It Doesn't Matter What Barbell You Buy

A barbell is likely one of your first purchases for your home gym. In fact it was my first purchase as I started deadlifting in my garage before anything else. Barbells are unfortunately the easiest area of the home gym to get paralysis by analysis. Every single company offers a dozen or more options when you add up bar types, coatings, and more. Rogue has over 47 options just for Mens 20kg barbells.

At the end of 2023, I was looking through Slick Deals and saw a barbell for... $45! This was the take home price after taxes and shipping. $45 for a BRAND NEW barbell. I was blown away. So I bought it. I sat on it for a bit as I figured out what I wanted to do with it. Then it hit me... lets run a science experiment. Could a $45 barbell, hold up to the extremes of my lifting?

Weekly Article

I went ahead and wrote this one up too, including some basic recommendations on barbells. This isn’t an area I spend much time with, but I figured I’d put something together and check off another Garage Gym Basics while I was at it.

Garage Gym Competition

Should powerlifters do cardio? Yep! In this article my dude Josh Berry digs into cardio for lifters, why it is important, and how to add it to your routine.

I’ve been doing a lot more cardio lately, and enjoying the results in a number of ways.

r/HomeGym

Hot damn, this gym is fire! Rack with a ton of fixings, Prime Single Stacks, Wall Control, and lots of space… plus a SAUNA!

Upcoming r/HomeGym AMA

I just chatted with Kaevon from Bells of Steel. I’ll have his AMA Warm-Up done soon. Keep your eyes out!

Discounts and Deals RIGHT NOW

Sometimes my friends poke me with some sales. Xebex has the XT4 on sale for a big $200 off right now through 10/10.

Check it out.

And check the XT4 Review.

And Bob and Brad have a bunch of their massage guns on sale from October 8th to 9th for the Fall Prime Day.

Check out my favorite D6 Massage Gun review.

One Last Thing…

I’m planning for 2025 to do SEVEN straight videos related to Cable Attachments, including my research on the BEST Carabiner for a Home Gym. I’m ordering and acquiring a few more attachments, cleaning the Wall Control board up, and preparing for what will be a very fun couple of months.

If you have any notes on cable attachments, send em my way. If you’ve never seen my article, here is the current version. Except some changes in the coming months.