How I Made my Basement a Gym // Home Fitness

Working out in my dark un-finished half of my basement has gone on long enough! It was finally time to build out a corner of the basement into our finished gym space for my wife and I to use.

In this video I convert a corner of my basement into a functional home gym featuring new walls, a pull up bar, dumb bell rack, squat rack, a Pelaton, and much more! This project is pretty approachable for just about anyone looking to "pump up" their home workouts.

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[jackknows]

I like the way your wife does all the work and you jump in front of the camera for the video. Great Job!!! Seriously, a GREAT JOB!!! Both of ya!!!

[silverkir]

just wanted to drop a comment to say how awesome this video is, both on pacing and content. it's definitely not what you regularly see on typical workout channels but this is still super cool, and very much a crossover of the passions you show off on the channel.

[peterchats]

Basically a diy home renovation vid - you got a lot of skills bro. Respect.

[MudPig]

Nice job, I just finished a two year process of transforming my garage to a home gym. Yes it took that long to insulate it, put wood trim and drywall on the walls, paint everything, get the floor done and get all the equipment I wanted. I did workout that entire time in the garage and things evolved as I got more equipment or wanted a more finished look to the space.

[robm]

I had to google how to vertically hang the American flag, and by golly you’re right, the union is supposed to be on the top left. Learn something new every day. I thought your way looked correct too.

[mynameisalex]

Dude....currently in the middle of converting my garage into a home gym and you're setup is very similar to mine. Same folding rack and bike, even down to the paint color! Awesome job!

[williamscott]

Excellent flag etiquette. MANY people don't realize how to properly hang a flag on the wall. Looks great.

[bphilips]

Keep tabs on moisture building up under those mats every few weeks. They tend to build up condensation easily and can develop mold if left unchecked.

[matt_gunz]

Talk about a handy, that sir was super impressive. Awesome videos man, can't wait to check out more of your videos.

[donaldstafford]

Artic Circle? Ye-ah, much like when we were in NE! I take it you really like the final color! LMAO!! Those horse stall mats are perfect we always use them in our gym!

[david]

Talk about a "handy man!" You the man buddy. Great gym.

[JasonEsquivel]

That new employee is working pretty hard. 😁

[joem]

Hah! I just bought the same mat's for my mini gym. Great stuff, but wow, the rubber stank was strong with these ones for a couple weeks.

[rowebil]

I love those LED shop lights. I have a few for my indoor micro greens. They are amazing. I completely recommend for every project replacing old lights.

[prairieskycam]

Get your swol on. LOL! Nice job on the project and thanks for sharing it.

[jeffanderson]

I'm disappointed that old episodes of Shop Nation weren't playing on the TV in the background! :D

Great looking gym!

[heshamosman]

That is awesome 👌👏, we have almost similar basement condition and was thinking to either convert the garage or the basement to a home worker out area. Thanks for sharing all the info and enjoy the workout in your great GYM.

[gfysmiley]

nice. i keep threatening to get a fold flat rogue power rack to save some garage space (in sunny fl so no cold issues just need ac which my shop has) just hard to justify as i have a marcy squat bench sitting idle and a 30 year old Wielder that has served me well for over a decade (picked up used). only thought on you gym here and space useage other than its awesome is I would have probably added an access panel for the cleanout in case its needed. maybe you did just not on video but a little inset panel with trim and exposed screws for easy access.

[travisswiley]

I had to Make room in my garage and put in a platform and a rogue r6 power rack. Bad thing at the time was finding weights people were selling everything about double normal price.

[DIYDuBItYourself]

Couldn’t agree more about the horse stall mats, super awkward moving those solo. Great looking gym!