Should you build a HOME GYM SHED? Here are 9 reasons.

[@BrunoAburto]

That’s was great Cody! Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@BackyardSHREDS]

Thanks Bruno!

[@kdumm7563]

Hi I currently am using my garage. I have been looking into a shed in our backyard. I don't have a lot of equipment but find myself looking at adding more things. Our yard is stupidly sloped and I don't know how big of a shed I can put in our yard. I have a folding squat rack, a folding bench, an elliptical machine, and dumbells. What size would you recommend?

[@succeess23]

Ok. Do you talk about the vendors and specific shed models you recommend in any video?

[@BackyardSHREDS]

Great question! I'm currently working on an upcoming video about buying versus building, and plan to talk about some different buying options/considerations. 🙂

[@TomHudson00]

Reason #4 - good info, however, put that into layman's terms for me please. What does that mean for deadlifting? Regardless, this is great info and really better than using my garage like I currently do! Thank you.

[@BackyardSHREDS]

I hear ya! In layman's terms, if you're deadlifting heavy (300+ lb range) you should really have (a) rubber mats to absorb some of the shock of setting the weight back down, and (b) a concrete floor or reinforced wood floor. (Id shoot for something in the 75+ psf range to be safe) If you're dropping weights, I'd recommend using crash pads or an Olympic platform with padding/springs regardless of the floor you have to prevent damage to the surface of the floor.

[@JohnSmith-dq2wx]

are your sheds suitable for olympic weightlifting? where some people might be dropping 200-300lb (or even much more at the elite level) from overhead?

[@BackyardSHREDS]

Yes, but that answer is still assuming a couple things: 1. You're using rubber coated Oly plates. 2. You're using an Oly platform. If you're dropping weights from the top, you're going to damage floors no what they're made of (even concrete). That's why they make special Olympic platforms with padding and even springs to cushion the impact and spread it out across the entire platform. Hope that helps!