Whose $2K Gym would you rather Mine or Jack's Brimhall Vid: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtikmLlz2tOvlJc.html

A battle for the ages

Gym rings! I included in my price and totally forgot to talk about them!!!!

No barbells = not a gym I would use, but I don’t look good naked currently

Good list. I'd get a Nordic curl strap (less than $20) before a plyo box and dips bars before push-up bars.

Resistance bands are the cheat code for any budget gym. Even in really nice gyms, bands find themselves in so many different exercises. No barbell budget is really interesting.

That was a bold $2k build. No rack and no barbell. Great video.

Had to go with Brimhall since the rack and barbell are more my training style. I appreciated seeing the two very distinct but definitely effective builds. And you threw me for a loop when you blew half the budget on the Reppins! Very smart, I have to say. You know nothing but love, Jonathan!

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Just got a new home gym setup from REP and used your link 👍 great videos!

Opening it up with my favorite movie of all time 👏

Great job! We went different directions but included some of the same things! Well done, sir!

Kicking it off with Rep x Pepins on a $2k budget is a bold move but for a small space, and the goals you mentioned, this looks like a great build. For space constraints and variety you win; if I were starting over and still had the space I'd go with the Brimhall build . . .. Wish dumbbells would arrive in time for this summer. . ..

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Great list. I see gains in your future.

Nice competition. I'll take the rack, bumper and barbell though over a dumbbell build

Great set up. Best for a beginner I think.

Great vid! Relife dip station for dips and reverse rows for ~$50 is a good buy as well.

This was an interesting video as you rarely see non-rack set ups.Truly think people underestimate what can be done with the first few items mentioned here: good adjustable dumbbells, adjustable kettlebells, adjustable bench and pull up bar. Would love to see an all out non-rack set up from you both for those with a much bigger budget but not able to have the space for a rack! I've been thinking about one of the smaller Rogue mass storage systems and a tonne of attachments like UDA, using the 1' holes for pull ups, leg rollers for split squats, band pegs/ battle rope and even a landmine, then putting the Pepin fast series dumbbells and 2x adjustable kettles on the shelves. Maybe plates and a barbell which can be stored on the unit and a quality adjustable bench like Blackwing or manta ray.

I’m impressed man, my tiny lizard brain wouldn’t be that creative 👏👏👏 I would’ve been stumped at dumbbells and a bench

Major Lutie would be my top pick. Many functions in one machine! I can get big just by staring at it

Great video as always. Since you picked two pair of ten pounds Olympic plates why not get a cheap landmine and a beater bar, Viking press and d handle? You could go with cheaper adjustable dumbbells and afford even more items. Also i wonder if the adjustable kettlebell weights could be used on a barbell for additional weight for the landmine?

This build wins in my opinion. Being over 40, I use my kettlebells, dumbbells and rings way more than I use my barbell and rack. Only thing I would truly miss if I only had this build compared to my current one is my beloved trap bar deadlifts.

You must be fiending for those REP Pepins. I thought you were headed for the $500 QuickDraws.

Hi Jonathan, your $2000 spend is much better. Dumbbells > Barbells due to range of motion and overcomes strength imbalances. And with resistance bands, you have a cable/pulley system with superior force tension. Great video!

You can get a full major fitness plm03 rack with functional trainer for 600, 300 lbs of plates and a bar from academy or dicks for 299, a bench from rep for 350, and Nordic track Adjustable dumbbells for 350 which seems like a much better start with way more choices for exercises

I gotta say I’m going with this gym: 1) it looks a whole lot like what I hit at home. 2) I’m a sucker for a kettlebell and jump rope combo! I gotta grab one of those gyro balls from Amazon tho!

If I was to do a 2000$ budget gym (I’m actually planning too upgrade my home gym) I would have done the bells of steal all in one trainer plate loaded it is $1,100 to get a lat pull down,row, and a functional trainer then buy the j cups that is $60 and spotter arms $120$ then use the left over 720$ for a barbell and weights (because I already have the barbell and weights I’m planning on buying rack attachment ex. Dip bars, seal pad, leg curl attachment and lever arms but this is made for anyone who doesn’t have a home gym yet I recommend to look into the bells of steal all in one trainer)

I would get rid of the bands, pull ups bar and anchor, get a cheap Pull ups+ Dip Station and attach a cheap ghetto pulley to work back and triceps. No need for push UP handle neither, use the station or the ajustable dumbells.

Nice logo upgrade BTW! Sorry Jonathan, i have to go with Jack's build. His is meat and potatoes for getting stronger for the long haul. His you can easily keep adding weight over time by buying more plates and his barbell improves back and leg days.

2K FOR THE GAINS TRAIN!!!

perfect money spent

Can you review the Quantum Trainer?

I would personally skip the plyobox and get something like a Lebert Equalizer for dips and levers.

No need to be humble. Just because your 100+ db are too light to get much use in your gym doesn’t mean you still can’t use them for paperweights 😂 Like the video!

Didn’t see the perfect push ups or parallets in the description. I’m going to scoop me up some

I had a feeling you were going to go adjustable dumbbells!

Jack, you ask our opinion of whose gym build is better. I'm an honest guy and I tell the truth so here goes. First, YOU WIN by miles. I did not understand his gym build, he didn't even have a bar, plates, or anything hardly that I use. He spent half his build on dumbbells and then the rest was quite frankly, I don't know. He had a battle rope, a neck thing, a yoga ball, a gyro ball, a slam ball etc. I don't know what those things are used for and I have lifted weights off and on since I was 12 years old. He must be a gymnast or something, I just don't understand what his training involves, it certainly is not to get bigger and stronger muscles. Doing his type training will not make your muscles bigger or stronger, maybe he is just going for endurance. He must be into endurance. All he had for quality resistance was a set of dumbbells. You could buy a pair of dumbbell handles and use your own plates. Looking back on your build, I do wish you would've included a pair of dumbbell handles. That would've made your build even better. Leave off the 3 ships free and you have a pair of dumbbell handles. I've seen Johnathan before but he is too animated and fake for me. He acts like he is trying to put on a show for people instead of review gym equipment, he seems an okay guy but just not my cup of tea. I'm just being honest, nothing against him, I just don't go for that cheery animated act. I wish him well but I just don't watch him. You win by far If ones goal is to get strong and build muscles nobody could pick his build over yours. Now if one is going for endurance, then his build wins. I go for bigger and stronger muscles so You Win by a mile

Not fair! Jack needs more weight than you!

Look good naked! 🤣

get a jump rope thats cheap cardio equipment

I would go Kensui Adjustabell Max bundle, $199, Bells of Steel Buzzkill with leg extension and roller $650, total $850, Titan Cable tower $279 total $1129, Titan Vertical leg press total $1528, Signature Fitness 2" cast iron 5lb plates x16 from Amazon $100 total $1628 and 4x Signature Fitness 2" cast iron 25lb plates for $200 for a total of $1828, and 3x Essential Everyday black bumper plates 45lbs for $150 for a total of $1978. I like being able to do leg extensions and press, with less space than a power rack. This is a total of 415lbs which is enough to max out the Titan Vertical Leg press (and plenty of weight being vertical is economical with weight), Also enough to max out the Titan Cable tower. There is a small gap though, in that you can't make 45lbs dumbbells, you have to go from 40lbs (4 5lb plates on each side of both dumbells) to 50lbs (one 25lb plate on each side of both dumbells), by declining the bench and using leg rollers you get to work abs or cable crunches with the Titan Cable Tower, and by having the leg extension you get to work the muscles that the leg press won't, in addition to dumbell RDLs. The heaviest you could go on a Dumbbell is 90lbs apeice, which I think will fit with the long screws included in the bundle with a 25lb plate and 4x 5lb plates on each side of both dumbbells.