Bumper plates for most, even though they are more expensive. 61% chose that over Iron plates
Most plan on adding to their home gym in the next 6 months. The highest portion of respondents said they’d spend $100 – $300, but 29% did say they’d spend over $500.
The next three questions revolve around the weight of gym equipment. For the most part, respondents do prefer heavier equipment, but only 34% said the weight of an item when looking to make a purchase. This topic originated from the product department of a fitness manufacturer.
Question: Best fitness company that nobody knows about?
The list was large. Below you’ll see a list of all the companies that did get a response. This does not include the companies that responded with themselves :). Also, keep in mind that some of these are pretty popular companies, but listed out all responses regardless. The most common answers were I Sell Fitness, Rep Fitness, and Bells of Steel.
Question: Have any home gym purchase regrets?
There were over 100 responses, and you can read them all below, but some of the common ones include:
- Not buying a high-quality squat rack or bench up front
- Purchasing a squat stand instead of a power rack
- GHD
- many Titan Fitness mentions
All Responses:
| Titan Fitness Belt Squat |
| Not buying a better flat bench |
| Inverted Leg Press |
| Not buying a larger rack where I can store plates on the back. Like, RM-6 |
| Maybe getting a full rack and not a yoke with spotter arms/jcups |
| Treadmill |
| Got some DIY jerk blocks. I’m glad I have them, but they take up too much space |
| Wreck Bag |
| My dumbbells as I don’t use them… Only barbell/kettlebell/bodyweight |
| Vertical Leg Press |
| Only thing is not splashing the cash initially & instead wasting money buying & selling & improving |
| Bought a bulky bench station. Takes a LOT of room |
| 35 # bumper plates |
| Sled, because we never use it, sadly |
| The ones I didn’t make! |
| Not buying a good bar to start with |
| Non matching Plates |
| Dumbbell rack arms for T-2 Power Rack |
| Everything from Titan Fitness |
| Reverse Hyper |
| An adjustable bench from Amazon |
| Nothing major, but there are things I’d change… flat footed rack is one |
| Off brand bumper plates instead of Rogue or something good |
| Pull up and Dip bar combo |
| Not buying a home with a taller basement for my gym |
| TDS Pec Deck |
| GHD |
| Battle Ropes |
| Basically all of it cos now im broke but need a bigger shed cos mines maxed out |
| Rogue DB bumper plates |
| Not spending more on my initial power rack |
| 15′ outdoor rig. I don’t use it to its potential |
| AmStaff TS010A FID bench… it’s decent but made cheap. |
| Really haven’t gotten a ton of use out of my GHD. Probably going to replace with a 45 Back Ext. |
| Not buying a heavy duty rack straight away |
| Buying a smaller rack because of the price. I recently corrected that mistake! |
| Schwin AD6 bike.. Just go roue or assault |
| Used free motion machine. Total POS |
| Not doing it sooner |
| Not doing it sooner |
| Sandbag |
| Titan Adjustable Bench. Complete garbage |
| GHD over Reverse Hyper |
| Should have bought steel and a full rack instead of bumpers and a stand |
| Buying plates instead of bumper plates for the basement |
| Fake Assault Bike. Fortunately able to return for free |
| Magnetic bicycle trainer that doesn’t fit my bike wheels |
| Floor plate storage. Should have gone wall mounted |
| Ironmaster Bench |
| Road bike instead of a stationary bike |
| Souped up Rogue GHR |
| Steel plates |
| Rower, I went cheap |
| Adjustable dumbbells never use them |
| Our captains chair |
| Hex Bar |
| hexa plate |
| Too many dumbbells |
| bought a half rack with short spotter arms, got replaced with full rack with straps |
| My flooring, went cheap |
| 30mm |
| Bought new too much |
| kettlebells |
| Buying 2 full sets of bumper plates. Didn’t really need a 2nd set #craigslistaddict |
| Not being able to afford an air bike |
| Titan Fitness independent squat stands |
| Not purchasing sooner |
| Titan fitness incline bench. It’s not that bad but I’d rather have a sturdier flat bench |
| Back Extension. Useless |
| My flooring. Wish I would have just went with mats |
| My attempt at a home made lat pulldown did not work too well |
| loadable dumbbells |
| 35# bumpers |
| A big blue exercise ball. I never use it |
| Non quality bench |
| titan fitness adjustable bench |
| Shallow folding rack instead of deep one |
| TRX |
| Bumper Plates. Didn’t need em for the kind of lifting I do |
| Yeah… a dip station/challenger bars. Literally have never used the damn thing |
| Not saving up more to get a better rack |
| GHD |
| Cheap rack |
| Reverse Hyper |
| Not buying a concept 2 rower for $250 |
| buying a bundle of weights as opposed to just buying 45s 25s & change plates.. Never use 35s and 55s |
| Buying a squat rack instead of a yoke, do to the many uses of the yoke |
| Buffalo bar from Titan |
| Overpriced bars |
| Not putting more emphasis on the rack |
| Rogue Bumpers (cheaper options) |
| Steel body bench |
| Bought a 100# D Ball when I should have got a sand bag |
| Iron plates instead of bumpers |
| Buying all bumpers. They take up too much room on the bar |
| Shouldn’t have bought GHD |
| Bumper Dumbbells |
| Floppy sand bags |
| Maybe classic hexbar |
| Iron Plates |
| Squat rack instead of a power rack |
| Not buying an elite fts SSB last Black Friday |
| Treadmill |
| Didn’t start one sooner |
| My first rack I bought was a little cheaper in price and quality. Losson: Buy Quality |
| Spud inc. Pulleys |
| Power Rack instead of a squat stand |
| Should have bought a better squat rack from the start |
| Should have gotten next level up squat stand with spotter arms option |
| Not starting earlier |
| Squat stand, to half rack, sold it to buy a full rack. Shoul’ve bought full rack from getgo |
| Golds gym squat stand |
Hey, at least I Sell Fitness is small…but growing.