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I bought a power cage and a barbell so I could lift in my basement. Wasn't a huge fan of the gym either. Never enough squat racks, and I felt bad locking one do

by r_smart 10y ago

I bought a power cage and a barbell so I could lift in my basement. Wasn't a huge fan of the gym either. Never enough squat racks, and I felt bad locking one down for an hour.

xenihn 10y ago
Do you mind sharing which cage and barbell you bought?
- r_smart 10y ago
  Barbell: Rogue 2.0 bar (cheap at $250, perfectly fine for newbie) Power cage [0] Realistically, the most expensive part of the setup was...the weights. Shipping that shit costs a lot, and they're not cheap to begin with. I bought some bumper plates for deadlifting, and a bunch more as regular plates. Total weight is like 400 - 500 lbs, I forget exactly. All in all, it cost me like....$1400 or so. Worth it if you know you're gonna stick with it, but you should probably start in a gym and make sure it's gonna stick. Oh, and if you want advice on getting started, let me know. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UMM4QC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UMM4QC/ref=oh_aui_deta...
  - xenihn 10y ago
    I'd definitely appreciate any advice you might have :)
    - sethammons 10y ago
      What worked for me was going to a good crossfit that focused on lifting. A power or olympic lifting gym would work too. Having someone who knows what they are doing help me was very valuable. Now I know enough to go out on my own.
tyrust 10y ago
What are you doing at a squat rack for an hour?
- brandonmenc 10y ago
  If you're lifting heavy and/or high volume, and warming up properly, you can easily spend an hour in the squat rack. Especially if you're older.
- cholantesh 10y ago
  I personally do squats, OHP, and pullups in there, and have seen people bench and deadlift in a rack as well. Easy to fill an hour in a rack.
  - tyrust 10y ago
    Sounds like a poor use of a shared resource since the only one of those exercises that requires a squat rack is a squat. I guess it's fine if there's no one else at your gym.
    - jogjayr 10y ago
      Not necessarily. The safety pins on a squat rack (or power rack, not sure what the difference is) are handy if you're scared of dropping the weight on an OHP, or if you don't have anyone to spot you on the benchpress. If you move the rack's pins to the outside uprights, lower down near the floor, and put the bar there it makes it much easier to load/unload plates for the deadlift. For me, taking weights off of a bar on the floor is the absolute worst when you're exhausted after a heavy set. But yes if you're using a squat rack for anything other than squatting, and the gym is busy, give others a turn. Or at least let them work in with you.
  - jboles 10y ago
    Not so much a poor use of a shared resource as a required use of a poorly equipped gym.
    - 10y ago

by r_smart 10y ago

I bought a power cage and a barbell so I could lift in my basement. Wasn't a huge fan of the gym either. Never enough squat racks, and I felt bad locking one down for an hour.

xenihn 10y ago

Do you mind sharing which cage and barbell you bought?

r_smart 10y ago
Barbell: Rogue 2.0 bar (cheap at $250, perfectly fine for newbie) Power cage [0] Realistically, the most expensive part of the setup was...the weights. Shipping that shit costs a lot, and they're not cheap to begin with. I bought some bumper plates for deadlifting, and a bunch more as regular plates. Total weight is like 400 - 500 lbs, I forget exactly. All in all, it cost me like....$1400 or so. Worth it if you know you're gonna stick with it, but you should probably start in a gym and make sure it's gonna stick. Oh, and if you want advice on getting started, let me know. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UMM4QC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UMM4QC/ref=oh_aui_deta...
- xenihn 10y ago
  I'd definitely appreciate any advice you might have :)
  - sethammons 10y ago
    What worked for me was going to a good crossfit that focused on lifting. A power or olympic lifting gym would work too. Having someone who knows what they are doing help me was very valuable. Now I know enough to go out on my own.

tyrust 10y ago

What are you doing at a squat rack for an hour?

brandonmenc 10y ago
If you're lifting heavy and/or high volume, and warming up properly, you can easily spend an hour in the squat rack. Especially if you're older.
cholantesh 10y ago
I personally do squats, OHP, and pullups in there, and have seen people bench and deadlift in a rack as well. Easy to fill an hour in a rack.
- tyrust 10y ago
  Sounds like a poor use of a shared resource since the only one of those exercises that requires a squat rack is a squat. I guess it's fine if there's no one else at your gym.
  - jogjayr 10y ago
    Not necessarily. The safety pins on a squat rack (or power rack, not sure what the difference is) are handy if you're scared of dropping the weight on an OHP, or if you don't have anyone to spot you on the benchpress. If you move the rack's pins to the outside uprights, lower down near the floor, and put the bar there it makes it much easier to load/unload plates for the deadlift. For me, taking weights off of a bar on the floor is the absolute worst when you're exhausted after a heavy set. But yes if you're using a squat rack for anything other than squatting, and the gym is busy, give others a turn. Or at least let them work in with you.
- jboles 10y ago
  Not so much a poor use of a shared resource as a required use of a poorly equipped gym.
  - 10y ago