Home Gyms and Squat Racks

Here’s what I’ve got at the moment.

1 Gold’s Gym Adjustable Bench/Squat Station

2 Tree Racks

1 Standard Barbell with ~250 pounds of 1" plates

4 standard dumbbell handles

1 Olympic Barbell with 255 pounds of plates (45, 35, 25, 10, four 5’s, 2.5)

Adding a power rack with a lat pulldown station pretty soon. That, the Olympic barbell/plates, and the tree stands are curtousy of my uncle. Bought them off of him for $200, he hasn’t been able to lift for years due to a horrendous spine.

I got the Bench/squat rack with the standard stuff for $200 on Craigslist, might sell some of it in the future, but the plates are at least useful for my dumbbells, 2 of which I already owned.

I really like it, but the rack will be quite nice once I get strong enough to really need a spotter/safety bars. The lat pulldown station will be great as well, as I can’t do a pull up yet (228 pounds, down from 250).