My New Rack

[super_rice]

The bars are rated to 1500 pounds which is a few months off for me yet, too.

lollerskates.

That's the exact same rack my gym uses. Very sturdy as we all abuse it and use it for heavy squats and such!

 

[blut wump]

Nice looking piece of equipment – it looks sturdier than I thought it would be. It’ll be nice to be able to lift with wild abandon now knowing you can dump the bar at anytime.

I myself just picked up a used pullup station from a starving college student for $25, one of the free standing type. It’s a bit worn but solid but should do the job.

It's very sturdy. I spent a long time tightening the bolts and decided to stop when I realised that I was distorting the metal. I'm not looking forward to having to dismantle it any time soon. Assembly was very straight forward.

 

[the-short-one]

nice rack.

btw - I was looking over the attachments that came with my smith machine. It appears that it is also a power rack. yay! Lots of holes on the front to stick pegs in for squating/benching. duh.

anyway, congratulations on your new rack.

 

[super_rice]

It's very sturdy. I spent a long time tightening the bolts and decided to stop when I realised that I was distorting the metal. I'm not looking forward to having to dismantle it any time soon. Assembly was very straight forward.

Oh hey, right, forgot one thing.

How good is the bench? You may want to reconsider if you were planning on doing really heavy bench pressing on that. Those incline/decline/flat benches never made me feel safe.

 

[blut wump]

Nice rack mate.

How do you find working out at home, got a lot of self motivation?

I bought a bench about 3 years ago and then threw the head up and joined the gym, if i knew i could workout at home i would, my gyms pretty shit

That bench looks the business though...

Cheers.

I bought a bar, some weights and a squat stand initially, thinking that it'd be convenient to have some kit at home. I reckoned that it'd also serve on the odd day when I wasn't going to use a bench and I'd save myself a gym visit.

I haven't been to the gym since then so I decided that I was comfortable with home workouts so ordered the rack and bench. The bench is plenty sturdy enough just a shade too tall. It could also do with more stops to give me a few more angles of incline.

There has been the odd day when the heat wave has interfered with my workout since the stable is just out in the open air. I'll also be suffering in the dead of winter with sub-zero plates, I guess. We'll see.

 

[blut wump]

Oh hey, right, forgot one thing.

How good is the bench? You may want to reconsider if you were planning on doing really heavy bench pressing on that. Those incline/decline/flat benches never made me feel safe.

I'm not strong enough to do really heavy benching. I'm at and around the three plates stage and I've no concerns with it for now.

It feels rock solid when I bounce up and down on it with my own weight. I took it to 125Kg the other day and had no worries.

 

[Cynical Simian]

It's very sturdy. I spent a long time tightening the bolts and decided to stop when I realised that I was distorting the metal. I'm not looking forward to having to dismantle it any time soon. Assembly was very straight forward.

Yep. I've mentioned it before, but I have a PowerTec rack and am quite happy with it. I'm not looking forward to dismantling the thing either, which I'll probably have to do in about a year to move for grad school. On the positive side, I'm a lot stronger than when I bought it, so hopefully those bolts won't give me much trouble.

Enjoy the new rack/bench and working out at home!

Does the coop have heating/AC?

 

[blut wump]

The stable is completely open to the elements except for having a roof, walls and a door. The two 'windows' are just holes in the wooden walls with some wire mesh. It does have lighting which is cool. I might have to take a paraffin heater out in winter (that's kerosene to you guys).

I think SS called it a coop since I mentioned in another thread that we had used the stable as temporary accomodation for some chickens.

 

[silver_shadow]

lol sounds nice and hardcore...


KILL THAT SHIT BROTHER!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!

 

[petpre61]

the cool thing is that you can have some chicken in between your sets