Great review of a budget rack! I see so many reviewers make excuses for the price point while you called out things that they can improve while saying in the same price range. Hopefully they’ll come out with a better version 2!
I'm not in the market to add a new rack to my home gym but I appreciate this review. I admit I really like nice J-cups and these, no words. I understand that everyone has a different budget or what they are willing to spend on their home gym and these lighter racks will work for some people. I'll use myself as an example, I have an incline bench from Dick's that I purchased during Covid when I built my home gym. I intended to upgrade it to a Rep incline bench but after three years my bench is still holding up great and shelling out several hundred dollars just to have a more respectable-looking bench in my videos is not worth it for me as the most I incline bench is 225 and the Dicks bench holds me and the weight just fine. My point is that although I am squeamish about this rack, I can see how someone can get just as jacked with this rack.
Oh yeah Alex! I mean, if you check out the rickety looking equipment they were using in Pumping Iron it’s obvious that you can achieve a lot with worse.
@@GarageGymLifeMedia Funny you mention pumping iron as I saw your video from bare steel as I was binging your videos last week and saw the unboxing of those old-school pumping iron replica handles. I ordered them. They got delivered today and are home waiting for me. I'll be trying them at my commercial gym on Wednesday. I don't have a low row in my garage gym so I got them to try out at the commercial gym. I guess you could say I'm a hybrid as I train at both gyms.
@AlexLifts1971 oh sweet! I appreciate you binge watching my videos! Thank you! I need to have you as a guest on my show for that! Oh, and you actually got the updated version of the handle! I think you really like it!
Great review of a budget rack! I see so many reviewers make excuses for the price point while you called out things that they can improve while saying in the same price range. Hopefully they’ll come out with a better version 2!
Yeah Joey, I don’t want to trash the brand, and I tried to stay objective instead of talking about things that only apply to my situation.
I'm not in the market to add a new rack to my home gym but I appreciate this review. I admit I really like nice J-cups and these, no words. I understand that everyone has a different budget or what they are willing to spend on their home gym and these lighter racks will work for some people. I'll use myself as an example, I have an incline bench from Dick's that I purchased during Covid when I built my home gym. I intended to upgrade it to a Rep incline bench but after three years my bench is still holding up great and shelling out several hundred dollars just to have a more respectable-looking bench in my videos is not worth it for me as the most I incline bench is 225 and the Dicks bench holds me and the weight just fine. My point is that although I am squeamish about this rack, I can see how someone can get just as jacked with this rack.
Oh yeah Alex! I mean, if you check out the rickety looking equipment they were using in Pumping Iron it’s obvious that you can achieve a lot with worse.
@@GarageGymLifeMedia Funny you mention pumping iron as I saw your video from bare steel as I was binging your videos last week and saw the unboxing of those old-school pumping iron replica handles. I ordered them. They got delivered today and are home waiting for me. I'll be trying them at my commercial gym on Wednesday. I don't have a low row in my garage gym so I got them to try out at the commercial gym. I guess you could say I'm a hybrid as I train at both gyms.
@AlexLifts1971 oh sweet! I appreciate you binge watching my videos! Thank you! I need to have you as a guest on my show for that! Oh, and you actually got the updated version of the handle! I think you really like it!
Another great review !
Thanks Three 3 Two! I tried to stick to things that they can change easily!
Solid review and informative
Thanks Rocco!
Yeah, cotter pin is a must for safety. Those welds look ugly.
I think the cotter pin is so much better of an idea than spring collars!
What gage steel is it?
The website says 14
Hey Matthew, it’s 14 gauge steel.
That’s correct