Post: #1

I've saved up enough for a power lifting setup but I don't have room at my current place for it. Has anyone ever rented a storage locker and gone there to workout in it instead of going to a gym?

Please advise. If it helps, I have a large 2nd floor patio on a university campus (owned) and my parents house is in the city over which has a large backyard and a garage pretty filled with stuff. Anyone ever do like a living room setup?

My ideal setup would be the bench press/squat rack setup with barbells. My university tuition includes access to steve nash fitness center but they don't even have a squat rack. What kind of gym is that?

Post: #2

Have you looked into how much storage units cost? I'd imagine that the yearly costs would be similar to a gym membership. Please correct me if i'm wrong.
Also you'll need the heating for the winter time.

Your best bet is to wait until your living situation changes. I have a home gym and it's all in my basement. It's out of the way and when company comes over they don't even know it's there.
If you were dead set on this i'd move my bed into the living room and have my "gym" in the bedroom. I'd also get some mats to put on the ground so it doesn't ruin the carpet.

Post: #3

I might have found your gym on the internet. Shit dude it's all cardio machines and a giant dumbbell rack.

If you have free access you can just do nothing but dumbbell clean and presses, unilateral snatches and clean and jerks, heavy (1/2 bodyweight or better) one armed dumbbell rows.

There's not even an olympic weightlifting area as far as I can tell from the gallery. Is this one it?

http://www.snclubs.com/locations/vancouver-cambie/

No pullup bar either. Man this place blows.

I have a living room setup right now of mostly a pullup bar, an ab wheel, and some gymnastic planchettes. You might have trouble hitting legs but just build a heavy T-handle (there are tutorials) and that should be enough. It can take two or three years to get to a one armed chinup so just work on that, front lever, back lever, handstand pushup, planche variations, standing ab wheel rollout, etc. You can look really good and be pretty strong if you train like a gymnast. If you're serious about training gymnastic movements, do some reading on it. This looks to me like a good option until your living situation improves.