2023 Update: Added Granite Fitness, Solid Bar Fitness, Brutus Tools, Pro Kettlebell, Grind Fitness, Darko Lifting, and more Life Fitness products.
For more specific products, see our USA Made Dumbbells List and USA Made Weight Plates List.
When you prefer USA made products, you support American manufacturing, American jobs, and American values. This improves the country’s long term economic independence, lowering our reliance on countries who do not share our values or laws.
The raw materials, refinement, preparation and assembly sometimes involves multiple countries in some way or another. This leads to grey areas like being partially USA made or “assembled” in the USA.
The FTC regulates the term “made in USA”, defining it as a product where all significant parts are of US origin and all significant processing is done in the US. I am limiting this list to products that appear to meet the strict FTC standard.
I am also limiting it to strength equipment and conditioning / Crossfit equipment, in line with the overall focus of Two Rep Cave. No apparel, supplements, or anything else that’s loosely “fitness” related.
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Rogue is the leading icon in the functional training / Crossfit equipment industry. They have built a reputation based on outstanding customer service, leading-edge high-quality products, sponsoring the Crossfit Games and being active in the fitness community.
They have a 600,000 sqft manufacturing plant in Columbus, OH.
Their Made in the USA page includes over 1000 products in several categories:
| – Iron Plates – Power Racks, Squat Stands, Rigs – Gym Accessories – Bars – Kettlebells – Strength Equipment | – Lifting Straps – Bodyweight & Gymnastics Equipment – Supplements – Conditioning Equipment – Mobility Tools – Strongman Equipment |
American Barbell pioneered the first hard chrome plating and Cerakote coating on barbells and the first urethane bumper plates.
Look for their “Made in the USA” note in each product description.
Their USA made products include:
| – Bars – Squat Stands – Rigs – Power Racks | – Cable Attachments – Plyo Boxes – Jerk Blocks – Gymnastics Rings – Technique Plates |
Founded in 1998 to provide articles and seminars for athletes, and later expanding into selling equipment.
A portion of elitefts’s equipment is made in the USA, marked on the product pages.
Established in 1997 as one of the very first online fitness equipment stores.
They have several categories of made in the USA products. The Iron Grip dumbbells they resell are one of the only USA-made urethane dumbbells.
Founded in 1980, Sorinex still makes most of their equipment in the US.
Founded in 1993, Iron Grip specializes in a small line of weights and makes all of them in the US. They famously supply 24 Hour Fitness.
We included them in our urethane dumbbells comparison.
Power racks, lifting platforms, benches, machines, and accessories. Note that only their own branded products are USA made, not necessarily the products they resell. Check the product pages for the prominent USA made note.
All Power Lift products are proudly Made in the U.S.A.
https://www.powerliftusa.com/about/FAQ
Legend Fitness is known for full commercial grade equipment found in many commercial gyms throughout the country. They are expensive but one of the very best.
Legend Fitness has been manufacturing fitness equipment in the United States since 1977. Today, all of our products are manufactured in our Knoxville, Tennessee facility, which we expanded into in 2012.
https://www.legendfitness.com/faqs/general-info-faqs/
Attyguy’s basement gym that we featured has several pieces of Legend equipment.
Black Widow Training Gear started in 2009 by a welder who was known for custom making all kinds of specialty bars and other equipment for people. They now offer a standard selection of equipment based on their custom designs.
We design, produce, and test all products ourselves. All of our training gear is made out of heavy duty steel and built in the USA.
https://www.blackwidowtg.com/aboutus.asp
Wright Equipment is an Alabama company that became widely known for their bumper plates in the early 2000s. They have since expanded to many other products.
Use our code TWOREP for 5% off at Wright.
We currently manufacture over 100 items in the great state of Alabama.
https://wright-equipment.com/collections/usa-made-fitness-equipment
100% of all Granite Fitness equipment and products are built right here in Austin, TX.
https://granite-fitness.com/pages/made-in-usa
Also known as Capps Welding. They have been making the Texas Power Bar and other Texas bars at their shop in Irving, TX since 1980.
Their USA made barbells are known for having some of the most aggressive knurling of all powerlifting bars out there.
We’ve written a few guides and reviews that include the Texas bars.
Texas Strength Systems is a manufacturer and large gym in San Antonio where they host powerlifting meets. They partnered with Mark Rippetoe to make a Starting Strength line of equipment (see our Starting Strength equipment article). Their equipment is USA made.
Any weights that they sell such as bars, dumbbells and plates are from other suppliers and not necessarily USA made.
American-made weight benches, power racks and squat racks. The power racks are their best sellers and are highly customizable with multiple color combinations, components, and additional attachments.
Use our discount code TWOREP10 to get 10% off!
Stray Dog Strength products are manufactured in a state of the art manufacturing facility in Columbus Ohio, that first opened its doors in 1911. We utilized a computer aided manufacturing (CAM) process to ensure all parts manufactured to meet our strict criteria. Our products are made out of USA steel in the USA.
https://straydogstrength.com/quality/
Our mission to manufacture the highest quality weightlifting bars that are 100% manufactured and assembled in Kansas with all American parts, has constantly stayed the same.
https://www.solidbarfitness.com/
A company specializing in American-made barbells, plus hex bars and other specialty bars.
This company started up in 2020 to address the kettlebell shortage. They mainly just make kettlebells, from a foundry in Pennsylvania.
Another company that started up during the 2020 kettlebell shortage.
Our high-quality cast iron kettlebells are made in the USA, rooted in the hardworking legacy of Midwest iron foundries.
https://bluelakesiron.com/pages/about-us
Started up in 2020 to offer online training programs, and since expanded to selling a couple lines of pro-style kettlebells. Warning: These are not cheap!
Most of their equipment is made in Rahway, NJ:
A selection of rack accessories and cable attachments that are made in the USA.
Since 1979. Their American-made weight lifting belts are regarded as some of the best belts on the market. After all these years they have remain focused on weightlifting/powerlifting belts, with just a few related accessories.
Schiek started in 1991 making lifting belts and expanded to gloves, straps and wraps.
“Most” of their weightlifting belts and other products are USA made. Check each product page to be sure.
Their belts are also sold on Amazon.
Founded in 1988. Known for their grip training tools. They have a pretty good range of other exercise equipment too. Most of their products are USA made. The racks are imported. Check the product pages to be sure.
A very small company (they don’t even have a logo) that makes all their fitness equipment in their shop in Canton, OH. They have been around for a few years now and have gotten great reviews in forum discussions.
They focus narrowly on a couple dozen pieces of specialty equipment like safety squat bars and belt squats. Like many small USA-made shops, their prices are high.
The first company to offer what is now known as “crumb” bumper plates made from recycled rubber. Their bumper plates and change plates are 100% USA made. Some bumpers that other companies sell are actually made by Hi-Temp.
All of their fractional weight plates are pressed and coated in PA. Sizes from 1/4 lb on up. They also have a unique design of fractional plates that fit over the inside of most fixed dumbbell handles.
They also make a wooden deadlift jack.
In business since 2008. They make a few models of endless rope trainers that are all made in the USA.
We are proud to say that all of our products are made in the United States of America, according to the highest quality standards.
https://www.ropeflex.com/aboutus
Since 2011. Unique skull-head and other kettlebells, cast in American foundries. I featured these in my Many-Faced Kettlebells article.
During the 2020 corona lockdowns this 19th century company filled the supply void by starting their own line of USA made kettlebells and dumbbells.
A 5th generation family-owned company with 138 years of American-made industrial cast iron experience
https://www.goldenscastiron.com/about/
Clear-coat steel powerlifting plates made in the USA. New 2020 company.
See my review of their plates.
Use our coupon code TWOREP for 5% off.
A new 2020 company based in Reno, NV with several pieces of USA made fitness equipment.
All Grey Man Gear™ products are made in America and used worldwide by US and NATO Military Forces as a part of all BeaverFit Performance Lockers.
https://www.greymangear.com/about
Tons of grip training and pull up training equipment. Most of it is USA made. They also note on product pages the ones that are not USA made, which is helpful.
Leather weightlifting belts, including some made in partnership with Starting Strength and Barbell Logic.
Their cordura training sandbags and kettlebell sandbags are made in Denver, CO.
Our USA-made gear is designed to be virtually indestructible and every product is tested and refined by some of the world’s toughest functional and tactical athletes at our 12,000 sq. ft. Brute Force Headquarters and Training center in Denver, CO.
https://www.bruteforcetraining.com/pages/about-us
Hand grippers made in the USA. Similar to IronMind and Heavy Grips, which they also sell, oddly enough.
Formed in 2020. Currently only has iron weight plates. Their site says they plan on making kettlebells and dumbbells soon.
Another company to start up in 2020 to deal with the gym equipment shortage of the time. Their crumb bumper plates are USA made.
ALL PLATES PROUDLY MANUFACTURED IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY USA
https://homegrownlifting.com/
Unique kettlebells in the shapes of animal heads and others. This is one a one-man operation run by the owner Joe since 2014.
From the artists rendition, to the engineering to the foundry pouring the iron, every aspect of ZOOBELLS was made by American hands.
https://www.zoobellsusa.com/pages/about-us
They currently only have a few USA made products:
Fringe offers a 365-day 100% guarantee on everything they sell. They even pay to ship it back in the first 45 days.
Their USA made barbells and other products include a few they added in 2021:
| – Bomba Bar v3 – CeraColt Bar – Lone Star Power Bar | – Crumb Bumper Plates – Climbing Ropes |
We featured their Bomba Bar v2 as one of the best all-purpose bars you can get for the price.
Founded in 1967 and known for their high quality weights. Only a few Ivanko products are made in the USA. On the product page look for the small USA flag or “Made in USA” in the details.
Ivanko’s machined plates are included in our machined olympic plates comparison.
Intek increased their USA-made offerings in 2021. Look for the big American flag on select products.
As the name suggests, rubber flooring is most of what they sell, although they have sister sites all operating under Inc Stores. Many of their rubber mats and rolls are made in the USA, noted in the product details.
We featured their 4×6 rubber mats in our gym flooring guide.
WaterRower makes their wooden rowers in Warren, Rhode Island. Their metal rowers are not USA made.
Spud, Inc is known for their specialty straps used for various applications in weight training and powerlifting that they have been making since 2006. Their straps are highly regarded as being safe and dependable.
Their USA made products include many strap type products such as safety suspension straps, dip belts, weight belts, lifting straps, etc.
You can also get most of their straps from Rogue.
You can find Life Fitness exercise equipment in many commercial gyms. They also own the Hammer Strength and Cybex brands.
Some Hammer Strength products (but not all) in these categories have this image on the product page you can look for:
The company started as Gibson Athletic, originally only selling gymnastics equipment. They created the Rage Fitness brand many years ago to sell functional training and strength equipment.
Their USA made category notably has a squat rack, some medicine balls, and climbing and battle ropes.
They appeared on the show Shark Tank in 2016 with their folding wall-mounted squat rack, the first of its kind. Since then they have grown to a few dozen employees and have a small number of USA-made products.
We compared their folding squat rack to a few others.
Founded in 2015 by powerlifters, Kabuki Strength offers barbells, some mobility tools, and virtual coaching.
Check each product page to be sure it says Made in the USA:
You can also get some of Kabuki’s bars and mobility tools from Rogue.
We included the Kabuki Squat Bar in our guide to the best specialty squat bars.
The Elite Series adjustable dumbbells are made in the USA.
We compared the PowerBlock dumbbells to a few other adjustable dumbbells here.
Titan Fitness makes a large and low-cost selection of strength and conditioning equipment. Many of the pieces are clones of Rogue equipment.
Several of their bars are made in the USA.
Established in Cincinnati, OH in 2020.
Their Phoenix squat rack, flat bench, steel plates, and barbells are USA made.
Their steps, blocks and weight plates are all USA made, as noted on the product pages.
LPG Muscle makes weight training accessories including fat cable machine handles and some innovative hooks. A good portion of them are USA made. Check each product page to confirm.
Their squat racks and rigs are USA-made. They have been in business since 2012, flying under the radar of many shoppers.
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Just to compile the other "Made in USA" gym equipment business from the chat below into one spot for your review Dave in order to add to the above list (which is incredibly helpful and has helped me start my in-house garage gym):
Try Golden's Cast Iron- iron dumbells made at their foundry in Georgia.
Added, thanks!
9. Life Fitness
10. Ivanko
I think only the really high end commmercial expensive equipment by Life Fitness is made in the USA like Cybex and Hammer Strength. That’s why you have to pay 5k for a USA machine versus 2k for a China made one!
11. Ironmind
12. Gopher Performance
13. Extreme Training Equipment (E.T.E)
14. The Strength Co.
15. Micro Gainz
16. USA Iron Kettlebells
17. Weight It Out
18. Havak
19. Intek Strength (Dumbbells)
Intek has increased their Made in USA offerings:
Olympic Technique/Training Bars
American Olympic Barbell
Kraft Steel Raw Bar
DC Blocks
Modular Bar
Kraft Raw Steel Dumbbells
Kraft Steel Squat Stand
Made in USA Weight Plates:
Metal (iron or steel):
Kabuki - Cast Iron, Recycled
Iron Company - Cast Iron, Recycled
Iron Grip - Urethane Coated
Strength Co - Cast Iron
Rogue - Cast Iron
USA Iron - Machined Steel
Weight it Out - Steel Plates
Ivanko - Urethane E-Z lift
The Step - Ergonomic Grip (Standard Size ONLY)
Biggins Iron - Cast Iron
Micro Gainz - Micro change plates
Bumper Plates:
Hi-Temp
Diamond Pro
Fluorotek
Fringe Sport
Wright Equipment
Sorniex
Rogue
Body Solid - OBPH Premium Bumper Plates
Hitechplates (via America Barbell)
Grey Man Gear
A company just discovered offering cast iron weights: ReddStrong out of Florida
65. MUTT (Bars, dumbbells, etc)
66. Grid Strength (interesting adjustable/loadable dumbbell design)
67. Black Iron Strength
68. Gorilla Strength Equipment
69. Kleva Built
70. BOSU
71. BRUTUS Tools
72. Blue Lakes Iron
73. Pro Kettlebell
74.
Solid Bar Fitness75. Spartan Performance
76. HomeGrown Lifting Co
62. Grind Fitness - (only certain items, need to check product page)
63. Reddstrong Strength Equipment
64. Grom Design - Stainless Steel Dumbbells
20. Vulcan Strength
Re: 20
I ordered a pair of (honestly, very nice) 35lb urethane bumpers, and they arrived today. They say "VULCAN USA" in huge letters. However, their cardboard boxes revealed the truth in small print: "Made in China."
Right, any company can put USA in their name. Means nothing.
That’s what makes it even harder to find real American made products. I search for new plant openings in the USA by companies that sell equipment. I saw that Hammer Strength, Cybex and Precor have opened factories recently for their higher end gym equipment. You pay more but better quality.
21. Sumner Fitness Company (out of Sumner, WA)
22. Weights&Bars
23. Stray Dog Stregnth
24. The Fitness Armory
25. D-Ball by Mondo
26. Spud Inc.
27. Schiek
28. LPG Muscle
29. Pioneer Powerlifting
30. ZooBells
31. WeckMethod, Inc.
32. WaterRower
33. New York Barbell (Some products made in USA, others in China)
34. TheStep (thesteps.com - excluding bars)
35. Rage Fitness
36. Dominion Strength Training
37. Ghost Strong Equipment
38. Ironskull Fitness
39. SquatMax-MD
40. Next Level Industries
41. BC Strength
43. Lynx Barbell
44. USA Proline
45. Iron Skull Fitness
46. Slaters Hardware
47. Iron Jimmy (Barbell Sleeves)
48. Biggins Iron
49. Okie Bars (www.crain.ws)
50. Diamond Pro
51. Hi-Temp Weights
52. Surge Strong
53. Abmat
54. Fat Bastard Barbell Co
55. Barrel Strength Systems
56. Grip Genie
57. Fit Bar Strong
58. Cannon Powerworks
59. Gillingham High Performance
60. Bare Steel Equipment
61. ComCor Fitness
42. PW23 (out of Texas)
Thanks for the suggestions! I added several of these today. Some don't qualify for various reasons. A few companies I'm waiting to hear back from about whether they meet the made in USA standard.
May I ask which ones don't qualify so that I may be better informed about buying?
I added a couple more today, Ironmind and Life Fitness. As far as others, generally I want them to be fully functional web stores that ship nationwide and that I have a good feeling about. I try to do at least a tiny bit of research to make sure I'm curating a list of good companies, so some might get left out for now. With some new companies we'll see. Anyway, this list is looking much bigger and better with your help!
Hello, I’m the new owner of Pure-Strength and currently everything we build Is made and sourced here in the U.S. we’re working on a new website and are excited about getting this business back up and running. It’s currently easiest to contact us through Instagram or Facebook. We’ve been building equipment since last October. Let us know off we can help!
Kabuki Strength
Added, thanks!
Fray Fitness is 100% Chinese made. I emailed them about their recent price gouging and they responded with the worst customer service I’ve ever experienced. They made fun of me, called me stupid, crazy, and a loser for accusing them of price gouging even though their half rack increased from 400 to 685 in the matter of a few months. So yes CHINESE made and they’re straight up mean when you call them out
same with Iron Master, Inspire, and Force USA that act like American made companies but reality is they are shell corporations that make in China. They were at least polite when asked where they manufacture products. Looks like it comes down to only three companies: Hammer Strength, Legend Fitness, and Iron Grip for American made gym and weights for my needs. Cost is a little bit more but quality is higher and better service.
I emailed REP because of conflicting info I was receiving about the origin of where the equipment is manufactured and it states, “All of their equipment is manufactured in China”. I attached the email. So whether that matters to people (does to me sorta) just thought I’d share.
Texas Strength Systems out of San Antonio. They make some of the new Starting Strength Equipment.
Pure-Strength they make the Slim Gym and are out of Georgia. Currently they are updating their website,but can be reached through Facebook Messenger. They were very helpful and responsive.
BATL out of Dallas has some bars and sells the Marrs Bar.
I added Texas Strength Systems, thanks! So far I'm only adding companies with a fully operational online store and that ship nationwide.
Any idea if Fray Fitness is Made in USA? I see that they are based in TN, but doesn't say anything about where the product is made.
Unless they say their products are made in the USA, it's generally a safe bet that they aren't. It's such a huge marketing benefit that it would be crazy not to use the fact.
Black Widow Training Gear is made in the US of A. I own a couple pieces and think they're great.
Added BWTG, thanks!
Wilder Fitness is in MS and it's equipment is made in USA
Does it say that somewhere on their site? I can't find any indication that it's actually made in the US.
Rep Fitness is getting their stuff shipped from China, hence why their website has listings of racks and barbells having bi-monthly or monthly Restock as they are waiting for the shipments to come in. It sounds like their quality since the virus has gone downhill. Many years ago I bought an adjustable weight bench from them that was half the price of Rogue and it is solid. Too bad
Yep, just their rigs and stall mats are USA made. Any specific quality issues that you know of?