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On “No more gym, what to do?”
If you consider yourself handy then you could consider building some weightlifting equipment yourself. It is cheap and surprisingly simple.
Although I do recommend that you do buy the barbell since making one out of wood or other common materials would be considerably weaker or larger if you try to maintain the same strength.
link to this video have a Youtube channel where sometimes Buff Dad has tutorials on how to make Gym Equipment. link to this video is an example for a power rack. I've found that the procedure is quite simple and doesn't require any advanced tools. The material is mostly wood so it is very cheap.
As for weight plates, there are again many tutorials on Youtube (link to this video for example) wh…