I was thinking of getting a home squat and bench rack for the garage. Our public gyms (rec center) is now open at around 25% capacity I believe, but I really don't want to go back in, seems like shared equipment is asking for it. For the last 6 months I've just been doing dumbell bench and incline and then pullups, less weight and more reps and that has done it's job, but I honestly don't see myself going back to the gym anytime soon and while I may be maintaining I'm really not increasing at all. I was thinking of trying to get a simple rack that I can slide my adjustable bench to and be able to do olympic barbell bench and incline, then also have a place to do squats and deadlifts. When searching for these things it seems like a rack would be $400-1000 and the rubber plates (would want rubber for garage floor) go about $2/lb which seems crazy to spend $100 on a single 45 lb plate.
My rec center gym seems to upgrade weights and equipment every year so I have no clue where all these extra equipment goes to die??? I have no problem buying used, I don't need much, but would like to add in a rack and proper bench w/plates. Does anyone have any experience w/buying used gym equipment? I think I found a rack on amazon that seems reasonable but the olympic barbell prices and reviews are all over the place as well as the rubber weights.
Any help on others who have setup a home gym at a reasonable price would be much appreciated!