Slowly building my own gym

[BLK00TJ]

Latest addition but it'll never be in the gym.  Played around a bit pulling and pushing it up and down the driveway with my 6 year old on it.

[BLK00TJ]

I've been wanting a squat bar since I realized they existed and especially after squatting with one at RPS.  The price tag always held me back so I've been making due with the B&R bar for the last bunch of years.  Problem I have with it though, is its very passive knurling doesn't hold all that well unless I have chalk on my back or I happen to be wearing my bar-grip t-shirt but even that is hit and miss and it tears up my shoulders and elbows sometimes.  Elite FTS was running a sale on all Texas bars so I started getting that itch real bad.  Still, I couldn't justify spending so much for a bar I would only use for squatting. So then what if I just got something with a little more bite?  I read reviews for 2 straight days on power bars for Ohio, Texas, and Westside and then convinced the wife that I had to have one.  I decided on a raw steel Ohio bar since my B&R feels so good and is holding up well with not too much maintenance.  A lot of the reviews for the black zinc complained that it off and fades to an ugly greenish black.  It came in today.



B&R bar on the right, Ohio on the right


To make the wife feel she was getting something out of this deal, I bought her a couple kettlebells to play with



Updated pictures of the gym that shouldn't be blocked since I no longer use photobucket

[sakustoms]

I was starting to worry that your gym was missing some very crucial equipment and then I scrolled down and there it was, the glorious ab roller. Phew!!!



Looks awesome Ron. You've got yourself a damn good powerlifting gym right there. You should charge admission.

[tooth]

A+.  Looks like a great set up.

[FLEX]

Never been so jealous of anything in my whole life.  Fuck.

Well done. 

[BLK00TJ]

Thanks guys. I'd much rather have a good powerlifting gym nearby. Neversate was cool, but they lean towards the strongman stuff a lot and I didn't fully fit. I actually felt in the way as they were training for a comp the last few times I was there. I'll go back to have fun every once in a while though.

As far as admission, anyone willing to work hard is free. I'd love to have company.

[Bando]

Dayum! Jelly of all your bars!

[John]

Wow very nice!!

[reduni]

I'm pretty happy with what I have in my gym but dayum that is a sweet setup. Always room for upgrades though.

[Andrew]

Nice set up! I bought the Rogue OPB too, bare steel. Mine has started to rust. I think the factory had some good oil or something on it that lasted several months but then one day the bar started to rust. Since then i've been oiling it a bit. Still a damn good bar

[BLK00TJ]

Nice set up! I bought the Rogue OPB too, bare steel. Mine has started to rust. I think the factory had some good oil or something on it that lasted several months but then one day the bar started to rust. Since then i've been oiling it a bit. Still a damn good bar

I brush mine at the end of every training session if it gets chalk on it (the OPB doesn't need chalk, but my others do). I put a light coat of 3in1 on it about every 2 weeks.  My basement is humid enough to where i put a de-humidifier in it to take it from 70% to 35% but that was after a year living here and none of my bars are rusted.  All are bare steel but the Okie bar has a patina on it.

[Andrew]

Nice set up! I bought the Rogue OPB too, bare steel. Mine has started to rust. I think the factory had some good oil or something on it that lasted several months but then one day the bar started to rust. Since then i've been oiling it a bit. Still a damn good bar

I brush mine at the end of every training session if it gets chalk on it (the OPB doesn't need chalk, but my others do). I put a light coat of 3in1 on it about every 2 weeks.  My basement is humid enough to where i put a de-humidifier in it to take it from 70% to 35% but that was after a year living here and none of my bars are rusted.  All are bare steel but the Okie bar has a patina on it.

It was weird, mine got rust spots everywhere my hands had touched it. It was like finger prints of rust

[BLK00TJ]

Nice set up! I bought the Rogue OPB too, bare steel. Mine has started to rust. I think the factory had some good oil or something on it that lasted several months but then one day the bar started to rust. Since then i've been oiling it a bit. Still a damn good bar

I brush mine at the end of every training session if it gets chalk on it (the OPB doesn't need chalk, but my others do). I put a light coat of 3in1 on it about every 2 weeks.  My basement is humid enough to where i put a de-humidifier in it to take it from 70% to 35% but that was after a year living here and none of my bars are rusted.  All are bare steel but the Okie bar has a patina on it.

It was weird, mine got rust spots everywhere my hands had touched it. It was like finger prints of rust

What the heck is in your sweat glands!   


I found these laying in my driveway when I got home today. 

[Andrew]

I like your style. All top end stuff!

[sakustoms]

More good stuff Ron. I am jelly not only of all the nice gym stuff but the fact that you have somewhere to put it all.