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I see Mike aka MT Stringer has been doing some upgrades for his wife's gym so I thought I'd show you a few pictures of my home gym in progress . As with anything I do it starts out reasonably simple then spirals out of control :D
I wanted to build a gym in my basement that didn't seem like you were working out in a dungeon and I think I succeeded .

It all started when I got tired of picking up bumper plates off the floor . I don't like those floor stands either as there uncomfortable when your removing the 45 lbs plates , but I seen someone using floor flanges on the net to make a crude wall stand .
I took it a step further and used two 2by6's and color matched them to my half racks and put chrome checker plate in the middle to make them look industrial .

This is what a floor flange looks like



I spaced the floor flanges out to make it as comfortable as possible to place and remove bumper plates . I had the 45 lbs plate at the bottom on a trial attempt but found it was to hard to place them back on so I placed them in the middle . Worked out perfect like this.
Used 1" floor flanges and 1" gas pipe cut to length




Here's a close up . Decided to use them to hold bars on a wall rack also . Put heat shrink tubing over the 1" gas pipe to get rid of any sharp edges . The ones holding bumper plates are secured with 1/4" bolts . I used screws as I was being lazy as these bars don't weigh much


42" plasma . I don't really watch TV very often in the gym as I pretty much play music . It's there if you need it though . Plus , who can get enough of CNN's Erin Burnett :wub:


I don't like changing plates on bar bells so I bought them all :)



The ceiling is only 7' tall and I lose 1" with this ceiling grid system and 1/2" with the rubber flooring and seeing as the lat machine is to tall I cut a hole in a piece of checker plate aluminum with my jig saw . Cleaned it up with a straight bit on my router table and the router bit cleaned it up very nicely and looks much cooler than using plain ceiling tiles. It couldn't have turned out any better if a cnc flow jet had cut it out .
As you can see there's LED lights in the mirror and in this hole . They change to any color you want or you can program them to fade onto different colours . No purpose really , just looks cool lol


Pictures of the other half of the gym coming soon (it's in progress and a mess )
 
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You crack me up Stick . I have neglected working out this past four months so I have some catching up to do. I did want to be able to bench press 225lbs when I turn 65 but it may not be a good idea as now I'm hearing about osteoporosis ?

This is a 73 year old doctor who uses HGH . Believe it or not this is not photoshop as I actually seen him on a Fox News . The anchor woman asked him if he didn't think it was dangerous and he replied with:
well would you rather see me crossing the street hunched over with a cane?

 
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I can live with a washer and dryer and a captive anchor woman.......FOTFL.
 
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You got dat right Mike!! You know though, actually in uptown New Orleans the old houses do have basements. But they have to be pretty well sealed. I remember a boss I had 20 years ago lived in uptown New Orleans and his apartment was on St. Charles, in an old big house converted to apartments and the complex had a cellar. But it was dark, damp and stunk like nothing else. It was used for storage. And I remember my boss stored his bike in there. And one day we went riding bikes. And bikes are all metal, you wouldn't think it would hold a stink to it. Man, I had to ride on the other side of the street from him to keep from getting sick. LOL
 
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that rules out mini brews...
Hey Dan ...
more for us just happened...
 
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...still working on the other half...!?!?!?

I need a shower and some carbs from looking at what you already have....

Nice job ... I'm motivated to take a nap...
 
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Well the treadmill was a failure , and much to my dismay an elliptical was far worse on my knees . I wish I talked to my chiropractor first , as he's dead set against ellipticals because he's found there actually harder on your knees than most anything . Another expensive lesson I guess ,as the elliptical was a 6K hit , and of course I took a terrible beating on it when I traded it in .

So after all this I finally found something that works and doesn't hurt my knees , plus I am not stiff afterwards.
I'm desperate to loose weight , but I still want my meat and potatoes, so cardio is my best option .
And MT Stringer doesn't help things at all when he posts pics of Texas food lol.

Here's a video of it in action . For the price , the girl should have came with it


Here's a few pics of it in her new home . It's almost like your in an exoskeleton suit , and it feels like your running in the air .
 

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I found that joining the Y was a good choice. All the equipment you think you need but shouldn't use. Weights etc. On-site advice. Swim. Run or walk, indoor track, good in all weather. Meet some nice people. (friendly like-minded women) All for $35. a month. Or, for a little more privacy and upscale, $85. a month gets you all of the above and the whirlpool tub thingee, sauna, private lounge, coffee, Wi-Fi, newspapers.
My chiropractor says stay away from all the crappy gizmos that are shoved at you on T.V. Just swim and walk about 3 times a week in the fresh air. And drink water, regularly. I pay him a yearly fee for a visit every fourth Tuesday. Because I pay him once a year lump sum I get the visits and any emergency or extra visits for problems are free. Of course if you had too many "emergencies" he may question your lifestyle. I claim this on my wife's health plan at year end and they pay 85%. I have two temperamental discs in my back that I control with his help. I must lose a little weight too. I just look at a slice of sourdough bread and gain two pounds. Tuna casserole and egg noodles are a killer.
 
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Thomas , I think there's nothing better than walking . I have a hard time doing it after work though in the winter in the dark and on the ice and snow .
I was going to Golds Gym , but found I was getting sick almost weekly . Just couldn't seem to be in super close proximity to hundreds of others while working out .
Everyone I know here that frequents the cities arena and swims , seems to have infections on there arms and legs and planters warts on there feet .
Our pools a Petrie dish imo. A coworker and his son had this sort of pimply nasty rash last time they went . Someone's going to get the flesh eating disease next I think
 
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Rick, walking is dangerous in the winter. A few years ago, a neighbour (late 70's) just finished a walk, slipped on a patch of ice on his driveway, fell on the back of his head and expired. I go to the Y during the day sometime. Very few people as I don't like crowds either. They have a track. Being retired, I can go when it's best.
I know what you mean about infections, rashes and such. I don't swim too often and when I do, I keep my mouth closed. I've never determined what the lumps in the water are yet. Come to think of it, some people that have been there a lot at busy times have been growing extra fingers. Wouldn't be half bad if they were on their hands but....
 
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Moved Arnold downstairs into the gym today . He just kept freaking me out when he was in the living room, especially when the house is fairly dark at night ,
I swear he moves a few inches here and there when I'm not looking . The neighbors have the keys to my house , so maybe there just playing tricks on me .
I know he can't make the stairs , so maybe I'll start sleeping better at night now :fie:
 

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Rick - nice gym - makes me tired looking at it. I belonged to a "Y" for some time but weights were never my thing (I move a lot of weight every time I walk). I used to do a lot of running, but the toll on my knees was too much.

About Arnold moving - lay him down, tie his hands to his side and drop a curl bar on his neck. If he still moves, you've got a problem.
 
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Well I’ve been busy working on my gym project with a product called StoreWall .
I’m changi g the yellow theme to orange . The bumper plates and dumbbells have orange on them , and I find yellow and orange clash a bit.

This project ended being a lot of work ,as I starting over and redrilled all the holes and moved the boards up two inches, because I wasn’t happy with the height when it was complete . It took me a second, then I realized it looked wrong ,as it wasn’t matching the height of the window shades, and I’m installing some more StoreWall next to the windows .

I made a steel jig, so now I can copy the holes if a board needs replacing .
I sure found a laser comes in handy



Left enough wood exposed so I could attach some molding .


I don’t care for the exposed edge at the top of the StoreWall product, so I used my dado blade to make a rabbit slot in the molding . Major improvement




The finished product . Will be repainting the half racks orange or white when it’s warm outside ( if it ever warms up)




Next idea .
I think the orange burns the retina to much , so I’m debating to remove the trim and cover it with carbon fibre wrap from 3M ,
then cut a small strip off around the outside perimeter ,so that the only orange will be a 1/4” on the outside face and the perimeter all the way around .
Thought it might break it up a bit and be easier on the eyes ? Same goes for the equipment.

The dumbell racks don’t look all that bad white imo , so maybe another option would be to change the other racks to white also . Then paint my bumper plate wall storage racks orange , keeping everything on the floor white , and everything on the walls orange?
 
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