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Here's what the space looks like.
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Attachment 7222
Here's what the space looks like.
I kinda wish I'd gone with the Vulcan Alphas. I went with the Rogue Hi Temps--they seemed tough, relatively cheap, and I felt comfortable throwing money at Rogue given their exceptional reputation for customer service. if I get more bumpers, I'm going to get Alphas. How're you liking the calibrated Rogue plates?
I really like the calibrated steel Rogue weights as well as the change plates. Both are accurate +/-10 grams. The Alphas are +/-1%. Initially I had gotten some cap brand weights for the low entry cost. The actual weight varied so much it triggered my OCD. I wound up selling them to a friend and buying the Rogues.
I may not be able to keep the bar inside the house on a regular basis due to space issues and a toddler. What's the next best thing? To buy a carry bag, and store it in the bag in a shed?
What did you end up doing for an outdoor squat rack/stand? I wonder about the elements and the rack rusting, while I consider an outdoor gym (out of necessity).
Last spring the wife and I canceled our memberships with Golds as we weren't going as often (no longer living two blocks from the gym and having an infant) and we used a portion of our tax return to start building a home gym. We have purchased just about everything from Rogue:
RML-390F flat foot Monster lite rack
Ohio power bar with black oxide (looks green now)
trap bar
adjustable bench
469 pounds worth of bumpers and change plates
a whole bunch of their 2'x2' rubber tiles
landmine with straight and parallel handles
the powerblock adjustable dumbells
verticle plate tree
the Wife also bought some resistance bands and a plyometrics box and I bought her a stationary bike for her birthday.
We've been adding things here and there as they come in stock, got the Spud Inc cable pulley system, and a weighted dip belt on the way along with another pair of tiles.
All this is stored outside behind our house in Los Angeles on our covered back patio, no rain gets to it (what little we do get) but because we live somewhat close to a freeway there is a noticeable accumulation of dust, so for a while, I would hose everything off every so often but I have noticed some rust forming on the inside of the plate tree and the rack, nothing terrible but it's there so I've stopped using water and instead just use a broom and a leaf blower to clean everything off.