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Very true. Dialing it down even further, a bench and a set of adjustable dumbbells can be had for even cheaper and take up a lot less space. You won't be able

Very true. Dialing it down even further, a bench and a set of adjustable dumbbells can be had for even cheaper and take up a lot less space. You won't be able to progress as far, particularly with leg exercises, but a small flat bench with dumbbells under it fits in the corner of a room when not in use. The power rack, bench, weights, and barbell may not be too expensive, but the extra room to hold all of them is. That said, I'm a huge fan of the home workout. There's at least an hour worth of time overhead in going to the gym, and there's mental activation energy too. At home, I can easily start a workout, I never wait for a machine, I change in my bedroom instead of a locker room, I'm using my own shower, and it takes zero time to get there. Especially for beginners, the downsides of only having dumbbells are dwarfed by the benefits of doing it at home.

fuwafuwa 9y ago
If you're really hard up for space or money, resistance bands offer one of the best tradeoffs. The modular sets scale up to high weight and will last a while. The issues that I think hit most people are not really with equipment, though, but time/motivation/energy. For that, it takes ordinary habit forming and logging progress.
Chris2048 9y ago
Honest question: I live in a small apartment, is another issue not smell? i.e, the room with gym equipment may begin to smell of sweat?
- hokkos 9y ago
  Not it won't, your SO will notice the smell after a session, but with proper ventilation it will be quickly gone. But the coating of the weight may smell very bad, it depends on the material : un-coated plates won't smell, but will make lot of noise when stacked together and will easily put a dent in a wooden floor rubber coated plates are silent, but will smell horrible for months, depending on the storage where you brought it, I had to clean mine 3 times with lots of recipes, and put it on the balcony for weeks, and even now I still notice a smell in the room. I would go for urethane plates, won't smell and are silent.

fuwafuwa 9y ago

If you're really hard up for space or money, resistance bands offer one of the best tradeoffs. The modular sets scale up to high weight and will last a while. The issues that I think hit most people are not really with equipment, though, but time/motivation/energy. For that, it takes ordinary habit forming and logging progress.

Chris2048 9y ago

Honest question: I live in a small apartment, is another issue not smell? i.e, the room with gym equipment may begin to smell of sweat?

hokkos 9y ago
Not it won't, your SO will notice the smell after a session, but with proper ventilation it will be quickly gone. But the coating of the weight may smell very bad, it depends on the material : un-coated plates won't smell, but will make lot of noise when stacked together and will easily put a dent in a wooden floor rubber coated plates are silent, but will smell horrible for months, depending on the storage where you brought it, I had to clean mine 3 times with lots of recipes, and put it on the balcony for weeks, and even now I still notice a smell in the room. I would go for urethane plates, won't smell and are silent.