The Renovation (And Relocation) Of My Home Gym

During the last month, I've swapped the two spare rooms in my house. What was previously the office/studio is now the gym and vice versa. It makes more sense this way, as the gym is now in the larger room and the office/studio didn't need that much space.

In addition to swapping the rooms, I got rid of the carpet in the gym, opting instead for the concrete underneath. I also purchased a new smith machine with various cable attachments to supplement my existing free weights. My home gym is now by far the best it's ever been, just in time for 2011.

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[theaxemurderer99]

hey have you added anything else to the gym?

[silverladderdotcom]

@theaxemurderer99 I managed to get about a half dozen Olympic plates (35s and 45s) for free that someone was throwing away. That's about it.

@jason1976pressure and @paulcognito - On a standard A to F grading scale, I'd give the Marcy DE Smith machine a grade of C. It's not bad, but there are some things about it that are rather poorly designed. At $800, I'd have been better off saving up some more money and getting a better system.

[XxXxMessengerxXxX]

Hey man, I got one of these on a great deal.. Can you PLEASE tell me how to use the lat bar on it? It has 2 uptop cables but none in the middle. What am I doing wrong?

[silverladderdotcom]

@XxXxMessengerxXxX It's funny you just posted this comment. I literally just got done doing my back day workout about 10 minutes ago.

Use the lat bar on one of the individual cable hooks at the top. That will place you diagonally off to the side of the machine. Center yourself on that hook, with the lat bar attached to it. Do the lat pulldowns as you would on a lat pulldown machine. Unfortunately there is no place to hook your legs into. Does this make sense? Let me know.

[danielwormald]

hi is it true smith machines cause injury in the shoulders wen shoulder pressing and bench press etc, and fre weights build more muscle and do stabilizing muscles

[silverladderdotcom]

@danielwormald I don't know of Smith machines causing injuries, no. However, I base most of my workouts around free weights for the exact reason that you specified: because they incorporate stabilizing muscles into the lifts. They are "real world" lifts. The only reason I use the Smith machine is to allow myself to go heavy without a spotter. I work out alone and don't care to be stuck under a bar if a bench press comes to failure. I train dumbbells too, however.

[coolkid92003]

U ripped the carpet out in bare feet .?? Last time I stepped on a bunch of fucking nails

[heppsanhometraining]

Cool vid, and a really nice set up!!

[jason1976pressure]

Great Gym! I have been looking at the Marcy DE Smith to start my home gym and wanted to know your thoughts on it after using it for a year or so now....?... Is it a quality product? do you get a good workout from it? or do you wish you bought something else?

[paulcognito]

Oh that's cool! Would you say that the Marcy is of really good quality? I'm thinking of buying one.