The Sideshow Freaks Fitness Thread

[cokebabies]

There's more and as soon as it's complete I'll post a few more pics

I hate you.

 

[TheCableGuy]

I hate you.

lol . I could have joined a gym for the rest of my life for what I've put into it , but at Golds gym there were so many people I was always getting sick . Makes no sense going to a gym to improve yourself only to get the flu a dozen times a year . We were packed like cattle in there fighting for machines all the time snd I don't like getting up at 5am in order to have the place to myself .
I bought two half racks , one for squats and one for bench pressing so I don't gave to keep adjusting things . It was on the other side of my house and quite small which I found didn't make me very enthusiastic , so I used over half my basement to make something a little more efficient.
I decided to spend $2500 on 1/2" rubber flooring which is amazing stuff . Sure beats walking on concrete.

I also have to take the bar bell racks apart and repainted them yellow to color match everything . It's kind of an ongoing project . I have other issues to deal with this fall so it's going to have to wait

 

[cokebabies]

My gym is in the basement, and looks more depressing than a prison gym (and far less well-equipped). But the fact that it's located in my house, and not elsewhere, is priceless. So no justification of price is needed compared to gym memberships.

 

[RockEzy]

Sweet personal gym. I was planing on doing something similar with my basement but the gym is literally 1 block away.

 

[Hydeous]

Hey guys I just seen this thread . I am an old fart but still believe in weight lifting . I hate public gyms and made my own in my basement ,and as it was a bit dungeon like before I wanted to spruce it up and create an environment that I wanted to be in .
Funny as that's why I'm here as I was trying to find something to complete the gym and a T800 Endo bust was the answer I think , although I wanted a full scale statue ideally .
It's almost finished so I'll post a few pics . I'm building a sort of display case this weekend for the bust and will update once that side of the gym is complete

I don't care for changing weights on bar bells so I bought them all





Unfortunately it's an old house and has a low ceiling so I had to improvise a bit for the lat machine by putting a hole in the ceiling tile for it to protrude threw . I had a bunch of checker plate aluminum cut to ceiling tile size and it looks awesome .
I cut a hole in the one and since there was a hole I put tri color LEDs in to provide some lighting in it to match the mirror colours .



This is my idea for a weight tree/stand etc . I couldn't find anything for sale that I liked so I built my own with 2/6 boards . I would have preferred to used steel but I'm kinda stuck in a wood domain at the moment .
Anyways I used 1" black floor flanges bolted to the wood which fits 1" gas pipe . I cut each one to the length I liked and covered them with thick heat shrink . Took a few times to get it right but I'm pretty happy with this setup . Installed some checker plate to keep the theme going .
There's 3 of these , one each side of the weight racks (the one for squats not shown yet )


There's more and as soon as it's complete I'll post a few more pics

Nice, + repped.

Cant afford to do one due to lack of space and funds so the current gym I go to now will have to do. But I wanna build something similar to this in the future, if I could afford such luxury.

 

[p!tu]

Well Sign me up!!!!!

 

[BuffyGirl]

It has been a long, long while since I've been in this thread. HIIII.

During the holidays last year, I gained. I gained around 5ish lbs. Doesn't sound like much but on a 5' body, it's a lot. I was at 115. I tried little things back and forth but nothing was really working. Finally decided to smarten up. Now, I'm an intermittent faster and I do a lot of high intensity training. I'm 105 now and have some serious muscle tone. It's insane! And I have abs. For real...abs. I've stuck with my regimen for months now and I'm finally in a good place to want to stay active and healthy.

I have a lot of toning still to do. I'm not done, yet. And I'm having a lot of fun.

 

[TheCableGuy]

It has been a long, long while since I've been in this thread. HIIII.

During the holidays last year, I gained. I gained around 5ish lbs. Doesn't sound like much but on a 5' body, it's a lot. I was at 115. I tried little things back and forth but nothing was really working. Finally decided to smarten up. Now, I'm an intermittent faster and I do a lot of high intensity training. I'm 105 now and have some serious muscle tone. It's insane! And I have abs. For real...abs. I've stuck with my regimen for months now and I'm finally in a good place to want to stay active and healthy.

I have a lot of toning still to do. I'm not done, yet. And I'm having a lot of fun.

I wish I had your tenacity , but at 53 it's mostly gone lol

 

[BuffyGirl]

I wish I had your tenacity , but at 53 it's mostly gone lol

I always thought working out was hard but in the end, it was just because I hadn't found something I loved.

 

[cokebabies]

I forget who said it, but I remember reading a while ago a quote that really helps me go down the my basement and do work. This isn't the exact quote, but the same point - "Have you ever had a workout you regretted doing?". This helps me focus on how good I feel after, not how much it sucks during. And on the days I'm "eh" on doing something, it gives me enough of a kick in the ass to go do it.

 

[pmtz2005]

Hard work pays off in the end, laziness pays off now ...haha a quote I read and it made me laugh. I recently just got back into working out and like that quote said "have you ever regretted a workout?" It's so true the hardest part is getting there motivated but once you get going you feel great in the end. Keeping up with it is where the work comes in and its the toughest thing to deal with. I feel great cuz I just got home a bit ago from the gym

 

[BuffyGirl]

When I feel a little lazy, I just go put my workout clothes on. Basically gonna do it after that. No question.

 

[Phil Sierra]

One of the best butts I've ever seen. I hope it's not fake though.

 

[Skiman]

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[p!tu]

Pitu Working on it!!!