Who doesn’t love home gym hacks?
I know I’m always getting creative and looking for ways to make more use of the equipment I already own.
This not only helps your pocket but also keeps you from adding more equipment to your space limited garage gym.
Below you’ll find some of the best gym hacks I’ve come up with and others I’ve found around the internet.
This page will be updated often as more hacks are found.
If you have any hacks you want me to add, please send me a DM on Instagram (@dadshredded).
Rever Hyper Alternative
Materials used for this home gym hack
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If you’d rather skip this hack and get a real reverse hyper machine, click here for FREE shipping.
Lower Back Hyperextension
Materials Used for This Home Gym Hack
This hack was featured on the PRx performance website.
Rather get the real product?
If you’d rather skip this lower back hyperextension hack and get the real product, here are several options:
Grip Machine
For this home gym hack, I’m using a few piece of equipment I already own to recreate a plate loaded grip machine.
I’ll also show you a second option using dumbbells.
Equipment used for this gym hack
- Barbell: Set the barbell on J-Cups at a height below waist level, this helps to rest your thumbs
- Loading pin: The loading pill holds the weight plates, load it up as much as you want
- Lat pulldown bar: Connect the lat pulldown bar to the loading pin with a carabiner
- Weight plates: Any weight plate or bumper plates compatible with your loading pin will work
- Adjustable dumbbell: I set my Snode adjustable dumbbells on the UClips. With these dumbbells I can go up and down weight quickly.
Rather get a real grip machine?
If you’d rather skip this gym hack and get a real grip machine, click here for the one I recommend.
Convert Rower to SkiErg
Materials used for this home gym hack
Another version of this Skierg alternative involves using the Voltra I cable machine.
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If you’d rather skip this hack and get a real SkiErg click here for FREE shipping.
Retractable Gymnastic Ring Straps
Materials used for this home gym hack
Seal Row Bench Alternative
Materials used for this home gym hack
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If you’d rather skip this hack and get a real seal row bench click here for FREE shipping.
Wall Mounted Weight Plate Pegs
Materials used for this home gym hack
Increase floor space by adding tons of stuff to the walls with these pegs.
DIY Sissy Squat Machine (Leg Extension Alternative)
Materials used for this home gym hack
Rather get a real sissy squat machine?
If you rather skip this DIY and get a real sissy squat machine, check out these options:
Homemade Landmine Hack
Materials used for this home gym hack
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If you’d rather skip this hack and get a real landmine attachment click here for FREE shipping.
Wall Mounted Vertical Barbell Holder
Materials used for this home gym hack
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Earthquake Bar Alternative
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Submit Your Gym Hacks
Have any gym hacks you want to share?
Home gym owners can get very creative and become resourceful when space and money are tight.
Send us a link to gym hacks you think are worthy and we’ll add them to this page for everyone else to try.
You can either send it through our contact form or shoot me a DM on Instagram (@dadshredded).