit loses popularity ;) (I say this as the friend of someone who owns a crossfit box, haha. But I'm cynical. Love crossfit style workouts though!)