With Gluck as our guest, we go over some barbell and rack preferences, where is your home gym, bench width preference, reasons for training, and if you save money by owning a home gym?
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(1:30) What is your primary barbell?
- Multi-Purpose barely beat out the Power Bar as the #1 option.
- Oly Lifting (Bearing Bars) has less than half of both of the items mentioned above.
- Only about 6% are unsure.
(4:04) Do you prefer a center knurl on a barbell?
- 3 out of 5 votes yes to a center knurl.
- Results were nearly identical to when we asked in September.
(6:55) What’s your hole preference on a squat rack?
- 1 Inch is the easy winner with 45% of the votes and had about third more votes than the runner-up, 5/8 inch.
- “I Don’t Know Why That’s Important” votes were 38% in January 2021.
(12:40) How important is it to have an 11 gauge steel rack?
- About 2 in 3 say that it is at least somewhat important.
- The awareness of this type of rack has also grown over the past year and a half.
(15:50) Where is your home gym? What about in a dream world?
- The garage is the most popular spot for most putting in a home gym. About 2 in 3 have a “garage gym,” with 20% in the basement. 8% are in another room in the house, and 8% have it elsewhere.
- While 64% have it in their garage, only 44% say it would be in their dream world.
(18:19) What specialty j-cup are you most interested in?
- Roller J Cups received about 71% more votes than Monolift Attachments and grew their lead from November 2021.
- “Neither Interest Me Votes” are down from 36% to about 31%.
(24:20) Do you actually save money by owning a home gym?
- 47% said they do indeed save money by owning a home gym.
- However, that number has declined the last four times it has been asked.
(32:03) What are the #1, #2, and #3 reasons you train?
- Physical health, mental health, looking good, and for a competition were asked about. That is also the order of importance.
- “Look Good” did make a bit of a jump from last time. For example, it went from 22% of the #2 reason to 28% and 17% to 19% for the #1 reason.
(35:54) Bench Width Preference?
- It was a TIE!
- Only 12% were unsure what they preferred.
- On the Instagram post, the primary reason someone chose one or the other was their size.