Great question! Before I had electric installed I ran an extension cord for a window AC in the summer and had a propane buddy heater in the winter. I just did a DIY mini split install (under $1000) and it's awesome! I have a video coming to the channel showing the process hopefully later this week.
Interesting designs and something to dream about. But one thing seemed inconvenient to me in all designs, was placement of weight plates. I think that in all cases more space saving and convenient at the same time would be to store weight plates symmetrical on both sides of the rack. Exactly half of plates on the right side and half of plates on left side, wall mounted or mounted on the rack. It would make loading and unloading barbell so much easier and faster. It would be one or two feet from storage to barbell not across the room. Weight trees away from the rack might be more convenient in public gyms, when plates are shared across several power racks.
Great point! That works especially well with wall mounted plate storage. 🙂 That said, there are a variety of movements away from the rack that one would use plates for like deadlifts and land mine movements, so having the plates close but not right next to the rack still works. 🙂
I am doing a 12 by 19 but I have a functional trainer and an actual all in one home gym that is going to take up quite a bit of space. I was hoping you were going to show a dumbell rack in your 12 x 20 space. I think with those 3 pieces the outside walls will be pretty full and won’t be room for anything else. One side with have the double doors which you can’t block.
Hey James! Great question. What functional trainer are you going with. You could possibly put the all in one and the functional trainer on each end wall, and the free weights along the back wall. I'll make a short looking at that setup if you're interested!
@@BackyardSHREDS I have the Hoist V6 and V4. I thought about getting rid of all in one gym for some different pieces but I hate selling stuff and for only an hour to an hour and a half a day just not sure it is worth it. What you are saying is exactly what I was thinking. That pretty much will take up the whole room with those 3 things. Wish I had just a little more room but the cost has me limited.
I am wondering if you have done the calculations or estimates for the foundation and maybe a slab for the amount of weight that will be moved. For example, I have an old shed now, its a 14X20, it has mats and wood platform, even so I was able to crack the concrete below it when doing my lifts. Granted, im a 300lb guy dropping couple pounds from shoulder height (with Bumpers), or some heavy deadlifts (steel plates) from knee height.
What a beast! I haven't done exact calculations, as there are a lot of factors, but when you start dropping big weights rather than setting them down, the calculations for the energy transfer is exponential. If you're dropping a few hundred pounds in the same spot routinely as part of your lifts, it maybe be wise to invest in pads or a spring-based lifting platform which is designed to slow and disperse that energy transfer from weights in freefall.
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I love my shred because I feel like I’m out of the house and I don’t have to compete with cars or tools for space. It’s great for the minimalist!
Exactly! I love that it's a "separate/dedicated" space just for working out.
What size shed do you have?
How do you keep the shed temp tolerable during the seasons?
Great question! Before I had electric installed I ran an extension cord for a window AC in the summer and had a propane buddy heater in the winter.
I just did a DIY mini split install (under $1000) and it's awesome! I have a video coming to the channel showing the process hopefully later this week.
Interesting designs and something to dream about. But one thing seemed inconvenient to me in all designs, was placement of weight plates.
I think that in all cases more space saving and convenient at the same time would be to store weight plates symmetrical on both sides of the rack. Exactly half of plates on the right side and half of plates on left side, wall mounted or mounted on the rack. It would make loading and unloading barbell so much easier and faster. It would be one or two feet from storage to barbell not across the room. Weight trees away from the rack might be more convenient in public gyms, when plates are shared across several power racks.
Great point! That works especially well with wall mounted plate storage. 🙂
That said, there are a variety of movements away from the rack that one would use plates for like deadlifts and land mine movements, so having the plates close but not right next to the rack still works. 🙂
I can't get the Zues Gym Builder program to work, any advice?
It can definitely be glitchy sometimes.
I am doing a 12 by 19 but I have a functional trainer and an actual all in one home gym that is going to take up quite a bit of space. I was hoping you were going to show a dumbell rack in your 12 x 20 space. I think with those 3 pieces the outside walls will be pretty full and won’t be room for anything else. One side with have the double doors which you can’t block.
Hey James! Great question. What functional trainer are you going with. You could possibly put the all in one and the functional trainer on each end wall, and the free weights along the back wall. I'll make a short looking at that setup if you're interested!
@@BackyardSHREDS I have the Hoist V6 and V4. I thought about getting rid of all in one gym for some different pieces but I hate selling stuff and for only an hour to an hour and a half a day just not sure it is worth it. What you are saying is exactly what I was thinking. That pretty much will take up the whole room with those 3 things. Wish I had just a little more room but the cost has me limited.
I am wondering if you have done the calculations or estimates for the foundation and maybe a slab for the amount of weight that will be moved. For example, I have an old shed now, its a 14X20, it has mats and wood platform, even so I was able to crack the concrete below it when doing my lifts. Granted, im a 300lb guy dropping couple pounds from shoulder height (with Bumpers), or some heavy deadlifts (steel plates) from knee height.
What a beast! I haven't done exact calculations, as there are a lot of factors, but when you start dropping big weights rather than setting them down, the calculations for the energy transfer is exponential. If you're dropping a few hundred pounds in the same spot routinely as part of your lifts, it maybe be wise to invest in pads or a spring-based lifting platform which is designed to slow and disperse that energy transfer from weights in freefall.
I definitely could go for the 12 x 20 !
That's what I have! What would you put in it?
@@BackyardSHREDS my squat rack, universal cable system, dumbbells, all kinds of accessories, and maybe even an infrared sauna 😄