So most of us are pretty firmiliar with the concept of home gyms. What I'm building is a bit different. I'm building a "small 1 bedroom apartment gym".
This has some differing challenges. For example, when I looked for a bench press a few months ago, I COULD have spent a few hundred dollars on a really solid built bench with no give. But in a small apartment gym the first and most important question is "where am I going to put this?"
And in my case, I bought a bench press at the end of December, which appears to no longer be on amazon anymore. But I found this one which looks identical just to give you an idea of what I went with. Just imagine this, with no logo printed on it. I swear this company just bought the one I have, and printed their logo on it. Otherwise mine looks exactly the same.
So, you can see how it folds up.
Well now I've got an oppertunity to buy either this machine for $75. Condition is said to be "as new as possible".
Or I could buy this machine for $575. Condition is listed as new.
There's a $500 gap between the two, but it looks like I could put either one under my bed.
Is there any reason I don't get the $75 one? Or is the total gym THAT good, that it justifies an extra $500?
Do you need anything? Bodyweight exercise can get you a long way. In bodyweight training they will tell you start with a pull up bar. Then get a squat rack with free weights if you have the budget/space. Some will tell you to get rings instead of or with a pull-up bar. There is no complete agreement, but in general the advice is you don't need anything other than the above unless you are doing a competition that you need to practice for.
Of course the real problem is you never said what you goals are. There is a big difference between enough fitness for good health; looking good for their girls/guys; and winning competitions. That is a start of different lines that could be your goal, but is by no means a complete list. The more important thing to note is sometimes the above are in conflict and so you can't have all 3 and sometimes can only get 1.