This morning I got up early and went into the garage and broke down boxes and put all the non recyclable packing material into plastic bags and put them all in my back garden ready to put into my car when I get home tonight ready for a trip to the recycling centre in the morning.
I then sorted out the garage and hung bike hooks from the rafters and hung up the bikes on the hooks so that they take up less space! I also took my bike carriers off of my old roof bars so that I can put them on my new roof bars on my new car when I fit them to it tomorrow after I take it for a wash!
I then got all my weights in and washed them and setup my gym ready to start working out Monday morning:
I tried the bench press and the bench isn’t great and the barbel is a bit small too so when I get paid I am going to buy a decent bench press bench with leg extensions attachment and also a 7ft 20kg Olympic bar so that as I get stronger I can start buying Olympic weights to use with the bar. I plan to stick to bench pressing and squatting maximum 20-30kgs for at least a month anyway but as soon as I sell a bike I will buy some more weights for the Olympic bar so that I have them when I need them. 4 x 2.5 plates is £35 so I may well buy them when I buy the bar so that I have weights to increase slowly over the next month until I sell some stuff. The bench that I currently have is perfect for Belgian squats and step ups so I will keep it for leg days and as it folds up its good to keep it around. Getting another bench press bench also means that I can setup the squat stands at the correct height for squats all the time so that means way less messing about over time. I may even use my current weights for squats and use a weight vest to add extra weight then I can leave my squats area all setup all the time.
I am just about to pull up the gym floor from the lounge and move it into the bedroom so that I can put the flooring down to finish off the gym area properly. It looks pretty good apart from the fact I need another 2 rows if tiles and the flooring I have is a weird size so I will have to replace the entire floor to fit it properly. I will make do for now and get the floor done once I have bought all the equipment that I need.
I also noticed that the blind has started going mouldy so that will need to be replaced soon too 🙁