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Title: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: affeman on April 12, 2015, 12:05:18 PM
I always made fun of Homegyms and All-in-one equipment, but as I find my local gyms more and more annoying at rush hour, despite tight teeny girls in sweaty gym panties, I frequently thought about getting a homegym for my basement. Problem is, to meet the requirements for a professional athlete as myself :D the equipment I use at my gym regularly would cost me approx 35-45k. Not that I couldn't afford it, but thinking that I could train for that kind of money in my gym approx for the next 150 years makes me a lil bit uneasy regarding the principle of proportionality etc. ;)

Now I discovered this stuff: Seriously, this station looks amazing, there's hardly anything you can't do in there. Anyone got experience with TITAN-homegyms? Costs around 6k. When u get a decent set of dumbbells in addition to that, maybe one or 2 more benches, mirrors and a TV for the wall, you're set imo. Cost-benefit ratio seems unbeatable. Or am I naive and the station is crap? ???



(http://www.titan-fitness.de/sites/default/files/paragraphs/images/t3_bullseye.jpg)



That's actually the older version, the one b4 is a lil bit advanced:



Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: _aj_ on April 12, 2015, 01:16:52 PM
Why not get a quality power rack, a good sturdy bench, a quality 20kg bar and 500 pounds of free weights? Gotta be cheaper than this monstrosity.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: SF1900 on April 12, 2015, 01:24:24 PM
Why not get a quality power rack, a good sturdy bench, a quality 20kg bar and 500 pounds of free weights? Gotta be cheaper than this monstrosity.

That hunk of junk is selling anywhere between 7-8K lol.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: _aj_ on April 12, 2015, 02:13:37 PM
That hunk of junk is selling anywhere between 7-8K lol.

Haha! But judging by the picture, it can support multiple homosexuals working out concurrently.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: affeman on April 12, 2015, 02:18:04 PM
So far only clueless idiots with zero experience are talking :)

Is there anyone with a clue as well?
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: ritch on April 12, 2015, 02:19:16 PM
Why not get a quality power rack, a good sturdy bench, a quality 20kg bar and 500 pounds of free weights? Gotta be cheaper than this monstrosity.

yup.
Then start adding stuff as time goes by. Would love to have my little set up this way...
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: local hero on April 12, 2015, 02:42:17 PM
If I was to have a home set up, it would be basic as fuck too.. 1st purchase would be huge mirrors tho, for sure...
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: The True Adonis on April 12, 2015, 03:01:13 PM
Why not get a quality power rack, a good sturdy bench, a quality 20kg bar and 500 pounds of free weights? Gotta be cheaper than this monstrosity.
HAHAHA exactly!

Imagine being stuck with that massive pile of steel and what a waste it is.

Plus, with cast iron free weights, you can cooks some great pizzas on them.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: SF1900 on April 12, 2015, 03:01:51 PM
So far only clueless idiots with zero experience are talking :)

Is there anyone with a clue as well?

Zero experience with what? Working out? How much experience do you need to know its a hunk of junk. Lets see your picture, stud.  :D
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: The True Adonis on April 12, 2015, 03:04:02 PM
The real key to working out at home is to have everything ready to go as in your exercises selected, weight loaded on each exercise, dumbbells ready.  You can get a 20 plus set workout done very quickly.  I just got done with shoulders about 5 minutes ago.  Did 25 sets in 30-40 minutes.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: Royalty on April 12, 2015, 03:04:32 PM
So far only clueless idiots with zero experience are talking :)

Is there anyone with a clue as well?

Just make sure that you have enough room for it.... And make sure that your ceilings are high enough... and get The proper flooring first


What's the footprint?
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: funk51 on April 12, 2015, 03:10:31 PM
 :D :D :D :D this and a bench
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: funk51 on April 12, 2015, 03:11:44 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: Mawse on April 12, 2015, 03:13:10 PM
Absolute garbage


For that much, even if you were too retarded to figure out how to use craigslist, you could buy a rack, bar, DBS and a free motion crossover, plates and a good leg press brand new

I have a hammer leg press and chest press,DBS from 20-170, rack, bars, a shitload of plates, cable machine, strive row,treadmill etc and it cost me less than 1/2 the cost of that junk
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: affeman on April 12, 2015, 03:32:49 PM
I have a hammer leg press and chest press,DBS from 20-170, rack, bars, a shitload of plates, cable machine, strive row,treadmill etc and it cost me less than 1/2 the cost of that junk

A hammer leg press and chest press cost u less than 3k? Did u steal the stuff?
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: disco_stu on April 12, 2015, 03:42:56 PM
dont listen to the morons on here.

check out the titan m1.

home gyms have their place.

ive been training longer than some members here been alive.

it might be expensive, but the titan stuff is good.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: Mawse on April 12, 2015, 03:56:49 PM
A hammer leg press and chest press cost u less than 3k? Did u steal the stuff?

700 each delivered, that's in a high cost CL area

Craigslist is your friend

Although I got pro styles from 5-110 for $50 in a gov auction , tax dollars at work  :-\ with 2 body masters gym db racks thrown in (I sold enough of this to pay for the rest of my gym)

Strive plate loaded row for 250

Jade plates for about 20c a lb

Heavy duty Gym power rack and bar for $400 delivered

Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: affeman on April 12, 2015, 04:04:57 PM
it might be expensive, but the titan stuff is good.

Actually I don't think it's that expensive at all considering the variety of exercises you can do with it. It's almost an entire gym in one block, hell they even added a pecdec/reverse on the side. I just don't know whether the movements are stable/smooth or shit, so I asked for users having experience with a facility like that.

But it was to be expected on GB that mostly guys who don't workout, who've never seen or trained with anything like that, crawl outta the woodwork and bawl "what a crap" with several lemmings to follow. ;D

To me a rack with a barbell is too boring, I need variety in my workouts. I rather stay in the gym than buying a rack, a barbell and a set of dumbells.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: che on April 12, 2015, 04:36:18 PM
The Titan is awesome  and only  $6K  that's a steal, bro, buy it .
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: polychronopolous on April 12, 2015, 04:39:08 PM
dont listen to the morons on here.

check out the titan m1.

home gyms have their place.

ive been training longer than some members here been alive.

it might be expensive, but the titan stuff is good.

That doesn't mean shit.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: Radical Plato on April 13, 2015, 05:55:11 AM
An old friend had one of these about six years ago,very heavy duty and versatile.  He moved house and I helped him move the tank of a thing, was a fucking nightmare.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: affeman on April 13, 2015, 06:00:11 AM
An old friend had one of these about six years ago,very heavy duty and versatile.  He moved house and I helped him move the tank of a thing, was a fucking nightmare.

So he was satisfied with it?
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: DroppingPlates on April 13, 2015, 06:04:01 AM
Why not visit a real gym sans the teenee girls, how 'old' are you? ::)
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: Grape Ape on April 13, 2015, 06:05:07 AM
Actually I don't think it's that expensive at all considering the variety of exercises you can do with it. It's almost an entire gym in one block, hell they even added a pecdec/reverse on the side. I just don't know whether the movements are stable/smooth or shit, so I asked for users having experience with a facility like that.

But it was to be expected on GB that mostly guys who don't workout, who've never seen or trained with anything like that, crawl outta the woodwork and bawl "what a crap" with several lemmings to follow. ;D

To me a rack with a barbell is too boring, I need variety in my workouts. I rather stay in the gym than buying a rack, a barbell and a set of dumbells.

Actually, those of us who DO train realize that it need not be boring and there's a million ways to incorporate variety into a workouts other than doing seated exercise on stationary machines.

Boring workouts with racks/barbells and dumbbells are more the result of lack of knowledge or creativity, rather than the equipment itself.

Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: Radical Plato on April 13, 2015, 06:06:33 AM
So he was satisfied with it?
He absolutely loved it, he paid near on ten grand for it I think.  He was someone who preferred to train at home, me I prefer the gym.  And for ten grand that's a lot of gym membership right there, so I never understood the investment, and like I said, when it came time to move the thing it was a bastard, a quadrillion parts, shit gets lost, forget how to put it back together etc.  But yeah, he loved that thing, I haven't seen him for years so I don't know what happened to it.  He was in pretty decent shape too, not a bodybuilder, just loved training and keeping fit, he is a true lifetime natty.  Here is a pic I took of him in one of his lean phases.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: affeman on April 13, 2015, 06:11:04 AM
He absolutely loved it, he paid near on ten grand for it I think.  He was someone who preferred to train at home, me I prefer the gym.  And for ten grand that's a lot of gym membership right there, so I never understood the investment, and like I said, when it came time to move the thing it was a bastard, a quadrillion parts, shit gets lost, forget how to put it back together etc.  But yeah, he loved that thing, I haven't seen him for years so I don't know what happened to it.  He was in pretty decent shape too, not a bodybuilder, just loved training and keeping fit, he is a true lifetime natty.  Here is a pic I took of him in one of his lean phases.

Thx for the info, finally someone who knows (at least 2nd hand) what he's talking about. :D

To me the machine looks absolutely decent, and 6k is not a lot of money considering it replaces an entire gym (those guys aren't selling the stuff, it's just a personal trainer who has one of em in his office):

Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: crownshep on April 13, 2015, 07:29:32 AM
I`ve had one for 8 years and its the absolute best equipment i`ve ever trained on.And i`m talking here about any brand name equipment i`ve used in 35 years of training,and i`m including having trained at golds in venice in this,there is nothing as smooth,as solid at the titan.It does take about 4 hours to put together when it comes but thats the only drawback.I used to post on the john stone website and put pics up of new exercises i did on mine and titan have added these to the latest versions,mines a T!1.Mines got the pec deck/rear delt attachment and the leg curl/ext one,also cable crossovers can be done on them.I`ll look for some pics for you.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: crownshep on April 13, 2015, 07:39:03 AM
This is how looks packed up and the second pic is half the parts you get.Last pic is the leg press attachments.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: affeman on April 13, 2015, 07:49:46 AM
I`ve had one for 8 years and its the absolute best equipment i`ve ever trained on.And i`m talking here about any brand name equipment i`ve used in 35 years of training,and i`m including having trained at golds in venice in this,there is nothing as smooth,as solid at the titan.It does take about 4 hours to put together when it comes but thats the only drawback.I used to post on the john stone website and put pics up of new exercises i did on mine and titan have added these to the latest versions,mines a T!1.Mines got the pec deck/rear delt attachment and the leg curl/ext one,also cable crossovers can be done on them.I`ll look for some pics for you.

Awesome man, thx for the info. Are you still using it? So pretty much with the Titan and a set of Dumbbells you're set?
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: crownshep on April 13, 2015, 08:01:22 AM
Use it every single day,the spotters you get are rock solid,i`ve had 8 plates a side on them with no problem,the whole things weighs 650kg,both sides come pre built and once you bolt in the middle part it stands on its own,then its just a matter of following the instruction book.And its not made from cheap shitty chinese steel,its from poland.The inventor Tomasz Szultka started off making a few bits to train at home and just kept adding to it and the titan evolved.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: crownshep on April 13, 2015, 08:10:24 AM
A small section of the exercises you can do,the bench slides back and forward,and its the only machine that comes close to replicating a nautilus pullover.You slide the bench back,put it up on an incline and use the leg curl/ext at the back for piullovers.

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Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: G_Thang on April 13, 2015, 08:31:59 AM
dont listen to the morons on here.

check out the titan m1.

home gyms have their place.

ive been training longer than some members here been alive.

it might be expensive, but the titan stuff is good.




nice. getbiggers forget it's 80% diet 20% exercise. it seems to cover all the basics.   
 
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: ritch on April 13, 2015, 09:08:07 AM
Must be a nightmare to assemble that thing...
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: Grape Ape on April 13, 2015, 10:24:56 AM
Must be a nightmare to assemble that thing...

We timed it.

It takes 1/500th as much time as Basile's biceps machine.
Title: Re: Anyone got experience with TITAN-Homegyms?
Post by: ritch on April 13, 2015, 10:28:46 AM
We timed it.

It takes 1/500th as much time as Basile's biceps machine.

LOL!!!
But given the superior growth from Basil's machine, I'm sure it's more than worth it!!!