7 Must Have Essentials For Your Home or Garage Gym!

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Matt Daciw here from Blue Star Nutraceuticals and today I’m gonna take you over to our Garage Gym setup and walk you through the 7 essential pieces of equipment you need for your home or garage gym.

These 7 simple pieces will give you everything you need for a complete fat burning, muscle building body transformation.

So, if you’re tired of the over-crowded gym scene, or simply want the freedom and flexibility of training in the comfort of your own home, follow along and find out exactly what you need to transform your physique at home!

This is the 7 Must Have Essentials For Your Home or Garage Gym!

Let’s get to it!

#1: Squat Rack With a Pull Up Bar
First up, you need a squat rack in your home gym with a pull up bar. This way you can perform the big compound movements like squats, rack pulls, and bench presses safely and get the multi-purpose benefit without needing a separate setup for pull ups and chin ups.

Make sure you invest in a strong, quality-built rack for this piece, like ours here from Rogue.

When you’re loading up hundreds of pounds on a bar and relying on J clips or safety arms to save your neck in a heavy lift - literally - it’s not something you want to cheap out on.

The internet is already full of fitness fail videos with J clips snapping, and equipment breaking, don’t be the face of one!

Spend a bit of money and invest in quality. It will last far better and you’ll thank yourself for it in the long run.

#2: Adjustable Bench
The next thing you’ll want to go along with your squat rack is a quality adjustable bench that can be set at least from flat up to 45 degrees incline.

#3 Barbell & Bumper Plates
The next thing you’ll need to invest in is a quality power bar and some bumper plates.

Again, you should be sure to spend your money on a good bar here. You’re going to be loading hundreds of pounds on this thing and putting it through quite a beating over the years to come.

You don’t have to break the bank, but you do need to think about your safety and longevity and make a smart decision. If you’re deadlifting 500lbs for reps, don’t get a bar that’s only rated for 450lbs.

Step it up and get a real bar that isn’t going to come anywhere close to bending or cracking. Rogue and Eleiko are highly reputable brands that have some great, affordable bars, that will hold up and last for years of use.

As for the plates, you don’t need anything fancy, the only thing you need to worry about is the weight. So as long as the plates aren’t missing chunks out of them, they should do the trick.

#4 Dumbbells
Dumbbells are one of the most versatile pieces of training equipment you can have as they allow you to perform both unilateral and bilateral movements and offer the greatest range of motion and versatility.

Most guys will do great with a set of dumbbells from 10-90lbs or so and can upgrade once your strength improves beyond that.

The key is to make sure you have enough variety in weights to perform all types of isolation and compound exercises.

#5 Kettlebells
The unique design of the kettlebell with a thicker handle and off-centered weight distribution can provide some unique benefits in strength training, posterior chain development, grip strength, and coordination.

Start with what you need for now and like everything else, expand as necessary while you progress with your training.

#6 Medicine Balls
You can get away without these guys if you’re trying to be as budget conscious as possible, but these can be especially great for ab workouts and metabolic conditioning training.

There’s no other exercise quite like the med ball slam for head to toe power, explosive core strength development and torching excess body fat.

#7 Skipping Rope / High Intensity Cardio Piece
Finally we have our cardio equipment for last. The key with this is to forget about the old treadmill and elliptical, and instead opt for a high intensity cardio piece so you can get in quick, ultra-effective sessions in, not waste time watching the Home channel as you walk on a hamster wheel.

A good ol fashioned skipping rope is the best place to start - if it’s good enough for pro boxers, it’s good enough for us!

If you want to get a little fancier and step up the cardio game a little more, a ski erg or air assault bike are our two top choices.

All-in, with the high quality rack, barbell, plates, free weights and cardio piece you could ring in your brand new gym to last you the next decade or two for as little as $2000-$3000 or take it far beyond, depending on how far you want to expand.

Either way, it will be a worthwhile investment as long as you choose to use it!

And that’s the 7 Must Have Essentials For Your Home or Garage Gym!

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[cirexviii]

The most essential things to have is a power rack with a pull up bar, barbell, plates, and a bench.

[supersaiyangabes]

My brothers and I split the cost of a rogue gym set up for our home and I couldn’t be happier. It’s expensive but totally worth the investment. Exceptional quality equipment.

[theItalianshamrock]

The most important thing you must have....


MONEY

[Lewishrs]

one day i will have my own home gym! my end goal!

[optimumperformance]

I could never train in a commercial gym again. Having a home gyms is the best way to go.

[Rocketce]

If you're new to fitness, this actually some good advice. Take care of yourself with safe reliable equipment.

[johnwesley]

My essentials (not in any particular order):
- Power cage
- Bench
- Bar
- Plates
- Rings
- Kettlebells
- Dip bars
- Weighted vest
- Parallettes
- Skipping rope

[marshall]

Just spent thousands of dollars on a home gym then seconds later found this clip, happy to say I bought exactly what is suggested here but still wish I found this earlier.

[TheSkinnay]

Wow, you guys' gym is insane!!! I furnished a home gym last year as my present to myself for finishing grad school. I went with a Sorinex Base Camp rack with an Elite FTS high/low cable set-up. Best decision ever!!!

[xystumpy]

All great picks. I would put a heavy slam ball or sandbag up there too.

[JoseSuarez-bkqg]

You said the key word when it comes to purchasing gym equipment “choose to use them”.

[Samantha-yben]

I have a home gym and this video is so true. I wish I had known this when I first started, but I learned along the way and have a killer set up based on these essentials.

[reallyfrodo]

Squat rack, bench, bar, iron plates (skip the bumpers). That's essential. Add a landmine and you can do almost anything. Add a simple pulley system from Home Depot if you want. After that you're just having fun. Which is great.

[patrickmurray]

The adjustable dumbells are great especially if you're tight on space 👌

[Jag.]

As a home gym owner, I totally agree with you guys... Great vid...

[turkishdelight]

Pretty good info in this video. I agree with all the pieces mentioned.

[sxsxpl]

Love this compilation, and the explanation with presentation :) Thanks

[CW-Design]

I would love to one day have a home gym, but currently I live in a London flat (apartment) with minimal space. Before the pandemic I had some old adjustable dumbbells that go up to about 10 kg (22 lbs) and then I bought a 20kg kettlebell from Amazon - and you know what... it isn’t much but you can get a decent workout from this. I do lots of super sets as well as lots of squeezing at the contraction - I feel like I am making some gains with minimal and relatively light equipment.

[KeysiNinja]

I was expecting to be critical at first (thought it was just going to be a sales gimmick), but this list is perfect. Thanks!

[apuuvah]

My street workout backpack: gloves (thin cheapo breathable "mechanics gloves" with rubberized palm and fingers), straps, gymnastic rings with adjustable straps (wrapped with hockey grip tape), exercise bands (a few), about 1ft 1" round piece of wood (to use with exercise bands), frisbee, tennis ball (for bouncing off street and walls), skipping rope, adjustable straps (a few). Must have for me are only straps and a couple of exercise bands. I might put on my weight vest as well.