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| The basement of our duplex doubles as a laundry room and a barbell room. I love home gym training, and I'm never going to give it up. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Bob Hoffman used to say that every
family should have a home gym.
I prefer to call it a barbell room, but
it's the same idea.
A room that serves as a home gym.
Hoffman didn't think you needed very
much in the way of equipment.
He suggested:
A 110-pound adjustable York barbell.
Extra weight (25 and 50 pound plates).
A total of 300 or 400 pounds.
A set of adjustable dumbbells.
A chest-expander set.
If possible, a set of squat stands.
If possible, a chinning bar.
The York barbell sets came in a big
wooden box, which you could use for
bench presses by doing a bent-arm
pullover to get the bar into position.
Or you could do floor presses - or
push-ups.
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| When the weather permits, I train outside in back of our garage. So that gives me a second barbell room. |
That was pretty much everything
you needed. Of course, you could
add other things, such as:
Indian clubs.
A speed bag.
Wall pulleys.
A smaller barbell for the kids to use.
Iron boots.
An iron horse-shoe exercise (look it
up).
A wrist-roller.
Grippers.
A head-strap.
A good jump rope.
A sit-up board.
Hoffman believed that this set-up
was pretty much all you needed.
And if you were getting started and
couldn't afford to buy everything all
at once, an adjustable barbell and a
pair of adjustable dumbbells would
work fine.
It didn't cost very much, either.
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| The York Big 10 set built tons and tons of strength and muscle - and many years of superb health - for trainees around the world. |
Back in 1941 you could buy a 210
pound York Big 10 set for just 22
bucks - or a 310 pound set for 29
bucks.
That gave you a barbell, dumbbells,
wrist roller, head-strap and iron
boots - with equipment that would
for many years. Heck, the barbell
and dumbbells would last literally
forever.
In other words, for just 20 or 30
bucks you could buy a lifetime of
strength and health for the entire
family.
That's a seriously good investment -
and a seriously good deal.
Trudi and I have a barbell room -
we always have and we always will.
I hope you have one, too.
It's a great thing to have.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. I have 50 great workouts for
home gym training in Chalk and
Sweat:
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses
are right here at Dino Headquarters:
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P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:
"Wherever you are, and wherever you
live, make yourself a barbell room."
-- Brooks Kubik
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