Equipment guides for home gyms: power racks, rack attachments, cable systems, and benches, compared on the specs that matter. Hole spacing, hardware size, steel gauge, and cross-brand compatibility, written from a coastal garage gym.
Home gym flooring compared on real prices: stall mats, rubber tiles, rolled rubber and foam. Find the right thickness, work out exactly how many pieces you need, and check your rack fits with our calculator.
Upright size is only one of seven things that decide whether a rack attachment fits. This checklist uses real requirements from Rogue, REP, Titan and Bulletproof attachment pages.
Single-limb and two-limb training build similar muscle in the studies that measured it. Here is when split squats and one-arm cable work are worth the extra sets in a home gym.
Whether a specialty bar sits level in your rack comes down to one subtraction: the bar’s rackable width minus your rack’s outside width. Here are the maker specs for 11 bars and what the research measured.
Westside hole spacing means 1″ hole spacing through the bench zone and 2″ above and below, for finer J-cup and safety height. Here’s how Rogue, Titan, REP and Bells of Steel spec it and when it’s worth having.
Upright tube size, hole diameter and hole spacing decide which attachments fit your rack. Here is what Rogue, REP, Titan, Bells of Steel and Sorinex list for their current rack lines.
Loading a muscle in its stretched position grew more muscle in several controlled trials, mostly in two-joint muscles. Here is what was tested, what is inferred, and how to apply it with cables, dumbbells and a bench.
Pin extenders and add-on weights both push a selectorized stack past its plates, but the machine maker’s manual decides whether either is safe. Here is how to check fit, permission and limits.
How the Squat Harness V4 loads your body, where it beats a belt squat or barbell, where it doesn’t, and how to use it with cables, bands and the VOLTRA I.
What a trap bar, safety squat bar and cambered squat bar actually change in a lift, what the research measured and didn’t, and which one to buy first for a home gym.