Why pay for a gym? Buy your own weights, instead

Funny, today I bought a bunch of ABS pipe and fittings and am going to make my own paralettes to do some gymnastic stuff. Light, compact, cheap and easy to transport. I already have different boards and stuff for climbing training. Basically, I can plorkout all day and night if I feel like it. Still have some newbie soreness from doing a bunch of pushups, core work and leg plyos two days ago. Feels good. Gonna be strong for the new decade.

Gym butts

Cleveland browns head coach wrote:

Gym butts

Das right! Slapping dat ass!!!!!!!

Where am I going to blow dry my sack with one leg on the bench in the locker room after a shower?

exp. wrote:

Where am I going to blow dry my sack with one leg on the bench in the locker room after a shower?

Any real bro has one installed in their house. Get with the times.

It would take several years to recoup the investment in terms of saved gym membership fees. Personally I like my gym. Find a small private gym and go either early in the am or just before closing, when it’s empty.

Way more options at the gym and treadmills.

At the same time I hate people that go to the gym to socialize.

It would require far too much money and space to train for strongman at home.

Yoke, stones, log, axle, circus dbell, sandbags, farmers walk handles would just be getting started on the basics plus the need of a 50ft+ flat runway to carry the implements on. Then we have the non strongman related equipment including a bench, rack, weights and bumper plates, quality power bar, and dbells. Can't forget mats for the flooring as well

Or, instead of spending $3k+ on the above, I could spend $25 a month on my gym membership

+1 for the home gym. I've had a bench and weights for the past 15 years or so but always went to the gym here and there for squats. Just recently got a power cage so now I don't even have to do that. There are some aspects of the public gym that i like (higher end equipment, loads of different random machines and stuff, hot girls), but working out at home is way more enjoyable and convenient.

I only go for the treadmill. Bought one once. Got hurt and couldn't run for 3.5 years. Used it like 4 times after that and it quit. Never got it fixed. It sat around about 6 more years. Finally tore it apart and scrapped it.

When a treadmill quits at the fitness center, I just hop on another one.

lwood wrote:

Way more options at the gym and treadmills.

At the same time I hate people that go to the gym to socialize.

If it weren’t for those people paying dues to socialize at the gym or basically never going to the gym, there would be no gym for the serious people.

Having a home gym one day is literally one of my life goals.

I have a Planet Fitness membership for now, which is like $10/month. I just graduated this spring and I am working an entry level position, and I live in a 1 bedroom apartment. There is just no way for me to have my own home gym right now. I do have some exercise bands and a couple of lighter dumbbells at home. But for heavier weights and cross training on the elliptical, I go to the gym.

It would take a couple, maybe three years to recoup the costs of buying a full weight set, not just a bar and some plates or a full dumbells over a gym membership. Then you have to maintain your equipment. If you want a treadmill, too it costs more and if that breaks, you might have to pay to get it fixed. Both options seem kind of expensive for someone who's primary training is running outside. If you live somewhere with long winters, maybe a gym membership year round makes sense.

Star wrote:

lwood wrote:

Way more options at the gym and treadmills.

At the same time I hate people that go to the gym to socialize.

If it weren’t for those people paying dues to socialize at the gym or basically never going to the gym, there would be no gym for the serious people.

Damn touche!

Home gyms the best. Good call, OP. All you need is a pull up bar and some kettle bells.

And while I kinda miss the hard bodied girls at the gym, they're way too much of a distraction to get anything done. So now I work out at home, actually get something done in a far shorter amount of time, and the wife notices. Wins all around.

Boulder bro

For me, investing in fitness is like the best health insurance you can buy. I'm a member of three gyms for facilities that combined are awesome, but my annual cost is significantly less than $2,000. Meanwhile, my peers are paying that much for out-of-pocket medical expenses that Medicare doesn't cover.

I tell everyone who will listen that investing in your health is the best investment you can make.

As runners, we have a very inexpensive sport, unless you travel to a lot of races.

As for the OP's point, I have a home gym with equipment I picked up on Craigslist over the years. I use it at night while watching TV, but I prefer the activity of being in a gym.

My home gym allows me to workout in the nude.

When I go to the Y and try to workout in the nude, they get mad. ?

crunchyinmilk wrote:

And while I kinda miss the hard bodied girls at the gym, they're way too much of a distraction to get anything done.

Are you 14?