Is buying a leg press for the home gym a bad investment?

[Grape Ape]

Craigslist is ok but the real go-to is government auction sites.

There's a high school near me selling a decent condition bodymasters 45 degree leg press, leg curl, assisted chin and leg press for $150 in a single package. Hell, I'm getting 1400lb of pro dumbbells from them for $50. High schools practically give their shit away because Tax Dollars are free.

If you live near a major U they often sell off huge amounts of gym equipment for insane prices but be prepared to be outbidded


I ended up paying $700 for mine (delivered), but I bought a Hammer strength leverage press for my home gym and had to go on CL to find one. If you do them correctly (dead stop reps) the HS doesn't need much weight to be super hard

never buy any 'home' shit, it'll be more expensive than pre owned gym equipment and far worse quality

That dumbbell deal is insane.  I found 5-120 for $600 on CL and thought that was the steal of the century (didn't buy - didn't like the type).

Is it as simple as googling "gov't auction"?

[Mawse]

yup, there's a lot of auction sites but its worth the digging if you have a truck or SUV with a trailer hitch You did get an awesome deal for CL - I got Ivanko prostyles for 25c a lb for up to 125's last year but this is crazy cheap compared to that

 the HS deals pop up now and again on CL but they all go in seconds

auction sites have fewer users - I'm not posting the link to the one I'm on as there's literally 100k of equipment in lots that has no bidders and the auction is over in a  couple of days - so I'll offer them $50 per piece when I go to pick up the dumbbells

the dumbbells are rusty and not in great condition but I'll just scrub them down and spray them and boom, saved $500 over CL price. They're throwing in a free commercial rack I can resell for $300 too

Ohio U was selling off Nautilus XP plate loaded pieces for like $100 each a few months ago, in great condition and only a few years old. It's obscene how much tax and student money just gets thrown away on gyms for kids.

all this HS equipment was thrown in a muddy field and left for 6 months so a lot of it is worth much less than it would have been if they weren't retarded

[Option D]

No, it's large, unwieldy, requires too much weight, puts ridiculous pressure on your lower back and is gay.
Squat.

i chuckled

[funk51]

I can get a really nice leg press for my home gym for about 25% of the retail cost off of craigslist.  Then I realized that whenever I leg press that I would use a ton of plates on it.  I  have 6 45 pounders a bunch of 25's, 10's and 5's.  This has been plenty for any chest, shoulder or back workout.  Even squats its been great.  But even the average job can push 3 45's a side on a leg press.  I used to go up to 8-10 a side.  So essentially I would need to start buying a shitload of 45s just for one movement. is it worth it?
I think I just talked myself out of buying it. 

buy the 100's  take up less room.

[Dokey111]

I do these on a smith machine. I would be afraid to try them like that.

then no, you don't

[HTexan]

I got a leg press from a gym that went out of business for next to nothing. So heavy and big I had to keep it I the back yard. I ended up giving it to a family member when I moved. Nice to have, but over rated. Imo I prefer to just work legs at the gym. No body works legs at the gym, so equipment is always available.