Home Gym Power Rack

thos

Hi all,

I'm looking to swap out my old squat stand and multi-gym for a power rack with pulleys and wanted to see if anyone had any advice.

There are what look like 2 decent options for eur500:

1 - Bolt Strong Power Rack, with high and low pulleys from Fitness Equipment Ireland - https://www.fitnessequipmentireland.ie/product/power-rack-with-lat-pull-down-lo-row-pulley-weight-storage/

2 - Similar from Decathlon, same price, pretty similar - https://www.decathlon.ie/home-gym/171335-194425-weight-training-rack-chin-up-slash-squat-slash-bench-press-slash-back-pull.html#/demodelsize-254no_size/demodelcolor-8491828

I could afford to spend a bit more, but I don't really see what else you get for your money.

The only other thing that tickled my fancy was this: Power Rack with dual-pulley combo for 1390 - https://www.exerciseequipment.ie/product/power-rack-cable-dual-pulley-combo-machine/

I have a bench, olympic barbells and weights already. I'm not biggest lifter, so don't believe I'll be challenging the weights limits of any of these machines.

I would like to make sure that I can buy more J-hooks or other attachments in the future.

Is there anything else I need to consider? Any thoughts or feedback on any of the items above?

Thanks,

Tom

Stone Deaf 4evr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058280831/home-gym-power-rack

I dont have either of those racks myself, but the Rhyno one I own is very similar to the bolt one. What I can say, is those safety bars make a god awful banshees screech when you're pulling them in and out.

Otherwise, I dont think theres much between them, I do like that the decathlon one has numbered the pin holes to make things easier to level up, and the finish / colours are more appealing to me personally, but that could be entirely down to whoever took the photos.

you mentioned more attachments, a lot of these home racks use smaller box profiles that what you see in commercial gyms, so buy stuff like dip bars / landmine attachements can be awkward.

The other caveat, is sometimes the hole position on the top cable run can be kinda limiting, in that if you're standing and trying to do face pulls, the cable rubs the edge of the opening, which isnt ideal - mine actually started to cut into the metal.