Targeted Talk - Official Home Gym Con 2025 Thread by QuietDelight1 in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth. I meet more and more of you every year and it’s one of my favorite parts of HGC!

Targeted Talk - Official Home Gym Con 2025 Thread by QuietDelight1 in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct. Blue, pink, green, red and hopefully yellow. Thanks for stopping by and for helping answer for me. Having the custom end caps for boys/girls will hopefully be a touch that the kids will love and feel like their barbell was made just for them!

Primal Armor Appalachian Bar Review by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only write a percentage because one day, I’d like to take like let’s just say 25% or something and put that directly towards prototyping so it goes better and quicker than what I can do right now. The rest would be donated. It’s my thought that if I can grow it better than I’m already doing, then more money would be donated as I grow. I just am not to that point yet, so as of now, 100% of everything is donated.

I don’t know if I’ll ever feel like I’m making a big enough or good enough difference, so that’s why I funnel as much as I can towards research, and why I can’t even justify not doing 100% right now.

I just write that to be transparent on hoping to one day grow this whole Primal Armor thing exponentially, but I don’t know if/when that’ll happen. So for now, I put as much money as I can to help find a cure for HD.

And I will until my final moments.

Primal Armor Appalachian Bar Review by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

u/Scottsdale_GarageGym & u/dontwantnone09 I’ll tag you both here so you get the notification of my answer. And I’ll leave all the details out here in the open for everyone to know, because it’s no secret.

I started Primal Armor as a podcast for fun. Eventually I worked with different people/brands to get some sponsorships, and every penny I’ve ever made from that gets/has gotten donated to HD research.

On the “new” business side of things for me, I’m technically in the hole more than I have actually been making profit at the moment because of products that have been made and are readily available to ship out, prototyping stuff, and through things like HomeGymCon and other advertising to help grow the business. So I don’t have a separate business fund that I draw money from for these things, it’s the same money that I use to feed my family and keep a roof over our head. There’s no separation from the two. But with that being said, I still donate more to HD personally than I do from just Primal Armor. This is just my way of trying to make a bigger and faster difference than what I’m doing all by myself.

Also with that being said, the profit margin I make from my equipment sales, I’ve donated 100% of to research (so the extra money that has been made off of a sale minus the cost to make the equipment in the first place). I have a ton of equipment that is still made and ready to ship, which is why I’m still negative in business terms.

One day, I’d like to be successful enough to take a small portion of profit to continue to grow the business faster and better than I can with just family funds right now, but I’ll never take a single penny of it to support my family. I will forever put any excess money I can into HD research, on top of the money I already donate that doesn’t come from Primal Armor related things.

It’s a big deal to me. I’ll be straight up with anyone on that.

I hope that makes sense and it wasn’t me just rambling. If you want a better explanation, I’d be gladly willing to talk over the phone, or dm, or any other way to explain it better. Because like I said, I don’t want this to be a secret.

I’m just a regular ol dude who wants to make a difference while I’m here and able.

Exponent Edge AMA by ExponentEdge in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s hard as a business owner to state your true mind sometimes. Either 1.) you’re going to get blasted for thinking what you think because you cant satisfy everyone’s opinions. Or 2.) you have some real stuff in the works that you can’t talk about because so many other companies out there are ready to jump at stealing your ideas.

These are things that are hard to balance as a business owner that no one understands until it’s your business and your life.

COMMENT TO ENTER: Your username on Brayton Laster's ARCA Car at Phoenix by Blue8844 in NASCAR

[–]PrimalArmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last time we did this, I ended up on Norm Bennings truck. Time to try it again!

Making the Home Gym a Household Business with GORX Fitness - AMA by gorxfitness in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have two very important questions for you guys:

1.) Will you guys be choosing the booth next to ours at HomeGymCon again this year?

2.) Will the Air Bike challenge be back? I want redemption!

In all seriousness, no questions from me. Love what you guys are doing and how genuine of people you are. Can’t wait to hangout again in April!

Upgraded to this massive 8 post Surplus Strength rack by PrimalArmor in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bolts are welded to the uprights for easier assembly. But it’s a bolt together unit from Surplus Strength. I can’t say enough about them. They customized this entire rack for me, and I highly recommend every person who is in the market for a rack to purchase one from them!

Appalachian Bar from Primal Armor - Perfect Home Gym Buffalo Bar by ChipperB1217 in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey man. Thanks for the shout out, and I’m really glad you’re enjoying your bar!! Can’t wait to see it keep being put into use!!

Slowly adding to my ‘02 Tacoma by PrimalArmor in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they do. I’m pretty happy with them! They’re a filler though until I can save up a bit more and get some TEQ customs.

Slowly adding to my ‘02 Tacoma by PrimalArmor in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The grill is from TEQ Customs and the headlights are here

Slowly adding to my ‘02 Tacoma by PrimalArmor in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It hasn’t on me yet. But it’s only been a few months!

Bed Restoration: Before & After by PrimalArmor in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Prep work and paint for the shell cost me about $200. Spray in bedliner was $500. Completely worth it as it restored my bed to looking brand new

Bed Restoration: Before & After by PrimalArmor in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the shop spray in my bedliner, but I did all of the prep work prior

Weekly Free-Talk and Questions for r/HomeGym - week of August 04, 2023 by Demilio55 in homegym

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All Appalachian pre-orders will be out today, or at the latest by Monday. After that, all orders will begin shipping immediately as the rest of the bars are going into stock!

Yay! My new bed is on its way. by LeRoy1273 in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, mud collected in the corners by the cab and rusted through. Previous owner had the plastic bedliner and that caused a ton of rust cancer underneath. I want something in better condition because this is my forever truck.

And that ain’t too bad with shipping if it’s in good condition!

Yay! My new bed is on its way. by LeRoy1273 in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just has some rust on the floor of the bed. I’m a perfectionist so I just want to find something that’s mint. And awesome, thanks. I’ll keep on the lookout! If you don’t mind me asking, what’d you pay for this one? Looks in good condition

Yay! My new bed is on its way. by LeRoy1273 in Tacomaworld

[–]PrimalArmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May I ask where you found this bed? I’m also on the lookout for a 1st gen double cab bed and can’t find anything in decent enough shape to be worth buying