Looking back I can’t imagine not having a space dedicated to my fitness. But as you grow older you start putting up some non-negotiables even with yourself. Mine is that I need a space I can zone out, put some music one and clang together heavy bits of steel. The home gym is sacred ground for me.
I didn’t really have a home gym space for workouts until around 2013, up until then I had a warehouse for one of my businesses and just used a backroom to store all the gym gear. Dont mind the nude calendar in the pic I had an office full of young testosterone-filled boys and this gym got an absolute workout every week.
My old home gym was pretty well laid out with all the basic needs for a home gym. I had ample room in the garage of the house I was living in and had a long driveway for sprints to supplement any cardio workouts.
- Benchpress
- Cross trainer
- Flat bench
- Extender bench
- Air Bike
- Classic home gym
- Stretch bands
- Medicine balls
- Free weights
- Sandbags
- Water rower
- Battle ropes
- Curl bars
- Kettlebells
- Cables
During the COVID pandemic sadly we had to move out of the above place as the owner was forced to sell after losing their job. This was a sad moment as my wife and I loved that house and the location, it was pure blissful living.
I looked to get out of the city and find some space so I moved about 45 minutes out of the city and picked up a place that had a bit of land. The place we bought had 2 sheds on it, 1 was more of a storage unit than a shed it was a bit crummy but the other was a monster shed. See pic below for what I mean. The guy who owned it had a model train setup in there that took up the whole space. I had never seen anything like that before.
My COVID Home Gym
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