Well you could do standard hex and add some iron plates for a lot less than 500. I also have 100 lb bumpers that are the same width as 45 lb bumpers.
Well, ended up buying this one. Basically the rogue tb-1 2.0 bar bit less expensive. No tax on it, so it was $300 shipped. Seems like a pretty good deal. It’s rackable and won’t peel cheap chrome all over the place. I’ll see if I can pick up some cast iron plates to add to it down the road.
This looks much better to me. You might try to progress it over the course of the program by adding sets to some of these movements. Also, I think you could be doing more rear delt stuff. Face pulls are good but consider adding some kind of raises. If you could work in pull ups you’ll thank yourself in a few months.
If anything I think this is a great program to get yourself dialed in to a higher volume of consistent work, and hopefully improve your maximum work capacity and recovery ability. Sleep, food, mobility work. If you’re not going to squat or deadlift for now, try focusing on some mobility work for your hips, and really get after it. 30 minutes each day seriously dedicated should produce some results in a couple months, and then you may be comfortable progressing into weighted box squats or smith machine squats, which are really great for hip mobility and strengthening when used properly.
Will do. I Always get crunching painful shoulders when I do raises which is why I was doing rotator cuff exercises instead to try to improve the shoulder pain. I think I just need to practice good form with lighter weights on the raises.
For sure. I am working towards those. I can do about 10 chin ups slowly with perfect form. Eventually I’ll switch over when I’m a little stronger.
This is pretty much always the case with shoulders. Meet yourself where you are - if that’s 7.5 or 10 lbs dumbbells, so be it.