Looking to buy some weights etc..

[Cynical Simian]

If you're going to use that power rack then save yourself a couple of bucks and get this bench:

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/5950.html

You don't have safety bars with the bench you picked. You can bench in your rack since it's your gym and you don't have to switch the bar between the bench and the power cage.

Definitely do this.

As for weights, a basic 300-lb Olympic weight set will have all the plates you need to load any weight ending in 5 or 0 between 45 (the bar) and 300. (In this context, 'Olympic' refers to the diameter of the bar and, by extension, the holes in the plates that go on said bar. 'Standard' is a smaller bar, which you don't want.) The link below is what you need, although, as already mentioned, see if you can buy it locally so you don't get killed on shipping charges:

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/im-5315.html

 

[musclemom]

Definitely do this.

As for weights, a basic 300-lb Olympic weight set will have all the plates you need to load any weight ending in 5 or 0 between 45 (the bar) and 300. (In this context, 'Olympic' refers to the diameter of the bar and, by extension, the holes in the plates that go on said bar. 'Standard' is a smaller bar, which you don't want.) The link below is what you need, although, as already mentioned, see if you can buy it locally so you don't get killed on shipping charges:
http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/im-5315.html

I've ordered some stuff from NYBarbell in the past, I have no complaints, but you gotta laugh at shit like this: the oly set is $129 ... the SHIPPING on that bad boy is $198

I'm glad you brought up the points about olympic versus standard, Cynical. I have a pair of standard dumbbells that I take on vacation and they are very uncomfortable. I can't imagine trying to bench or, heaven forbid, squat a standard bar.

 

[magby]

http://www.amazon.com/Powertec-Powe...6383947-3907642?ie=UTF8&qid=1185477129&sr=8-5
does that have it all ?

 

[magby]

do i need that pec machine thing?

 

[Cynical Simian]

No. Just get a basic power rack without a lat attachment like the one in the picture on the left on this page:

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/92563.html