I've been on a fitness journey this year, and after spending the first half of the year
Moving from working out in my bedroom to turning half the garage into a gym.

This is what my previous workout setup looked like!

I've made some changes in my garage, and made one of the stalls into a gym area. You can see the current setup of it here:

The Gear (list)

Current

• Flybird FB3000 FID weight bench
• Fitness Gear 300lb plate and bar set
• ProForm Olympic Rack and Bench XT(rack only)
• Bells of Steel Hydra Power Rack(in purple!) (This has been ordered, and I'll add photos once it's assembled)
• Squat Rack Magnetic Position Markers
• Peloton bike
• Lots and lots of dumbbells

Near Future

• Heavy Rubber Stall mats (3/4" thick)
• Rogue Fleck Bumper Plates(230LB set, (2) Each of 10-25-35-45LB Bumpers)
• Rogue Vertical Plate Tree 2.0
• Accessory Holder (Wall or Hydra Mounted)
• Hanging barbell holders

One Day

• Rogue Deadlift Bar Jack
• Rogue Ohio Bar
• EZ Curl Bar (54.5") - Bells of Steel USA
• The Split Squat Pad by AbMat® - Single Leg Squat S...
• Leg Extension/Curl Rack Attachment - Bells of Stee...
• Landmine Power Rack Attachment - Bells of Steel USA

The Gear (deep dive)

Here's a bit more of details on each piece of gear and my thoughts on it.

Racks

ProForm Olympic Rack

I started with the ProForm Olympic Rack and Bench XT. I picked this up from Dick's (no longer available there) and it was a great starter rack and bench set. I replaced the bench a little bit ago for a couple reasons - one, I didn't like the incline method (it felt slightly unstable) and also the leg curl/extension attachment was not detachable, which kept getting in my way.

The safeties on this rack are not ideal either; they don't extend very far, but they are better than nothing.

Bells of Steel Hydra Power Rack

I'm upgrading from the old rack to a proper Power Rack from Bells of Steel. I went with the flat foot option (as I don't want to put holes in my floor to mount it). And I got it in purple!

I chose the flip-down safeties as opposed to the straps that are shown in the picture.

Weights

I currently am using a basic barbell and metal Olympic plates for my barbell workouts. I got this set at Dick’s and it’s…fine.

Soon I will be adding some bumper plates to make deadlifts a little better and also to have more flexibility. Eventually, I’d like to upgrade the barbell as well.

I also have an EZ-bar that I got from Amazon; I hope to replace it with this cool purple one from BoS eventually too!