If You Really Want To Annoy A Delivery Man...

[Stewart]

Order a home Multi-Gym.

Some poor blokes just had to deliver mine; not only does he get several large, long, akward boxes, the size a fridge would come in, that are very heavy themselves, but he gets a special box, full of weights, to carry, which is stupidly heavy (funny that seeing as they are weights ).

He was a big bloke, but he needed two goes to get them up the path.

Earning his money today, carrying things like that in the hot sun...

The jokes on me though... I've got to build it. Now this is a proper bit of DIY. Proper man's DIY, which is why I will refuse to admit that I can't understand the instructions, and will build it myself, without help, if it takes me all night, and most of tomorrow night.

Ah, building your own Gym, DIY. Paradise for a bloke. The female version of being in a shoe shop with a massive sale on and a limitless credit card.

[Stoo]

Now, the real test.. are you using the instruction leaflet?

[TiG]

when it all falls to bits and several large weights pin you to the floor don't come crying to us as all you will hear in response is RTFM

hehe
TiG

[Grey M@a]

this is where you find out you have built the whole thing and you are missing a screw and a bolt :/ happened to me to gits so I knicked one from somewhere else to get the bench up

[Nick]

when it all falls to bits and several large weights pin you to the floor don't come crying to us as all you will hear in response is RTFM

hehe
TiG

lol, and exactly HOW is he supposed to get a to a PC while pinned under half a ton of mangled metal?

[Rave]

Home gyms eh? Never saw the appeal myself. You can't beat a good regime of press ups, crunches, arm curls and squats IMO, using whatever comes to hand (bicycles, speakers, other people etc.) as weights if necessary. I wouldn't mind an overhead bar to work on my lats, admittedly....

Anyway, lets see some pics of the build eh?

Rich :¬)

[Stubzz]

We really need pics of the 'assembly' (read destruction).

[Stewart]

I unpacked it, and that's about it. Will build tomorrow. I now have a mass of black steel in my room, as well as thirty or so bags of nuts, bolts, steel wire, and foam things. Looks like a scene from some sort of low-budget Terminator movie.

I'll have a good read of the instructions, and then have a crack tomorrow. Seems easy enough - wack all the bits together, and stick a few bolts in.

I'll start about 12, and if I've not finished by 4 when the old man gets in from work, I can feign injury, and let him have a crack.

Big boys lego! Brilliant!

[Howard]

this is where you find out you have built the whole thing and you are missing a screw and a bolt :/ happened to me to gits so I knicked one from somewhere else to get the bench up

Or when you've built something not in the slightest way resembling a gym....Perhaps a shed? Or a Shower unit?


"Tis a fine barn, but sure 'tis no pool, English!"

[Hidden Spirit]

I do hope you have made sure it will be stable on your bedroom floor and that you know the amount of noise your parents are going to get annoyed with

[shiato storm]

lol, and exactly HOW is he supposed to get a to a PC while pinned under half a ton of mangled metal?

because this is clearly no ordinary multi gym, its wireless enabled for online weights sessions...and direct link to these forums, so I'm sure he'll be able to send a message to the outside world using the pin that holds the weights up beween his teeth and tap away - oh so slowly

the thought of principle skinner trapped under his pile of newspapers comes to mind as an appropriate image for such a situation...

[DeludedGuy]

I have a York Bench, took me over an hour to set it up. I tried to follow the lame guide. When I finished, i ended up with about 20 screws still in the bag...I dont think thats right.

[Stewart]

***** **** **** screws don't fit, ******** *** **** piece of *****, **** instructions, **** *** ****** up his arse!

Its just starting to look Gym shaped now, but I've been at it a good few hours. Me and my Dad will finish it tomorrow. The instructions are very vague. A line drawing and that's about it.

[Steve]

Even if you don't get the gym built - you'll probably get fit trying!