Home gym essentials — what to buy and what it costs
68 products chosen for UK home gyms: racks, benches, bars, plates, dumbbells, cardio, storage, flooring and boxing. This is the same commercial-grade equipment we supply to gyms — sized and priced for a garage, spare room or outbuilding. Free UK delivery on orders of £250 or more.
The order to buy in
- Flooring — from £56.50. Buy this first, not last. It protects the slab, protects the bar and plates, stops the rack sliding, and cuts the noise enough to make a garage or upstairs room viable. A 12.5m² rubber roll is £576 (£46.08 per m²); interlocking tiles start at £56.50 if you only need to cover the working area.
- A rack — from £496. The JORDAN HELIX Freestanding Half Rack (LTR) with J-Hooks & Safety Bars is the cheapest safe way to squat and bench with no spotter. A four-post power rack from £855 catches the bar on both sides. Ceiling under 2.2m, or space tight? The HELIX Folding Power Rack at £627.60 mounts to the wall and folds flat.
- A bar — from £162. Check your rack width first: a 7ft bar needs roughly 2.2m of clear width. A 6ft bar is the correct answer in a narrow space, not a compromise.
- Plates — from £672. A 150kg bumper set at £4.48 per kg gives you a top squat and deadlift around 170kg with a 20kg bar. Add £10 spring collars.
- A bench — from £356. Adjustable, not flat, if you are only buying one. It covers flat press, incline press, shoulder work and seated dumbbell work from one frame.
- Storage — from £17. Rack-mounted weight horns cost you no floor space and add mass to the frame. A weight tree is £228; dumbbell racks start at £330.
A complete home strength gym for £1,686
| JORDAN HELIX Freestanding Half Rack (LTR) with J-Hooks & Safety Bars | £496.00 |
| JORDAN HELIX Adjustable Weight Bench | £356.00 |
| JORDAN Steel Series Straight Olympic Bar | from £162.00 |
| 150kg Coloured Rubber Bumper Plate Set | £672.00 |
| Total | £1,686.00, delivered free |
That is a setup you will not outgrow for years, and every part of it is commercial specification.
Adding cardio
- One machine only: a Concept2 RowERG from £1,095. Full body, no impact, stores upright, and its performance monitor is the standard used by rowing clubs and CrossFit boxes worldwide.
- Flat or upstairs: an indoor cycle from £1,060 or a ski trainer from £909. No impact, no motor, no fan noise. A treadmill is the worst choice in this situation at any price.
- Smallest footprint: a Concept2 SkiERG from £909 takes roughly the floor area of a doormat.
- Conditioning and intervals: an air bike from £1,160. Resistance rises with effort, so it cannot be outgrown — but it is loud.
Adding boxing
A working home boxing station is £327: a Hatton 3 in 1 Triple Heavy Punch Bag at £119, a JORDAN wall bracket at £92, chains at £48 and Hatton Pro Leather gloves at £68. Bags never come with mounting hardware — order the bracket and chains at the same time, or the bag arrives and cannot go up.
Measure before you order
- Ceiling height — for a rack, add your height plus the pull-up bar. For a treadmill, add the deck height (around 20cm). For a stepmill, add the step height (30–50cm).
- Width — a 7ft bar needs about 2.2m of clear width in the rack.
- Access — doorway widths and any turns in a hallway. This is what most often catches people out on large machines.
- Floor — if the gym is upstairs, check the floor loading before buying plates.
Not sure it fits? Contact us or call 0333 880 3211 with your measurements and we will check it against the specification before you order.
Delivery
Free UK delivery on all orders of £250 or more. Below £250 a flat £20 delivery charge applies — so a £168 bar ordered alone costs £188 delivered, while the same bar ordered with plates ships free. Dispatch within 5 working days, tracking emailed within 24 hours of dispatch.
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