The home gym is nothing fancy, but it has what I need, and I can always add to it when necessary. Craigslist is a great resource for building a home gym; some of my plates are mismatched, old, but really, who cares? They fit on the bar, and they’re heavy; the 2 most important criteria have been met.  

Here is the deadlift platform:

Rack, bench, belt, kettlebell, and a bit of weight:

Assortment of bands, jump rope, harness, etc.

The future Strongman:

(and as a bonus) A little chart our future Strongman made himself one day. I loved this and had to share. Very proud of our little man. 

(not shown – tire sled, will have to get a pic of that to share soon) 

That’s it so far. Like I said, nothing fancy, but it does what I need it to.

Thanks again to Darren for the motivation to finally take the plunge and build this out. Nothing like having all this at home. 

Warm up sets

Working sets:

145 x 5

165 x 3

185 x 5

Foam roller

No assistance work.  You may have noticed a gap in my training. I had injured my shoulder during my last deadlift session and felt I needed to let it mostly heal before continuing. It felt good to get back in this morning, but, still a bit of tightness in the shoulder. Got through my lifts, but decided to call it afterwards to play it safe.Will see how it feels today and decide if I continue training, or need more down time.

Also, a quick update on the home gym. It’s coming together quite well and I’m getting very excited to start training at home. The gym I go to requires a 30-day written notice to cancel (didn’t know that), but went ahead and cancelled today.  I’ll have mine all put together before these 30-days are up, I’ll have $80 (had a family membership) back in my pocket each month, and I’ll be able to train at home!

I’m happy to say, Ian is pretty excited that we’re building a home gym. Even though it’s nowhere complete he wanted to go out to the garage and “try it out.” I let him press with a 10 lb plate and he did a bit more than 3 sets of 10.

Proud Daddy moment