I don’t have a lot of space to work with in my home gym, which limits what I can do with a full size barbell. Thankfully several companies offer “shorty” Olympic bars, which are great for use in confined spaces.

Obviously tradeoffs have to be made to achieve the shorter length. However, a good compact barbell can still meet the needs of most home gym lifters.

Weight vests are a great way to increase the intensity of your workouts without having to spend a lot of money, and they don’t take up much storage space.

When I started researching weight vests I was surprised at how many different options there were. Fixed weight, adjustable weight, plate carriers, flat plates, ergonomic plates, the list goes on and on