Top ten bits of kit for a home gym...

[tdys]

Been thinking about this one. If I had to start from scratch, what would I buy?

1. Olympic bar and bumper plates.
2. Pull Up Bar.
3. Gymboss timer.
4. Skipping Rope.
5. Kettlebells 16 and 24 for starters...
6. Powercage (if training alone - discovered this the hard way!).
7. Ironwoody resistance bands.
8. Box - for jumping on and off.
9. Medicine ball (made my own out of old basketball filled with sand).
10. If it's too shit out to go running - a rowing machine (Concept2 if I could afford it).

Not sure about the order...

What have I missed?

[Rob T]

I'd go for a few changes myself;

1. Olympic bar and bumper plates
2. Pull Up Bar
3. Gymboss timer
4. Cable pulley system
5. Kettlebells - not sure, but probably
6. Powercage (if training alone - discovered this the hard way!)
7. Matted floor space
8. Box - for jumping on and off
9. Medicine ball
10. Cross-trainer (expensive for a good one though)

[tdys]

Yeah - matted floor space is a good call.
Not so bothered with cable pulley system - reckon I could achieve as good / better results using pull up bar / bodyweight and bands...
Not really tried a crosstrainer, but I do like to row!

Don't go for ab training gimmicks but I use an 'abmat' and thought about including that. Don't know if anyone else has opinions on the 'abmat'?

[MikeyL]

heavy bag?

[Rob T]

Fuck yeah... heavy bag for sure!!

Would probably drop the box and go for that instead. Hardly the same price range though!

[MikeyL]

ice bath lol

[Jamie Taylor]

Skipping rope.

[thaison]

weighted vest.

[Duchman]

Trx..........................

[tdys]

trx - that's the suspension system, right?
Is that sold in the UK?

Weighted vest is a good call, got one of them.
Wish I had enough space for a heavy bag (or somewhere to hang one).