Mark Rippetoe on Building a Home Gym Illustrated!

“Not having to deal with FOOLS” is my number one reason for my garage gym. I love it.

What type of garage fridge should I buy for storing my milk?

How to build a home gym: Do it before Covid-19.

Who else is watching this a year later because of COVID-19?

I could listen to Mark talk about weights all day long. 😎

Cool, first i'll need a house.

You forgot to mention the #1 benefit of a home gym: complete control of the stereo. (And those are easy to find on Craig’s List.)

I'm surprised with some of the negative reviews. I was so impressed with the youtube.com/post/UgkxMwYg0MOXR4M-oGeyBsNSYe1aPOUoR… cage that I got the lat pulldown attachment that goes with it. It is equally outstanding. I don't have one complaint other than putting it together is a job. The instructions and packaging of the parts are very well designed and organized. Also, I stripped and damaged the pull down cable the first day, admitting it was my stupid fault, and they quickly replaced it at no charge. I'm 6'5, 280lbs and fit in the cage just fine. Glenn B

I bought a rouge squat stand, a Matt Chan bar, 2 pairs of rogue steel 45 plates, a pair of 25’s, 2 pairs of 10’s, a pair of 5’s, and a pair of 2.5’s, a rogue leather lifting belt, a York plate stand and a rogue welded utility bench all for $1800. I have 8 4x3 stall mats for $25 each and picked up some used plates from Craigslist. I have about $2150+/- in all of that and am so happy I did it. I recently picked up a Rogue Echo bike for $650 for conditioning. Assembling a home gym was one of the best decisions of my life. I have ZERO buyers remorse on any of it.

Building the home gym has been one of the best decisions I was ever forced into making. Absolutely adore it, and will never go back to a commercial gym. Thank you Coop for all the advice along the way 🤙

A good visual addendum to Mark's talk. Thanks Coop!

Having a home gym is great and you can add to it over the years

The biggest benefits of owning a home gym are that you don't have to worry about people giving you unsolicited advice, equipment designed to your specific needs [usually a power rack] and waiting time when a particular equipment is being used.

He’s the Master !!! He always tells it like it is no BS.

I'd LOVE to hear Rippetoe read kids books... Goodnight Moon. Peter Rabbit. I can't stop laughing...

Love this stuff but even this advice was far more than I needed to get over my disabilities that have kept me from sitting for 3 years post back injury. My 120 SQ/ft home gym with 2 Cable machines, Half Power Rack/ Bench, Leg curl leg extension machine and dumbbell rack cost ~$2500. I am not going to win any competitions any time soon and will never have more than a few extra sq feet of space to play with and this is more than enough to stay fit compared to my prior deteriorated state. I think a lot of people see these kinds of videos and immediately give up thinking they cannot even get close, and its not correct. This setup helped me go from atrophied cripple ~38% body fat unable to sit/run to 15% body fat and gained 16 pounds of muscle in a year. A few more months and I will be back to baseline fitness and ready to start running again. Once again, love the videos, and this is not a dig, I know you are an enthusiasts and that is not the same thing as someone on a budget trying to rehab in the home, but its worth mentioning.

I still come here to watch/listen to Mark narrate this beautiful video atleast once every 3 months.

I love this video and the advice of Mark and Coop. Invaluable.

This just nourished the soul!

Just listened to the original audio an hour ago. Still had to watch this!