Anyone have other budget items to add to the list? Let me know. Admittedly I did cut this down some, I know... Hard to believe it was actually longer than this!
DIY TRX using Husky Hangalls, caribiner or quick link, strapping and pvc pipe for handles cost me $24. 80lb sandbag cost approximately $35 using duffle bag, rubber mulch and gravel. Search for how-to on RU-vid.
I couldn't agree more about spending a good chunk of your budget on a great rack. I built my home gym with rack Halloween weekend 1993, and even then the majority of my money went to the rack and I never regretted it all the years I used it.
One thing I want to point out most people don’t think of when it comes to benches. People will see the “bench capacity” and equate it to how much they can lift, forgetting about their own body weight. Let’s say you weigh 200lbs. If the bench has a capacity of 300lbs, you can only lift 100lbs before it’s “over capacity”. A 250lb man would only be able to do 50lbs “safely”. I’ve watched too many people on RU-vid/FB videos have their bench fail during a lift because they exceeded the limit. I’m sure some people would be fine. Just something to keep in mind. I think sand bags of different sizes (long bags with handles, strong man bags) could/should be included in the list. You can do a lot with them. Sand is also cheap I recently picked up approx 200lbs worth of sand for around 16 dollars + tax. Keep up the good content
@jokermann77 ... Good points on the cumulative weight capacity that can be overlooked, but can you link some of those failures where the bench themselves failed? I couldn’t find any but I do see many failed bench presses where the lifter would have been better off having safety pins or a spotter.
@@strawberryyogurt0 I never found them by looking specifically for them. They always showed up in compilation videos on YT/FB. I’ll try and see if I can find a couple. One I remember specifically was a guy bought one off Amazon and was only doing like 120lbs or something relatively light and it crumpled underneath him. I immediately showed my wife and said “See this is why I didn’t want to cheap out on a bench”. I’ll see what I can find.
I did debate sand bags but I had to start cutting things out. This video was actually a decent amount longer than this originally. I was going to mention that point when I talked about the Amazon bench (375lbs is it?) but I guess I missed it. Thanks for mentioning it.
Lol, two of the racks are now sold out. Used this video to choose a lot of my stuff-- the rep adjustable bench, boneyard bar, fitness reality rack. REP has some bumpers that seem comparable in price to Titan, since I'm already shipping something from them figured I'd go for it. Definitely the most up to date info I could find on youtube, thanks dude!
Great video, but one thing that's always overlooked in garage gyms is the slope in the floor itself. Most will need to build their own platform to compensate for the slope aka more costs.
Thank you! It's hard to hit all the points and I have a record of making these too long! I did have another person mention leveling their platform so apparently this happens more than I have it credit for!
Just found your channel and glad I did, i watch coop as well. I'm leaning hard to getting Rogue Y-2 & working from that. Based on size of my garage, being able to move it regularly and not have it bolted to the wall or floor, looks to be my sweet spot. Really do enjoy what you're doing, ty.
There is an alternate approach here. In fact make that two alternatives. The first is to scour the second hand market. This process takes longer than buying new but would make the budget go further. The other alternative I would like to see you explore is to exclude the rack entirely. There! I’ve said it! That leaves room for a set of loadable dumbbells, a sandbag or two plus a landmine piece (to be anchored by the weight plates) PLUS, wait for it…a Viking press 😊 Both the landmine and the sandbags give a heap of options to compensate for not being able to do barbell squats whilst the loadable dumbbells cover bench presses along with lots of other exercises.
I would also recommend looking for companies in your area. Sometimes they'll provide a discount if you buy in bulk and they may offer pick up which will save you on shipping. I found Perform Better in Rhode Island (I live in MA) and saved so much going this route with them.
PRx's change plates were a good price. Also, prior to the holidays Fringesport had good pricing for bumpers but Rogue Mil-Spec echos look more favorable. By the way, for bands and various other items Aliexpress is a great source.
I've used Ali before because you can't beat the price but sometimes those shipping times... It's definitely more straight from the source but I tend to enjoy Amazon since returns and stuff is easier/quicker. Fringe bumpers are nice but somehow I've left them out of a few videos where they definitely could've been.
@@GlucksGym Totally agreed on Ali. Went Fringe in part due to cost, availability prior to the holidays with COVID and solid reviews from Coop / Brandon. Now, probably would go the Rogue direction.
explored a Boneyard for a second bar but given shipping, tax, etc. decided to get a LUXIAOJUN barbell @ $218 all in after good reviews by Brandon Campbell. Solid so far
I've heard a lot about that bar and my buddy has one but I haven't gotten over there to workout in a few months. I'll have to check it out. Brandon comments on this channel quite a bit and I like his stuff so if he's recommending it I'd listen.
@@GlucksGym Agreed, without Brandon's review probably wouldn't have bought in favor of a boneyard. Since this is a second bar (to a Cerakote Ohio), could have afforded to take a little more risk. $218 all in is hard to beat
I think you could really save on kettle bell by using the handle that hooks to a dumbbell. If you get the loadable Olympic, you can use same weights and collars. Then you have a bunch of kettlebell weights with smaller footprint. I like your suggestions for equipment. Great video!
@@GlucksGym cool. I must have missed that. You have a ton of great advice. I'm working on owning my first home by the end of the year and I'm probably going to make a small barn gym...
@@GlucksGym here's a video idea. Making a gym more child friendly. You know kids want to get in the gym like the grown ups, but could hurt themselves. Are there products that keep kids safer?
I’ve had nothing but problems dealing with titan fitness. I would rather pay more and not have to dealing with the headache that is Titans customer service. I have literally never ordered a product and had it show up even close to on time. Half the time I just cancelled my order because they just keep giving me the run around.
They can be hit or miss with certain products (as seen on some of my other videos). I've gotten much more good than bad but there are some things I avoid from them.
I purchased several things from titan at the start of Covid. I’m happy with their power bar, and it’s half of rogue. Their adjustable bench is pretty good and $75 less than the rep. I do prefer the Rep standard plates though. Nice vid!
I've found single hole attachments tend to work pretty well but multi hole ones don't always. Their spacing can be slightly different. My titan attachments work well with my rogue but I've heard it doesn't always work the other way around. I'd search for the exact setup first and see if anyone on reddit or somewhere has done the exact swap you're debating.
I did an entire video on buying rings but I guess in this one I thought it was getting long. They're going to be in my next two budget videos (and might be in the 2500 one)
I've always put mine where its comfortable for me to be able to load and unload plates off the back. If you don't have plate storage just make sure you feel comfortable squatting up near the wall and that you can fit a spotter in there if needed.
True for some but not everyone. Some folks experience hypertrophy and muscle mass increase from high rep work; some of us need heavy weight and low reps if thats the goal.
Whatever you didn't spend on the other stuff. You have to decide where to spend and unfortunately plates can take up the majority. It also depends how much weight you need and your style of lifting. In the example builds you can see how I did it.
I bought the weight set from dick barbell.and weight for $300. I bought a sunny health and fitness tower and a lat attachment. A set of kettler bells, a cheap bench, that I added padding to, second hand. A cheap exercise bike from hsn. Also standard weights for bumbell bicep bar tri bar and a good standard bar. I have rings a push up.board, perfect pushup,and jump rope. Also have a dip rack. Attachments. I Do need mirrors and space and organization. Oh and bumper plates.
I think he means what does it come with. There's 300lb iron sets from Weider and Fitness gear and 205 or so Ethos. The weights are fine, the bar is a beater, we bent ours when my friend got it. It is the cheapest option (excluding used) but they're not necessarily forever items.
@@diegochirino2862 it come with a 45 pound bar, 2 45's 2 35's 2 25's 2 10's 4 5's and 2 2.5's. I have never used an Olympic bar before this so I can't compare its quality.
Interestingly enough I Just found your video through recommended. I was looking on Amazon and it seems as though I'd have to spend almost $1000 just to have a barbell and plates. Really appreciate the effort put in for the video very helpful just subscribed.
The prices are rocketing but I've done a few videos and you can still get a lot for the 1k. Already check used, people are dumping things and prices are going down
Rogue is quite overrated for 99% of people especially considering their price. For barbells under $350 total shipped, I would seriously consider Bells of Steel barenaked power bar or onyx bar, any of the Xmark bars, Synergee barbells, etc.
What do you want from me Sebastian?! Unfortunately a lot of these items awww unavailable or widely vary in price overseas. Hell a lot of them have inflated here since I made this
11:55 I actually have a friend who didn't know what collars did. I had been to the gym with him for a year but i've always been the one loading and unloading the weights.
there's absolutely no way this guy's claiming you can buy all this he stated for under 1000 even with the lowest costing items it would cost nearer to 2000 why lie when anyone with mental maths skills can figure that out
I'm pretty sure I show the cost of every item and multiple cost breakdowns during the video. I can't control prices and this video is 9 months old. With what's been going on with Covid, steel prices, and supply chain issues what did you expect? Did you watch the video?
We definitely appreciate all the hard work you have put in. I've been researching how to make my home gym as bad ass as possible amd you my friend have made my job A LOT easier. I thank you so much.
Great tips! People always seem to think they need 10-25k to build a home gym but you can do 80-90% of what you’d want to do in a gym with a 1,000 set up.
I bought my bumper plates right before COVID started and all that was left on Rogue were their bumper plates that cost ~$300/ 2 45lb plates. Spend ~$1,000 just on 45 plates… They are some of the best quality bumper plates I’ve seen tho. I really wanted to get those iron plates because I love that ringing sound when you lift.
The flybird adjustable bench is pretty good for $160 on amazon with a $25 coupon code making it only $135, it’s adjustable and has a weight capacity of 700lbs
Remember the fitness gear plates are about 3/4 of an inch less in diameter than standard 45 pound platess. I have a set but I like to slide on the bar to jump from 315 up to 405 without wrestling the bar If I ever DL for 95 then I’ll just swap in another set of 45s
It's actually not a bad rack. If you watch my PR-4000 video that's the rack we pull from my friends basement to swap to the Rep rack. My buddy squatted and benched over 400 in that thing. Was that pushing the limits, definitely but we kicked the crap outta that thing and it held up.
I'd never want a bench that has a 350lb capacity. While I may not bench 350, I weigh 220 that means I can only lift 130 before reaching that max capacity...
Buy used! Gym equipment is like buying new car, instantly looses value. The best buy would be exercise bands, and rings. They Can go anywhere take up no space
At 1k decent adjustable dumbbells would take up a huge chunk. I do talk about DBs in the 2500 video and my Rep vs Rogue DB video (and others) but you'd have to sacrifice other things. If it's something you really want I'll do my best to recommend you some stuff if you let me know what you're looking for and a budget.
I watched this while I was ordering a $600 adjustable bench. Hey, I can cut corners on the rest of the equipment, right? Right? Don’t forget to mention buying used equipment. I started my gym with a used ironmaster pro bench set and barbell for about $400 . People buy things and change their minds pretty often . Nice video! I’d love to see a video on preacher curl benches and or rack attachments.
