Jack Atkins

Jack Atkins is a home gym obsessive who has built setups in a shed, a garage and a spare bedroom, on budgets from shoestring to serious. Along the way he has assembled, used and occasionally cursed at racks, benches, barbells, dumbbells and a small mountain of calisthenics kit.

At Best Exercise he specialises in strength and home gym equipment, where his focus is build quality, safety and value. He knows which corners manufacturers cut, how much steel gauge and weight ratings actually matter, and how to put together a capable gym without overspending. Every pick is weighed against the alternatives at its price.

Jack's guiding belief is that a good home gym is built, not bought all at once. He would rather steer you to the few pieces that earn their footprint than sell you a room full of kit you will not use.