Gym Equipment 6 April 2015 at 4:10PM in Sports & fitness MoneySaving 10 replies 1.8K views

garcon6

Looking for equipment for home use such as 5/10kg dumbells, reebok step, medicine ball 5kg and a a Bosu. Obviously don't want to spend more than necessary I will need all this at home as I'm cancelling my gym contract. Also trainers in the trade can you recommend any websites.

parking_question_chap

A well known auction website, you will need to collect though.

garcon6

Can you recommend a website

[Deleted User]

Do you not know any auction websites or Argos?

Swipe

I bought most of my weights and bars from Argos and it didn't break the bank, less than £150 in total. I made my own pull up bars in the garage from 2 hand rails from a mobility shop and bought a second hand bench for £20. Had all my kit for over 4 years now and has paid for itself 10 times over compared to gym membership fees. All gets used 4-5 times a week without fail.

purpleshoes_2

Ebay, I've bought most of the stuff I use to teach classes there.

Bigmoney2

or ask on freecycle or similar sites. Also lidl and aldi sometimes have fitness stuff as do Tesco or sportsdirect.

Feral_Moon

Wouldn't bother with Argos to be honest. Try http://www.ptgear.co.uk/

KathyBerry

eBay all the way! most people buy the stuff with good intentions and end up lacking motivation and leave them gathering dust

sabrinas707

KathyBerry wrote: »

eBay all the way! most people buy the stuff with good intentions and end up lacking motivation and leave them gathering dust

I know the feeling!!

My son wants a pull ups bar for his bedroom door.

Can anyone recommend a good site and price?

alleycat`

If you want something you can put up and take down then you can get a hook over type bar.
They look odd but they actually put pressure sideways into the door frame rather than vertically.

Something like this:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EXERCISE-DOOR-PULL-UPPER-TRAINER/dp/B003TTUGRQ

Probably not great if you are very tall mind you.