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BovaJP

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Gosh dangit, i need to grab a pick next time i'm at my dad's. He has been creating a home gym in his basement and making things on his own . He is 75 yrs young and can create anything from anything lol.

He has the money to go get one of those all in one cable machines....but he created a pully system to do tricep pushdowns/pulldowns, etc where the pulleys are mounted to the rafters in ceiling and there is a bar that he adds weight to and has a straight bar for push downs.

He also created out of wood a rack to hold barbells.

He is so cool, and the place looks great. I'll get picks and post them up .

(yea yea this post is useless without pics huh? lol)
 
Ogre717

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Sounds like the gym my buddy's dad had in the basement back in the late 80s.
 
genetic freak

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That is awesome. I have a pulley ran through a swami wrap at the top of my homemade squat rack that I use for extensions and such. You can even reverse the pulley and put it on the bottom and do curls if you want.
 
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lamarclark09

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It’s good that your dad is super active and creative. In my opinion, a home gym is the best way to stay fit and healthy as it saves time, provides you a bit more comfort as compared to the gym, and more.
 
HOB_Fly2023

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Your dad sounds just like mine. "Why buy some contraption when I can just use my bored, retired energy and a lifetime's worth of skills to build it?!" Looking forward to the pics!
 
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