Another “specialty” barbell I love is the multigrip bar, a/k/a the “Swiss” or “football” bar. The multigrip bar is a good barbell to use for shoulder safety while bench pressing, and at the same time poses unique biomechanical challenges that will benefit the bench press–analogous to the Safety Squat Bar with the squat.
Look at this beast. It’s called a safety squat bar, and it’s so goddamned big and heavy it won’t fit into a photograph straight on. So here’s another angle.
I started building out my home gym in 2018, the Spring before my second child–Bee–was born. I figured it would make it far easier to get in workouts–with both my then-two year old Gee and a newborn Bee–if I could just go outside to my detached 2-car garage and bang out some sets.