The Rogue USA Olympic collars are probably my favorite barbell collar. My friends have a hard time with them as they mange to get their fingers smashed by the release mechanism somehow? The original aluminum color ones are the least snappy but in my opinion work the best, the 2 pair ceramic coated colored ones are a bit more snappy and less user friendly. But overall still the strongest collars I have. Purchased in 2021

The original OSO collars before they were bought out and re branded by rogue. I have owned the orange pair for a decade and picked up the green pair a few years ago in a deal. In my opinion these or the predecessor to rogue USA aluminum collars. Biggest knock on these is from people that don’t understand there is a 2 part process to open them up to remove and add to the bar sleeve. First you unclamp it and then have to apply a bit more pressure to fully open it. Above average hold strength. Purchased in 2016

This Anti slip Velcro piece from ab mat is just what I needed in the cellar, i personally don’t mind a non stick or slick pad but some of my training partners do. So when my buddy who bench’s nearly 500 lbs was slipping all over the places and had to put bands on the bench I knew it was time to find a solution. Had this on my Christmas wishlist and the wife came through and got it for the gym. Haven’t had any issues leaving iron for long periods of time and it’s quick to add / remove or adjust. Gives just enough surface to keep your upper back locked in place Purchased 2025

The best deadlift bar out there. Tried and true. I currently own a orange cerakote but have had it in black zinc for several years before the switch Owned since 2017

I wasn’t sold on picking up a barbell rescue brush at first as I already had a few options for keeping my shafts clean, but during Home Gym Con 2023 I met Big Kim and man he was such a a good dude and really showed me the value of the 360 design and was just an all around good human. He has been unpaid and underrateds biggest affiliate the last 3 years so from our mouths (code unpaid) to your shafts we can recommend this brush and so can hundreds of our Crü friends. But if your on gym radar you better be using code Massenomics

I have used this combo several times in competition and in public gyms in the last decade. It’s a good budget or at home combo for the price but I have seen a lot of broken moving pieces on these combos. They just don’t seem to hold up as well as TSS or ER.

I was gifted a pair of these from Peter Keller at home gym con 2024, I was able to try them out at home gym con and had them with me for a couple days but sadly they didn’t make it back with me through the airport security. Neat idea and I do love micro loading.

The rogue combo is very overbuilt, definitely not a combo a meet director would want to travel with. The spacing of the uprights are just to damn close together, especially when using a kilo bar. Most people squatting have to put one or even both uprights “in” so they can even walk out their squat. The bench is a fat pad so most people will bench more on this but seldom see a pad like that in a comp, the price is pretty decent compared to other combos.