A functional trainer is one piece of equipment you want in your garage gym for many different reasons. The complex mechanism of this equipment allows you to pull its cabling in many different ways, each of which targets a specific body part or muscle group.
When building a home gym, you will be faced with a question: are bumper plates necessary for deadlifts or Olympic lifts? Or can you simply go with iron plates because you are not dealing with too much weight at the moment? We answer!
A set of bulky traps makes your body look more in strong-build shape. The workout that you need to perform to build such traps is known as shrugs. This workout involves an exclusive shoulder movement to lift a weight.
Dumbbells or Kettlebells may be a question on your mind. Both are weight training tools, both offer benefits and drawbacks, but which one to buy and to train with? This is a common question and one many will try to answer.
You may have heard of bumper plates before? But what is the point of them? It's very simple. Bumper Plate are rubber weight plates made to drop. They are the only weights made specifically to drop. With any other type of weight plates whether that be cast iron, or rubber coated, dropping of weights would be less than ideal and could damage product or surface. Read on to find out What is the point of bumper plates?