My Top 5 Pieces Of Equipment I Don’t Need But Can’t Live Without

Here's my top 5 pieces of equipment that have become essential in my home gym workouts. After your power rack, barbell, and plates, these are pieces of gym equipment I would never want to be without.
👉 Rep Wood Rings gluck.fit/RepWoodRings
⚡Bells Seal Row Pad gluck.fit/HydraSealRowPad
💪 Rep Ares gluck.fit/RepAres
🔥 Bells Reverse Hammer gluck.fit/BellsReverseHammer
❤️ Rep Open Trap Bar gluck.fit/RepOpenTrapBar
❗ Rogue Curl Bar gluck.fit/RogueCurlBar
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0:00 Top 5 Pieces of Equipment
1:06 Bells of Steel Seal Row Pad
2:28 Gymnastic Rings
4:09 Specialty Bars
6:11 Rep Fitness Ares
8:01 Bells of Steel Reverse Hammer

[@GlucksGym]

What's your top pieces after the essentials?

[@TheCarterHomeGym]

For me, it's my Levergym, Rhino, collection of specialty bars, reverse hyper, and ghd.

[@BasementBrandon]

Fight Camp, Assault Runner, Ice Barrel.... 🤓

[@GlucksGym]

Hahahaha still waiting on all those reviews

[@Jorge_Magallon]

Headphones, because my wife is always watching/talking about “Housewives of--“.

[@richt5986]

1 Power blocks 2 reverse hyper 3 functional trainer 4 specialty bars

[@BasementBrandon]

I fully came in expecting the rings. IKYK

[@GlucksGym]

fun fact I decided to do a top 5 and figured out 4 and couldn't think of the 5th. I literally didn't think of rings until I looked up and thought to myself how dumb I am, they're in like a dozen videos on the channel 😂

[@amunra4256]

Definitely a good addition to the list. I feel like rings are still pretty underrated in the community

[@Massenomics]

@@GlucksGym I’m brainstorming lord of the rings memes here

[@GlucksGym]

@@Massenomics another of my life goals, being in a Massenomics meme. Most of my goals are Massenomics related btw

[@hamzayousfani3404]

I watch it for you gluck,you and your awesome money saving and sensible advice over building my home gym,youre amazing

[@GlucksGym]

😊 Glad to see I'm saving someone money because it isn't me 😜 thanks for the comment!

[@jcoleman924]

Amen on #5 and life health. Anything that can make you feel healthier in day to day living, is a worthy item to buy! Great video and love the sense of humor!

[@babygiantbarbell1014]

Love seeing the little ones participating! I have a little boy on the way, and teaching him how to lift and exercise is what I want more than anything. Awesome to see, and awesome recommendations as always, y’all!

[@GlucksGym]

Congrats! It's going to be exciting for you!

[@tommyj1811]

Great work as always. Love the reverse hammer

[@1882dmac]

Really good content and you articulated your points.

[@GlucksGym]

Thanks! 😁

[@richt5986]

Thanks for the video ❤

[@dominiicp]

I'm starting to laugh off of his jokes so either he's getting better or I'm getting lonelier😂

[@andrewp.8490]

Been watching some of your old videos... Man you've come a long way, you really have found your groove man, keep it up.

[@GlucksGym]

Hahaha there's some really bad ones. I never deleted any

[@Sobersunrise]

Great video!

[@casperch]

Just wanted to say that your comment about why you train was really wholesome. I feel the same way. I used to compete in powerlifting, but that really isn't healthy, and after having our daughter, i just completely shifted gears to train more for longevity since I worry about my parents alot too.

[@GlucksGym]

Underneath all the sarcasm and innuendos is a family man hidden away 😁 Wouldn't have any of those without my wife and kids.

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

Great Job As Always.

[@GlucksGym]

Thank you. And thanks for consistently watching and commenting 😁

[@radleynelson6697]

8:14 I recently started having similar moments playing with my son. Lifting at home is a huge part of my life and I’m planning on that always being the case. That said low back health is something that is top of mind for me and I’d love to hear more specifics on how you’ve programmed with your reverse hammer that’s helped you so much!

[@GlucksGym]

I made various adjustments and changes including rebuilding my squat form and working in exercises like back extensions, more core work, reverse hypers, etc

[@bazintrickways3045]

Interesting take. I have a home garage gym myself and suffered a shoulder injury in my youth. I couldn’t handle doing barbell bench and switched to dumbbells. I found the hand positioning and shoulder stabilizing aspects of it eliminated the pain. Now I am looking at this multi grip barbell and thinking it mig it just be next on the list. Also, interesting take on the ares. I was going to get one, but I have found that it’s cheaper to buy second hand commercial gym equipment and set it up. Currently sporting a cybex lat pull-down and then I have a life fitness cable machine. Both of these units combined cost me the same as the ares. Also the ares, when combine with a rack, does have downsides on that it can take away your ability to do things like ISO lever arms or really using the front posts. It’s better as a stand alone unit. GHD is amazing! I can’t live without it.

[@TheCarterHomeGym]

Great list! That reverse hammer looks like a great option. I'm waiting to see what the Bulletproof fitness posterior chain developer goes for, but I'll keep this one in mind. It's time to upgrade my reverse hyper and I'd like to consolidate it and my ghd to free up some more space for, of course, more gym equipment lol.

[@wdrobinson82]

Where can we find more info about the posterior chain developer?

[@cryptologic6002]

Just got my Ares 2 weeks ago and LOVE it!!!!

[@mikeworkman1759]

I got mine 3 weeks ago haha! It's great! Only issue is one of my cables has a slight twist in it, hopefully it doesn't get worse over time which I've read about on reddit...does yours have this issue at all?

[@GlucksGym]

Mine had a twist at first. I found it came from when I installed it and twisted it while putting it through the pulleys. I pulled it back off and redid it and now it's perfect

[@GoreckiFit]

Love my BOS Hydra Seal Row!!

[@chrismiller5168]

have to agree with the ares. I sure as hell didn't need it, but after having it for a while I am glad I got it. Expensive, yes, but if you have the money it is so worth it.

[@LukesGarageGym]

Dude the ares is a freakin beast

[@ISWIMWITHFISH]

Notification squad let’s gooo!! Another great video Gluck!!

[@GlucksGym]

Let's gooooo!

[@scooobyj8714]

Great video. All great equipment. My top 5 are a little more basic. 1- power bar 2- power blocks 3- AB5200 4- sled 5- Bluetooth speaker to bump music during workout.

[@GlucksGym]

Thanks. I tried to make it interesting by not picking the classic power rack, plates etc. You've got some good ones in there.

[@scooobyj8714]

@@GlucksGym I just based my top 5 off what I use the most. I don’t have a ton of accessory equipment.

[@JustSheilz]

Nice!

[@jaxson3887]

Love my Ares.

[@jamesodonoghue5818]

I use the BOS Seal Row Pad every workout. Definitely the item I don't need but can't live without.

[@GlucksGym]

Hard to say anything bad about it at $150 shipped. We use it a lot more than I'd have thought

[@mattburnett9621]

Would love to see you do a video on the programming you use or make? Thanks

[@GlucksGym]

We do our own programming 95% of the time. We have an app we're reviewing so maybe some of it will be shown there but it's mostly on our Patreon atm. May have to look into this more

[@timfritton469]

Been planning on getting rings for a while now. Never saw any affiliate link in your other video, but see you have one now. Time to order!

[@GlucksGym]

They're in probably 6 or so videos. Much like the benches it's a bit of a thing of mine 😂 I haven't talked about them as much lately because I don't want the videos to sounds the same

[@timfritton469]

Yep - I'm stupid. Just found the link in the old video.

[@shotparrot]

Can you put in a link to the rings workout you mentioned? I just got the rep rings, and looking for good/effective workouts and movement. Thanks! Awesome info as always. I hope you're getting some sleep. It gets better.

[@BELLSOFSTEEL]

Glad you are liking our seal row pad Adrian 😎😎

[@rodolfomedini9931]

Loyd, Patty, and I collectively the unofficial leaders of the Facebook crew approve.

[@rodolfomedini9931]

Even though it lacked any innuendo.

[@GlucksGym]

Those are the real hard core fans 😂 and we both know the innuendos were a fluke

[@rayjbb1494]

Would love to see a video on what you'd include in a small home gym eg: if there is no space for a squat rack? No limit on price or budget option

[@GlucksGym]

I've been working on a small gym series but keep making new and grander plans but I swear it's coming someday!

[@GavinBrown]

1 - Wynie 2 - 35 lb Plates 3 - 15 kg Plates (just remembered lbs aren't a real weight) 4 - 10 benches (that counts as one item right?) 5 - Gluck (I doubt I'd get my first choice if you weren't included...)

[@GlucksGym]

Hahaha you definitely wouldn't get #1 without #5. I'm not the smartest person but I'm not giving her up 😍

[@GavinBrown]

@@GlucksGym Brownie points +10

[@strengthofsynergy9883]

always love the content! What adapters are you using on your hydra row pad so it fits on the rep rack? I’d love to get a pad to fit on my rep pr5000! Thanks!!

[@GlucksGym]

You can find them in this video 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHCo31thZ52hrM

[@PM2126]

Heavy bag, Swiss Bar, portable landmine with viking press attachment, slam ball, jump rope

[@wmsnyderphoto]

Do you have any videos on what you did to rehab your shoulder?

[@RobertMiller-sh7gb]

Great video! Question: which would you recommend for a senior lifter. A GHD/Reverse Hyper or a Selectorized Leg Ext/Curl machine? I only have room for one more piece of equipment in my garage gym.

[@Blazemon9999]

Just recently found your channel and in the beginning I thought u were pretty corny. But I gotta say your humour has really grown on me and your addiction to gear really helps me save money and know what's worth buying. Hopefully your purchase links work for us Canadians and I can get you back sometime

[@GlucksGym]

Hahaha, I've gotten that a few times. You know I never really thought of the day the Canadian sites probably don't work with my links... I'm going to have to look into a solution for that.

[@Blazemon9999]

@@GlucksGym Ya you're a pretty loveable guy once I realized you're just pretending to be a douche lol. Big fan now. My guess is the links won't work for Canadians because they typically don't but if you hook us up I'll definitely show some love in the future. Back to working my way back through your catalogue of vids. All the best

[@votown1003]

What exercises did you do to rehab your shoulder ?

[@reggie7716]

Still waiting for you guys to sign up for a powerlifting meet, Gluck. Lets go!!!

[@GlucksGym]

Funny you say that. We're actually going to a gym today to talk about doing a meet.

[@michaelstewart9366]

You should do workout routine videos also.

[@GlucksGym]

We're debating some but atm all that stuff is only on our Patreon

[@delanerouse7574]

Thanks for removing all the innuendo. I actually watch a lot of videos while working out with my 12 year old twin daughters and it’s nice to not have to answer their questions about “holes”, “stiffness”, etc or have them look at me weird. Seriously appreciate it.

[@TheGreedX]

Man knows why I’m here 😂

[@tonymau2925]

Gluck, have you heard anything about the Bells of Steel leg ext/curl attachment for the Hero bench? Last I saw they said it was coming out in March... and it's March.

[@GlucksGym]

I definitely don't have those attachments already... And since I don't have them in my gym and I wasn't just playing around with them I can't tell you that they're pretty much ready.

[@tonymau2925]

😂

[@alharris8861]

Just picked up rep trap bar and a second bench. Will I be able to stop at two benches? According to Adrian…no lol. And now the saving-money-for-black-Friday can commence so I can hopefully get an ares this year.

[@GlucksGym]

Two benches is a good start but the seems even better 😉

[@DJIngoB]

I was half expecting you to post a video of you declaring , “Bench, bench, bench, bench, and bench!”

[@GlucksGym]

Soon... I'm just lulling people into thinking I've changed

[@hby7768]

What adaptor for the 5/8 to 1inch did you use and where can I buy it?

[@GlucksGym]

It's in our Home Gym Secrets vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHCo31thZ52hrM

[@reachon7396]

Ok that’s it im getting a reverse hyper i don’t care how little space i have

[@GlucksGym]

The Bells Reverse Hammer is a combo GHD and reverse hyper. Same foot print but much more versatile

[@travisgarner8630]

At 7:35 what is the cable connector bar being used for seated rows?

[@GlucksGym]

That's the Gym Pin 30" pro d handle. It's expensive bu code Gluck should still take off 10% gluck.fit/GymPin

[@thatmoonwizard2809]

Do you have a video or a link to the spacers that adapt a 5/8” attachment to a fit 1” hole? I’ve always wanted to do this since I upgraded from my Rogue ML to a Monster. 2:08

[@GlucksGym]

They're in our Top 5 Home Gym Secrets vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHCo31thZ52hrM

[@thatmoonwizard2809]

Thanks!

[@jugjivan]

What is the adapter on the BOS row attachment for?

[@GlucksGym]

It adapts 5/8" pins to 1"

[@WeiderMystic]

I want to get a reverse hyper but damn the BOS Reverse Hammer looks epic.

[@GlucksGym]

Love that thing for what it's done for my back. It's gotten more expensive but absolutely recommend it if you can afford it (and have the space)

[@richt5986]

I would get any RH if you don't have you. It has totally fixed my lower spine. I am able to deadlift again

[@mikeworkman1759]

​@@richt5986 what frequency did you do your RH for rehab?

[@richt5986]

@Mike Workman at first I would do 3 sets as a warm up before each workout. now I do 2 or 3 sets after squats or deadlifts. This has helped tremendously. I had bad surgery when I was a kid L5S I have had pain most of my life. The RH for me has been the best thing for my back. I have a 520 deadlift and I'm 48 years old. I use to use an inversion bench but the was useless. I have been using the reverse hyper now for 5 years now

[@mikeworkman1759]

@@richt5986 about how much weight did you do when you were starting and how much do you use now? Just curious for relativity

[@JohnSmith-gy2jg]

Do you use the safety pin on the back of the seal row pad? Wondering if you think it’s necessary for your workouts. CYA I know.

[@GlucksGym]

I don't. It'll move some on a metric rack without it but if I'm completely honest I use the second pin very rarely.

[@carps_gym]

How do you store your Bike Ramp?

[@GlucksGym]

hahaha only a real OG would get this joke

[@donray2435]

LFG!!!!

[@hyg71886]

I think I’m gonna try that Bells of steal seat. Does that work on the pr 5000? That would help a lot when I’m doing heavy t rows

[@GlucksGym]

Yes but I use adapters with it on the 5000 since it's made for 5/8" racks atm.

[@hyg71886]

@@GlucksGym do you have a link for the adapters? I think I'm gonna get it, would make leg extensions much easier

[@GlucksGym]

Its in our Top 5 Home Gym Secrets vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHCo31thZ52hrM It's not an affiliate link, credit there goes to Kaizen or the people before him that came up with it

[@brianhunsaker9006]

Can anyone recommend an adapter for the BOS seal row?

[@GlucksGym]

Check out our Top 5 Secrets vid, I mention and link some there kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHCo31thZ52hrM

[@marcamatucci3060]

When will Bells release the seal row for their yoke Sir?

[@GlucksGym]

You mean this one gluck.fit/60mmSealRowPad 😉

[@IIG]

You're legitimately a funny dude. There's no way I can make it through one of your videos without laughing lol. I love most of the home gym channels, big or small. Everyone is talking about the same thing, but presenting it in a very different way.

[@GlucksGym]

I appreciate that! Just trying to be myself and have some fun with it

[@richardpena4423]

At 2:06 you mention the BOS pad fits in the keyhole on the side but you still proceeded to buy an adapter, why is that? (Assuming you didn't want to attach to your REP rack)

[@GlucksGym]

Mostly for the Rep rack. We talk about it in our Top 5 Home Gym Secrets video kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3SweZRrqbSSpZI But also so I can turn it any directions. Full disclosure I was sent those adapters for free.

[@mach5jeep]

8:06 what curl bar is at the top of the rack?

[@GlucksGym]

That's Bells of Steel rackable industrial curl bar. I never reviewed it because I haven't had luck with their Cerakote finishes.

[@mach5jeep]

@@GlucksGym Well, that's a review isn't it? LOL I do like the look of the bends. Many curl bars are nearly straight

[@zachanderson9649]

Innuendos are the best part!

[@GlucksGym]

Someone made it to the end!

[@seancreighton4393]

Is that a new functional trainer in the thumbnail?

[@GlucksGym]

Hahaha well we've had it for 5 months and are getting ready for the review. It's from Bells

[@enrikoalfaro6724]

Trying to sell your stand alone lat pull down?! :)

[@clb121781]

Came for innuendos and all I got was an actual top 5 list.

[@GlucksGym]

Don't forget the self promotion

[@clb121781]

@@GlucksGym I know. It was a Top 5 self promotions video.

[@GlucksGym]

They all are

[@baylee0831]

hey man i think u need to do a vid on ring storage i keep putting my brand new rings outside and they keep getting stolen and idk where else i could possibly store them please help!

[@GlucksGym]

Still working on the ring storage video, it's pretty complicated

[@Ashurus]

Honestly, what flaws does the Ares have? I'm considering selling my Rogue rack for it.

[@GlucksGym]

The low row is a bit too low which makes it a little awkward to get into position at times abs you're also pulling from lower then you really should. Besides that unless you're using a 4 post I think most complaints are minimal at worst.

[@joecowan3719]

Rings? -But where do you store them?

[@GlucksGym]

damn that gym tour video 😂

[@NoFate247]

I just came here for the rings 💍

[@GlucksGym]

They're back 😂

[@baylee0831]

first

[@GlucksGym]

third 😢 but look what you've started!

[@massiminimakes]

But all my comments try to play off your innuendo. What am I supposed to do now? I guess I'll just have to wait for next video.

[@GlucksGym]

It won't last 😂

[@boolaga]

No innuendo. I demand a refund.

[@GlucksGym]

You can have a full refund on your free content but it is a 4 to 6 week process

[@cs1375]

No innuendos you are going soft. Atheist it had the shameless plugs

[@cmdrfunk]

I don't watch for the girl

[@RogueCylon]

All the gear, but curling something like 50lb? You need to workout more.

[@ronburgandy7571]

But F*ck him, it’s still here hahahahaha. My new favorite channel.

[@GlucksGym]

😁 The best part is that joke is 100% legit

[@Ectobro]

All that equipment for no gains, I’m bigger than you just off some dumbbells and rusty plates