king crusher Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 The misc forum was taken away so here are a few updated pics. Complete power rack and gripper caddy among other things. Mounted a TV on a nice swivel and tilting/telescoping mount from harbor freight. Only 13.00 highly recommended. Have a Texas power bar on order and always looking out for plates. Hoping by fall I have almost all I need. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 5:21 PM, king crusher said: The misc forum was taken away so here are a few updated pics. Complete power rack and gripper caddy among other things. Mounted a TV on a nice swivel and tilting/telescoping mount from harbor freight. Only 13.00 highly recommended. Have a Texas power bar on order and always looking out for plates. Hoping by fall I have almost all I need. Looking awesome dude 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 54 minutes ago, Chez said: Looking awesome dude Will look awesome-er with a Texas power bar in the rack but judging by timeframes I'm hoping by Halloween. Yikes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcottrell Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 I like the use of color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 55 minutes ago, richcottrell said: I like the use of color. I was thinking red would be good to brighten it up and I let one of my kids pic the actual shade. Asked home depot for the very cheapest gallon available. 14.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bill Piche Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Looking great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) Decided I will be expanding the size of my gym and eventually dropping gym membership. Plus, the bigger the home gym, the cheaper it will be to finish the rest of the basement haha right. Also decided I wanted to stain all the wood black. It turned out excellent. Because I used brown first, and even after about 10 coats of black, the brown can still show through just a bit in the grain so up close it looks awesome. Never worked so hard in a power rack without lifting any weight!! Ha Found a deal too good to pass up on a gym level commercial Precor cross ramp trainer, so that has been added too. The gym will extend all the way back to the pole closest to the camera. I also built a corner mounted two shelf catch all over by the gripper rack. It takes up no usable space but holds all my gym accessories and a little shelf next to the cross ramp trainer for a big water bottle, phone etc Edited August 26, 2020 by king crusher 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eman Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Do you have plans for your Rack? Looks awesome I am building a garage at the moment and will probably build a rack like this one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, eman said: Do you have plans for your Rack? Looks awesome I am building a garage at the moment and will probably build a rack like this one! I use it for mainly the high and low pulley set up I built right now but will use it for bench and squat once I finally get my barbell and some more plates. I've also done pull ups on it. Post up some pics when you build it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) So I have 195lb of plates now. When I finally get my Texas power bar I'll be able to actually use it. Only 240lbs but that will do for higher rep work. The local play it again Is trying to charge 1.80/lb, so 81.00 for a new cap 45. No way I'm paying that price, that's what rogue charges for their milled plates. I'll wait til those are in stock or a better deal comes around. Just got these delivered yesterday from ups. I'm pretty impressed by the quality and heft of these! Sorinex recon lite bumpers. They are made in the USA too. They are wide (3.75")and because they are new, a bit greasy (rubber of course) so they could be used for thick plate pinching for time, for me anyway, not thick bar monsters. They are tough to pinch. Now maybe with chalk and when they lose the greasy feel, they will be easy but for now it's doable but still takes effort. Edited September 18, 2020 by king crusher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Also found a couple mirrors for free locally and made a frame for them. Turned out good. I would have framed up a wall for the gym already but they want gold prices for 2x4 studs right now, just like weights, so I'll be waiting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 HEY that is a bad ass gym, nice work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Lat pulldowns with some weight finally. Very smooth and can actually do them inside the rack too if I move the pulleys to the middle and back mounts. Right now they are in the front and middle locations. It will allow for a more vertical pull. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kluv#0 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Very nice set-up. Once you get your Oly barbell adjust where you want it in rack, add weight and it will hold you down when doing pulldowns. If not totally comfortable wrap a towel to get it to your liking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Kluv#0 said: Very nice set-up. Once you get your Oly barbell adjust where you want it in rack, add weight and it will hold you down when doing pulldowns. If not totally comfortable wrap a towel to get it to your liking. That's actually a awesome idea I will use that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 My Texas power bar has arrived in perfect condition! What a beauty. I will toss a few pounds on it tomorrow for some squat testing. Took 1 day shy of 3mo which is longer than the original estimate but I'm not a lil biach and realize there are bigger things people could be worrying about. Just glad it came completely perfect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 So got an email from rogue today that their deep dish plates are in stock. They look pretty cool and old school and are made in Michigan! So I ordered a pair. Was gonna order more but the shipping costs get insane. So one pair will get ne to a total of 330lbs on the bar. Plenty for any of the big lifts for me right now except deadlifts but that's okay I have the commercial gym still. This will be a lot better than only 240lbs. And as an added bonus, I could work up to try to pinch these, doubtful but ya never know they are like old york plates I believe. They are 1.97" wide. Here they are if anyone needs plates https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-deep-dish-plates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magiclifts321 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 dope set up bro i really like the single leg squat roller its one of my favorite lower body pieces in my home gym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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