r/HomeGymUK

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I built this, so I'd genuinely love your thoughts, whether good or bad.

It's called FitRite. The idea was simple: put everything a gym needs into one dashboard instead of juggling a booking app, payment software, spreadsheets, lead software and outdated management systems.

Here's what it does:

• Members and recurring payments (everything goes through your own Stripe account—we don't take a percentage of your membership revenue).
• Class and PT scheduling with a public booking page, so people can book without creating an account first.
• QR check-ins, where members simply show a pass on their phone at reception.
• Lead management with instant replies to new enquiries. If a non-member books onto a class, they're automatically tracked as a lead, so you can follow up instead of losing them. The AI assistant can also remind you about people who haven't converted or help draft follow-up messages.
• Till and stock management for reception sales like drinks, supplements and merchandise.
• Hosted join, booking and enquiry pages if you don't already have a website.
• An AI assistant that's built into your business instead of being a separate chatbot. Rather than exporting spreadsheets or copying information into ChatGPT, it already understands your gym's data. You can also give it access to your own Fitrite cloud storage so it can answer questions using your documents as well. It can analyse your business, draft emails and prepare actions, but anything involving payments or other sensitive actions is always queued for your approval—it never acts on its own.

Whether you run one gym or multiple locations, everything is managed from the same login.

There's a live demo if you want to click around:
app.fitrite-ai.com/demo

Website:
https://fitrite-ai.com

We're actively selling this, but we're also building it around what gym owners actually need. If you run a gym, I'd genuinely like to know where you'd think this falls short, what features you'd expect that aren't here, or what would stop you from switching from your current setup.

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Any good recommendations for a space saving half rack that’s UK made takes a decent weight and has a pull up bar and dips attachments on?

I’m looking at Bulldog Gear UK/Mirafit/etc for something at max 1.5m-ish depth.

Edit 7/2: i’ve narrowed it down to my top 3 (I think FA ABX is leading tho). Note that off the bat I will not be purchasing accessories:
Rep nighthawk $450 - top of the line pure bench. Has some accessories if I choose
Freak athlete ABX $500 - see main focus below. The flip headrest would be a great boon for my back workouts as I currently only have free weights
Apex $500 - seems to be quality wise somewhere between the other 2 options. Has a better ecosystem

I’m on the hunt for the best home bench in the US. Initially, I’ll use it as part of a setup with mostly free weights, but I want it to grow with me as I build a more comprehensive home gym.
My budget is not a concern. Which bench should I purchase? Why?
(My current main focus is shoulders, back, and posterior chain as I fix my posture but I am looking to get a full at home setup for full lifting)

As per title,

Currently train in a gym something like,

Bench, incline press, lat raise machine, flies machine, tricep pushdown, curls, lat pulldown, rows, squats, leg press, leg curls, overhead press, etc

I have an option to get a home gym, but due to size it will be a rack, bench, dumbbells and a barbell essentially.

Have those of you who have gone from all of the above managed to still figure out a plan that works?

I can see some like for like movements I can do, but it does feel a bit limiting on paper.

Thanks

I’ve seen everything from people spending a few hundred dollars to full garage gyms that cost more than a used car.

For those of you with a home gym:

How much have you spent total?

What was your first purchase?

What was your biggest expense?

Was there anything you wish you hadn’t bought?

If you were starting over today, what would your budget be?

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Ik ben op zoek naar wat meer informatie omtrent het plaatsen van een Power Rack a la REP Ares 2.0 op mijn 2e verdieping. Nu heb ik alle documenten opgevraagd uit het stadsarchief en probeer ik de stukken te analyseren.

Voordat ik een constructeur ga benaderen ben ik wel benieuw of er hier op het forum mensen zijn die er wellicht een beetje verstand van hebben hoe de documenten te lezen zijn en hoe dit in zijn werk gaat.

Ik heb een woning ui 1998 met een kanaalplaten vloer van 21cm dik en de strook is prefab 3 meter breed. ik wil het bij de zijwand plaatsen daar de meeste steun is van de zijwanden.

Daarnaast wil ik een (geadviseerde) dubbele multiplex 2x 18mm platform bouwen van 300cm x 200cm met daarop rubberen tegels.

Het rack zelf weegt ongeveer 500 a 550kg. de gewichtstapels zitten aan de muurzijde.
Ik kom zo! zelf weeg 85kg, en ik heb nog een fitness bank en wat gewichtschijven. (totaal 105kg)

ik ben niet van plan drops te doen, zware squats of deadlifts, maar wil juist om de week daar kunnen fitnessen gezien ik dan gebonden ben aan huis, de week erop zal ik naar de sportschool kunnen gaan.

Hoe werkt dit qua verdeling van gewicht en hoe zit het met de statische belasting van het rack?

Wat ik uit de documenten kan lezen is er rekening gehouden met een variabele belasting van 1.75 kN/m (dit omdat er blijkbaar per strekkende meter gemeten is)

Ik ben op zoek naar wat advies, meningen en eventueel wat ervaringen van mensen die ook een soort gelijk iets in hun huis hebben.

bedankt voor alle input!