Always have something in your gym just outside of your reach, or something very far outside your reach. Thats what my 350lb bag I’ve made out from an old zip up duffle bag someone tossed my way. The make up of this bag are 2 heavy duty trash bags, a couple of zip ties, and a lot of duct tape. It is a fat, dense, log of sand. I left the handles on it, but I’m afraid they’re not going to survive. As of now I’ve used it 2 or 3 times for a silly little Between the legs deadlift. Eventually, I will get it to my shoulder. It’s either this bag or myself that will break.

Older model here that did everything you need it to. It doesn’t connect to the app or anything fancy, but who needs that? I got this for 350 on FBMP, and the guy had it neglected in his garage for a minute. Initially, when I used it, it was dusty, the seat squeaked and the chain pull was crunching on the inside. A little bit of oil on the rail, a wipe of a rag, and cleaning out the fan, and she was humming. It was 6 easy screws on the fan shroud and a vacuuming of leaves, spiderwebs, and dust. It’s a great tool with a low entry point to get going on it.

I'm broke, but I'm happy I'm poor, but I'm kind I'm short, but I'm healthy, yeah I'm high, but I'm grounded I'm sane, but I'm overwhelmed I'm lost, but I'm hopeful, baby And what it all comes down to Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine 'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is pinching a horse stall mat gripper

Sort of hard to rate performance on a cheaper accessory piece. The best use case for these are an easy birthday/Christmas present for friends and family to get you when they don’t want to spend a wild amount of money, and you don’t want to feel guilty for asking. They are small and unobtrusive enough to live on your rack or wall control if you will happen upon them every other blue moon. The plastic doesn’t feel cheap, you don’t have any sharp edges from the molding, and the texture provides just enough grip. I put them in the category of cheap ab wheels and wrist rollers where there’s definitely some better options out there, but you’re not missing much.

The aggregate score around 3.00 is fairly warranted. In the long run of it all I would say the dial system saves the performance side of this dumbbell. They got it mostly right at the beginning. It’s easy to adjust and feels good. The rest of the market left the behind tho. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a half decent product. I got these for free from my FIL. The dimpled knurling is annoying and painful, but I imagine it is an upgrade against the rubber one it comes with. I would throw a curveball and say I would recommend these if you have no other options and they come across your FBMP for crazy cheap, or if they have it on sale at your local Target or Dick’s Sporting Goods.

My biggest complaints are also its benefits. It’s reasonably light and can be put up out of the way. Maybe because the opening base is relatively short, the trap bar will lean to one side when you first put weight on it. Which is such a minor inconvenience. You only have to tip it back a few inches to get it parallel to the floor to load the next plate. My other concern is that it’s just heavy enough that I’ve banged my shins on it trying to get it out when I’ve tuck it behind my leg extension machine. Haven’t overloaded it by any means, but it held its own against 29 reps at 290lbs for the fallen crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald 🚢

Bought secondhand and it’s missing the end caps. The guy before me however did mark the center with tape. Having an axle at 45lbs does keep plate math simple, and the powder coat has help up. It’s grippy without being bumpy or full of burrs. Unless you’re an elite strongman or just want to spend the money, you have no need for a fancy axle. That’s what I told myself. This one does everything I need it to do

Don’t let my rating deter you from my review. I actually highly recommend this piece for anyone who is only interested in having the capability at all to do these movements. Sure there is a series of voltras, seal row attachments, prime pieces, and various cable riggings you can do that will function as a better leg extension/curl machine. But at this cost, I don’t have to do any of that. I found a use for my 35lb plate to offset the weight horn, like others have mentioned on Reddit and the like, and this thing works. The price is slowly creeping up. If you can find it for under 600 go for it. I don’t plan on ever getting rid of it, unless I find a decent Bolt Raider on FBMP.