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post #16 of 25
1/19/11 at 8:59pm
i don't recommend working out at home either. you definitely lose motivation.
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post #17 of 25
1/19/11 at 10:31pm
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Wow, after months of thinking about doing this, this thread has nearly convinced me to join a gym. :Fu:
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post #18 of 25
1/20/11 at 3:57am
I would only buy weightlifting equipment for my home if I owned the house and there was an unused basement. Definitely never for an apartment.
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post #19 of 25
1/20/11 at 9:12am
Seriously, don't buy a home gym. They're expensive, annoying to take with you when you move, piss off the neighbours when you start clanking weights, will take up more space than you think, need you to really self-motivate, etc etc. I'm sure you can find a gym in DC that's cheap and convenient since you only want the basics.
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post #20 of 25
1/20/11 at 9:28am
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Originally Posted by gort View Post

Furthermore, at least in my experience, I always found it more difficult to get a full workout in when having equipment at home because you can be so nonchalant about lifting. When you actually make a trip to a gym, you're there for only one reason until you go home.

QFT
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post #21 of 25
1/20/11 at 11:08am
The Scooby Worshop guy has a home gym and doesn't even have a lot of elaborate equipment. Most people wont need much more than a bench, dumbells, and a barbell anyway. The gym environment is nice and all, but its taxing if you figure in the round trip to go there frequently throughout the work week, and if you have to wait around for weights to free up.

Of course some people will have more convenient facilities than others, but a home gym at an apartment with minimal equipment is very doable.
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post #22 of 25
1/20/11 at 11:29am
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Fucking son of a , I really really really hate the phrase weightlift to tone up. That's like saying you want to cure constipation by getting a gay guy to fuck you in the ass.

+1....to the first part not the gay guy f@cking you in the a$$.

"Tone up" = diet and losing BF. Which, along with diet, is also done via muscle gain which is adding mass by breaking down muscle fibers.
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post #23 of 25
1/20/11 at 6:39pm
Gee, unless you are really loaded, there is no way you can equip a home gym even nearly as well as a pro gym. I have kettle bells and a dip/pull up station at home just to fuck around with, but that's just a side deal. I also use those goofy ropes--check those out--they are real killers. You do them outside though and every asshole has to stop and ask what you're doing, either right then and there (totally rude) or if they know you, when they see you next (just annoying, especially when they then have to tell you what they do for fitness, and they look like shit.)
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post #24 of 25
1/20/11 at 6:47pm
why is getting a bench and squat rack with accompanying weights not a feasible solution? it's all i use at the gym anyway
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post #25 of 25
1/20/11 at 8:24pm
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Originally Posted by uNiCoRnPriNcEsSx View Post
why is getting a bench and squat rack with accompanying weights not a feasible solution? it's all i use at the gym anyway

Probably because he mentioned apartment. When I hear apartment I really don't think of a ton of space to have big lifting equipment like a squat rack and bench press.
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