Outfitting your home gym

This is reposted from Silver-Strength.

Here are my recommendations for both economy and more deluxe home gym equipment.

• A barbell of course.  This is the most valuable piece of your gym. Buy a raw steel power bar.  Power bars have a center knurl.  It’s a must for serious squatting. There are lots of good bars out there now.
  • The Texas Power Bar
    • fantastic, made in Texas
    • 190,000 psi
    • Aggressive knurl
    • 28.5mm
  • The Ohio Power Bar (Buy the raw steel version)
    • 205,000 psi
    • 29mm
    • Knurling isn’t as aggressive as the Texas bar
• A rack
  • The Rogue r-3 Power Rack
    • This rack will take care of you for the rest of your life
    • Buy an extra set of j-hooks
• A bench
  • The REP Fitness FB-5000 Comp Flat Bench
    • This bench is inexpensive but it is the best one out there
• Plates.  Men need to start with  4 pairs of 45’s, 1 Pair of 25’s, 2 pairs of 10’s, 1 pair of 5’s, 1 pair of 2.5’s, a set of microplates. If you have a training partner, you’ll need to double all of the quantities for the small plates and will need to add more 45’s.  You do the math.
  • Budget choice, Cast Iron plates from Troy 
  • Better choice, Training bumper plates from Rogue fitness (=/- 15 grams!)
• Microplates
• Clamps/collars
  • https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-hg-2-0-collars

Luxury goodies would include:

• Platform
• Deadlift jack
• Dip station for your r-3 rack
• A second bar
• Spotter arms for your rack