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🏋️ Coop ranks the best Olympic barbells of 2024

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Erin Chancer
July 19, 2024

Welcome to Home Gym Club! According to legend, when physicist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922, Carlsberg gifted him a house next to their brewery with a pipeline of unlimited beer. Now, we’re wondering what it would take to build a protein shake pipeline.

What’s in today’s newsletter:

  • Coop takes a look at the year’s best barbells. Did your fave make the list?

  • We tried out the Bells of Steel Dreadmill, a unique combo of strength and cardio.

  • We asked a registered dietitian how to make DIY protein powder.

  • Our expert testers break down the formula for Ritual Synbiotic+.

Watch Party

Best Olympic Barbell Deep Dive 2024

If you’ve been following Coop for a while, you know how strongly he feels about barbells. So, he decided to take a beat and examine our collection to determine which are the best of the best in three categories: general training bars, power bars, and Olympic bars.

For each bar, Coop breaks down:

  • Knurling

  • Coating

  • Spin

  • Warranty

  • Pricing/value

He also shares his Perfect Trifecta (cue the choir). Curious about where your favorite barbell ranks? You’ll have to watch the video!

Train Station

Bells of Steel Dreadmill Review

Incline treadmill walk. Decline treadmill walk. Farmer’s carry. Sled push. Single-arm row. Shrugs. All these exercises and more are made possible with this all-in-one manual treadmill from Bells of Steel.

While the best treadmills and cardio machines allow you to incorporate more than one style of training, this is one of the most feature-packed manual treadmills we’ve seen yet. It’s got all the bells and whistles, but are these features useful or extras that you’ll never really use?

In this Bells of Steel Dreadmill review, we share our thoughts after extensive hands-on testing. We share the good (and the bad), who we think this is a good fit for, and help you decide whether this dreadmill is worthy of a spot in your home gym.

DIY

Homemade Protein Powder

Homemade protein powder may be something you’ve never even thought was possible, but with the right equipment, it can be a reality. Even the best protein powder sometimes gets a bad rap, but it’s actually a whole-food product, which makes it a dietitian favorite for those who need a macro boost.

If you’re about keeping your diet and meal plans as healthy as possible, making your own protein supplement is the peak way to go about it. It also has the potential to be much more budget-friendly, better for those with tight diet restrictions, and leaves more room for customization. No matter what your reasoning for considering homemade protein powder, you may find it’s simpler than you think.

We asked registered sports dietitian Destini Moody for her professional opinion on how to go about making your own protein powder. Check it out!

What’s Supp?

Ritual Synbiotic+ Review

If you can believe it, about 132,277 pounds of food and countless microorganisms pass through our gastrointestinal tract in an average lifetime. These microbes form our gut microbiota, a community of trillions that plays a crucial role in our gut health, which impacts digestive health, immune systems, brain function, and overall wellness.

Diet significantly shapes our gut microbiome, and synbiotics—a blend of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics—are particularly beneficial. Ritual’s daily synbiotic features this powerful trio, making it a top contender among the best prebiotic and probiotic supplements. But is it “mint” for you? (This will soon make sense.)

In this Ritual Synbiotic review, join registered dietitian Sydney Lappe as she examines its formulation and much more. Nicole Davis, CPT, PN1-NC, and GGR head of content, also shares her firsthand experience with Synbiotic+.

Therabody

Another Prime Day is in the books, but that doesn’t mean the savings are over. Therabody is hosting its own Prime Day sales and offering discounts on some of its top-rated recovery tools now through July 27. You can save up to $150 on the following items:

  • Theragun Pro G4

  • Theragun Sense

  • Theragun Prime G4/G5

  • Theragun Mini 2

  • TheraFace Pro

  • TheraFace LED

  • TheraFace Rings

  • PowerDot Duo and Uno

  • RecoveryTherm Knee, Back and Cube

  • TheraCup

  • Smart Goggles

  • RecoveryPro Arm and Calf

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