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Joined a local crossfit not a 5 minute drive from my house in the beginning of the year. I'm going to keep going there and keep the rower and kettlebells at home for supplemental workouts. My garage is going to become a den/laundry room and the wife wasn't to keen on kitchen deadlifts.

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03-26-2016 , 11:08 PM

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Aidan

Kroenke Out

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24,320

S&F's demise into betadom continues

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03-26-2016 , 11:24 PM

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PayoffWiz

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Halfslant, I'm in South Fla., so I think it's a bit too much of a trek for you, otherwise I would have happily sold you my stuff. I'm ending up selling a platform, pendlay squat stand with pull up attachment, 375# in bumpers, pendlay bushing barbell and rogue collars for $750 to some dude on Monday. He's getting an awfully good deal imo.

To answer your question, I don't like a home gym because I prefer to workout around others. It's lonely and boring. Also, working out in a hot Miami garage isn't the most pleasant of experiences either. I'm also converting my attached garage to a den so the timing just works.

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03-26-2016 , 11:26 PM

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PayoffWiz

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Originally Posted by Aidan

S&F's demise into betadom continues

I'm thinking about taking up pilates or spinning next. I'm just having so much trouble deciding!

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03-26-2016 , 11:29 PM

#1731

Syndr0m

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How much was it new?

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03-26-2016 , 11:31 PM

#1732

PayoffWiz

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The equipment was around $1600 - $1700. I forget how much materials for the platform were. Couple hundred bucks probably.

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03-26-2016 , 11:34 PM

#1733

campfirewest

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Why aren't you doing the Open?

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03-26-2016 , 11:40 PM

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Syndr0m

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Wow $750 is a huge steal. Do you just not care or are you not used to selling stuff online? Could have gotten way more for that.

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03-26-2016 , 11:40 PM

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PayoffWiz

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I've never done the open since I started crossfit in 2011. It's never really appealed to me. Since I'm in the worst shape in recent memory, this didn't seem like a good year to start. Perhaps next year.

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03-26-2016 , 11:46 PM

#1736

PayoffWiz

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Originally Posted by Syndr0m

Wow $750 is a huge steal. Do you just not care or are you not used to selling stuff online? Could have gotten way more for that.

I listed it on Craigslist for $1k. There's 2 years wear and tear on it and I need to move it relatively quickly. A ~60% discount off of the price brand new seems about right. I probably could've gotten 1k had I been more patient, but I can't have it around when construction starts.

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03-27-2016 , 12:28 AM

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HalfSlant

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meanwhile this is the stuff on my local craigslist:

not even olympic bar $1100

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03-27-2016 , 02:04 PM

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PayoffWiz

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Originally Posted by HalfSlant

meanwhile this is the stuff on my local craigslist:

not even olympic bar $1100

Wow that looks like garbage. Outside of my post though, all of the stuff on my local Craigslist looks like overpriced crap I wouldn't bother buying either.

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03-27-2016 , 08:19 PM

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PayoffWiz

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3/27/16

Squat

135x5
155x3
175x3
205x3
225x1
2x3x245

Conditioning

1 mile run - 9:30
2 minute run - .22
2+ miles walking

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03-28-2016 , 11:04 AM

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downtown

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Originally Posted by PayoffWiz

A new cf is opening down the street from me. I am thinking of joining just to motivate myself / do something "new". I've generally had the same experience as you re: easier to stay on track when you workout with a bunch of others. gl.

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03-28-2016 , 11:54 AM

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PayoffWiz

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Originally Posted by downtown

Although my workout compliance isn't ideal atm (I'm making it to the gym about 3x a week on average), it's far better than it has been with the garage gym and ideally I'll be at 4x a week soon.

I think joining is a good idea for you as well. GL to you too.

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03-28-2016 , 12:30 PM

#1742

BookToMarket

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Originally Posted by HalfSlant

I'm in the market to buy home gym equipment, I live in virginia though

What did you not like about having a home gym?

Northern VA? if so pm me

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03-28-2016 , 05:29 PM

#1743

PayoffWiz

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Just sold my home gym equipment.

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03-28-2016 , 07:57 PM

#1744

The Yugoslavian

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03-28-2016 , 08:05 PM

#1745

loco

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Yeah home gyms are stupid. Been saying it for a long time. The point of working out is to get away from home.

Look at cha. $10000 home gym but instead pays to train with nemesis or whatever.

Look at yugo. Looks like Waldo even though he has home gym. No one with a home gym has a good physique or ever uses it.

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03-28-2016 , 08:22 PM

#1746

PayoffWiz

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Originally Posted by loco

Wasn't there a skinny cyclist 2+2er who squatted in his home gym naked or something?

In any event, I agree with you. I'm easily in the worst shape since I started logging on here and probably since 2011. Obviously it's not a result of my home gym, but having it wasn't exactly motivational.

Funny thing is, the guy I sold my equipment to was a fairly fit 20-something year old crossfitter. In five years, he will have succumbed to the nomzies and look like a dyel thanks his home gym set up. Poor sap.

ETA: One thing I will definitely miss the most is being able to pop into my garage and bang out a set of pull ups at any old time.

Last edited by PayoffWiz; 03-28-2016 at 08:33 PM.

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03-28-2016 , 08:32 PM

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PayoffWiz

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3/28/16

Warm up - 2 x 200 meter run, 5 banded lateral walks, 5 jump squats, 5 pull ups

Squat

135x5
185x3
205x3
225x1
245x1
265x1
285x1
295xf

Worked up to heavy single. 285 wasn't that difficult. Failing 295 was sad, especially knowing that Syndr0m squatted 280x20, but what can you do?

Conditioning

Was supposed to be:

1 mile run
155x50 back squat
30 burpees

Didn't want to run again though so did:

2k row
135x25 squat
30 burpees

Took a hair under 20 minutes and was quite hard. Did the 2k row in a very slow 8 minutes. The rest took about 12.

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03-28-2016 , 08:33 PM

#1748

Montecore

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 82,187

POW,

You probably missed an opportunity by not including an action shot of you using your equipment; I'm guessing the guy that bought it would have assumed that it was way less used than it actually was and you could have gotten a better offer out of him.