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Knurling will be the first thing you notice, some no name bars are chrome plated, flex as well weight rating are next. Some cheap bars are held together with allen head bolts on each end. Once you start getting picky you can get a bar based off your needs like Power or Olympic lifting.
That's a nice couch for casting.
Man, anyone have a good connection for dumbbells?
I've been on the hunt for either a half rack or full rack but man either they sell fast or the used market is nuts.
Missed a full rack for $250 today :(
As other's stated, it's a few things. My no-name bar is chrome plated, and while the knurling is pretty agressive, it's not in the way that I like. Additional things like bushings will make a difference.
I'm seeing a lot of flex on heavy DL/Squat. It's actually not bad for a no-name bar, as it doesn't have allen heads, but uses pins for the sleeves, so it's difficult to do maintenance on.
I specifically want one for power lifting, with a higher tensile strength, and whip. My current bar is 28.5mm which is fine, and within IPF specs, but the new bar is 29mm, and 200k tensile strength, so less whip. Lifetime warranty and better bushings are also a bonus.
I'd keep the old bar around for circuit lifting, and rack pulls. Nothing worse than dropping your fancy barbell onto steel safeties and crush the knurling.
Over the past few month or so of building up my basement gym, I've built and modified some stuff to make things better for me. I thought I would share what I've done and ask what have you guys may have done.
Been finding it a pain pulling the bar in and out of the rack all the time when I want it out of the way. It's up high enough that I can't hit my head off of it walking around ether.
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Got a dual pulley system top and bottom and this way I can use single point attachments.
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Plate toaster as the rack doesn't have storage on it.
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Cause I couldn't find a single rope or something like this around.
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I've also built a plyometric box, pull up bar off of one of the beams, and a wooden dumbbell rack for the few dumbbells that I got so far.
Anyone still looking for a bowflex? I guess I should've sold at covid peak
I'm selling this one; open to offers.
https://download.nautilus.com/suppor...E_0706_web.pdf
Maybe. No idea on price. PM me.
Just starting my search but does anyone have a good suggestion for a home treadmill? Probably looking to buy used but not opposed to new. Cheaper the better, likely next to no running as I'm not the running type :rofl:
Had an echo bike but sold it at the start of the pandemic as I wasn't using it as much as I should of been. Treadmill would get more use in the household.
Not looking for a trackhawk budget, more entry level.