Fitness Reality Power Cage Squat Rack with Optional LAT Pulldown, Cable Crossover, 800 lb Capacity, Multi-Grip Pull-Up Bar, Adjustable Safety Bars, Strength Training for Home Gym

This is a really great product. It is well built, super easy to assemble in particular due to great instructions and really amazing organization and identification of the bolts, etc. It came with one small piece missing. Nothing that stopped me from putting it together...simply a rubber pad for the safety bar. I contacted the company via the included QR code they gave that automated the process. They responded quickly and sent a replacement pad and even a small gift card for choosing to use my own glue to glue it rather than send me some glue from Amazon. I truly love the whole experience. The rack is super solid and for the price close to a gym quality unit. Couldn't be happier.

Let me break a couple of things down real quick..I work for a living, sometimes 6-7 nights a week. I am pushing 50, but want to get back into shape. The government as we know takes most of our money, so I am pretty tight with what I get. I shopped around when looking for a squate rack. Even stooped so low as to browse the high priced, used trash on Facebook Marketplace. I shop a lot on Amazon, it's convenient due to my work schedule. So after looking around, I finally settled on this Fitness Reality squat rack and lat attachment set up. It took awhile to get here as it was being shipped by UPS for some reason, and in seperate packages due on seperate dates. UPS if you don't know, doesn't generally use careful hands when it comes to packages, and is not timely at all. So while spending a few days peeking out the windows like a package thief, I finally caught the deliveries securely. Alright the fun part. When I was a kid I use to rip open packages and toss the instructions to the wind. Not so these days. A word of advice, keep a couple of trash bags handy when unpacking the parts, as Fitness Reality goes out of the way to carefully package parts. I examined all parts, gathered up tools and set everything out for an easy assemble. Pretty much everything you need to will come with the kit, but there are easier ways, such as using an impact wrench, socket/wrech set, and make sure you have a utility knife to get through the packaging. I started out putting together the squat rack, NOT overly tightening anything. I kept EVERYTHING finger tight until even the lat attachment was finally assembled...just made things easier to fit. Then, I did a couple final shakes of the units while jumping around doing the final tightenings. The squat rack went together quick and flawless, instructions were not needed, but were included. It was a cake walk job from just looking at the diagram. The lat attachment however, lol...I had a couple of issues. For some reason I decided to use the instructions. Don't do that unless you need to. It was a mess, steps jumped ahead of themselves, parts stepped ahead of themselves, bolts seemed mislabled, etc...My best advice, lay your pieces out, make sure they are all there. Browse the instructions to see where the parts are located on the unit, then just jump in and toss it together. Again, I can not stress this enough...hand tighten ONLY until completed. If you do it that way, you should have zero problems. For my purchases, I have zero complaints. I have seen reviews and Youtube videos where people say chipped paint, or rust, missing parts, etc...All of my stuff was there, packaged great and with care from Fitness Reality. The price was extremely great and resonable, especially for what all this kit can do. Just know that if you are having them delivered by UPS, keep a close eye out, as the delivery dates they give do NOT match...EVER. UPS will leave your stuff exposed outside for all to see and in any kind of weather. They do NOT use kid gloves with your purchases either. And, for whatever reason, they are not requiring a signature for packages...just a dump and go. This is why I prefer Amazon, the delivery drivers generally follow my instructions and place packages on my enclosed deck, out of sight and weather. So yea, hope you enjoyed my ramblings. I'm blue collar, look for deals, and am NOT a paid representative of Fitness Reality or Amazon. If you have any questions about this product I will be glad to answer. I will further note that the lat pulldown system has 1" inch plate holders, so I bought seperate 2" slides that go right over them to accomodate my 2" plates. I also didn't feel comfortable with the 2 small safety bars and ordered larger ones...but that's because I turn into a beast when tossing around weights, it has nothing to do with the actual small safety bars. I fully reccommend this product from this company and in no way, shape, or form regret making these purchases. Good lift to you all!!!

I was able to get this at $330 dlvd. I was looking at racks 2 to 3 times as much, but the reviews for this one were much better. It's easy to assemble and looks great and is as sturdy as I could've hoped for in a free standing non-commercial grade rack. If you want to bolt it down there is ample room to tap holes at the ends of the feet and bolt down if you need. I also bought the landmine attachment from Fitness Reality, which is a must have, along with a set of J-Hooks which I prefer for Bench Pressing. Also I found a company out of NYC that makes standard size rack assessories that work perfect on the rack. I had to find a different company for some attachments because my weights are not Olympic. I inherited a large set of plates from my father that I want to keep and use and most of the rack add ons you see are for Olympic plates. I needed plate holders for the rack that were standard, not Olympic, and found the ones pictured. Overall the rack is a bit shorter than most out there, I am 5' 10" and I would say at most 6' 2" is the limit for your height to comfortably use this rack. I am also glad this is all bolt together with very few welds, especially where the main 4 posts meet the feet. I read a lot of reviews on racks, look at the ones for the Hulk racks for instance, those welds fail on many. Also the packaging is genius and assembly is simple really. Every bolt and nut is the exact same, if you have a set of sockets you will knock it out no problem. If not they do include a couple basic wrenches. If you have a cordless impact with a socket adapter you will rock it out in 30 minutes no prob. One person can do it with not much effort, the 1st crossbeam will be the tricky part, but 2 people makes it super simple. Now I see it swing from as low as $240 and all the way up to $499, so if you keep watch you can snag it at a steal but think it's worth the $499 for sure. I am totally happy with what I got for the money I spent and expect to use this rack for decades.

Packaging is excellent, 2 boxes total. Instructions are simple and easy to follow. Assembly was ok with the included tools, highly recommend a socket set for faster assembly and silicone grease for the pulleys and chrome upright. All the weight horns are 1-inch with 2-inch sleeves, useful for standard sized plates. The main uprights (4 total) are 2 pieces held together with 4 screws (thread locker may be useful) in the center. Once fully assembled this does not present any issues as the rack is very stable. Overall, a great rack for the price.

I have used this cage daily for roughly 3 months and the pros far outweigh the cons. Let's start with the cons: (1) without being weighted down, the cage is a bit unstable for some exercises. Examples: I do leaning lateral arm raises where the upright is my anchor. Without weight on the cage, the rack would topple over. Also, when using heavy weight for landmine chest presses and using a plyo box as a psuedo fulcrum or point of support, the cage will lift off the floor at the point where the landmine attaches to the frame (think of a seesaw with only one person; person goes down while the opposite side goes up). That said, this is the tradeoff you make when you consciously purchase an inexpensive (note, I did not say cheap) piece of equipment with a small footprint designed for home use. Most of this is easily countered with weights low and at the corners as seen in the picture, provided you have the luxury of other weight available to perform the exercises. In my case, I use dumbbells for the leaning lateral raises and bumper plates for the landmine chest presses and leave the iron plates on the holders. (2) The smaller chrome hooks (not the long safety bars) that come with it leave something to be desired. As a result of the design, if you are shifting the bar laterally before un-racking, they can come unhinged if you are not careful. And, if you care about this sort of thing, they do not have high backs and you will scratch the uprights and potentially your bar when re-racking. It also makes for a clunky re-rack as the the hook is not flush with the upright. I opted for third party j-hooks with high backs and hard plastic "padding" (not the Fitness Reality ones) that solved this. (3) I would have liked the pull-up bar to have knurling. I use hockey tape, but it's not the same. All that said, I have zero regrets about this purchase. I have not experienced the negatives in some of the other reviews. The item was packaged very well and there were no defects out of the box that I noticed. For the price, this is a sturdy piece of equipment and is manufactured well with quality material and I expect it to last much longer than I originally anticipated. It was easy to assemble and when all bolts are torqued properly, there is minimal to no wobble. I can see how some people would have issues with hitting their face on the upper horizontal support bar when re-racking after a squat, but I face the opposite direction. I imagine these folks have a mirror at the rear of the cage and this is why they face that direction. The hooks don't have to be on the rear upright where that support bar is, either. Additionally, there are plenty of universal 2x2 attachments available (dip bars, j-hooks, landmine, etc.) that make this rack a solid centerpiece to build your home gym around. I opted not to purchase the lat pull down attachment and instead use after market pulleys and resistance bands, further enhancing the usefulness of this cage. With this cage and available attachments, there is almost no exercise that I cannot do at home that I could have done at the gym. I would highly recommend this item if you are able to get it at a reasonable price.

This rack has been good for solo lifting at home. Doing rack Pulls, pin squats, and pin pressing. It helps you try max effort and work your sticking points in bench, deadlift and squat. I lift alone and the pins give me peace I have a spotter and I won’t destroy my patio floor if I need to ditch the weight. It’s helped my max shoot up in numbers since I start in the hardest point for me in those lifts grinding thru sticking points to lock out. The pins really Help doing all these lifts solo and you can ditch the weight easy without a problem, but I don’t really have to since I’m starting with the load on the pins themselves, if I can’t lift it in that weak spot I take weight off.. Its a feat of strength training I adopted back in high school and I missed from home workouts. If you haven’t tried pins squats ect give it a go. I put towels on the pins so it doesn’t make so much noise and keeps it from getting scratched. Plus it doesn’t move around easy the towels keep the barbel in the same spot as if you racked it. Great quality and build. It Does shake but it’s not really bad, it’s not commercial gym racks but nothing to really be afraid of since i control whatever weight I use when I put it back. I’m also not hitting 700lb DL, bench not squat at my house. I’ve loaded 390 on the j hooks and pins and it doesn’t make a difference like 225 is on there. You should control the weight anyways at that high of number for safety concerns so if u slam your weights around like a monkey probably spend an extra 200 for a more sturdy cage but I have not seen any issue with it even though the comments say otherwise. I was skeptical and garage gym reviews on YouTube showed me this is the best bang for buck with there tests/review they did in the rack. Best upgrade I’ve made to my home gym. Now I gotta buy more plates lol

I HATE reading these reviews where people say... it looks nice!!! Then take a photo of the rack like ooooo look at my new toy. WTF??? I don't buy gym equipment to look nice, I buy it to use. I just want it to hold up to the abuse it is about to receive. Avid gym enthusiast. Bought this because I wanted to save time and money. Gym is always super crowded and I work from home 3 days out of the week, so made sense for a home gym. Don't like writing reviews but I figure I would for those who enjoy fitness. I put 315lbs on the spotter supports and the weight hooks. No issue, No bending. I put the weight hooks on the front and rear of the rack just to be sure. I'm not a heavy lifter but I squat and bench 315lbs so I wanted to make sure this thing won't buckle under the weight. The rack is stable and didn't sway when re-racking the bar with the weight. This rack is easy to put together. Super easy with two people but I did it myself. I'm pretty handy though but if you can put together Ikea furniture you'll be ok. Socket and Wrench set will do. It comes with those cheap ones though. Even better if you have an impact wrench! Instructions are easy to follow. The rack was packaged nice. 1. Lay out all the parts first to ensure everything is there. (wear gloves as bolts are very oily... which is good... no rust). Don't tighten all the bolts until you have it all put together. 2. Put together the racks left and right sides while on the ground... The plastic feet too. 3. Put together the pull up bar portion on one of the sides. You can lean the other side against a wall and stand up the side with the pull up bar. Grab a couple bolts, lock both sides together and boom, pretty easy... at least it was for me. 4. Tighten down all the bolts. I recommend going in a diagonal pattern like tightening a tire on a car. Home Gym for under $1k I also bought the accessories that go with the rack like the dip bars and land mine. haven't used the land mine yet. I bought an iron crush 7' Olympic bar. Plenty of tensile strength for the amount of weight I use. Went to a local sports store and bought used weights. They aren’t cheap but cheaper than new. If you lift heavy on bench or shoulders, don't settle for a cheap bench. Safety over cost. Other local sports stores might have a decent bench too. I went to a local hardware store and got 2 horse stall mats. 3/4" thick 4'x6' for like $70. I recommend those if you do any type of deadlifting or CrossFit if you’re slamming weights. Good squat belt. Again, safety over cost. Lastly, No One paid me for this review on any of these products to include this rack. I'm just out here to support those who like to lift and want to do it in the comfort of their own home. Enjoy your work out!

This came so well packaged - I was impressed. Everything I need to put this together was in the box, clearly marked. I put this together by myself until it came to attach the pull bar to the second frame at which point my husband had to help me. Took about an hour and a half to do the whole thing and the instructions were very clear. The equipment is sturdy. I don't have any instability at all. It sits on stall mats which are laid across a concrete floor. The cage is lightweight enough that I was able to move it by myself to its final spot after it was all put together. You will need an alignment punch to attach the cross bars at the back of the rack. They're inexpensive and indispensable. (Don't use a wooden or plastic stick - it will snap!) Once all the screws are tightened, you will have a solid piece of equipment that should last for many years.