Gyms don't look like they'll open anytime soon. If you can't make do with bodyweight exercises, and/or have a budget for setting up a gym with just free weights at home, now would be a good time.

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No matter how small your budget is, DON'T buy PVC weights. They won't last long enough. If you don't have the monies, buy resistance bands, or save and buy iron adjustable weights after a month or so.

20kg Adjustable weights will cost around 5-6k. But worth it.
With dumbbells, you can work almost the entire body. Will make another thread for db based workout if needed.

For lats, you'll need to do vertical pulling movements. Lat pull-down can be done with resistance bands,OR Buy a pull-up bar or get one made from local fabricator.
If you have a bigger budget, depending on how big it is, you can invest on a good bench, barbell, plates, and a squat rack.
Good adjustable bench, costs somewhere between 7-14k. If you find a cheaper one, ask for the dimensions. Some absurdly cheap ones won't last long and you might end up spending more than 14k finally.
If you're gonna buy dumbbells, you can buy either iron ones, or rubber coating ones. Urethane ones are used in good commercial gyms. Won't need that high quality if it's just a family of 4 using it for 45-60mins everyday. Save your cash there.
Same goes for plates. You won't necessarily need bumper plates, unless you do Olympic lifts at home, which frankly rarely anybody does. Settle for iron or rubber plates. I personally would go for rubber ones to prevent rust.
When it comes to barbell, make sure the barbell is 6 or 7ft long and 15 or 20kgs respectively. Personally, I'd prefer 7ft ones. If women are going to use, and struggle with 20kgs, then 15kgs would be a preferred one. Agar wo bhi heavy lag raha ho, toh 4ft wala mat lena.
3-4 ft wale bars can come later if at all you want to buy. If 15kg bats are a struggle, then I'd suggest first getting strong enough using dbs,until this bar doesn't feel impossible anymore. (Come on now, kar sakte ho itna toh)
Squat rack.
Now, there are quite a few varieties of squat racks out there. This is where you'll need the most help, usually, people fuck up here real bad.
This one occupies a lot of space, is expensive, strong as fuck and heavy too. This one usually also needa to be bolted to the floor. IMO, there are better alternatives.
This one is good when it comes to saving space. After use, you can place both legs together in one corner. Cheaper, just string enough depending on how wide the base is, but lacks the pull-up bar which squat racks generally have.
This one i wouldn't recommend even for gyms. Bc that "safety bar" thingy can be a limiting factor. Some of them are so high that you can't do a proper bench press. Don't waste your money on this. Also, NO PULL-UP BAR HERE!!!!!
IMO, these are the best for home gyms. Take up less space, come with a plate holder, have a pull-up bar,not as expensive, safe, strong and versatile af. You can even buy a cable machine kinda contraption and hook it at the top for pulldown-pushdown movements.
Floor mats and deadlift platform.
DL platform, you can get it made or make one yourself. They are easy and fairly cheap if you make it yourself. With these, you won't need expensive bumper plates
Floor mats are essential even if you are just using dumbbells. Protect the floor.
I think that's it.
Would be open to take questions.

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