I have a 10 lb pair of these plates which I picked up from Play it Again Sports. I got it for the "nostalgia factor" surrounding the Gold's Gym name - which has only intensified since I bought them, given that most of their southern California branches (save the original one in Venice) have been sold to EoS Fitness. Weight tolerance is pretty decent on my pair (they each weigh 10.5 lb) and they make a satisfying "clang" sound during lifting. I'll probably pick up more of these when I see them around in the used market.

I have this equipment in my gym only because I found it listed for free on Facebook Marketplace. When I went to pick it up, I discovered that the person who listed it was not its owner, but a mover who had found it abandoned outside near the patio area. It was abandoned along with an A-frame weight tree holding couple of hundred pounds of standard (1" hole) plates. From the rust and wear it was clear that the machine was part of an "outside gym." The mover who tried to save this from the scrap heaps was gracious enough to help me load it - and the weight tree and its weights - into my SUV. After I took it home, I looked for a brand name and found it on its rubber feet cap: Parabody. I hadn't heard of the name so I consulted ChatGPT. I found that it was bought out in 1998 and rebranded under the dual heads of Life Fitness and Hammer Strength. Inspecting the machine, it has several hallmarks of being manufactured during the "proper country" era of America. There is no UHMW to be found anywhere. Back then, people expected gym equipment to undergo metal-to-metal contact. Its vertical column, along which the weighted guide rails run, show clear marks of metal-on-metal scrapes. Its plastic pulleys render irrelevant the current "plastic vs. aluminum pulley" debate by having lasted all these years while being used outdoors (Californian outdoors, to be sure, but outdoors nonetheless). Its cables also look like originals. It is a relic of the distant past, but for those who care only for performance in their lat pulldown/low row machine, it will still get the job done. I got it for free, so I don't care to do any maintenance on it. I'll just use it until it breaks down - some day.

These hooks are pretty sturdy and great for storing miscellaneous items from your gym off of the floor. I'm using mine to store specialty forearm training equipment.

These are slightly better than the entry-level cast iron kettlebells from the likes of Cap and Yes 4 All in terms of build quality. The rubber bottom isn't necessary in my gym given the horse stall mats, but I can see its usefulness in settings where the flooring is more delicate, e.g. wooden floors inside the home.

This is an item I didn't know I needed until I saw it reviewed on Gym Radar! I replaced the carabiner in my cable set up with it and it feels so much better. No twisting of the cables and less pressure on the wrists and elbows during tricep pushdowns. I'll be ordering more. Highly recommend.

I bought this for $20 from an old lifter who was selling off his home gym. It is a custom fabricated A-frame weight tree that has a good deal of heft. I'm not sure about its origin or who made it. If it had an insignia, it probably would read: "made in the USA when it was a proper country."

I've had this jack in my gym for over 10 years now and I've never regretted purchasing it. Although mini jacks are nice, there is a special aura surrounding a full deadlift jack. I never used it to load above 500 lbs, because my deadlift never went above that range, so I can't speak personally about its performance at higher weights. But for my purposes, it gets the job done with no issues. About the biggest complaint I have about it is cosmetic and trivial: the UHMW inside the bar catch tends to move around and get off center.

Back when I first started to build a home gym (circa 2012), DIY items were common. The home gym market was pretty limited, and DIY-ing your equipment was also a way to gain some street cred among fellow home gym aficionados, of which there were few. And one of the easiest, and most cost effective, DIY fitness projects was a tire sled. It seemed like every big fitness channel either had one, or had instructions on how to make one. Zach Even-Esh had one, and so did Elliot Hulse. I wanted to be like them; I wanted to be a Pepper, too. So I made one. A used tire can be had for free (I found mine off the side of the road along a local highway), and all you need is a drill, an eyebolt, washer, and a hex nut. You can attach a chain or strap to the eyebolt and off you go. I also added a way to secure plates on top of the tire. The somewhat faddish nature of making tire sleds for home workouts have passed, but the product remains just as effective as ever. I put miles upon miles on mine and it is still going strong. If the tire eventually wears out, I can either flip it and drag it on the new side, or I can simply find another free tire and make another sled. One additional benefit of the tire sled vs. the metal sleds is that your neighbors won't hate you - at least not as much. It is pretty quiet when compared to the metal sleds. Having said all this, I'm giving it four stars rather than five with regard to performance because, due to the nature of its design, it can only pull or drag rather than push.