The TV has now officially replaced the boombox that many of us grew up with as the media center of a garage gym. Long gone are the days when a TV needed to be hooked up to cable to be functional. Heck, we haven’t had actual cable in our house for almost a decade. Want…
If you’re familiar with this site and my garage gym then you know that in the Spring of 2020 I built a DIY Squat Rack for my garage. At the time, I didn’t want to spend a lot of money and I didn’t know how long I’d be working out in my garage. As it…
During the summer of 2020 I was in a desperate search for bumper plates. Any bumper plates. It was a crazy time to be searching for lifting equipment. I happened to get lucky and got an order in for a pair of 25lb Titan Black Elite Bumper Plates. I normally would never buy bumper plates…
I was in the market last month for some gym rings to add a little variety to my workouts. If you know me, then you know I always try to figure out if a piece of equipment is worth buying or if I can DIY it myself. I learned that making a circular DIY ring…
A pull-up bar is a piece of equipment that almost all of us are going to want in our garage gyms sooner or later. Some racks already come outfitted with a pull-up bar. Since I made my Squat Stand myself, that wasn’t an option. Doorway pull-up attachments are popular, but really limited especially when it…
I never actually intended to buy a pair of Ethos knee sleeves. I have a pair of Rehband Original 7mm Knee Sleeves that I have had for years now and still love them. However, when you leave your knee sleeves at work and you’re wanting to get a lift in your garage gym you have…
I got an email last week that Sorinex had bumpers in stock. In the summer of 2020, finding bumpers in stock is like finding an oasis in a scorching desert. I had a pair of 45-pound Recon Lite Bumpers ordered within 90 seconds of opening the email. At that moment I had about 300 total…
Having worked in college weight rooms my entire life I have been very spoiled to have the opportunity to train with every top-end barbell. From Uesaka, Eleiko and Werksan down to more economical bars, I’ve trained with them all at one school or another throughout my career. I can say, without question (spoiler-alert), that Uesaka…
Any time I do any kind of equipment review, including this one for lifting straps, the first thing I do is ask all my friends. After 20 years in Strength and Conditioning, I’m pretty fortunate that many of those friends are Head Strength Coaches everywhere from high schools to the NFL. We all love to…
Bumper Plates really set the tone for what kind of garage gym you want. I can tell immediately what kind of lifting is being done in a gym and how serious they are about it by the type of bumper plates that reside there. It’s also one of the biggest expenses you’ll encounter when you’re…