What are the pros and cons having a home gym?

0% chance of picking up cute fit girls in a gym too.
100% chance of being called a creeper if you approach.

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Con: no one to spot you on heavy bench day

Pros:
>Convenience
>Long term savings
>no commute
>no distractions
>no excuses not to lift
>can adjust workout to fit schedule, as opposed to adjusting schedule to fit workout(ie. you can do the bare necessities and get back to family/friends, if you go to a gym you will have to do the whole workout because you already invested so much time there)
>have whatever TV or Music on
>customizable
>no judgment from taking the neck pill

Cons:
>no socializing
>shot term costs
>no pressure to commit due to paying upfront
>no spotters
>no mires from gymbros/thots
>relatively limited selection of equipment
>if basement then you risk it getting ruined by flooding (happened to me last week)
>limited space
i'll post more if i think of any

This, lack of space, and money are the only cons. Pros are endless.

You could probably sell it without making too much of a loss. I imagine weights doesn't lose that much value.

$2000 would pay for 5.5 years of gym memberships at $30/month

Huge pain in the ass if you have to move, too. This has prevented me from taking the home gym pill, knowing I'll need to move for work in a few years.

As someone who had a home gym for a year, i will say an additional con is that i eventually just stopped pushing myself as hard after a while. I rejoined the gym and am making better gains now.

I'm not saying this applies to 100% of people but i can't think i'm the only one.

Would you buy rusty plates?

but you have the power cage and safeties in case you fail the lift. Why even bother having a home gym without a cage?

I bought rusty plates, scrubbed the rust off with a wire brush and spray painted them with a Rustoleum product and they looked gorgeous. The restoration process was fun and when i abandoned my home gym I ended up selling the plates for a lot more than i paid for them.

You should discount the savings in money and time going to and returning from the gym.

>buying metal plates
>ever
Bumpers or rubber-coated my dude.

op here

im looking for used equipement but everything is literally broken or people are selling 100 years old rusty, crusty eleiko plates and they want retarded amount of money for them

I honestly thought so too....but I've literally had to move it twice in the last 4 months, and it wasn't as big of an issue as I thought it was. I also have a minimalist setup with a power rack that has a cable attachment, a couple bars and 600lb total in plates.

I would. I desperately looking for a used barbell and plates so I can start a routine like strong lifts.

I thought having safeties at the home gym was the end all to bench press safety. But now that my bench is over 2pl8 I realize spotters are more important for the liftoff than the dump.

unironically this desu

i always lift naked

I got my power rack, 600lb plates, 2 barbells, 2 curl bars, a schwinn airdyne bike, adjustable dumbbells with 100lbs of weight for each, all for 700$. look long enough and haggle with the guys, he initially wanted to sell it for 900$. there's a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting as well.

>treadmill
ok so dump the useless treadmill(just go outside idiot) and spend less than 1000

You can DIY a lot of stuff too, including a pulley machine, its convenient to have some pulleys for pulldowns or rows.

For cheap? Of course..

Yep, I have my nephew come over and lift with me and just help me with liftoffs, I don't wanna lose the tightness and fuck up my shit. I have the safeties just high enough so they catch it before my neck but not interfere with my pressing.

Use better form cause not ego-lifting.

I live in Boston and the extra space for all that is probably $800-1,200 a month or another $100,000+ on a house's value.

I have to assume a lot of people who claim a home gym is cheaper live with their parents because a full one is going to take up s decent amount of space and so you're adding that (tens of thousands of dollars in most markets) plus you're buying it on interest amoritized over 15-30 years.

Still cool to have but not cheaper unless you have extra space.

>if basement then you risk it getting ruined by flooding (happened to me last week)
Did the equipment get ruined? My home gym is in the basement and I worry about that.

i'm fuckin.. here to train, i'm not here to talk..

pros: privacy, speaker, can yell, workout barefoot and shirtless, accessibility

cons: can't look at cardio bunny anymore

Been thinking about trying to build some sort of pully, I'd love to be able to do cable rows as I'm fucking bad at doing bent over BB rows. Any suggestions?

you could argue that depending on your gym you actually have more space at home, also

I bought a whopper of a house, really the best part of it is having a den and a huge home gym.

But honestly I'd rather live in a shipping crate in the woods. Hate maintaining a house this size.

>squat diaper
what the fuck

>pro: having a home gym

>con: having to find a room where you can ohp without hitting the ceiling with plates.

You're never going to make it, are you?

Just an all around great wtf pic lol

Pros, no travel.
Cons: no thots to stare at

Sorry I don't piss and shit myself when squatting

Exactly. You're not putting in enough effort.

Correct. Similarily to how the top strongmen get nosebleeds and vomit when deadlifting, you should be struggling to hold your bowels during heavy squats. Hence the squat plug meme; it's not actually a meme. You can also just use a diaper.

Starring at tits is sexist and can get you slapped with a fine/jail sentence/kicked out of the gym.

Less trouble to get fit at home then go out and dick down average skinny fat chicks with nice tits and ass.
Veeky Forums chicks tend to be kinda fucked up or gay and many chicks that go to the gym are just there to show off and pull fucks/bulls.

>you will never be this dedicated

>You can DIY a lot of stuff too
>man kills himself using homemade guillotine.jpg

PROS: almost everything

CONS: no Joe "Reverse Hyper God machine" Rogans

Most home gym dudes live in your typical american town home and have it in their garage.

City bastards can't aford space for a home gym in our ant colonies.

Yeah it's a trade-off. To me, not having to own, drive, or maintain a car makes living in the city worth it.

honestly good for him for indulging in his fetish

I wish I was into weird shit just so I could be "that swole guy into weird shit"

If I could get a job in the countryside and get a house with garage for a reasonable price I would send the city to hell and never look back.

Nobody likes getting hit on at the gym

Shortly before I moved to Boston in 2013, there was a 2000 sq ft fire station for sale 1000 ft from a red line stop for $300k. I was thinking of putting an offer in before I moved but figured "whatever, I don't want to have to buy before I move; there will be more opportunities later." I view this as the worst financial decision I've ever made in my life.

Speak for yourself.

I meant girls

In my case my ideal would be to live in a warehouse. Not like a converted warehouse with apartments, but just a big empty warehouse. I should move to a more run-down city.

>Advantages:
Convenience
Exclusivity

>Disadvantages:
Equipment costs
Space requirement
Might die crushed under your weights without anyone to help.

If you're not a girl your opinion on this subject doesn't matter.

going to build one but first im breaking the room's floor, can't even fully extend my arms without touching the ceiling so I couldn't OHP or do Pull Ups

then I'll get a power cage, a barbell, a set of 150kg plates for now, bench that can go incline, decline, etc., dip bars, weighted belt, gymnast rings, an adjustable dumbbell so I can load up with plates

for now that's what I remember

personally i got a homegym + computer room, but its too small to accomodate a cage. If i get a cage I'll end up losing the comfortable space where i do my abwheels and pushups. So it's not 1k worth of space like the other said. My extra autism room only costs and extra 1 or 2 hundred dollars CAD.

Ill probably end up carpeting the whole room and just deal with my chair having a harder time to roll around.

Pros- everything
Cons-nothing

Best choice i ever made and only paid ~$500 on Craigslist

Cons: it takes away half of your reasons to leave the house. You know how you like get pumped up before and then sit and chill after a good workout? Well that ends up being your entire day.

Pros: naked Squats. You know you’re squatting deep enough when you feel your balls touch the floor.

Possible disadvantage: pic related

If you want to flirt with a woman in any kind of way imagine a gay dude who's way stronger and more buff than you would do the same thing to you. If you're feeling intimidated, unsafe or just uncomfortable don't do it to a woman.

not leaving the house is a pro idiot. It's simple math.

>Walk to the gym
This is cardio, you lose yesterdays gains
>Lift weights at gym
This is lifting, you get our daily gains
>Walk back home
You lose todays gains

Your down two you're up one. Checkmate.

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Definitely making it

>he needs a diaper to squat 2pl8
ISHYGDDT

Get Squat stands. I got a set for $150 and you can put them both in the corner or in a closet when you’re not using them. Mine have held 315 lbs without any issues. You can also get an adjustable bench and use the stands for incline and shoulder Press.

That’s how I solved my small apartment problem.

how can you fuck up this bad

Ok first, if a gay man approaches me he gets a kick in the fucking balls no matter how strong he is.
For your example to work you should have said a 7 feet amazon. But even then I'd be happy with a death by snu-snu so yeah, your example is just bad.

Second, when I say pick up I don't mean PUA autism, I mean casual gym chat while exercising that could lead to maybe a phone number.

How many 600lb plates did you buy?

Pros
>can lift whenever I want
>can hop in the shower after without old guys saggy ball sacks in my face
Cons
>So lonely
>probably going to die if I drop the weight

>probably going to die if I drop the weight

Isn't that a pro

except that women get off on a stronger guy you dummy

PROS
More time efficent Training
You can drop your wheigths
Ceaper in the long run
You can get equitment most gyms dont have (strongmanstuff/Bumperplates)

Cons
lonely
cold

Hey, I also got those same foam mats. Are yours filled with endless static too? I keep zapping myself on all my equipment and I just want it to stop.

you have to be swole first

Pros: I didn't see anyone talk about music. It's nice to be able to crank whatever I want and not wear headphones. I don't have to walk in the snow or dig out my car to work out.

Cons: space. I live in Philly and have a tiny basement with a low ceiling. Had to go with a squat stand with spotter arms instead of the cage I wanted. I have space for maybe one more piece of equipment and there are like three I want.

Also my cat is always getting in the way and I'm super paranoid I'm going to drop a weight on her by accident some day.

>losing 1 gram of weight on every lift from scrubbed off rust
never gonna make it

minimal damage yes, barbell starting to peel, i'm sure the rack will be a bitch to take a part near the bottom because of accumulating rust. I bought a flood detector off amazon to let me know when the sump pump fails, it cost like 11$, it's not as loud as I'd like though.

600lbs in plates total, mostly 45s

no static. I think you might have a latent superpower.

nice idea. ill definitely think about it. ill wait for my mat pads to go on sale so i can mat my whole room first.

its a pain in the ass to move a home gym. you have to take apart your power cage if you have one, transport it, and then put it back together.

not to mention having to transport your barbells and weights.

Nigger, spic and fatty free gym all to yourself, what's not to like

Pros:

- you pick your own music and volume
- can lift barefoot
- can lift whenever you want
- never wait for anything to be open
- don't talk to people
- no driving
- can time your session for right when your PreWO kicks in every time

Cons:

- usually no spotter
- initial cost
- less variety in equipment usually? I guess.
- no company reimbursement for gym memberships to abuse, if you work somewhere that does that (ie most Fortune 500 companies)

>needing lift off for babby weight
You both need to work on unracking on your own, you shouldn't "need" someone to help you unrack your brnch

you should use a liftoff to keep tension, if you can regain tension while holding the bar in the air, then YOU'RE the one lifting baby weight.

i think this means you lift so hard that you shit yourself?

Live somewhere better then you loser. My shed where I lift is bigger than my actual house (albeit I only use a quarter of the space there). Rural properties are GOAT for homegyms because of space, and it cuts off the commute. Takes me 30 minutes from my house to the closest gym

>cityfags with their dirty water and small living spaces stinking up Veeky Forums

>Those mats
Dont do it bro!

Go to tractor supply and get the stall mats, much better quality and will actually protect concrete/flooring.

I had/have those and metal plates go right through those bad boys, especially if you are dropping them/throwing the weights around.

>if
dont lump the rest together with your lack of motivation bitch ass

I'm buying a condo, it's on the 11th floor. The building hasn't been built yet, it'll take three years, but in the latest meeting about it I threw the idea of converting one of the rooms into a homegym. Turns out these contractors have built a crossfit gym on a third floor before so they say it can easily be done, they can make adaptations in my apartment when the time comes.
Should I do it?

pros
>workout anytime
cons
>no bros to spot and celebrate PRs
>no cardiobunnies to creep on
>$$$

It does this every when you use it

I have to vacuum my gym soon