Modern colors are more efficient, much easier to get on and off, and WAY cheaper... but these are vintage so they are cool enough to have a place in the gym. They are built like tanks and will likely outlive me.

A very simple and inexpensive dead lift jack that gets the job done. For the price it would be hard to beat

Aggressive knurling, decent whip and overall fantastic bar for deadlifts. Subtle ridges on the loading sleeves help to keep plates in place and make collar lock in nice and tight. If you're currently pulling on a stiff bar, you'll hit new PRs with this.

not the most accurate of plates, but they are desirable as vintage deep dish collectors pieces. If you get a chance to purchase some, ask the seller for accurate weight of each plate to see if the set you're getting is balanced, or how far off from the labeled weight each plate might be so that you know if they are going to be useful to you.

Ivanko revolver plates have some modest appeal for vintage plate collectors but are quite common so the prices are very reasonable. If you're patient you can pick them up for $1-2/lb. Great plates.

I liked the adjustability of this Indian club, giving you the ability to graduate weights rather than filling your gym with 10 different weights of clubs. The handle alone weighs about 6 pounds and then for each large segment you add to it you get another 4 1/2 pounds. I have noticed that the segments do shake slightly loose after a couple dozen swings, which you could probably fix by putting some teflon tape on the threads but I haven't taken the time to test that yet; but you do want to make sure they are re-tightened before beginning each set of overhead swings.

affordable and skinny, lightweight but durable compact collars that do the job. I keep a pair in my gym bag for when I'm working out away from home. They clamp on tightly and release very easily.

Very useful Indian clubs for shoulder mobility warm-ups, and the heavier versions are useful for their own set of rotator cuff exercises. I keep a 10 pounder at my office to do swings and loosen things up after spending too much time hunched over the keyboard during work. I keep a pair of the 1 pound plastic ones in the basement for the kids to warm up. They make good trainers if you are learning how to do Indian club movements and don't want to crack yourself in the skull while figuring out the coordination of the swings.