re: Best home gym selectorized equipment

You have any opinion on the Mikolo rack I mentioned? I found a pretty good video of a guy going through all the pros and cons of it. Or do you think it would be better to just spend the extra money on a Titan T-2 or T-3 rig and slowly piece the rest together?

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I have a Rep 5000 rack with Athena attachment. Mine is 93” tall. I love it and would highly recommend.

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I’ll check that out. The Inspire multi-function trainer is the one piece I’d probably rethink.

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I have a Rep 5000 rack with Athena attachment. Mine is 93” tall. I love it and would highly recommend.

I’ll check that out. The Inspire multi-function trainer is the one piece I’d probably rethink.

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yea the rep with athena will give you full functional trainer, plus ability to do full barbell work safely and lots of other exercises.

yea the T-3 is fine, prolly better off with the rep pr 4000 or the fray fitness F series. The reason i say 3x3 because that is what most accessories fit so it allows you to slowly upgrade

i grabbed some from rogue on a black friday sale couple years ago. dont remember what i paid

A good barbell is worth the money, but if you're on an unavoidable budget there's ways around that issue. Rogue and Texas Power Bars almost always have sales of bars that are "blemished", meaning they sustained some kind of cosmetic damage that doesn't affect their performance but they have a scratch or a gouge somewhere, usually on the sleeve, so it really doesn't matter unless you just really want a pristine bar out of the box. I'd suggest you go to each companies website and sign up for their email lists and they will notify you, but there's always blemished bars in stock. I'm checking now and Rogue has Ohio bars in the boneyard sale bin for $200, Texas Power Bars(the standard version) is $220. They have a lot of options for blemished bars. No warranties, but with those 2 companies I don't think it matters, those bars will outlive you.

If you're in the Houston area, there is a Cap warehouse near Westpark and the beltway. They have bumper plates for $1/lb.

28.5mm is standard olympic bar, 29 is a standard power bar.

either will work.

imo....just get a 28.5 or 29 boneyard bar from rogue

28.5

29

power is gonna have more aggressive knurling and will have center knurling. some like it, some dont



if you want brand new...the bare steel ohio power is nice LINK

a blemished texas power bar is another great option too

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i have a bare steel ohio(28.5), an OG texas power bar, rogue bar and couple others and my perferred is the bar steel ohio by good margin

my ohio is baresteel from the boneyard...love it