Comments on: The basics of a home gym

By: Setting up for 5/3/1

Setting up for 5/3/1 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:53:44 +0000

[...] some deliberation and research, I opted to begin my own little home gym. I already have about 40 lb of weight lifting equipment in the form of dumbbell handles and 2.5 and [...]

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:33:16 +0000

@sage: Rock on!!

By: sage

sage — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:36:53 +0000

I’ve always been a skinny girl. Not a ‘oh my gosh how’d you eat so much and stay such a skinny bitch’ girl, let me get that cleared up.

This website has inspired me to stop being this puny doll, so afraid of looking unfeminine (to who?!)I couldn’t even take control over my own body as something more than a lump of flesh for others to approve of.

It’s going to be difficult to start but this is where I’ll begin.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:44:50 +0000

Just wanted to say that I think your site is fantastic. When it comes to training many women could do with taking a page out of your book. Keep up the good work!

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:04:17 +0000

All you need is a bar high enough to get you off the ground with bent knees for pullups, so for most folks that’s a bar around head height. Simply set the bar in your squat rack, hang from it with knees bent 90 degrees, and use that. You can also do horizontal pullups — hang from the bar with elevated feet, body approx. parallel to the floor. The higher the bar, the lower the resistance, so 45 deg to the ground will be easier than parallel.

By: TurbulentFluid

TurbulentFluid — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:32:45 +0000

Love your home gym – mine is pretty much the same; and I’m constructing myself a squat rack to go with it! :) I have a problem with lats, though – don’t have and can’t have a high bar, so I can’t do any lats in winter. (summer = there’s trees in the back yard ;) )

Any ideas!?

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:13 +0000

Lynn: No brands in particular, just el cheapo stuff from Canadian Tire. :)

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:45:40 +0000

May I ask what brands you go for for your adjustable dumbbells? I keep browsing “adjustable dumbbells” online but all I can find are those fancy, overpriced Bowflex things that cost hundreds! I’d really like to set up a mini gym at home to save the gas money driving to the nearest Y, and since I do almost all of my workouts with dumbbells anyway it won’t be much of a difference.

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:34:10 +0000

Rock on, wendyloo! Good luck with getting started!

By: wendyloo

wendyloo — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:59:07 +0000

OMG.. your website is heavensent… i’m 33 and overly fat at 270lbs at 5ft.. i totally dig your view on how fat chicks like myself have a hard time conforming to normal exercise routine, especially if they are being voiced out by stick-thin people… i actually have already the dumbells and plates (i got them for my slim husband), just need the jump rope and a strong enough table or platform strong enough to hold me …. right on about the comment on weight limit on exercise machines designed to help you lose weight …. it’s kinda funny trying to shop around for weight loss or exercise equipments that can actually hold a person who is more than 220lbs heavy (in my point of view if i weigh little like that i probably don’t need to buy the stupid machine anyway… sigh.. but anyway, i’m glad i found your site.. so amazing and helpful.