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BUILDING THE HOME GYM<br />

Having a gym in your home eliminates all kinds of<br />

excuses. There is nothing more convenient than having<br />

your gym collocated with your domicile. I have had a<br />

garage gym since I have had a garage. But garage gyms<br />

don’t need to be in a garage—they can go anywhere:<br />

basements, spare bedrooms, offices, backyards, front<br />

yards, patios, car-ports … anywhere. Just like<br />

anything else in life, you do what you can with what<br />

you’ve got.<br />

Once you have carved out some space, it is time to<br />

start getting equipment in place. Start with a pullup<br />

bar. You can mount one just about anywhere and<br />

once you have a pull-up bar, you can work your whole<br />

body with all the varieties of pull-ups, push-ups,<br />

gut work, and squats.<br />

Another useful and relatively cheap piece of<br />

equipment is gymnastic rings. They can also be<br />

mounted just about anywhere and allow a great number<br />

of exercises, including: ring dips, ring pull-ups,<br />

ring push-ups, L-sits, all kinds of various holds,<br />

and countless variants of each of those.<br />

Next up is a squat rack, which should include a pullup<br />

bar and some kind of dip bar attachment. With the<br />

squat rack, a barbell and weights are needed. Rubber<br />

bumper plates allow for dynamic lifts like the clean<br />

and jerk and the snatch.<br />

That’s it. That’s all you need.

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