Name
Brand
Equipment
Category
Quality
Comments
Comments in video
Price range
Link to buy
Bought it?
GOB-86 7′ Olympic Bar
You can't train without weights and something to incrementally load them on to. The standard barbell still remains the most versatile and vital piece of equipment in this regard. With a little bit of creativity, you can perform pretty much every basic exercise using the traditional barbell. It has a 600 pound weight capacity. I've been using it for 10 years and it's still good.
Comments in video
Link to buy1 of 10
All The Essentials You Need to Start Your Home Gym
I first discovered the glory of owning my own personal home gym over a decade ago. I had been working out for about a year at the time and I knew I wanted to eventually reach my own potential and I decided it didn't make too much sense to keep paying gym dues and keep wasting time commuting to and from the gym every day when I had a perfectly viable garage available that could house whatever equipment I wanted.
And with the advent of COVID-19 and the pandemic, it seems that more and more people (beyond the stereotypical garage gym hermits) have started to realize the merits of home gym ownership when it comes to both maintaining and maximizing their fitness. Whatever your personal reasons are, there are a myriad of benefits to home gym ownership and, better still, getting your own gym started does NOT have to break the bank. All you really need is a little bit of disposable cash and a little bit of space to stash everything!
This is a list of all the equipment I recommend, categorized by use. Use the filter below to sort through the information, and view it in a way that best suits your needs.
Table View