Powertec Workbench Levergym

I picked one of these up for cheap off marketplace and at the price I got it at, I feel like it’s a decent addition to add some extra accessory work in. The lat pulldown/low row is actually fairly smooth, but I still prefer a dedicated unit. From a lever arm standpoint is it better than most things rack attached…probably yes. Although you are giving up significant real estate in your gym to support this thing. It’s easily probably 1.5 stall mats worth of space, and maybe even a little bit more with the bench attached. The arms have a little bit more play than I expected considering the retail price. Also, the fact that they don’t have a supported lever pulldown attachment for hooking into the pulley is crazy. Seems like it’s a movement that would be pretty easy for them to adapt and would make the machine more versatile. Bench storage also kind of sucks, haven’t figure out a good (easy) option for it when not in use. Just folding it up/out of the way would be nice, but that doesn’t work. Also the accessory tube off the front sticks out way too far, I’m considering just cutting it off since I don’t plan to use any of the attachments. If I had paid full MSRP for this, I would be a bit disappointed. However, if you can get one for cheap and have a room it’s not a bad piece to add some variety.

I love this piece. It can mimic almost ny upper body machine - chest press, incline chest, shoulder press, machine low row, lat pulldown, cable row. With some ingenuity it can also do high row, triceps dips, pull-ups, leverage squat. This is the pinnacle of what lever arms can be. The only thing I wish it would do is having convering and divergin arms, then it would be the only accessory machine you need for all upper body movements. I recently upgraded most of my equipment and, even though the quantam free trainer is out and people like the free motion of those arms, i felt it was not nearly as good as this since most of use use maching for the stability of a locked path. Joe Gray also has a ton of resources on his website for this piece. I think after a rack, bench, bars/weights and dumbells this should be the next purchase.

Jack of all trades and master of none. This is a versatile piece that can be all some people need. The range of motion of some moves can be limited. This is a nice machine if you have the space and enjoy some machine pressing.

We have an older model of this one that is yellow at work. It does alot of things for such a small footprint. The lat pulldown station isn’t great, I cannot get full ROM but I do have long arms. I really like doing machine OHP with this thing. Overall for not being 11 gauge steel this thing does the job. Would be great for a home gym on a budget