Suggestions on building a home gym...

[ExtraMile]

My wife is also particular fond of the pec fly and ab crunch, which are included on many of the home gym systems.

if you are hell bent on not using heavy free weight exercises and only want to do things like the above, you wont get much help here as these sorts of exercises and routines made up of only isolation machine bullshit are not popular on this website for a good reason - they dont work very well. No matter if your goal is to be bigger, slimmer, fitter or better at a certain sport...

 

[Ox-Sandra-Loan]

I'd love to have that kind of money to build my home gym. Power rack (aka the cage) is all the spotter you need, then a bench, and barbell weights n plates is all I'd need to be happy. But you've obviously already got your mind made up.....
Way better value for the money than that fancy 'home gym' equipment that generally ends up taking up space and/or being used to hang laundry on, imo.

 

[Toptoon1]

This is the home gym i made. this and 500lbs of weight. its beast!
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[RottenWillow]

Sounds like you already have your mind made up. Enjoy your machine. Next time when you put "suggestions" in the the title, follow that up with "we're not taking any". Could save precious minutes out of peoples day.

LOL. I'd sort of come to the same conclusion myself. The first post seemed to be a rundown of everything he'd already decided to buy, rather than truly soliciting opinions.