Please Comment on Home Equipment

[thedevil]

I am not totally new to this forum or to weights. However now my university days are over and I no longer have access to the sprawling gym that I used to at one point of time.

Hence to keep at my routine, I have purchased the following equipment so far.

1) 300lbs Olympic barbell weight set with collars from the local walmart (gold's gym brand)
2) Nautilus NT1250 squat stand

3)Bench

With this equipment, I can do bench, dead, squat rows and other exercises.

Now, I want to find out if there is any other equipment I should get so as to add weight training exercises that cannot be done using the above equipment.

Thanks!

 

[stingo]

What about pulls for lats?

 

[BigStew]

What about pulls for lats?

Yeah to widen the back I would try to get a pull up bar.

 

[theGOOCH]

I agree with the pull up bar. They are hard to find used and are surprisingly expensive unless you can find a way to rig one up yourself with a pipe or something.

I don't like the doorway ones since most standard doorways aren't wide enough to properly hit the lats.

 

[g8r80]

I agree with the pull up bar. They are hard to find used and are surprisingly expensive unless you can find a way to rig one up yourself with a pipe or something.

I don't like the doorway ones since most standard doorways aren't wide enough to properly hit the lats.

Not to mention they were not designed for a 200 lber to be hanging from them...

 

[Chillen]

This is a June 2007 OP post.

 

[thedevil]

I agree with the pull up bar. They are hard to find used and are surprisingly expensive unless you can find a way to rig one up yourself with a pipe or something.

I don't like the doorway ones since most standard doorways aren't wide enough to properly hit the lats.

Yeah, I put the barbell at its highest setting (adjustable holder of the squat stand) and then I can hang from it with my knees bent. It has been working well for me so far.