Nice video! I've been using a bumper plate mounted landmine forever, it looks like it's been through a few wars. But I love the abilityto set it up anywhere. I also like that a landmine sleeve better supports the barbell sleeve and takes a lot of the pressure off of the inner workings of the sleeve. Using a tennis ball or those barbell bombs puts some undu force on the sleeve and I've seen sleeves come off of the bar do to the extra force.
I can see that happening with cheaper, lower quality sleeves. I would think that modern, high quality sleeves wouldn’t have that problem but neither of these are perfect solutions. I guess even a rack mounted sleeve has its drawbacks because it takes up real estate on the rack post.
Very informative, John. Man, I was surprised to see the barbell bomb slides at lower angles. Makes sense, but thought it maybe had some super grip. Not a good choice for t-bar rows. Oh, and loved the Bible reference.
I was surprised when it happened too! When we first tried it out at HomeGymCon we didn’t have any issues but of course the bar there was unloaded. Plus the floor surface was different. My wife suggested that I try a different mat and we actually have three different mat textures in our home gym so the RU-vid Short you saw me using the bar in was me testing it out on one of our mats that has small ridges on top whereas the mat that is in the review video has a little texture but it’s flat on top. So now you know what I was testing! The mat surface!
@@rogerhart612 I dunno mate I mean my last message on the subject was 5 months ago………I had totally put it out of my mind till you just bought it up. I consider the matter pretty much at end.
@honeybadger6313 I don’t think Roger is the one you meant to reply to because someone else is the one trying to restart a six month old debate that you and I have both moved on from. Hope you’re doing well!
I understand but my advice to you is to get rid of any 1 inch bars and join us in the 21st century with Olympic bars and rotating sleeves. The only reason to have 1 inch bars is to get your museum off to a good start. 😏 Seriously though you should definitely invest in an inexpensive Olympic multipurpose barbell as soon as possible.
@@GarageGymLifeMedia frankly the expense isn’t worth it and I achieved all those exercises with I inch bar with a cut 🥎 fixed to one end and put in a corner. Works as good and a lot cheaper
Then that doesn't sound like a problem. I answered the way I did because you said, the problem is. I think that since you've got a solution that's working for you, you should definitely stick with it. The only issue with the tennis ball is that when loads get heavy enough, tennis balls tend to split and that can cause you to lose control of a heavy barbell. But that's obviously not something that you've had to deal with so since I believe in not creating problems when you already have a working solution, I definitely agree that you should stick with what you've been doing! Thanks for clarifying!
@@GarageGymLifeMedia I am aware of the possibility of a tennis ball splitting. Mind you they are pretty tough. And I am 61 pretty fit but never really been able to grow bigger to the extent it’s a problem max for me at the moment is 50kg It’s a shame they don’t do one for standard barbells though.
@@GarageGymLifeMedia What a dumb comment…! 🤦🏽♂️ „The only reason to have 1 inch bars“ IS NOT to get your museum a good start… the only reason to don’t have 25/30mm at home is if you simply got to much money to waste! 💀 25/30mm Barbells and weights are WAY CHEAPER than olympic barbells and weights! There is not one good reason why you should buy olympic barbells for your home gym except if you are so strong that you need the thickness of them! If it only would be the barbell, than it would be okay, but it’s also the dumbbells and weights! Why should i buy weights for that much money if i could have them for sometimes half the price?! Weight is weight! And when you build a home gym with let’s say 5 sets dumbbells and 2 or 3 barbells and maybe 600kg/1322lbs so that you don’t have to put weights on and off every time you do a new exercise, then that would be eventually 1000$ or more that you will pay more, only that you have olympic barbells! Doesn’t make any sense! For that amount of money you could buy another machine, cable crossover or something other for your home gym! 🤷🏽 For a Gym, yes! Use olympic bars and weights! But for your home gym?! 25/30mm is the way to go 100%! Except if you have so much money, that it’s regardless how much you spend! 💀 I am a Gym member, but i built a good home gym over the past 3 years and i am training mostly at home now and i don’t see any good reasons why anyone should buy Olympic barbells, dumbbells and weights for their home gym! I train with the 25/30 for the past 3 years at home and i don’t miss anything from the gym! 🤷🏽
