Home gyms can range from cheap to

ridiculously expensive. And now that I

own my own home, I've decided it's time

to build the ultimate home gym. But

there's just one slight problem. I spent

all my all my money on the house.

So, in order to build this home gym, I'm

turning to the cheapest place on the

internet, Timu. It's time to become a

budget bodybuilder.

Here

[music]

goes nothing.

The budget for this gym is max $2,000. I

don't want to go over that. I think

that's reasonable. I think it's totally

doable using Teimu. Now, you got to be

very careful picking things online

because sometimes [music] they show up

at your door with a baby they claim as

yours. Let's get shopping. As if child

labor wasn't bad enough at these prices.

Do they even get paid? Now, this thing

looks pretty cool. It's triceps, biceps.

I think I'd have to be Spider-Man to

figure out how to do chin-ups on here.

There's five stars, [music] four

reviews, zero humans. I bet there's only

six left, so we better hack quick.

[music] Probably only six ever made.

Let's add that to cart. You will never

convince me anyone has ever paid full

price for this. [music] 88% off. That

isn't a sale. They are offloading stolen

product. But I think for a home gym, it

is important to get multi-purpose things

so it doesn't take up a lot of space.

And this looks pretty legit. So, we have

a preacher pad. We have a leg extension.

It does all of our shoulder pressing,

our bench pressing. It says it's sturdy.

It looks like it has the structural

integrity of a bread stick. And

apparently, it holds 1,000 lb, which I'm

going to be very excited to test out.

We'll see about that. A wealth of

postures awaits your personal unlocking.

That just sounds like a fortune cookie

you'd find in a Shanghai brothel. Let's

add this to cart. I think this is great.

Oh, okay. This one looks good. The chest

press machine here. It's again a

multi-purpose thing. We got bench press.

We got incline bench press. I'm not

really understanding the mechanics of

that shoulder press. And then the photo

of the sit-ups both confuses and scares

me. But I think this looks pretty good.

And of course, it's on sale. If you buy

anything full price on Teeu, I think you

should just get an automatic bang fraud

alert or something like that. It has

five stars, nearly 4,000 sold with zero

reviews. That [music] that that can't be

right, can it? How is that possible? And

the cool thing is this is also black and

red again, just like our tricep and

bicep machine. So, I think we just found

our gym colors. This one looks legit,

but the price feels cheap and it's not

actually on sale for once. So, now I'm

just kind of confused about how I'm

going to get screwed on this one. Add to

cart. Obviously, every gym needs a squat

rack, and I just found one here for only

$140. That's terrifying. So, I'm going

to need a spotter for the actual rack

instead of the lifter. Curling in the

squat rack in the first photo is

obnoxious. 66% off. 100%. This is going

in my cart. I would love to meet whoever

came up with that. Super creative

dumbbells into a barbell. Count me in.

In terms of cardio machines, we don't

really need much. I have stairs going

down to my basement, so that should

really make up the bulk of it, but I do

think having something in the gym for

cardio would be a good touch. Now, I

found this uh check out that discount.

82% off. I mean, maybe if we just wait

another couple weeks, they'll just be

giving it away. Use half an hour a day,

and it's equivalent to all of these

things here. 4.4 stars is usually a

pretty good review, but on Teeu, that

that just means that people were pissed.

I kept browsing for a bit and ended up

adding one more piece that's really

going to bring the gym together,

bringing our total gym spend to

$1,69659.

Everything has been ordered and I'm I'm

just realizing now that I'm going to

have to build everything, aren't I?

Yeah.

Let's hope everything shows up.

Holy crap.

I ordered eight things from Teimu and

I'll be happy if I get five of them and

ecstatic if two of those are actually

functional.

>> How did the guy just deliver that?

>> Part of me was worried I missed some

sort of fine print and ordered miniature

gym equipment instead. But all this

stuff, as you can see, is actually huge

and extremely heavy.

All right. Well, this is either the

Teimu barbell or the final piece to my

life-size shack mannequin.

Okay. Well, that was the last of it. So,

everything showed up. I lied. It turns

out the barbell isn't actually here yet.

But this is where the gym is going to

be. It's very spacious. I don't know

what I'm getting myself into here. It's

like I created my own Teimu escape room

that I need to build my way out of. But

if I can build this, I can do anything

except return it.

I'm for sure going to need a therapist

after this. We do not have much time to

waste because in just 3 days, the

biggest home gym reviewer in the entire

world is flying all the way here to come

to this gym and review it. Let's get

drowning in Allen keys. Also, this is

just like really not a good [music] sign

before I even open the box.

I have not built anything like I don't

know how to build. So, this is going to

be interesting.

When I was little, I remember watching

my dad build things and the first thing

he would do is just take everything out

and lay it all over the floor. Like put

everything on the floor. So [music]

that's exactly what I'm going to do.

>> Babe, do we have tape?

Oh god. I really don't know what

happened there. I swear I put zero

effort into that. The paper just kind of

gave up on its own. If this is

foreshadowing the quality of my gym

equipment, I'm in danger. Step one done.

Yeah, this is easy, man. [clears throat]

What the heck is a nut?

I have aged 3 years, but I have built

the bench. [music]

This bench was advertised as being able

to hold 1,000 lb. So, let's test that

right now.

Okay. Please.

[music]

Okay. It feels sturdy. Oh, this is

actually a nice bench. It feels really

good.

I feel so confident right now. Like I

cannot be stopped.

Holy. Understanding the instructions is

going about as well as playing charades

with Helen Keller. They somehow made gym

equipment instructions look like a

quantum physics dissertation. I'm not

qualified for this. I grew up on Lego

instructions. This to me just looks like

hieroglyphics. I'm a big fan of how each

step has 13 mini steps within it. I love

that. I'm just going to freestyle it and

and hope for the best here.

Yeah, there is no shot this thing is

going to be built by me. So, I'm I'm

going to call in some help now. Help is

here and they're good. They're really

good. They're super fast. Like, look,

they've already finished making the

chest press machine. So, I'm up here. Uh

I'm the owner of the gym. So, I'm I'm

doing some admin work right now because

just I'm just trying to make myself

useful. And the gym is called Budget

Barbell. Take a look at that logo I just

made with the red and the black to match

the machines. Things are coming along.

The next thing I'm doing is coming up

with something that Tim Teimu has

probably already made me secretly

[music] sign. And that is a liability

waiver because people are going to be

using this gym other than myself. And I

the likelihood of injury is probably

very high. [music] So I just put it into

chat GPT and uh it's all done. Just

saved me $5,000 in legal fees there.

Okay. I should probably really go help

build right now. Right now we're putting

together the squat rack, which is

important. This is the crown jewel of

budget barbell. It's literally the focal

point. I actually messaged the gym

reviewer ahead of time for some intel

and he said that equipment wise, a squat

rack isn't obvious. Yeah, so obvious.

It only took three men, 3 hours,

two YouTube tutorials, and one minor

mental breakdown. But [music] the squat

rack's done.

Good job, guys. I just got some really

bad news. I got an email saying that our

barbell is running late. And I just feel

like that piece is going to bring this

gym to another level. It's not a crazy

machine, but I feel like our gym

reviewer would appreciate it because

it's just such a unique piece. And I

really hope it shows up, but I'm not

feeling that confident.

Yeah, we're running out of time.

Anyways, I got back to work tightening

bolts, lining up pieces, and pretending

I fully understood the instructions. I

was doing as much as I could trying to

look productive while in the back of my

mind constantly anticipating the

doorbell for my barbell. [music]

Day number two in the books and it's

coming along. I'm not going to lie. It

looks like the newest final destination

set. Like there's just so many ways you

could probably die in here. Like you

could not pay me to hang off that bar.

But you you actually probably could pay

me to hang off that bar. Even though the

gym is looking amazing, I am getting

extremely concerned that it's not going

to be finished in time. Like, we spent

half the day on the lat pull down

machine, and it's not even done yet. We

also haven't even started the biggest

machine, which was the last thing I got.

And I know that's also going to be a

full day thing. So, I'm really hoping

our gym reviewer is not flying all the

way here for absolutely nothing, because

that would just be mean. So, this is

going to go all the way to the wire. I

don't know why I I don't know why I cut

it this close. Good morning, everybody.

We have one more long [music] day of

building.

Let's get it done.

[music]

[music]

This is the last thing that we need to

build. It's It's huge. For reference,

I'm just about 6'3, so

it's going to be a nightmare.

Look at the instructions I'm dealing

with right now. Attach part 22, number

30 to part number 21 using two part

number two M10 75 bolts. Please help me.

>> Guys, I cannot believe I am saying this,

but the gym is done. I am so [music]

tired. You have no idea. I smell I

haven't showered in 2 days. I haven't

cooked a meal either, but luckily David

has been here to hold my hands to make

sure that I hit my protein every single

day. David protein, of [music] course.

This is actually my fourth today. Here's

proof. David is the highest protein to

calorie ratio protein bar in the entire

world. 150 calories, 28 g of protein.

And did I mention zero sugar? Yeah, zero

sugar. Texture [music] is unbeatable.

Now, if you've never had them before and

you're at the store, I recommend you

reach for the cinnamon roll flavor. That

is my personal [music] favorite. That is

what I'm having right now.

It's like they micro do a Cinnabon in

here. If you guys want to pick up some

David Protein, use the first [music]

link in the description and you will not

be disappointed. And just as I was

finishing up my fourth David Protein,

this happened.

[bell]

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> I literally cannot believe this made it

just in time. I'm Let's go down and

finish this gym.

>> To finish the gym, I got what every gym

needs. This sick 5ft Ronnie Coleman

poster for $13 and this Arnold poster

for $22. That was actually 82% off.

Budget Barbell is looking better than I

could have ever imagined, and I can't

wait to show you all in the morning.

Everybody, welcome to Budget Barbell.

All the hard work has been done, and now

it's time to just try everything out.

So, on the surface, this looks

phenomenal, but so did Ted Bundy. So, I

mean, you're not supposed to judge a

book by its cover, but I'm really hoping

it matches. So, the first thing we're

going to try out is the squat rack right

here. And this was like $158. So, my

expectations are

like like down here. This thing is

supposed to hold 350 lbs. And I'm

terrified to put 45 on right now.

Okay. Best case scenario today, I get an

incredible pump. Worst case, I get

carried into an ambulance with a decent

pump.

The tripping hazard here is pretty

insane for the squats. That's not ideal.

Okay, there we go. Time to rack it.

So, we tested 135 lb. Now, I'm going to

do some pull-ups with 200 lb.

and

hope for the best.

Oh, that didn't sound good.

Not going to lie, every single rep feels

like there's a 50/50 chance that I'm

going to like pull this thing down

instead of me up, but [panting]

it's nice. I like it. Next thing we have

our bench here, which is also a preacher

curl, and then they marketed it as a leg

extension. And then, as you can see,

at budget barbell, not only is leg day

skipped, it's just canceled entirely. I

mean, it offers very little resistance.

They they should give me like a an

attachment just so I can isolate my

pinky.

That is way too shaky for comfort.

Come on.

Really nice. A nice fat pad at the back.

So you have a nice back stability. Let's

test out the preacher curl. Now nice.

You got to hold this for stability. It's

actually a very nice piece minus the leg

extension. So the thing I was most

excited to try the barbell was supposed

to hold any kind of dumbbell that you

had.

It doesn't fit my dumbbell.

The barbell was like $86.

doesn't seem to be usable. Maybe if I go

to like a Star Wars convention, I could

just be like could be like a a jacked

guys lightsaber or something. That is

the one downside so far, a budget

barbell. There is no barbells. The next

thing we're trying is the lat pull down

machine, which was by far the hardest

one to build. There was a lot of

different small parts. Hopefully, they

are all still intact.

Oh, that does not that does not sound

good. That sounds as sturdy as a canoe

in a tsunami.

Oh, this actually feels pretty good. The

nice thing is this seat isn't so far

back. So, what it does is it kind of

forces you to maintain perfect form the

entire time, not cheat it. Cuz if you

cheat, you're just going to fly off.

Head's going to hit the wall.

Concussion. Then, if you sit down, we

got a rowing machine.

And then we got the abs.

This thing is a three in one machine. So

we got the lap hold down, then the abs,

and the rower. It does three things. Not

all three things incredibly well, but

decent. The lap hold down was by far the

best of the three. Now we're going to

move on to the chest press machine. And

not going to lie, Timmy kind of cooked

with this one. Like this one looks

incredible. [snorts] I cannot wait to

try it. This was $360,

which is kind of is I don't know how it

was that. Maybe I missed the fine print

where that's like my first installment

of the payment. That's a really good

price cuz this looks like a machine that

you probably find at a commercial gym.

Oh, what the heck?

Oh, it's not even the handles are not

even. It has a nice convergence at the

top, but once you get to the bottom, you

feel you're just going to tear your pec.

You can actually adjust the handles

here. So, your range of motion is

extremely good. This was also advertised

as being a chest press machine and a

shoulder press machine. I mean, this is

probably the worst shoulder press I have

ever used. This machine also looks

great, but just because it looks good,

as we've learned, doesn't mean it's

actually going to be good. First, we're

going to do the tricep dip.

That's a really annoying sound. Now, the

cool thing about this one is if we go

around back, we have ourselves a mini

bar here to do some curls. Now, I can't

fully stand up and do it cuz if I do

that, I'm going to hit the floor and my

wife's going to get mad. So, what I'm

going to have to do

is I'm going have to push it out a bit

and I have to get on my knees. Biceps

are not usually what I'm working from

here. There's a preacher curl. I'm

[snorts] calling this one the alter boy

curl. Yeah. I mean, the way that this

one was built, I got to question Teeu's

engineers here. Last piece. We have a

Teimu functional trainer. It's supposed

to be bolted to the wall, but as you can

see, it's it's not at all because they

didn't give us bolts to the wall. What's

great about this is that we can do

lateral raises with it. We can do

barbell curls with it. I probably wear a

helmet when I do this. Let it chase you

a little bit. It's like a fun game of

tag while you curl. Say, "Come on, this

way. Let's go." And then we got

ourselves

maybe next time. Overall opinions on

this gym for 1,600 bucks. It's It's

pretty good. I mean, there's I can hit

everything effectively.

Um that's up for debate. I see budget

equipment kind of like vegan food. If it

kind of can mimic what it's supposed to

be to some degree, I would say it's an

overall success. So, in terms of a score

out of like 10,

I'm going to give it a I'm going to give

it a 6 and a half. But that's just my

opinion. I think we need an expert's

opinion.

Oh, and that's him right now.

>> Well, daddy's home. I want to see the

gym.

>> This right here is Cooper Mitchell,

owner of Garage Gym Reviews, the largest

gym review resource in the world. Nobody

knows home setups and equipment like

him. and he's about to give me a

brutally honest rating of the gym I put

together.

>> Before you see this gym, I have to

blindfold you.

>> Okay, don't be worried. It's stand your

procedure.

>> Oh, these are actually comfy.

>> As you can see right there, all the

boxes of all like the the stuff.

>> I can't see a thing.

>> Now, this entire gym cost me $1,69659.

>> The whole thing.

>> The whole thing. What's your thoughts on

Teeu before you take that off?

>> Teimu is great if you're balling on a

budget. Uh, but there's a lot of crap on

Teemo. Okay, take off your blindfold.

Okay.

[laughter]

Yes. How much did you say?

>> $1,696.

>> Oh my goodness. This is incredible. Save

money here. Spend it. Did you come up

with this? I did.

>> That's beautiful. Honestly, that rack

looks like a death trap. That's

motivating. I may die if I lose this

rep. But the thing that's weird about it

is that you're looking at Ronnie Coleman

squat 800 lb on a rack that you can't

eagle lift with.

>> That's true. Also, I don't know what

these are for, but I've never done dips

this wide.

>> Yeah. So, I mean, there's there's

there's definitely a few like

>> engineering flaws with it.

>> Sure. Sure.

>> I mean, it could also be my building

that the building

>> It is your building. Yeah. These go on

the other side.

>> Yeah. Oh, I'm thinking because it's a

home gym, you want it to be very

compact,

>> so you can just go Oh, it folds. Folds.

Dude.

>> Yeah. [music]

That's a No, that's actually sick. How

much you think this was?

>> 150 bucks. $158. That's incredible.

>> Coupe is going to give each piece an

individual score out of 10. And at the

end of the tour, he'll add it all up and

reveal to me my gym's total score.

>> What's the most important criteria for

like a piece?

>> Well, safety is number one, cuz if you

die, blame you. But number two, what's

the most scarce resource outside of some

people money? It's real estate. It's

like I don't have a lot of space,

>> right? Moving on here.

>> This sucks. Guess the original price.

[laughter]

>> Original price.

>> Retail.

>> Retail.

>> You won't guess it.

>> 100 bucks.

$888. I got it 88% off.

>> Deal, dude.

>> It was supposed to be a leg extension,

but it doesn't it doesn't extend. Well,

you know,

let me introduce you to leg extension,

sir. See, the problem here is the

fulcrum point is really far up the back

pad.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, when you're pressing, where is all

the weight? It's right here. Right

there.

>> So,

yeah, you you can hear

>> you know that that creek of that

plywood.

>> You mind if I go for it? Yeah. Do you

lift in kilos or pounds?

>> Okay. Yeah. Is that normal for I don't

know. I'm not usually normal in like

anything that I do. Careful. Oh, when he

sits too fast, it does it. [laughter]

>> All right, Cooper, you might be on a

viral workout video right now. Can you

lean back? Snap. [laughter]

>> My head is off the pad. Very

uncomfortable. Not ideal. What's the

average height in China, though?

>> You know, I've never calculated that.

The other thing to mention on this,

which you can't tell right now, this pad

gap,

watch this.

>> I mean, oh yeah,

>> that's uncomfortable.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. You don't want a Grand Canyon in

between your pads. We judge it by finger

length. That's three fingers. What

should it be? No go. Always zero gap.

>> Oh, that was always two. One of the

things I was most excited about is not

the flashiest piece here.

>> Yeah, it was this.

>> Ooh, I know what this is. You do?

>> Oh, yeah. You put dumbbells in it.

>> Yeah.

>> Those ones don't fit, [music] though.

>> Oh, yes.

>> Yeah. Dang.

>> Oh, wow. That was a scribble. The

barbell can't fit, but I got I can think

of something else that can.

>> There's multiple stuff.

>> I can't. This one lap fold down machine.

>> Yeah,

>> it was by far the hardest one to build.

It's kind of scarring.

>> Th This This

is a unique pulley location. This is the

ab pulley for the gym.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> [clears throat]

>> Is that hard for you?

>> Yeah, it was really hard. Typically,

these are on 2:1 ratios. Okay. So, you

get a longer cable travel.

>> Yeah.

>> And uh it'll basically have the weight.

You're getting whatever weight's there

at that pulley. So, all 50 lb plus the

trolley weight.

>> That's why it feels heavy.

>> And then the back row, which I actually

I actually liked this one the best. The

location for the pulley is pretty low. A

lot of cheaper ones will be lower. But

>> I did not know it did that. Oh, yeah.

Foldable, baby. Oh, you got to be

worried about this thing tipping. But

for like upright stuff.

>> Okay. And the do upright rows.

>> Yeah,

>> you can do curls. [panting]

[snorts]

>> Oh, that was pretty showing off now.

>> I do want to say the fact that you color

match to every piece of equipment.

>> That's actually impressive.

>> Yeah.

>> I was I was not expecting it and it just

kind of happened that way.

>> Even the shade

>> Yeah.

>> of the red.

>> Mhm.

>> It's almost like it's all made in the

same factory or something.

>> How much?

>> 222.

[snorts]

>> 222.

>> Yeah. And 10 cents. What was the retail?

>> This was actually the only one that was

not on sale. Now we have this piece. I

thought it felt strange.

>> Okay.

>> I did feel like it kind of went too far

[music] on the way down that I feel like

I was like tearing my pack away.

>> Yeah. Yeah. I You can see the handles

are kind of angled. And the other thing

I don't know if this has it, but did you

do this?

>> I did not know that, bro.

>> Oh, yeah. Yeah, that feels good.

>> Yeah. Okay. This was the most expensive

piece as well. $360,

>> was it?

>> Yeah.

>> Oh, you got hosed. Did I? Oh, yeah.

We've reviewed the GMWD for $199 bucks,

baby.

>> The other thing it's supposed to do,

there's two other things technically.

>> Shoulder press.

>> Shoulder press is like so bad.

>> Like, what?

>> I know.

>> Yeah. No.

>> Yeah. It's worthless. Uh, this pad does

>> fold all the way up though, so you can

get it out of the way. Oh,

>> and if you wanted to Oh,

>> you know, you could you could do some

trap stuff here.

>> Well, that's sick. Honestly, budget gym.

People that are wanting to build a

budget gym, if you want to do

hypertrophy stuff, this is one of my top

picks.

>> Really? And then also right underneath

you, this is the cardio at budget

barbell.

This is the cardio section. Yes. Next

piece. I was excited about this one cuz

again, kind of like the chest press. It

looks nice. It looks like an arsenal

strength piece.

Okay, there. Then you got something

going on there. Yeah, you'll see. Oh,

that's what I'll tell you.

>> If you stand and curl.

>> Yep.

>> You're going to hit the floor.

>> Oh, right.

>> So, you have to go down.

>> Uh, yep.

>> I said I call this one the alter boy

curl now.

>> So, you go down like Well, I could help

you with the reps really easily.

>> Oh,

you know.

>> COME ON.

>> GOOD JOB.

>> YES.

>> Did you get those pants from Ta

Gym Shark, man? Come on.

>> Gym Shark.

>> Gym Shark. I I don't I just curious.

>> All you trying to like roast me or

something?

>> No, I think they're cool.

>> What would you pay for this to be worth

it?

>> $2250

somewhere around there.

>> $248.

>> That's I take that's good.

>> This was the T-Mu functional trainer.

>> So, it's a one-sided thing.

>> It is. It's supposed to be bolted to the

wall, but they did not give me bolts for

the wall cuz the thing moves with you

while you while you curl it.

>> Okay. Nice.

>> There you go.

>> Oh, yeah. I like that.

>> Feels good. Yep. The multi-polley

game changer. That's 10 lbs right there.

But if you want to quickly go heavy, say

you're super setting,

all you do

>> Oh, yeah.

>> is you bring them together and now

you're pulling the entire weight,

>> right?

[music]

>> Oh, man. If you saw what was behind me

just now. Yeah. Yeah.

>> Price for this to be worth it to you.

Oh,

my guess is it's probably more around

150, but I think for how much you can do

with cable, I'd go 300. It's 262.

>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah, that's not bad.

>> Yeah.

>> Oh, yeah. And these this has actual

guide rods. Way smoother than what you

got on there.

>> Yeah.

>> And you didn't oil them up.

>> Uh you should have bought some WD40 or

something. Actually, 3 in1 oil.

>> I got lube. Is that fine?

>> No, that won't work. Absolutely not.

Heading into Budget Barbell, I was not

expecting a lot, not going to lie.

Coming in though, you've pleasantly

surprised me.

>> Really?

>> Yes. Yes. First impressions are most

important. The fact that you got a sign

saying the name of your gym matters a

lot. You've also got some pieces that

truly the versatility as well as the

foldability matters a lot. You know, the

real estate [music] you're taking up and

uh I think you could build an incredible

physique someday. The score I would give

your gym is 5.5 out of 10.

No.

What? I thought it was like It sounded

like it was going well. It It was You

leave me on that. Pull down. Four. A

four.

>> Dude, it was so expensive.

>> You were glazing this. It was dimension

was a two.

>> Negative. Yeah. I'm sorry, man. The

tricep machine, seven. Seven. Okay.

Cable machine, eight.

>> Eight. Eight. Okay. Cable machine's

great. Dumbbell bar, six. The chest

machine, a nine. I gave this gym 6.5.

That's Yeah, that's not that bad.

>> All right, man. Thanks so much.

Appreciate you coming.

>> See you, bro.

>> Yeah.

>> So, in the end, I got a 5 and a half out

of 10 for my team gym. A pill that's

hard to swallow with all the work that

was put into it. But that's okay because

the score is going to be nothing

compared to when he sees the real home

gym that's being built real soon.

Hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you

did, make sure to watch this one right

here. Bye-bye. See you next time.