Home gyms - Which machine would you choose?

[el numero uno]

1) $250



2) $350


I have a doubt about the lat pulldowns on those machines... max weight for the lat pulldowns in #1 is 100 lbs, in the gym I attend, I use around 18 plates but I have no idea how much the plates weight. If they weight 10lbs then #1 is useless for lats, but if they weight 5 lbs then I'm fine.

# 2 has 9 plates but the owner doesn't know how much they weight. Maybe the weight is too light for other exercises as well?

#1 is cheaper but buying the bar and the weight it would be kinda the same amount of money.

Considering you don't have any other gym equipment in your house, which one would you choose?

[MAXX]

1. since u can add weight.

#2 is a piece of shit the weights are nothing. you can probably bench it and do the lat pulldown with 1 hand without much effort.

neither of them seems high quality though. that lat pulldown on #1 will probably break if you add some decent amount of weight on it.

[The True Adonis]

[BB]

Neither, #1 is going to be shakey with any type of real weight on it. You can use the lat pull down, but they get rickety with anything over #75 on them.

#2 is solider, but the weight stack is probably around #100 too, and add on plates for those machines are expensive.

I'd hang on, and see if I could find a used power rack or half rack with lat pulldown, bench and bar off Craigslist or Ebay. Even a cheap rack would be loads safer than that bench and provide way more options than the all in one machine.

[el numero uno]

1. since u can add weight.

#2 is a piece of shit the weights are nothing. you can probably bench it and do the lat pulldown with 1 hand without much effort.

neither of them seems high quality though. that lat pulldown on #1 will probably break if you add some decent amount of weight on it.

Yeah, that was exactly my concern about #2. I was thinking that maybe I could put a dumbell above the plates but I wasn't convinced.

#1 is cool but benching with a bar gives me some wrist pain, it's annoying. In the gym I use mainly a machine, the smith machine and dumbells. So if the lat pulldowns in # 1 is useless (and it looks like that), I better just buy and adjustable bench and use dumbells.

[Coach is Back!]

[TrueGrit]

ND to post Pumpster's bowflex in 3......2......1

[che]

1) $250



2) $350


I have a doubt about the lat pulldowns on those machines... max weight for the lat pulldowns in #1 is 100 lbs, in the gym I attend, I use around 18 plates but I have no idea how much the plates weight. If they weight 10lbs then #1 is useless for lats, but if they weight 5 lbs then I'm fine.

# 2 has 9 plates but the owner doesn't know how much they weight. Maybe the weight is too light for other exercises as well?

#1 is cheaper but buying the bar and the weight it would be kinda the same amount of money.

Considering you don't have any other gym equipment in your house, which one would you choose?

#1

It looks like a shithole ,no offense Coach.

[devilsmile]

I have a two room condo, so no machines, just the abwheel I have now.

[unrageable]

give me a squat rack that's all I need.  I can do my curls and my legs in there.

[Coach is Back!]

#1


It looks like a shithole ,no offense Coach.

No offence taken. I'm not out to impress anyone with the way it looks. It's designed to not just get you big but strong as fuck.

[bradistani]

[che]

No offence taken. I'm not out to impress anyone with the way it looks. It's designed to not just get you big but strong as fuck.

I was just  trolling Coach , that's a nice set up you have.

[bradistani]

and for cardio ...

[The True Adonis]

I have a Squat Rack, Dumbbells that can go to 150, Bench Press/Incline, Adjustable Bench, Lat Pulldown with Low Cable Row and Cables, Chinup Bar outside, Dip Bar Outside, Tricep Bar, 2 EZ-Curl Bars, Leg Extension and Leg Curl Machine.


I find that there is nothing else I need at the moment.  

[bradistani]

sweet 

[devilsmile]

and for cardio ...

it's more realistic to fit the entire golds gym in my 44 square meter appartment than to have her as my regular cardio resource  

[el numero uno]

Thanks for posting the vid, looks good!


PD: For a second I thought your youtube screen name was "joelocopt" 

[el numero uno]

Well, I think I won't buy anything at the moment. I'll see if I can find a good deal with a power rack though.

[che]

Well, I think I won't buy anything at the moment. I'll see if I can find a good deal with a power rack though.

Where are you from ?

[el numero uno]

Where are you from ?

Ecuador, so it's not easy to find this kind of things.

[bradistani]

Ecuador, so it's not easy to find this kind of things.

i hope this helps 

http://www.home-gym-bodybuilding.com/homemade-power-rack.html

[dyslexic]

All I've ever really needed is a good cage and a shitload of heavy weights.

If you are going to get an apparatus with a lat pulldown, make sure it has something to fasten your legs. I had to get creative.

Right now, you would not believe how creative I've gotten.. and guess what? It still works.


I always liked that big ass yellow home gym system that Cutler used to endorse. It was heavy duty and seemed to be built for weight and leverage. If I had to buy one, I guess I would go with that, but I'd still have a cage (with a chinning bar)

[el numero uno]

i hope this helps 

http://www.home-gym-bodybuilding.com/homemade-power-rack.html

Thanks! it's a very interesting site.

[G_Thang]

and for cardio ...

hot but has lindsey's grill