Build a Home Gym: Intermediate
* Effective equipment
* Get results without a gym
WIth home training likely to become more important over the next few months, it’s important to know where to buy equipment. Furthermore, there is a shortage (understandably) in the UK for good gym kit.
I have previously blogged about basic gym equipment, if you missed it then search on Medium. However, with the level of repetition and desire to get stronger, then it is important to keep advancing.
Obviously, once you get stronger then either the weight or the repetitions increase. Under normal circumstances, you would reach for the heavier weight in the gym but given the way things are then it is not always possible. Additionally, buying heavy weights gets expensive, very quickly.
I would advocate exhausting other avenues before pursuing going solely after more mass. In my previous blog, i talked about resistance bands, TRX and medicine balls as a viable alternative.
These are equally as good for adding bodyweight as leverage and creating a transportable, versatile means of getting stronger.
If, however, you are serious about starting a home gym (especially over the longer term) then weights will be needed. Up to around 10kg dumbbells can be bought relatively cheaply but any higher and the price starts to escalate.
If you are looking for an incremental set, a pair of 20kg’s can be picked up for around £130. A search online should enable you to find around there, but shipping may increase the price.
Heavier dumbbells than this will mean around £200 for a set. Then you would be looking into benches and other accessories.
Barbells are another option, although these will jump in price too. A package of weight and barbell itself will set you back around £200 which isn’t too bad but you require space to lift these weights and maybe even a rack depending on your preferences.
The Edinburgh Weight Stand Company is worth a look as their equipment is relatively cheap and will bundle together. I must admit that I haven’t invested in barbells as I’m waiting for my gym to reopen.
As a disclaimer, I have sat on the fence with regards to equipment and mainly used what I have already. Having priced up the expense of equipping a home gym at around £700-1200, I have decided that I’m happy to supplement home sessions with heavy gym workouts.
I know the finances would mean that they will repay themselves after a few years but considering my old gym is being converted into a budget gym, i really cannot justify it.,
Whilst I am enjoying more time at home, I do need the structure of a heavy weight session even a couple of times a week. Having trained for years, i do need barbells and so forth. However, for the novice and intermediate individual who isn’t overly concerned about gym lifestyle or lifting heavy, then home gyms are definitely the solution.
Keep a lookout for more blogs about home workouts coming out soon!
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