home-gym
The Garage Gym Guide
Space, ceiling height, flooring and the order to buy things in.
7 minute read · 29/08/2026

Start with the floor. Impact protection under a rack and platform preserves both the concrete and your plates.\n\nMeasure your ceiling before you buy a rack. Pressing overhead needs roughly 2.4 metres of clear height for most lifters. Then buy in this order: rack, bar, plates, bench, accessories. Everything after that is refinement.
