building a weight room

[manofsteel99]

im building a weight room in my barn with limited recources, if any one knows of any cheap weight lifting equipment please let me know. suggestions are also good.

[Bohizzle]

big rocks, big logs. if you have a barn, tractor tires should be handy as well. do some strongman training.

Andrew

[Adam]

:withstupi
Check out the GPP forum. And try Crossfit.com

[waynedang]

Also local searches on e bay

[Sensei]

This was brought up at another board: http://www.govdeals.com/eas/itmDisplay.cfm?itemID=4049&acctID=63 (It's in Ohio, but other deals may pop up in your area sometime).

I don't know what your budget is and what you're looking for, but new york barbells has some decent equipment reasonably priced: http://newyorkbarbells.com/

What are you looking for and what are you looking to spend?

[manofsteel99]

well i have the barbells that i need, but i get the feeling my parents will only spend $100 which proly wont be enough. all i need is more plates cause i only have about 220pounds of weight, which is enough for me now for my upperbody, but i cant do any good deads or sqauts with that.

[waynedang]

well i have the barbells that i need, but i get the feeling my parents will only spend fifty dollars. all i need is more plates cause i only have about 220pounds of weight, which is enough for me now for my upperbody, but i cant do any good deads or sqauts with that.


$50 wont get you much. Spend it on plates! Try to find cheap used ones

[Detard]

since you upped it to 100$ spend that on platform then use the rest for plates. once you have a lifting platform you can do cleans, snatches, deadlifts (without ruining the floor)...etc.. go to fitness depot for plates. they have the best prices for oly plates at $.38 per pound.

[RedSpikeyThing]

Criagslist.com has some crazy deals. It'll be used, but hey it's a chunk of iron ;)

[cornholio]

Keep an eye on a the classifieds in a few local papers.
A month ago I got a bench/squat rack and olympic weight set w/ bar for $250.
You can get weider or a brand like that much cheaper too.

[mickyjune26]

since you upped it to 100$ spend that on platform then use the rest for plates. once you have a lifting platform you can do cleans, snatches, deadlifts (without ruining the floor)...etc.. go to fitness depot for plates. they have the best prices for oly plates at $.38 per pound.


agreed. plates, a bar, and a platform. eventually, get a simple rack. you can use the rack to spot you for your bench and squats.

Good luck!

[smokinHawk]

This was brought up at another board: http://www.govdeals.com/eas/itmDisplay.cfm?itemID=4049&acctID=63 (It's in Ohio, but other deals may pop up in your area sometime).

I don't know what your budget is and what you're looking for, but new york barbells has some decent equipment reasonably priced: http://newyorkbarbells.com/

What are you looking for and what are you looking to spend?

dang, if i would have seen that eariler through the week i would have got that, i tried to register to bid, but they are closed on the week end and bidding ends a couple of hours.
Im local to it:bang:

[Questor]

well i have the barbells that i need, but i get the feeling my parents will only spend $100 which proly wont be enough. all i need is more plates cause i only have about 220pounds of weight, which is enough for me now for my upperbody, but i cant do any good deads or sqauts with that.

My entire home gym cost not more than about $75. Now given that it's a bunch of cheap, far-less-than-desireable junk, and I would LOVE to upgrade ... well, anyway, it's gotten the job done so far.