How much to budget for an in-home gym?

You can get that easily for probably under $5000. As for the the dumbells, get the power blocks. Probably cheaper than getting a bunch of pairs. You can get a rack for under $1000 from Rogue. The expense will come from the plates. Bumper plates will be higher than metal plates. Go to roguefitness.com or maybe check out Eleiko.

Quality Rack and bars are a must. Shop around for deals for the rest.
Adjustable DB's are the way to go. I wish I would have done that in the beginning. DBs and a rack take up too much room.
Rogue has a few bar and plate package deals. I started with the Socal Econ bar and plate set for $480. It is an Echo bar and 160 lbs of bumper plates. From there I added plate weights on where I could find deals new or used.

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depends on your location honestly and how good you are at craigslist. Fro example I was able to get a EliteFTS R3 powerrack, 0-90 elitefts bench, texas power bar, fight gone back clock and 315lbs of troy weights for 850 by being good at CL and jumping on a deal in houston when it popped up.

But new, budget 5k.

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I probably should have put more emphasis on it being used. I certainly can't spend $5000 on a gym set. I might as well get a membership to Lifetime for $150/month (family).

But if I could get it used for less than $1000, I'd do it. It'd pay for itself in a year and then I could slowly add to it over the course of a few years as I needed more, if I needed more.

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Squat rack
Bench
Olympic bar
Clips
Dumbells (10-50 pound pairs)
Plates (say 250 pounds total)

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Squat Rack - Titan X3 490
Bench - Rogue Flat 200
Bar - Rogue Ohio Bar 300
Clips - Amazon plastic clamp style ~15
Dumbbells - Power blocks ~100-200
Plates - ~150

~1300-1400

In addition to, I'd add
Rogue Matador for 3x3 ~80
Curl Bar ~50
Spud, Inc pulley system ~100
Pulley attachements ~40
Plate stand ~100

Everything new except plates and power blocks.

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Curl Bar ~50 
Spud, Inc pulley system ~100 
Pulley attachements ~40 

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This is individual preference, but I got a TRX, which covers most of those.

You can do skullcrushers and reverse grip curls on that?

thats pretty cool

Hamstring curls are a bitch. Put your heals in, lower back off the ground and bring the knees in like a crunch. Smokes the hammies!

If you watch the Atlanta market, you should be able to get something nice. And you need atleast a half cage for at home lifting.

And gymnastics rings are better for at home than trx as they are a little more versatile

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where are these at

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North Dallas/Richardson area.

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how much?

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I think maybe like $500-600, but could be wrong about that. Comes with a pretty nice bench as well. I know he was trying to sell them a while ago so I assume he still would. Can get more info for you.