Cakes

Cakes

Member Since 7/11/2026

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457 points

Old man who got into fitness several decades late and responded by building a gym wildly beyond his qualifications. I train hard in here, mostly to demonstrate that maximum effort and minimal competence can coexist. This basement lets me lift unimpressive weights and fail in complete privacy while actual Gym Radar members get real work in and make real progress. I’m not strong, advanced, or particularly knowledgeable—I just keep showing up and trying not to embarrass the equipment.

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Cakes's Reviews (14)

(4.33)
8/26/2026
Excellent once it finally arrived — worth the wait, but the wait was rough. I actually canceled it after feeling like I was getting scammed but they reached to me within a day of me openly criticizing them on Instagram and one day later I got a shipping notification. After roughly a three-month ordeal getting my AssaultRunner and rower delivered, I can finally review the equipment itself—and fortunately, the equipment has been excellent. The AssaultRunner in particular has quickly become something I use essentially every day. I use it for everything from easy walking while warming up, to light jogging, to full sprints. It is incredibly smooth and much quieter than I expected for a manual treadmill. It feels extremely solid and sturdy underfoot, with none of the instability or cheap feeling you sometimes get from home cardio equipment.
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(5)
8/26/2026
The mount for the Rogue T-bar squat stand fits perfectly and lets me hang the Voltra directly beneath it — in front for rows, or centered for belt squats. Running the 2:1 clip with a pulley on the belt squat belt gets me to roughly 460 lbs from a single Voltra, which exceeds what the unloaded stand can practically anchor anyway without losing stability of the squat stand. Quality is excellent, and shipping and email correspondence with Voltramounts were quick and efficient.
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(5)
8/26/2026
The most versatile thing in my gym relative to cost. I use them for landmine rows off a barbell sleeve, for connecting a second barbell to run Viking presses with the Uclips Viking Press attachment, for hooking a belt squat belt via carabiner, and for hanging a kettlebell for weighted pull-ups. Quality is good, they're inexpensive, and the number of problems they solve per dollar is hard to beat.
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(5)
8/26/2026
Great build quality and the knurling is excellent. Versatile in how they mount — run them as a standard D-handle off the functional trainer carabiners, or connect a single end for unilateral pulling. Very strong value for the price.
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(5)
8/26/2026
Excellent. I have 45s, 25s, 10s, and 2.5s, all urethane-coated, and they're the plates I reach for first. Quality, fit, and finish are all high. They load cleanly, they don't chew up sleeves, and the sound and feel when they seat on the Smith attachment weight horns or on an Alpine bar sleeve is a genuine quality-of-life detail. If you're buying once, buy these.
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