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(More customer reviews)A while back I told a physical therapist I knew that I was getting a Body Solid power rack to replace my old cage; which I had built from wood about ten years ago.He shook his head and said "you should have gone with Tuff Stuff".
I got the cage in and assembled it a couple weeks ago, and now I see what he meant.It's ok, but for the price, I would have expected a lot more.
On the plus side, the cage itself is simple, yet solid design. It looks and feels like it will take a lot of abuse.The cage was easy to assemble, even though the instructions were pretty sparse.
Now for the downside; I also got the lat attachment, which is of a much flimsier design.There is a significant amount of friction; more than the cheapo MPEX lat pulldown that it was supposed to replace.The directions for assembling the lat attachment did not match the apparatus; which turned a two-hour task into 8 hours of frustration.I managed to get it together, but ended up with three bolts left over.
Bodysolid makes the claim on their website that the cage will fit any brand of bench.That is true if you only plan to use the cage for bench presses and squats.I'm still trying to find a way to comfortably and safely perform incline presses and shoulder presses with my York adjustable incline bench.If they would have made the cage just a foot deeper, that would have solved numerous headaches.Clearance for the cage is at about 6'2"; so if you are any taller, you'll be ducking down a lot.The folks at Bodysolid were less then helpful on these issues.
Both the liftoffs and safety bars are held in place by cotter pins; whenever you want to change the bars around, you have to pull out the pin, and then remember to put it back in.I can easily see those pins getting lost pretty quickly.
This cage also does not support any attachments for doing dips; which the competitors do.
There is, however, one advantage (which I do not think Bodysolid meant to do, and once they catch wind of it they'll probably figure out a way to eliminate it.)The holes perfectly fit one-inch steel pipes; which are purchasable at most hardware store.Using some of these and a bunch of screw-on caps, I was able to fashion some extra lift-offs so that I don't have to keep moving the lift-offs around.I'm also working on turning some of the unused holes on the cage into olympic weight holders; using a similar setup.
In summary; its not bad, but for the price, I expected something much better.
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Freedom of movement combined with adjustable racking and safety positions make the Power Rack a must-have for those who want to strength train without compromise.
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