Singapore Home Gym Undergoes Renovation Part III: All set ready to go...Yes but No.....

Hi guys,

Move in the weight bench and you are all set ready to go.....your workout routine can all be performed with the weight bench, Power rack, barbells and weights....

But having a home gym alone is not enough....you need to have a neat and nice home gym. Nobody wants to workout in a gym where everything is thrown around and untidy.

As mentioned in earlier posts, the weight bench comes with the Preacher curls and Leg extension attachment.  Most of the time you do not need these attachments. So it's important that they are stored at a corner or space within the home gym that does not obstruct or disturb you while trying to move around in your home gym.

We found a really nice space to slot in these two attachment, right in between the wall and the Power Rack. This space does not obstruct the home gym user movement and it's also easy to get the attachments for use.

Next comes the long barbells, 2.2m, 1.8m, 1.5m, how do you store them all?

For us, we prefer to do the "free" way, put them at the corner of the home gym.

The curtains can also help to hide the barbells, simply cover the curtains over the barbells.

The weight plates are neatly placed onto a weight tree and placed at one side of the home gym. The space used for the weight tree is very important, it must be easily accessible as the weight plates are the equipment that you will use in almost all your workout routines.

A little bonus tip that we would like to provide our reader with.....

We all love our Power Rack so much that we want to prevent it from scratches and all. The very one part of the Power Rack that we want to prevent the barbell from scratching is the safety bars. The safety bars comes in very handy as a "spotter", and when the barbell is dropped on them, it can cause lot of scratches to the metal of the safety bars.

So what we did was......
We bought cheap yoga mats, this can be bought from any supermarkets. Each cost only $9.90.

 Cut the yoga mats into long strips, each about 45cm long, about 3cm wide. Use the measuring tape to get the actual length of the safety bar.

After cutting the yoga mat, use double sided tapes to tape the strips onf yoga mat together. Tape around 5 strips together to get sufficient thickness.

 And there you go, place these on your safety bars, these will act as extra cushion when you drop your barbells on the safety bars, and therefore preventing them from getting scratched.

Stay tune for our next post, we have more ways and ideas to make your home gym to an even better one.