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popularThriftyThread5737 posted May 27, 2026 05:12 AM
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calves are impossible to hit without a machine. Hips too. The ankle straps for cable machines wreck the knee. Plus if you do end up trying to buy a single dual cable machine to replace some moves they only go to 90lbs per cable or 120lbs if you buy the best of the best plus additional weight.
I have a few other things myself that are specific to me. I break standing bags, break heavy bag chains which would also break the beams in a house. I do a full range of motion on abs laying backwards on the HGD and it really targets the bubble gut; no other ab workout replicates a full range of motion. You are doing only about 60% ROM any other way.
Currently in a 2nd floor apt, I need to have a basement or ground level with no lower floor as well. I wouldn't trust 1000lbs of weight + racks and machines elsewhere. I've had machines and ceilings collapse so I'm aware how lucky I've been they collapsed slowly or centimeters away from my face.
Craigslist requires a truck; and a team of movers for large bulky items. So factor that into the cost of each peice if you don't have them already.
calves are impossible to hit without a machine. Hips too. The ankle straps for cable machines wreck the knee. Plus if you do end up trying to buy a single dual cable machine to replace some moves they only go to 90lbs per cable or 120lbs if you buy the best of the best plus additional weight.
I have a few other things myself that are specific to me. I break standing bags, break heavy bag chains which would also break the beams in a house. I do a full range of motion on abs laying backwards on the HGD and it really targets the bubble gut; no other ab workout replicates a full range of motion. You are doing only about 60% ROM any other way.
Currently in a 2nd floor apt, I need to have a basement or ground level with no lower floor as well. I wouldn't trust 1000lbs of weight + racks and machines elsewhere. I've had machines and ceilings collapse so I'm aware how lucky I've been they collapsed slowly or centimeters away from my face.
Craigslist requires a truck; and a team of movers for large bulky items. So factor that into the cost of each peice if you don't have them already.
-some people have the means and space for a full gym at home
-it isn't that much of a financial investment (in ref to your "$200,000 to invest in a house an gear to replicate a gym" comment), especially when you consider lack of reoccurring charges and zero time wasted traveling from work / home to the gym and back again
-lots of people own a truck and / or a trailer. Or have a friend who they can trick into helping
-a "team" of two people for an afternoon is hardly an insurmountable obstacle
-your use case doesn't automatically apply to the other 8 billion people on earth.
*That being said, I don't disagree this set has utility however it seems like you are projecting a lot into this conversation about everything BUT the deal.
& the guy saying make it work with calisthenics and a 40lb dumbell. That works for lean muscle sure, but if you want mass thats going to take you ages big guy.
You don't even see the stars on tv having full gyms in their mansions. It's truly a huge investment if you lift enough to warrant the costs involved in larger projects.
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