How to BUILD a $1,000 HOME GYM on AMAZON in 2023!
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- Building a budget home gym is an investment, but that doesn’t mean you need unlimited funds to craft your ultimate iron paradise.
🤑 CAP Barbell Adjustable Dumbbell: amzn.to/3vbSXZI ($68.36)
🤑 FLYBIRD Adjustable Weight Bench: amzn.to/3KF88RC ($164.79)
🤑 Synergee Regional Olympic Barbell: amzn.to/3rlaQnK ($219.95)
🤑 BalanceFrom Olympic Weight Plates: amzn.to/3jzfQkm (10 lb: $29.15, 45 lb: $67.50)
🤑 Fitness Reality Power Rack: amzn.to/3KBSaaW ($292.41)
🤑 Adjustable Steel Wire Jump Rope: amzn.to/3EfRQwm ($5.66)
🤑 CAP Olympic Spring Clips: amzn.to/3MkYtjR ($7.99)
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In this video, we’ll demonstrate how you can build a home gym for $1,000 - complete with strength training, cardio, and other necessary equipment, all while staying on budget.
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0:00 - How to BUILD a $1,000 HOME GYM on AMAZON in 2022!
1:13 - Overview
2:42 - The Adjustable Dumbbells Pick
3:48 - The Adjustable Bench Pick
5:28 - The Power Rack Pick
7:00 - The Barbell Pick
8:42 - The Cardio Equipment Pick
10:01 - The Weight Plates Pick
12:49 - Alternative Plate & Barbell Options
14:05 - Additional Accessories
16:43 - Final Thoughts
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These types of videos are great! Would love to see comparisons like “Full Titan Gym vs Rogue Gym” for x amount of dollars. I am the type of person that likes seeing everything match.
I agree, comparison videos from different brands at a certain price point would be interesting to see, and helpful for a lot of people
Ha awesome! Same here. I made one like that about Rogue. Great idea on Titan, etc. 🙌🏼
Ooo this
Pretty sure repfitness beats both titan and rogue in bang for your buck comparison
Anything 'Rogue' is going to be ridiculously overpriced. I just got a pair of 25kg (55.2 lbs),calibrated & color coded beautiful set of Red Olympic plates from Northern Fitness, (Canadian here), for a grand total of $327 CAD..
They are dead on the money.... exactly 55.2 lbs... the only weights I have in my arsenal that dead accurate.
Same calibrated plates from Rogue is $392, CAD not including tax & shipping, plus they are 2.7cm thick, compared to Orion's 2 cm thick.... be way over $500, JUST for two 55 pounders!
Indeed, Orion is still expensive, but now I have tons of extra real estate on my bars....... 2 plates = 110 lbs+change & takes up the same space as ONE 45 lbs rubber grip plate, that's not even an accurate 45lbs, lol.
I'd never spend the money Rogue wants for calibrated plates.... such a rip off!
Buying Rogue is just throwing money in the garbage can.
I think most people on a budget would benefit from just doing a barbell program. Get a rack, bench, barbell and a set a full set of plates that lets you progressively overload 5lbs at a time and you would be golden for entire body workouts for a long time until you can build out your gym with new fun things. So really not far off from your recommendations, I'd just say dump the dumbbells in favor of more weight plate increments for the barbell.
I couldn't have said it better myself, good job.
Once he started to struggle to meet up with the budget while he was at the plates I was like "dude, you Don't need that pair of expensive dumbells, you need a full set of plates". If someone new to this world looks at this video they are going to make some wrong choices with their (initial) money.
@@anaclaudiagarciacalderon192 The dumbbells weren't necessarily a bad value, just didn't seem like they were needed when taking away from adding more plates. Having just 10s and 45s, your options with the barbell would be 45, 65, 135 and 155. That 65 to 135 is going to be way too big of a jump for someone trying to start from the bottom on things like bench, OHP and rows.
@@DrakeValleyOutdoors not bad value, but definitely not something mandatory for a functional home gym. I would go with a full set of iron plates, the ones with the handles on them, you can substitue a dumbell with that, but you will never (or sould't) be able to use a dumbell as a weight for your barbell.
Or like a Kettlebell program with a KBK/Titan adjustable. Throw in a decent pullup bar and some rings and you're set.
Your struggle to avoid using FB marketplace is hilarious and so relatable for me
I try to avoid fb but I got the best deals through market place.
@@grantt1836 I have a FB account with no friends or pictures that I use for marketplace only
in my area i cant find a single good deal online. I only search so i can aboid the shipping costs from rogue but either way, everyone is selling their equipment for the price they bought it for unless its some 30 yr old rusted plates
My facebook market sucks no good deals near me and if there is a good deal it's a day drive to get to it.
As much as I love to hear your take on the new products and picks for given categories, this is what so man of your subs need and your wheelhouse, great video Coop!
Really like this stuff. One thing I would love to see is a series of reviews or “how to build” videos around a particular set of space restraints. Such as how to build a home gym in less than 10’ square room. Of course you could do different size spaces and what works without being overly crowded. How to maximize your space.
Grabbed that FR series rack after the review on it last year. I have no complaints yet, and probably won’t at all. Does what I need it to, doesn’t flop around when I do pulls or chin ips on it (I have it in garage on a stall mat). It is not bolted down. I am also 235 normally (give or take depending on time of year). No issues with it handling my body weight or chins with weight belt and another 45 pounds. Most of this stuff will probably serve you well as long as you are not Brian alsruhe strong. Even then, it would not be bad to have this stuff in your garage in case you could not get to the gym. Love videos like these, can point friends and coworkers who complain about not being able to work out at gym to this and show em they can get a home set up done.
I just got two of those everyday essentials 45s a month ago. I am still shocked by the value.
Love this one, would also love to see a $2,000 version, or $1,000 for any new equipment build, and/or maybe different specialty builds, like a plate loaded functional trainer, bench, and accessories that get you close to a full gym.
i feel so lucky i bought 4 x 25kg rubber tri grip plates for £160 in 2019 ! they now cost 320
I really enjoy seeing what you come up with in a certain budget range. It's also enticing for people to start up a home gym.
I ended up spending a little over $1000 for my setup. I ended up getting the REP AB-4100 bench and got the rack at $199, which then went up to $291 the day after I ordered it. Also got the Everyday Essential 160lb plates package at $299. My nearby Walmart also carries the Everyday Essential plates so if I need to get more, it's just a short trip
Almost done with the home gym! Thanks for all the advice! Between Amazon, and marketplace, I spent about 600 and have quite the setup!
It’s never truly done, but sometimes we get to a good point to pause for an extended period of time
Home gym grows with you. Buying enough to get started and growing it over the years is definitely the way to go.
Timing COULD NOT have come at a better time. I just moved out, and had a garage I wanted to turn into a gym and had no idea where to start. You are a legend
Saving this for later, these are my favourite kind of videos that you do 🔥
I went with a DIY wooden power-rack (with a single pulley), it allowed me to spend on a better bar and more plates (got a pair of each size). With time, I kept purshasing more 45s.
When time came and the DIY hack wasn't safe for the weight, I was already confident in my routine and that it'd be a good investment, so I got the best power-rack I could.
As the years have past, now I have a cross-over machine, the power-rack, the barbell and plates, a pair dumbell bars that accept my 2" plates, a Spinning Bike, lots of resistance bands, chains and a ton of stuff for mobility.
Start small and grow your collection as you grow in strenght.
Dip/pullup stand, bands, then dumbbells and bench. Bands are underrated for pump work and Bulgarian split squats are as fantastic as they are brutal. Cheers and thanks for the content!
I have a home gym built from amazon, walmart and academy for around $750-$800. It’s taken me around 2 years but I have a squat rack with pull down, Flat bench, adjustable bench, barbell with 255 lbs of plates, dumbbells with 120 lbs of plates. This was all new too.
Wow that’s amazing
is it a pull-down with plates, i want something similar
So glad I bought most of my equipment back in 2018. The cost increases are unbelievable.
I was quite happy with my standard barbell for ~10 years now, like you said the dumbbell weight works on it too so it’s great for a lot of people, just got a power rack and thinking about the Olympic barbell next but I can wait as I don’t life heavy yet, maybe I’ll lift heavier now that it’s safer to lift heavy
Coop, Synergee also makes an affordable speed rope. Just picked one up and it's nice, plus it comes with an extra cable. Also, I used that CAP Barbell rack you talked about and ended up making some side braces out of 2x4s to make it stable for both pull ups and for benching. I also increased the hole diameter to 5/8" and was able to use the Titan T3 J-cups and the safety spotter arms from Wright Fitness. Between the side bracing and bolting the rack to my garage floor it worked perfectly fine for some pretty intense workouts. I have since picked up the Titan X3 rack on their scratch & dent section for under $500. And lastly, another decent option for a budget barbell is the CAP "Beast" barbell and the Synergee collars are a great value.
At a $1000 budget, I would probably just invest in a nice set of dumbbells and a quality bench then fill in the rest with cheap pieces to do bodyweight cardio. The jump rope is the play.
Dumbbells can be nice for upper body training but for lower body, you're not gonna get much further than split squats and the amount of money you'd have to spend to make this last a while would be ridiculous. A set of bar and plates (with enough weight to last more than a couple months) with a cheap rack and bench is the way to go. I got my cage, bench, first barbell and 240-ish kilos in weight for just a bit more than this budget as a bundle deal and I'm still using this stuff (minus the bar, got a better one for cheap, later), 13 years later.
@@MellonVegan different strokes for different folks I guess. With a rack, bench and barbell/plates, you can do heavy compounds and not much else. There are pros and cons to both scenarios hence the dilemma of a $1000 budget for a home gym!
Agreed
@@MellonVegan You got it at 13 year ago prices too...
Totally agree. Not sure about everywhere, but up here in Toronto I see a set of power block sport (90 pounds) listed for 700 USD (before negotiation). I have seen plenty of pretty good benches at around 150. Those all in one home gyms are sold used all the time for cheap too - great for a low and high pulley, along with leg extensions/curls. All in all, this setup will let you do practically everything (outside of heavy squats and heavy deadlifts), and do it conveniently.
A cheap and very versatile piece of equipment to complement what's here is a landmine attachment that has a 2" end designed to fit into weight plates. You can stick a 45lb bumper plate in a corner, drop the attachment into the hole and do a ton of great exercises. One other hack is if you have vertical barbell storage with 2" receivers you can also drop the landmine attachment into that to avoid finding a clear spot to brace a weight plate against. I've got a plate carrier that has 2" barbell receivers that works perfectly for that.
Great content! Helps to keep the home gym workouts from getting stagnant keep up this kind of content!
The video from 2 years ago is the first video I watched on this channel and got me started on my fitness journey. I probably wouldn’t be where I am today if not for those budget recommendations.
If I had to start from scratch, I would add Olympic Rings way sooner than I did this time. They're incredibly versatile and at, or under, $40, it's hard to beat their value!
That's a great suggestion. Not sure I'd replace anything on this list with rings, but they would certainly be added somewhere down the road
Rings are extremely underrated.
Only if you are already an athlete. Most people wanting to workout are usually overweight and can’t do a pull-up or push-up. I don’t even know if I can use Olympic rings and I workout
@@michaelsofine I agree, rings are harder to utilize fully from the outset! However, I will say, there are so many resources, youtube included, that help with progression! If you can't do a pull-up, you can do ring, austrailian pull-ups!
The cap boss barbell is pretty damn good too. Knurl isnt aggressive and wears easily where the j cups contact if theres no protection, but still a great bar. I manage a gym and the old power systems bars were falling apart and took too long to get new ones so I bought 2 and they have worked perfectly for the beginners and heavy lifters
I can recommend the synergee eco bumper plates. they are pretty budget at 84 bucks for 2 45 plates. if your trying to stay at 1000 budget the extra savings over the everday plates will go a long way.
Nice video Coop. Highly recommend sandbags too. Can get one hell of a workout with those.
Love these kind of videos Coop!
Great video, Coop and GGR! You should do another version that includes other sites and locations, since there are sometimes better options than Amazon for the price. Cheers!
You probably wont see this but thank you so much for doing this. I have a small place and even smaller budget but I love the gym and always wanted to have one at my place and eventually know I am saving money by not spending a monthly gym membership. THank You again
Love these kinds of vidoes. Thank you!
Budget content is how I found you in the first place!! Love the video
Another video idea is building a versatile set of equipment for different space requirements. How much could you condense into smaller spaces if you buy the right equipment?
You can buy spotter arms for the cap squat stand for roughly 40 bucks
Started my garage gym with the fitness reality squat rack that I got for a Christmas gift from my parents. 5 years later, that thing is still holding strong.
Awesome vid coop! Keep up the great work.
Point of interest, the CAP squat stand can get safety arms. Picked it up last year for ~$130, safety arms for another $25. It’s held up under ~350 lbs squat loads, but I wouldn’t go much heavier than that. For bench it’s been great (the weight being distributed lower makes it feel much less sketchy).
Also, are we going to see a review of the xebex magnetic sled that just came out? Maybe comparing it to the Tank M1?
Here's the same budget that checks all of the boxes:
300# Bar+Plate Set @ Dick's, Academy or Walmart typically retails for $400, but they frequently go on sale for $50-100 off
Fitness Reality 810XLT or Progear 1600 (same rack) for less than $300 on Amazon or Walmart
Rep AB-3000 bench for $300 on their site.
That hits $1k at full price, but if you get something on sale, you'll have money left over for loadable dumbbell handles and a jump rope.
I reccomend finding another $250 for Titan's Wall Mounted Pulley Tower (tall), too.
Tensile strength is the load the barbell can handle before breaking, yield strength is the limit before bending
Yield strength is the limit before plastic deformation occurs (won't return fully to it's original unloaded form.) It will be experiencing bending before it reaches it's yield strength. Manufacturer's would be providing a more useful value if they were comparing yield strength, as that's the point you really don't want to cross unless you are going to junk your bar. Tensile strength is the load before you snap and crash!
Gotta get that MTS degreeee
You may have a good point, however, I'm confident Coop knows the difference. I believe his focus was encouraging folks (newbies) to pick up a decently speced bar rather than listening to a company's subjective marketing for weight ratings. Yes, tensile and yield strength are different, but that difference likely means very little for most of us average non-elite lifters, especially if we get a decently speced bar as Coop suggests.
Thanks for this budget video Will definitely check out these options as they fit my budget
I've been using a cheap golds adjustable bench and squat rack as my home gym for the past 10 years but its finally falling apart. I bought a 300 lbs of cheap plastic weights filled with concrete to go with it and a Olympic barbell off ebay. It ain't pretty but its served me well over the years. Watching your videos is getting me excited to spend all my money on a new setup!
Mad respect when you started talking tensile strength.
Love the videos as of late Coop! Keep 'em coming
the last version of this video you made (pre-pandemic) was how I found your channel. dope content man
Great adjustable bench is the Barwing that now sells for $150. It is one of very few items where the cost has decreased in the past two years. On any of these items it pays to check for issues and whether the vendor supports them as most do not. One that does have support for customers is the Titan T-2 and it has 1" holes so a Yes4all accessory will fit.
I would suggest a lot of you guys don't restrict yourself just to amazon if you want to min-max your budget. This exact month I got a rack that is the same OEM as HulkFit for $250, a somewhat mediocre but safely designed incline bench for $60, and most important of all, same iron plates from CAP for the smaller weights but at an actual good price and then the same bumpers mentioned in the video but snagged a pair of 35 bumpers as well for much under what they went for everywhere else. All of those plates totaled up to 225 lbs at just over $300!
The most expensive part of most home gyms are the weights, meaning tools that allow you to use the same weights in the most ways are worth their weight in gold.
$120 - 2.5, 5, 10, 25 iron olympic weights
$200 - 10, 25, & 45 bumper Olympic weights
$100- Olympic barbell
$60- Two Olympic plate loadable dumbbell
$35 - Olympic plate loadable kettle bell
$300 - budget power rack
$50 - budget plate loadable cable system.
$50 - rubber bands
$25 - Dip bar power rack attachment
$65 - Flat bench
Everything you could need for under $1000
Hi Coop, just wanted to mention a 6ft standard barbell might not clear the j cups on a standard rack depending on the rack. A budget 7ft standard barbell definitely will, 7ft barbells also tend to have a higher weight capacity.
I debated a shorter barbell but unless it’s a specialty barbell or a woman’s barbell it won’t fit on the rack. Then there a cons like less weight you can load and smaller grip
Old school standard adjustable dumbbells and a adjustable standard chair. Walmarts for about 350 bucks but what's priceless is the will power to put the work in and study old and new forms of training.
I bought the Synergee regional in black phosphate for my Olympic lifts because of the spin. I have had it for 2 years and it has been a great bar. I would highly recommend it for anyone.
All the budget content!!! I also think you could get a ton of utility from the REP sandbags and REP adjustable kettlebell. Oh and wood rings!!!
Coooooop!!! Thank you, and keep doing the lords work my man!
Coop, one thing you can also order is a 2" pipe at 7' length. That's what I have used the last few years. It's cheap as dirt and it's basically an axle bar. That way you save on a bar and can use Olympic plates on it.
Just to clarify for posterity, it's actually 1.5" pipe. Pipe is sized on the internal diameter, not the outside. 1.5" pipe has about 1.9" outside diameter.
As a mechanical engineer it would not make sense to recommend he buy based on ID (internal dia.) as the OD (outside dia.) could vary massively resulting in being unable to slide the plates on
in this case the OD is the one that will define if it is compatible with Olympic plates
@@richard6812 That's great, but when you go to your local hardware store and tell them you want 2" pipe, they're gonna give you black schedule 40 pipe, which won't fit weights. If you tell them you want 1.5" pipe, it will fit Olympic plates. Ideally you would go to a steelyard and buy schedule 80 1.5" pipe, which is 1.9" OD, but not everyone has access to that or can stomach the extra price. If you go on OD, what exactly will you buy? 2" DOM? That only fits a really sloppy cast iron plate, and not even all of those.
@@fencingrocks3 walk in with a 2.5 lb plate and see what fits. No need to ask anyone anything then. A standard barbell collar would work too.
@@victorstatz4232 Yup, that keeps it simple! Still gonna end up with the same result though, which is 1.5" pipe, not 2" pipe like people might mistakenly think.
Love these Coop Keep it up!
I bought an entire set from york barbell last year and i found the value worth it, x2 cast iron 45lbs, 35lbs, 25lbs, 10lbs, 2.5lbs, and 4x 5lbs, a york Olympic bar, as well as spring clips, was around 400 bucks and its extremely good value imo, being a 300lbs set you have as much weight as you need and can just add more to the bar as you progress. If you want dumbbells too you can get Olympic loadable dumbbell handles and use the plates from the set on them as well. For a bench at 200 bucks I recommend the weider xrs 20, which comes with an adjustable incline bench, a rack, attachable spot bars, and most importantly imo the bench also has an attachment that lets you load on standard or Olympic plates and do leg extensions, hamstring curls, and has a preacher attachment and handle that comes with it that lets you do preacher curls, rows, etc. So far everything I just mentioned comes to around 700, maybe 800 with the dumbbells handles. If you wanna do pullups you can get a doorframe pullup bar for pretty cheap or you can get a tower that lets you do pullups, dips, leg raises etc for around 150-200.
*Coop, you can grab a bare steel Ohio Bar out of the boneyard right now for $195. They've been available in the boneyard for months. No center knurning, BUT, its still going to be a very good starter bar AND be much better quality than anything you'll find on amazon, barbell wise.*
I spent 2 full years in my garage gym without adjustable dumbbells or an incline bench. My DL/S/B/P went from 510/355/315/200 to 520/390/320/190 during that time, while dropping ~20 pounds of BW (~205 now). My point is: you very much do not need an incline bench or dumbbells when you're getting started on your garage gym. Spend money on the barbell. Spend money on getting a full weight set (I went with competition bumpers, so I spent over a grand, but you do not need to spend that much). I like a nicer rack, but it's not necessary, and any basic bench will do.
(FWIW, I just upgraded my bench to the Rep 4100 and it's good enough to replace my Titan flat bench, which I'm selling. And I did purchase the nuobell 80's in December and they're awesome. Really delighted by how great they are.)
I guess I agree on the adjustable bench. Personally, I love having it, but it's probably one of the better parts where he could've shaved off a few dollars for more plates. A flat bench is perfectly fine for the vast majority of things
I would not skip the dumbbells, though. There's so much great stuff you can do with dumbbells that can't be done with a barbell. I think Coop made the right call there
@@amunra4256 Love dumbbells! My Nuobells are legit my favorite things in the gym (the clicks are incredibly satisfying). And keep in mind, I'm coming at this from a PL/Weightlifting point of view: they're almost completely unnecessary. They are incredibly valuable for both, and necessary for bodybuilding, but they're hardly something that people should focus on out of the gate, if money is an issue (as it is for most of us).
100% agreed. The stuff in the video will maybe get people moving if that's all they want. A heavy set of plates and a bar with something as simple as a half rack and cheap af bench will get someone from 0 to national championships if they're so inclined.
Great video as always.
A few months ago I received an add for a full set of bumper plates. I doubt they were all that great, it was a pair of 10, 15, 25, 35, 45, and 55 for less than $400.00.
Awesome vid coop!
Hats off Coop this is one of your best, if not the best, videos you have done!
Despite all the talk of inflation, prices in the UK on Amazon still seem to be a fair bit lower than here in the UK.
Should read prices in the US… 😉
I appreciate the content Coop!
Keeping my peeps content with the content!
@@GarageGymReviews Good one, Coop!
"KONtent" with the "Kuntent".
AWESOME VIDEO!! I'm a bench press buff, so I would've sacrificed the power rack and went with a fully equipped bench press set. (bar, bench, and weight plates). Also, I'm a HUGE fan of plane old walking, so I'd get rid of the jump rope and just walk or jog for about 2 miles to get warmed up before my workout.
LOVE this guys energy
Go flat bench, 10, 25, 35 set plates...set of rings too. Cut back to a $150 on sale barbell...the weight set is lite anyway.
Love these budget videos so relatable🤗
I’d buy the spin lock dumbells, a standard barbell to use the plates on from your dumbells, independent weight stands you can store in your closet, a good quality flat bench, and a pull-up bar. Maybe throw in resistance bands.
This is the greatest video for me right now thanks for the upload.
Hi Coop, how about some occasional videos on designing a garage or basement gym. Your insights on how space defines the range and type of equipment.
I'd love to see these at $2500, $5000, $7500, $10,000, etc. Killer work.
I snagged a cap adjustable "CAP Barbell Multi Purpose Adjustable Utility Bench Color Series" it was 54 bucks on sale when I got it the other week. perfect for my budget set up. Its not great with the seat to flat bench gap. But 50 bucks and a sturdy adjustable I can't really complain.
I think a video like this would be good in context of a basic strength program such as 5/3/1, where all you need is the rack, flat bench, barbell and plates. You can totally change your physique and your life on that program with that equipment, and at a very low cost.
Love this idea!
Great vids man! How about a review of all the different types of foldable squat racks ?
Just a note: you can buy spotter arms to put on that cap squat rack for about $35. My local Walmart has that rack for $120 and they carry those every day essential plates too.
Overall excellent choice! I would change the rack for a squat stand with safeties, more plates and maybe add a door pullup bar, tho.
I used to have that squat stance. It was decent, better than cheap power rack I have now. Also the legs are made from two pieces so the packet was smaller and there was no extra shipping.
great video, love this kind of content
Definitely do more of this.
I ordered a Midway Olympic 45 lb 7’ bar from Titan mainly to use for bench press. Got the Hulk coated Olympic weights off Amazon. Just two 35lb and two 15lb. For me being 56 yrs old just starting weight lifting and for my 15yr old son so we’re starting light as to not injure ourselves and can buy more weight when we build our strength.
The only thing I would have changed is drop the adjustable dumbbells, and just get some bands and more weight for the barbell. That's what I did, to save for a quality high weight adjustable dumbbell later.
Good job and thanks for your videos GGR team!
Good stuff. I’ve been looking for a cage, gonna look into the one you recommend.
Honestly I’d rather go without the dumbbells and get more weight for the barbells if I was stuck to the budget
Hi Reno! Fancy seeing you here. I agree. I'm on a powerlifting program and dumbell work is useful but I would definitely rather have more barbell weight cus you can do a form of any dumbell workout with a barbell but not vice versa
Great video, Coop! Another channel I really like for home gym equipment is Baby Giant Barbell. Phillip over there has some great stuff!
Enjoy watching this! Coop can you do supplements essential or supplements must haves.
Great to see for those of us that live in Hawaii where gym equipment is overpriced or won't ship. Getting that adjustable bench as a filler until back on mainland to upgrade!
Great build video! Best type of content even more than the gym walkthroughs. So much stuff seems to be available on Amazon US but not UK! Can't get the synergee barbells or the cap Dumbell sets. A UK one of these from Amazon UK or Rogue Europe would be great because most of the big garage gym companies/ channels understandably are US based and some companies eg: Titan and Rep only ship to the US
The CAP squat stand has safety arms you can buy, but there are short. Only mainly works for bench, does not have enough depth for squats on my experience.
Good stuff man, thanks✌✌✌
This video was extremely helpful! I'd love to see what you'd recommend with a higher budget ($1,500 - $2,500). Great video.
Simply buy the same stuff, but twice
Love the content
People need to do a good job of visiting thrift stores and they can get great items. I just bought a $1000 Schwinn Airdyne bike for $35. I have previously bought over 400lbs of plates. I just make sure that I check in regularly. There are deals out there :)
The flybird bench sucks. Few dollars more and you can get the steelbody one, and it's nearly commercial gym ready. Infinitely more stable, better materials all around, etc. Just can't easily fold it and stow it away.
The power rack is the exact same one I use. It might be a bit more flimsy than the pro ones, but as you've shown in your own testing, it's pretty damn good for the price.
For my home gym, I went with the Fitness Gear barbell set from Dick's (actually got 2 sets of those, one for deadlifts/rows, and one on the rack for bp and squats). Used to be $300 a year ago (now $400), for 300 lbs total. Comes with full length olympic barbell + 255 lbs of weights with handles, down to 2.5lbs plates.
Also got 2 sets of cheap pulley systems (around $40 each). They work well enough with the lower weights I'm using it with.
Now I'm about to get a decent adjustable dumbbell set, probably the Powerblock. Would make my life easier for sure, sick of unscrewing the damn things every time.
Also, a good 2 inch ez curl bar, love the budget one I got.
Love this content!
This is AMAZING 🤩 THANK YOU!!! 🥰
Great vid as always
Yet again with another great video, I have browsed for a mid range gym build and haven't seen much. Looking at spending $2,500- $3,500 on a gym, maybe a few cheaper items so I can get a little more verity as well.
Some of the super cheap power racks are surprisingly good!
Like these types of videos. Some comparisons between brands and prices would be nice too.
Great content! All I need is recommendation on a fan or added ventilation for garage
Great vid coop, will you be covering the Rep Ares attachment?