My Home Gym, anytime of the day, any attire you are in

 The picture below shows my Home Gym, started setting it up 5 years ago. The equipments have been bought piece by piece, starting with a single dumbell to what you see in the picture below.

My Home Gym, a workout any time of the day

   Below is the list of items in my home gym:

1. Weight Bench
2. Squat Stand
3. Pull-up/Dips station
4. 2 pairs of Dumbell handles
5. 1 Barbell
6. 1 Ez bar
7. 2 x 10kg weight plate
8. 8 x 5kg weight plate
9. 10 x 2.5kg weight plate
10. 8 x 1.25kg weight plate
11. 2 x 0.75kg weight plate
12. Weight tree
13. 8kg medicine ball
14. Abs Roller
15. Push-up bars
16. 2 x mirror
17. 1 pair of gym gloves
18. 1 weight lifting belt
19. 8 x floor mat   
20. 1 x Resistance Band

The total cost of the home gym is around $1200.

More pictures of my home gym will be posted in future posts!!!!

These include my home gym arrangement for chest workout, shoulders workout, back workout and legs workout.

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Chin-up/Dips Station

A Chin up and Dips station as the name suggest is a combination of a chin up and dips station. It is a two-in-one equipment which is a very useful addition to your home gym. The chin-ups and dips are said to be two out of the big four’s exercises to do. The equipment can also be used for hanging leg raises, which is a great ab exercise.

The picture below shows a chin-up/dips station.

There are several types of chin up/dips station sold in the local market. Some will have the chin up bar and the dips station on the same side, some may have the two facing opposite side. It will be better to get one that have the chin up bar and dips on the same side, as the equipment can be put against the wall when using for either purpose. There is no need to shift the equipment out to do either the dips or chin up. The one with the chin up bar and dips station on opposite sides may also take up more space, which is less preferred for a home gym. Also, when choosing a chin up/ dips station, be sure to look out for those which are stable.

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Working out with the Essential Equipments

From the previous posts, we know that the essential equipments consist of the weight bench, a pair of dumbbells and a barbell with weights. So what are the work-outs that you can do with just these 3 equipments?

Singapore Home Gym will provide you with a list of exercises that you can perform using these 3 equipments.
The exercises will be split into body parts.

Shoulder:
Dumbbell Presses on the weight Bench
Barbell Military Presses on the weight Bench
Side Lateral raise with a pair of dumbbells
Standing Military Press with barbell
Shoulder Shrugs with dumbbells
Front Raises with a pair of Dumbbells
Bent over side raises with a pair of dumbbell

Chest:
Barbell bench press
Dumbbell bench press
Dumbbell flyers
Incline Bench Press
Decline Bench Press

Back:
Deadlifts with barbell
Bent-over rows with dumbbell
One arm rows with dumbbell

Legs:

Squats with barbell
Squats with dumbbells
Leg Extension with weight bench
Leg Curls with weight bench

Arms:
Barbell curls
Dumbbell Curls
Triceps Extension with dumbbell
Hammer curls with dumbbells
Triceps Skull Crush with barbell and weight bench

Abs:
Crunches on the weight bench
Sit-ups on weight bench

The above is a list of exercises that you can perform with just the essential equipments. Its a head-to-toe workout!!!! Less equipments does'nt mean less work-outs!!!

Squat Stand

With the essential equipments in place, there are other equipments that you can purchase if there is extra budget for the home gym. An item that would be very useful and a good addition to your home gym would be a Squat Stand.

Why a Squat Stand?
The Squat Stand enables you to do leg exercises such such squats, lifting a barbell from standing position etc. Many of you may ask why not a Power Cage or a Squat rack, the answer is as follows, a Squat Stand takes up lesser space. A typical home gym would need to put in as many equipments as it can within a small area. The Squat Stand can be put at the side of the wall. One important feature to look out for is the safety bars on the Squat Stand. Not all Squat Stand comes with the safety bars, therefore, it is important to look out for this when purchasing a Squat Stand. A normal Squat Stand would be able to handle up to 150kg of weights. Therefore, it is a safe and useful equipment to have when used correctly. The market price of a Squat Stand would be around $200 to $250.

Space Area Available

Space Area Available


Most of us stays in a HDB flat. The area available for us to build a home gym may be just half a room size, or perhaps 3m X 3m. The following post will provide information on how you can build your home gym in order to maximize the use of the space available.

When you are not working out, all the equipments can be arranged in a compact manner, side by side to each other. This provides a neat and tidy look to the home gym. However, when working out, we would need to arrange the equipments to enable us to do the exercises that we want. 

For example, if its chest day, we will be using mainly the bench, barbell and dumbells. You can place the bench in the middle of the space area. This is where a normal 1.5m barbell come sin handy instead of a standard Olympic size barbell. A 1.5m barbell allows a bigger range of workout area.

After workout, just place the bench towards one side of the space(wall), this will make your room or the home gym area much neater. If you have other equipments like a squat rack or a chin up plus dip station, you can move them out of the room if you are not using them for that particular workout. It will be hard to move around with all equipments in the area.

A weight tree in this case would also be a good addition to your home gym collection. It enables you to rack up the weight plates instead of lining them flat on the floor, which will take up a much bigger space area.

Stay tune folks, Future posts will be talking about the different exercises that you can do with the essential equipments mentioned in previous posts.