Sunday Survey Winners are… - Garage Gym Experiment

Summary

The most popular way people store their barbells is on the rack, but ideally it would be on the wall.

2×2 and 3×3 post sizes are easily the most popular squat rack sizes.

Transformer Bar narrowly beat out a belt squat in a head to head matchup.

Powerlifting continues to be the most popular “fitness sport of choice” for those answering these sruveys.

Bumper > Iron for most.

All Results

Most that own barbells are storing them in some way. The largest vote-getter was “on the rack” (36%) with “on the wall” in second (27%). 19% use a barbell holder on the ground, and 18% do not store them at all.

Then, it was asked, “what’s the preferred way to store barbells?” “On the wall” made up over half of the responses while “on the rack” fell over 9 percentage points.

Nearly half say the post size of their rack is 3×3, with another 18% using the more budget-friendly 2×2 tubing. 16% are clueless on this topic.

What are you likely to buy first? The Kabuki Strength Transformer Bar or a belt squat? The winner for this poll was “no interest in either.” However, about 2 out of 3 voted for one of these items, with the Kabuki bar beating out belts squats by 4% points (34% vs. 30%).

The level of interest in grips that can be added to barbells or dumbbells (like Fat Gripz) is not extremely high. Only 14% said they had high interest, and nearly half said “low interest.”

About half have pets frequently in their home gym.

There were two “what interests you most” questions that varied slightly. In the first, it was a comparison between powerlifting, bodybuilding, CrossFit, and Strongman. Some notes:

Powerlifting is the winner here with about 35% of the votes with CrossFit coming in at number two, and Bodybuilding a distant amount ahead of Strongman for third.

Since September 2020, powerlifting has steadily rose while CrossFit has declined.

This question was also asked again, but Weightlifting replaced Strongman and there were some shifts in voting. For example, some of the CrossFit votes definitely went to Weightlifting, while some of the Strongman votes most likely went to bodybuilding. It’s likely some of the Powerlifting votes shifted to Weightlifting as well. Overall, Powerlifting was still at the top spot, while CrossFit fell quite a bit. Weightlifting only made up about 11% of total votes.

Bumper or iron plates? Consistent with most polls done in the past, bumper plates are the easy winner with 59% of the total votes. Iron made up a little less than one-third of voting and “whatever is cheapest,” 10%.