Home Gym Ideas (2026): Kevin's $4,200 Home Gym Setup For Hybrid Athletes

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Kevin’s $4,200 Home Gym Setup For Hybrid Athletes

Check out Kevin’s indoor and outdoor home gym setups, built out of necessity during the pandemic, with quality and cost-effective equipment
$4,200 Indoor Home Gym and $2,000 Outdoor Setup with top-notch Rogue Equipment

Kevin is obsessed with optimizing health, fitness, and wellness through simple habits and writes about it on kevinjohnmartin.com.

He is a mountaineer, ultramarathoner, backpacker, and Hybrid Athlete who likes challenging himself every year with new cardio and strength goals. One of his goals for this year is to do 365 Straight Days of Running or Rucking 10k Steps.

Kevin is the proud owner of not 1 but 2 home gyms (indoor + outdoor setups). Check them out!

Why and How did Kevin build his home gym?

Kevin had been working as a Supply Chain Manager at a standard desk job that required him to commute. He also held a gym membership to keep himself fit and active.

When the pandemic hit, his job became remote and his gym was forced to shut down.

Like many people, Kevin scrambled to put together a home gym.

He quickly realized that his outdoor patio would have to suffice for a workout space.

Kevin was determined to make the most of the situation and started to gather equipment. He managed to cobble together a collection of workout gear, including a Rogue Echo Bike, dumbbells, kettlebells, and a sandbag.

Kevin trained outdoors for three full years. He persevered and eventually added a squat stand, barbell, and bumper plates to his collection.

Purchasing a new house (and a home gym!)

In 2022, Kevin purchased a new house and he knew it was time to create a more professional home gym. He wanted to invest in top-of-the-line Rogue equipment and make the squat rack the centerpiece of his setup. After much consideration, he settled on the Rogue RML 3WC foldback rack, which gave him the flexibility to park his car in the garage when necessary.

Kevin’s strategy was to purchase key pieces of equipment like the squat rack, bumper plates, and rower from Rogue and generic items like kettlebells and dumbbells from Amazon to save some money.

He also chose to use horse stall mats from Tractor Supply for his gym flooring, which turned out to be a great decision. These mats were affordable, durable, and able to handle heavy weights without any issues.