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Every page on Rope & Rep
Grouped by section. Roundups first, then comparisons and guides.
Jump Ropes →
- The best jump ropes for fitness — a rope for every floor and every goal
- The best jump ropes for beginners have some weight to them
- The best weighted jump ropes — and which weight actually does what
- The best jump rope mats save the floor, the rope and the neighbor
- The best jump rope for double-unders is a bearing cable — here are four, and how to size one
- Speed rope or weighted rope? Beginners should buy the heavier one
- Jump rope vs running: the rope wins on space and minutes, the run wins on the run
- Jump rope length by height: the chart, and the test that beats it
- Jump rope in an apartment: quiet enough for the neighbor below, in four moves
- A jump rope workout for beginners: four weeks from three minutes to fifteen
Pull-Up Bars →
- The best pull-up bars for home, ranked by the space you have
- The best doorway pull-up bar for renters won't mark the frame
- The best pull-up bars for an apartment leave nothing behind
- The best pull-up bars with no screws — and how each one stays up
- The best pull-up bars for 8-foot ceilings put the bar where the door is
- The best wall-mounted pull-up bars, for the wall you're allowed to drill
- The best free-standing pull-up bars, ranked by footprint and stability
- The best resistance bands for pull-ups — and which one to start on
- Doorway, wall-mount or free-standing? Answer four questions and the bar picks itself
- Pull-up bar vs power tower: buy the bar unless you need the dips
- How much ceiling does a pull-up bar need? The arithmetic, by your height
- Do doorway pull-up bars damage door frames? Not sound ones — here's how to check yours
- How to mount a pull-up bar to ceiling joists — and when not to
Rings, Dip Bars & Parallettes →
- The best gymnastic rings weigh less than a kettlebell and replace half a gym
- The best wooden gymnastic rings — and the two specs that separate them
- The best dip bars for home: the pair that stores, and the station that doesn't move
- The best parallettes: three heights, three prices, one square foot of floor
- Wood vs plastic gymnastic rings: wood indoors, plastic in the rain
- Gymnastic rings vs TRX: the rings do more for less, unless you need the door
- Gymnastic rings vs pull-up bar: buy the bar first, because the rings hang from it
- Hanging rings under an 8-foot ceiling: three ways that don't need a drill
- Gymnastic rings for beginners: six exercises, three days a week, one doorway
Kettlebells →
- The best kettlebells for home: one bell, one corner, most of a gym
- The best adjustable kettlebells replace a rack — if you pick the right kind
- The best kettlebells for beginners are sold in the size you actually need
- Cast iron vs competition kettlebells: the handle decides it
- Kettlebell vs dumbbell: if you can only store one, it's the bell
- What size kettlebell should a beginner buy? A sizing table, not a guess
- Kettlebells in an apartment: one bell, one mat, and a set-down habit
- One kettlebell, five moves, three days a week: the beginner program
Conditioning Gear →
- The best plyo boxes: three heights, one box, and an edge that won't cut a shin
- The best weight sleds, chosen by the surface you'll push them on
- The best battle ropes: 30 feet for a garage, and one that needs no anchor
- The best agility ladders: the one that never tangles, and the two that go longer
- The best weighted vests for pull-ups add weight where a bar can't
- Foam vs wood plyo box: foam for the jump you miss, wood for everything else
- Weight sled for concrete vs grass: skids for the lawn, wheels for the slab
- Battle ropes vs jump rope: the jump rope for the apartment, the battle rope for the garage
- What size plyo box should I get? Lower than you think — here's the test
- Sled push weight: how much to load, by what you want from it
- Battle rope length and anchor: half the rope in floor, and something to loop it around
Plans, Setups & Gifts →
- Bodyweight training equipment: five pieces, in the order to buy them
- Gifts for someone who trains calisthenics — and already owns a pull-up bar
- Home gym gifts under $50: the categories where a small budget buys something good
- How to get your first pull-up, on a bar in your own doorway
- Pull-up progression: 1 rep to 10, and what comes after
- Muscle-up progression: the three parts, trained separately, then joined
- A 12-week Marine PFT prep plan you can run from a doorway and a sidewalk
- Marine PFT standards: the events, the IST minimums, and where the score tables live
- Apartment gym setup: six by four feet, no holes, nobody downstairs complaining
- Garage gym essentials: the half you can build beside a parked car
- Bodyweight training for beginners: six patterns, three days a week
- Conditioning workouts at home, including the quiet ones