The Les Mills barbell/dumbbell set is awesome. Takes up little space too. Not cheap but well worth the cost.

Fairly easy to get cheap used equipment on FaceBook or CL. I might hold off on the barbells until you have worked with a trainer, because they require a rack, which is expensive and takes up a lot of space, so you might not want to take that on until you know you are committed to it.

Oh, and I am a 50 year old woman in okay shape though not particularly strong.

I’m a regular exerciser at gym and home but mostly use dumbbells. I want to get some nice (but not overly ambitious) equipment for home use-any recs? (I’m going to meet with my trainer a few sessions to get form pointers for beginners barbell stuff before starting.)