#33 This Company Made Your Barbell and You Probably Don't Know It
Home Gym History · Presented by Garage Gym Experiment
November 15, 202349m 44s
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Show Notes
Episode Outline
- (0:00) Origins of Solid Bar Fitness
- (3:29) Working with other companies
- (4:53) Changes over the years
- (6:39) Idea behind the snap rings
- (9:03) How did you learn to do all of this?
- (11:25) The price of steel
- (11:53) The Marrs Bar
- (16:51) Who invented the hex trap bar?
- (19:30) Challenges over the years
- (21:50) Adding to the collection over the years
- (24:00) Relationship with competitors
- (25:30) Family business
- (31:29) Saying no to certain products
- (33:26) What does the process look like to collaborate?
- (37:54) Anything that didn’t sell like you’d expect?
- (39:06) Best coating for bars?
- (42:44) Majority of business
- (43:58) Upcoming projects
- (44:46) HomeGymCon
Links
- Learn more about Solid Bar Fitness
- Visit vintageweightspgh.com for additional information on vintage weights.
- Follow Rob on Instagram and YouTube
- Subscribe to Garage Gym Radio
- Get your HomeGymCon Tickets