Weight Room Question

Ground floor? If not lots of heavy duty rubber floor mats for gyms.

The rest depends on your budget. Bench, dumbbells or bow flex bells or powerblocks, trap bar deadlift bar, hooks on the wall for bands at various heights, maybe a padded wall for plyo ball and med ball work, pull-up bar station, and a box jump area. 

I’ll add that some Play It Again locations have a decent selection of new and used weights and equipment for reasonable prices. A lot of other retailers are still out of stock

It needs to include 2 critical things - motivated kids and proper supervision. If those are present all the rest will take care of itself. 

We put a squat rack in the garage, very versatile. Went with a mid range model, very happy with it, includes a pull up bar. Would also recommend play it again for used weights and bars. 

My son uses dumbbells and the Trx system the most. 

When the virus hit,  we decided to get our son some equipment. Glad we did, because his gym shut down for 3 months. We purchased from Rogue. Their equipment is made in the US and they are located in Ohio. I did a quick check and it looks like they are back to having stuff in stock. We purchased a squat rack with pull up bar/ bench, trap bar and a set of Power blocks. Not cheap...but built to last. He already had a med ball and bands.

We previously built him a plyo wall in the same space when he started doing driveline. The pads are from AKATHLETICS.com. They are just like the ones found in high school gyms. Not that expensive. We ended up taking them down and re-installing them on top of sheets of 3/4 inch plywood. The pads come with 1/2 inch particle board on the back,  but after a short time, the back was torn up. Thought I would include the wall, even if your son is not a pitcher. Catchers and position players have started using driveline for arm care/strength. Rain or shine.

@Mominthestands posted:

When the virus hit,  we decided to get our son some equipment. Glad we did, because his gym shut down for 3 months. We purchased from Rogue. Their equipment is made in the US and they are located in Ohio. I did a quick check and it looks like they are back to having stuff in stock. We purchased a squat rack with pull up bar/ bench, trap bar and a set of Power blocks. Not cheap...but built to last. He already had a med ball and bands.

We previously built him a plyo wall in the same space when he started doing driveline. The pads are from AKATHLETICS.com. They are just like the ones found in high school gyms. Not that expensive. We ended up taking them down and re-installing them on top of sheets of 3/4 inch plywood. The pads come with 1/2 inch particle board on the back,  but after a short time, the back was torn up. Thought I would include the wall, even if your son is not a pitcher. Catchers and position players have started using driveline for arm care/strength. Rain or shine

 

 

Is the plyo wall simply a layer of plywood on top of the drywall and then the pads? Our plyo wall is in the garage. I took some cheap foam gym floor mats (the interlocking ones) and glued them to the concrete block wall. 

Image wouldn't load. Just updated. We had to protect the drywall, so we originally attached 2x2 to the wall and then the pads to those. When we took it down we attached the 3/4" plywood to the 2x2 and then the pads on top of those.

That’s a nice wall! Good idea to put the 2z2 in with the plywood. 

I am impressed. I built a plyo wall outside on the exterior brick on the hidden part of the house  away from public eyes on 2x4s and 3/4 plywood reinforced it with 2x padding. After 2 sessions all plyo balls activities were cancelled, the vibrations were felt from the whole house...the level of displeasure and rage from the better half was frightening. He is now going to the park 3 blocks away and using the hand ball wall.