Home gym in small space

[Tisy]

Hi, anyone here have a home gym set-up in a fairly small space? I've got about 110x260cm to play with and wondering it there's any decent all-in-ones for working all muscle sets to build strength.

I already have a Bowflex adjustable kettlebell which is superb and have got a lot of use out of it, but while there are hundreds of work-out tutorials at all weights to give every muscle group a thorough work-out, I'm starting to find it a bit boring now and don't want to start slacking.

[Dog Biscuit]

Tisy said:

Hi, anyone here have a home gym set-up in a fairly small space? I've got about 110x260cm to play with and wondering it there's any decent all-in-ones for working all muscle sets to build strength.

I already have a Bowflex adjustable kettlebell which is superb and have got a lot of use out of it, but while there are hundreds of work-out tutorials at all weights to give every muscle group a thorough work-out, I'm starting to find it a bit boring now and don't want to start slacking.

Blimey that is certainly a small space!

[InitialDave]

Yeah, that's tight!

Is that the full wall-to-wall limit, or the available floor area within a larger room?

[Tisy]

I'm not clued up on the gym equipment terminology; I suppose the term I am looking for is multi-gym - not racks with bars, but the type where all the weights are blocks in a stack and you use a pin at the appropriate point to set your weight and it's all done via cords mounted top and bottom.

I did used to have a Concept 2 rower in the space which fit fine, so was hoping a multi-gym and bench would also fit ? It will be close to a wall on one side but open on the other. I want it in this room as there's a big opening window which gets plenty of cool breeze without needing a load of powered fans.

[philv]

Buy a fold up bench off amazon for about £80.
And a load of hex rubber dumbbells used off ebay.

Can do chest, back, triceps, biceps, shoulders, etc.

Bench will go in length wise and should be wide enough space to do chest press, etc.

[Another project]

Something like one of these?

https://www.fitshop.co.uk/cable-machines

Personally if I had your space I'd go for a walk mounted half rack with a barbell and bench

[carinatauk]

These are fairly small, albeit expensive

https://www.nohrd.com/uk/nohrd-slimbeam.html?srslt...

[Tisy]

Thanks all. The space isn't suitable for wall-mounting unfortunately. I've been looking at the Marcy HG3000 which has a small footprint and would fit, or maybe the 5000 but that would be pushing it. May end up having to be an adjustable bench and dumbbells which can be moved out of the way.

[Bluevanman]

How about a free standing pull up/dip station,an incline bench and a set of cast iron spin lock dumbbells ?
The trouble with weight stacks is the jump between weights is often too much to progress easily on exercises with less weight like bicep curls.With spin lock dumbbells you can progress 1kg at a time and you can buy extra plates as you get stronger..... there's usually loads on eBay or marketplace going cheap.
Just an alternative option.
I started with a stack gym and ended up replacing it with free weights and a bench

[Tisy]

Hmm. That's a good point actually. I have this problem now with my KB as I'm at the point where I can do single arm front and lateral swings at 11 kg and am ready to increase the weight, but the next 'notch' is 16 kg and it's too much without feeling like I'm going to put my back or shoulder out. Reading the blurb, the HG3000 are 4.5 kg plates and the 5000 is 6.6 kg,, which is not my idea of "small incremental weight increases" as they describe it - especialy not the latter. More thought needed..

[Dave Hedgehog]

if you want to splurge these take up little space and very flexible

https://speediance.co.uk/products/speediance-gym-m...

[Bluevanman]

Dave Hedgehog said:

if you want to splurge these take up little space and very flexible

https://speediance.co.uk/products/speediance-gym-m...

I couldn't think of the name, I'd seen a YouTube video of a guy using one, looks pretty good if you've got the money

[gangzoom]

Dave Hedgehog said:

if you want to splurge these take up little space and very flexible

https://speediance.co.uk/products/speediance-gym-m...

I've seen some whacky media spins in my time that only an idiot would fall for (I did buy a Tesla back in 2016 and than paid for 'Full Self Driving') . But the 'Payback" calculations on Speediance is one a different level!!

[gangzoom]

InitialDave said:

Yeah, that's tight!

Tight but potentially manageable if sticking to free weights. The usable area in study I converted to a gym is 2.5x2.1 (floor area covered by the mats excluding the rower). I can manage strength workouts with free weights 2-3 times a week, but not I do have to mindful where the weights are when during a session. I also have storage space for the weights. Puting even a bench in the space becomes really crowded, but free weight session are OK.

[Tisy]

Bluevanman said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

if you want to splurge these take up little space and very flexible

https://speediance.co.uk/products/speediance-gym-m...

I couldn't think of the name, I'd seen a YouTube video of a guy using one, looks pretty good if you've got the money

Yah, but it's about 3x more than what I want to pay sadly. I'm not keen on the feel of resistance bands either. I know they have their merits and fans who do really well with them, but I feel more comfortable with fixed resistance - I don't think I would push as hard with bands (if that makes sense).

And yes I'm aware they are not physical bands on the machine, but the resistance works in the same way.