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The Home Gym Build Planner

Measure the room and the floor once, on paper, before you buy a rack you cannot fit or a floor you cannot load. Then the anchoring, the bar and plate inventory, the budget, a dated task planner and a running payback log all carry your own numbers forward, so nothing gets bought twice and the build actually gets used.

  • 11 fill-in worksheets, 35 print pages
  • 2 filled-in examples, including a real membership payback log
  • Companion spreadsheet and an online buyer guide with three complete builds priced

Replaces the rack that did not fit under the duct, the dropped plate nobody budgeted flooring for, and the membership that quietly kept renewing because nobody tracked whether the build had paid for itself yet.

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35 pagesUS Letter1.2 MB PDFPrint unlimitedExcel / Sheets workbook

Look inside

Real pages from the PDF you download, including both filled-in examples. Swipe or scroll.

What's in it

Your build plan1
Measuring the room3
Safety, anchoring and inventory2
Budget and tasks2
Training and payback2
Upkeep1
Fill-in worksheets11
See all 11 worksheet titles
  1. Home Gym Build Plan
  2. Room & Ceiling Clearance
  3. Floor Plan, Footprint & Walkways
  4. Floor Loading & Flooring Plan
  5. Rack Anchoring & Safety Setup
  6. Bar & Plate Inventory
  7. Budget & Buying Order
  8. Build Task Planner
  9. Training Log & One-Rep Max Record
  10. Kit Pays For Itself: Membership Payback Tracker
  11. Maintenance, Climate & Inspection

Also included

  • 2 filled-in example worksheets. Home Gym Build Plan and Kit Pays For Itself: Membership Payback Tracker, worked through for a sample household, so you can see a finished page before you start.
  • 1 companion spreadsheet. A companion spreadsheet that does the arithmetic: a ceiling clearance and floor load check that mirrors the site's own calculators, a budget tracker with running totals, and a payback log that shows the build paying for itself. Tabs: Room and floor check, Budget and buying order, Payback summary, Payback log.
  • 1 start-here page. The four sheets to fill in the first 20 minutes, and which sheet to reach for when.

Plus the online buyer guide

The site's three complete home gym builds, every item banded by budget and linked, plus every product the kit names, kept current. Your kit links straight to it, so you check today's price on Amazon, not a figure from the day the PDF was printed.

Who it's for

  • Anyone about to order a rack and not sure it will fit the room
  • Anyone building over a suspended wood floor who needs to think about load before they buy
  • Households comparing the beginner, intermediate and expert builds and want to track their own budget against them
  • Anyone who wants to know, in real numbers, whether the build has paid for itself yet

Who made this

HG

Built by the HomeGymCave team, the people behind the free calculators and complete build guides on this site, from manufacturer specifications, published load ratings, floor-loading engineering references and patterns in verified owner reviews. Researched, not hands-on tested, and never a substitute for a licensed structural engineer, contractor or coach.

30-day money-back guarantee

Use the whole kit. If it doesn't help, fill in the refund form (contact page, Refund request) within 30 days and you get every dollar back. No questions asked. Refund form.

Questions

How do I get it?

Pay on the secure Stripe checkout and you land straight on your download page: the full PDF, a ZIP of every sheet as its own printable page, and the companion spreadsheet. Bookmark that page to download again later.

Can I print copies for my whole household?

Yes. Print as many copies as your household needs, one for the wall and one for the workbench.

What if it is not what I expected?

Use the whole kit. If it does not help, fill in the refund form within 30 days and you get every dollar back. No questions asked. Refund form.

Does this replace a structural engineer or a coach?

No. It is a planning aid so you arrive at a purchase with your own real numbers instead of guesses. Floor loading and anchoring on a suspended floor stay with a licensed structural engineer or contractor, and training questions stay with a coach.

I have not chosen a tier yet. Is this still useful?

That is exactly what the build plan and the room sheets decide. They work from your own ceiling, room and budget, not from a tier you have already picked.

Will the prices in the kit go out of date?

The worksheets never print a price for you to compare against; every gear pick links to the online buyer guide, which carries the current price. That page is what stays current, not the PDF.

The Home Gym Build Planner

11 worksheets · 35 pages · examples, workbook and online buyer guide

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