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what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« on: November 22, 2006, 02:26:35 PM »
I was thinking of the brightest White I could find. or a light grey, any other colors that would be good for a home gym?  Rainbows and Pinks are out of the question.  Also keep in mind that the room is small. 12' by 14'. 

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2006, 03:04:11 PM »

 Vivid Green.
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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2006, 01:52:37 PM »
I would go with white to keep it bright.

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2006, 03:14:28 PM »
I was thinking of the brightest White I could find. or a light grey, any other colors that would be good for a home gym? 

You probably want to put some "energy" into the room with some color.  Maybe just one wall or some funky design...and definately a large mirror.


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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2006, 03:15:45 PM »
Fire engine red

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2006, 04:28:49 PM »
If it is is small, I'd go for a pure white.

It will open the room up, make it seem lighter and bigger.

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2006, 04:30:24 PM »
fake wood panelling, it will be like a ski lodge.
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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2006, 04:48:00 PM »
if i was doing it i would just paint it white...then get a bunch of picture frames and hang up some hardcore pics... and no workout area is complete without atleast one arnold poster.

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2006, 11:32:03 PM »
if i was doing it i would just paint it white...then get a bunch of picture frames and hang up some hardcore pics... and no workout area is complete without atleast one arnold poster.
Agreed.  I decided to go with a light silver color and it turned out pretty nice, Tomorrow I am going to install the mirrors. I will have to look for an old school arnold Poster. I wanted to ask have a magazine rack where I could hang some Muscle Mags, but my wife said she didn't want guests to see that kind of stuff when they come into our home gym.  I told here that if I can't have my muscle mags, then she can't have HGTV, WE, BRAVO, LIFETIME, or any other channel that supports content that lowers TEST levels.

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2006, 01:57:59 AM »
Go with white - over time it will get dirty and make the place look more hardcore. Or grey - that's a good colour too.

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2006, 09:18:00 AM »
Light blue and some white.

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2006, 09:37:02 AM »
Lightblue roof, lightorange/yellow walls,
a bunch of mirrors.

White is boring.

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2006, 07:24:18 AM »
I would definatley stick to light colors. True I would not use a lot of white but maybe you cold try a speckled look. Mirrors help too!

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2006, 12:03:45 PM »
Darksol, what kind of set up did you get?  Power-rack?  Bench?  Bowflex Ultimate 2?

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Re: what wall colors should I use for my home gym
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2006, 09:47:05 PM »
I Decided to go with a light silver color, I took some pictures to share with you all.
So far I have equiped my gym with...
lifefitness Elliptical - bought at local dealer ( $4,200 )
Cybex Apex bench - bought online ( took 8 weeks to arrive ) ($600)
18" threaded dumbell handles, each can fit up to 150 lbs using 10lbs standard plates - offline ( $50 )
12" smooth dumbell handles ( with rubber grips ) for my wife.
30 x 10lbs standard plates ( various colors )
8 x 5lbs standard plates
4 x 2.5lbs standard plates
all weights cost $0.38 per pound ( used playitagain)
rubber 2' exersize ball ( $$ not sure wife bought it )
20" LCD TV ( $350 off newegg.com )
60" by 94" custom cut mirror ( $250 delivered with mounting hardware ).
We decided to paint our ceiling semigloss white, and the wall was a light silvery in semigloss.

entrance to my home gym




My 18" threadded dumbells handles.  loaded with 12 x 10lbs plates ( totalling 130 )


My mirror for 7' wide by 60" tall


My bench IMO the best one ever made for dumbell presses


LifeFitness eliptical