GymCrafter HQ Complete Gym Tour
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- čas přidán 17. 03. 2024
- This video is long overdue. Check out all the gear I have crammed into my garage gym in this first-ever tour of GymCrafter HQ. The cool thing about this tour vs. many others on CZcams is that this is my actual gym. I train in here 6 days a week and I also train clients here. No fancy fluff or useless extras. Just the gear we all use and love. (okay, there might be a few useless extras)
You can see a mostly complete list here, along with links to the mfr. for each piece:
gymcrafter.com/whats-in-my-gym/
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I want to be strong and fit so I can take care of my disabled daughter and she gets older and heavier. So task like moving her from the bed, to her wheelchair or the shower etc are easier and I am not causing myself injury. I sit all day everyday at a computer for work I need to keep strong. Home gym has given me that option. Always nice when you find a reviewer who is honest and open about their goals and motives.
@@loadiam Thanks for sharing that! More people need to hear stories like yours. Too many people worried about how they look and not worried enough about how important it can be to be strong!
So glad to hear you're doing better, prioritizing the things that you value and spending time with the things you love the most.
Thank you!
Great ending note. Totally agree. Your advice always seems very genuine and realistic for most normal people interested in working out at home.
Thank you! That feedback means more to me than you can know. If you ever feel like I'm NOT doing that, please call me out. I do this to help others, not myself.
Very excited to watch this (when I get home from work)! Thanks for everything. Awesome channel
Thanks, I really appreciate that!
Total respect that the gym isn't something you love but for some of us it is our bike or our golf. I love it and being strong and swoll. I also have kids and love running around with them. I'm 45 and healthier and stronger and in better shape than when I was 25. To each his own
Love that! I always wished I could get where you are.
I’m glad you talked about the REAL purpose of having a home gym “training for the purpose to have mobility in your later years of life”. Let’s face it if you don’t have mobility when you’re older you’re screwed. Big muscles and six pack abs will go away as such aesthetic are not sustainable. But being able to stay in shape to do the simple things in life is priceless.
Love the content.
Thank you! Too many people skip working out because they think it's for looks and only when it's too late do they realize what lifting would have done for them later in life! I appreciate the comment!
Love my power blocks but the rest of adjustable dumbbell world has certainly caught up imo. Fun video
I keep trying new ones and every single time I think how much more I like the PowerBlocks. I get that people don't like the cage design, but it's honestly never gotten in the way of doing anything for me. I've had mine for over ten years and they work like new. Drop them all the time with no issues as well.
Are you tempted by any of pepins offerings for dumbells? The HD set yhat Basement brandon and baby giant are really tempting me right now
@@MrPanthers23peppins look great but that price tag keeps me at bay. But it's a good time to be shopping for adjustable dumbbells, tons of competition
@@NoFate247 true about the price. But still much cheaper than a fixed set of dumbells, and much smaller foot print
I@MrPanthers23 I 'm a huge gear dork, I'm tempted by everything! The thing I always ask myself is "how is this better than what I already have?". And not matter what set of adjustanbles I look at, the only answer when compared to PowerBlocks is they are round and don't have the cage handle design. For me, I prefer the square shape as I use them to anchor bands and round dumbbells roll away too easily. As for the cage, it's never bothered me. Now for the next question... "How are these worse than what I already have". All of a sudden, that list is usually huge.... Can't drop them, they roll away, they don't adjust in small enough increments, they are WAAAAAY too wide when loaded heavily, they don't have enough weight potential, and on and on (not all that applies to the Pepins, but some does). Then I look at the prices these days and every time I stick with my 10+ year old PowerBlocks.
Excellent note to end on and needs to be said more often.
Thank you! I will be hammering that message from here on out. Podcast and lots more video content coming soon. Google hates my website now for some reason, so I'm diving into YT, Insta, and X. The nice thing about that is I'll be able to talk a lot more about what to do with all that gear, especially once I finish up the rest of my training certifications!
Nice gym. I especially like your ending where you discuss why you exercise. It's very important to work out to be healthy so you can do the things you want to do outside of the gym. I get it and I can also relate to your speaker reference since I'm about your age. I still have my 12" speakers and I think KEF speakers are awesome.
Thanks! I really appreciate that feedback! Can't get rid of those speakers, they are the only good thing I got from my college loans!😂
Great gym tour. Nice gym
Thanks! By the end of the year, it will be all gone. I'm starting from scratch again and taking everyone along with me so they can see how to build a great gym, specific to their needs, one step at a time. I think you'll be surprised at how different the new gym ends up than this current one!
@@GymCrafter gotta go rep fitness athena if you're starting over. I'm biased, but it's amazing
@@MrPanthers23 A functional trainer will def be part of the new gym. Not sure which one yet, but Rep's options will be seriously considered.
That is a super nice garage gym. Do you allow your friends, and family to use your garage gym? Not a lot of people can afford to join a commercial gym with their joining, monthly, and annual fees. Also, the upfront costs of equipment, and the space for a home gym.
I started a garage gym with 62 of my family, friends, and friends of friends. Back in the 90's, there were no mail order commercial gym equipment companies. You had to go to a sporting goods store, and their home equipment were 2 inch by 2 inch. We slowly moved up to Excalibur High Polish 304 Stainless Steel Equipment. I live in San Francisco, near Ocean Beach, and the days/nights are full of fog and drizzle.
Stainless steel does not chip, peel, or rust and can be re-polished to a mirror finish.
You have a lot of different expensive Olympic barbell bars. I hope to see more of your videos. Take Care.
Thank you! I am actually starting again from scratch and building an even more fully equipped gym. It's crazy that you posted this as what you say is exactly why I'm doing it! There is a great company called GOrX that's like an air bnb for home gyms. They call them "microgyms". AFter my build out is done, i will be training people full time in my gym as well as allowing people to book "rack time" so they can come work out without the crowds, etc. Check out GOrX, they've got a really cool thing going!
That's a lot of barbells.... What was the reason you bought so many ?
Btw nice video, especially the message at the end !
Thank you! That message at the end is something I want to get out as much as possible. Too many people training to look a certain way. What they don't realize is that if you train for function and health, you'll also end up looking pretty damn good too. The only reason I have that many bars is that GymCrafter is my full time job. If I didn't have my site and YT channel, I'd only have two: The Rep Black Diamond bar and the American Barbell Chewy bar. And quite honestly, I could easily do everything with the Rep bar and save the $700 the AB bar costs.
The final point is right on point brother, I lift to box and wrestle better, but dang it, to fish and hike better, to carry my wife to bed from time to time better and maker her laugh…. Those cannot be replaced
Thank you! And thanks for the comment. Too many people out there taking gear and focusing only on looks when the more important thing is being good at life! Love your examples of how training benefits you in the every day.
Great ending message! I’m well past my prime to get huge. I enjoy lifting for the exercise and stress relief. I feel better physically and mentally. And the six pack is over rated. You’ll look small in clothes and obsess over macros.
Thank you! I've heard a few different times that there are less people with 6 packs in the US than self made millionaires. True or not, it highlights just how hard it is to get. Even harder to maintain unless your genetically gifted. And you are 100% right, once you are there, it's absolutely miserable.
need 6 packs
Beer maybe, abs, not at all! Six pack abs and a nickel get you.... a nickel.
@@GymCrafter Nickel, hummm... which I also skip lol
'Promo sm' ☹️
Sorry, I'm not sure what that means?