So I think these D-handles are best compared to a similar product: the Andreoni Focus Straps. Both of them are cable attachments where you put your hand through a looped strap to grab a handle, the idea being that you take out grip strength from the equation by distributing the resistance between your grip on the handle and the strap. Easy of Use: The Andreoni straps are much easier to use. You use them like you would a rope attachment. Stick your hand inside, grab the handle, and get to work on tricep pushdowns, cable crunches, or hammer curls. Very simple. The TorQ handles can be used for about a dozen exercises, but that requires a lot more fiddling. You can make the strap longer, or shorter, and there's two different rings you can run it through. It's honestly the only cable attachment I've ever used where I thought, "wait, am I actually using this thing right?" Versatility: The TorQ handles win here. They can be used for rows, hammer curls, lat pulls, bicep curls--just a ton of stuff. The Focus straps only do a couple of things, but hey, they do them really well. Comfort: I find both of these handles pretty comfortable, but I like that the TorQ strap is wider with more padding. The strap can also sit lower on your wrist, which is nice. However, you really have to position the strap correctly for some movements or it digs into your wrist in awkward way when doing things like rows. So it can be either more or less comfortable than the Focus Straps. Value: This is tricky. The Focus Straps cost me little more than 40 bucks and are pretty great at like 4 exercises. The TorQ handles cost more than 60, but can be used for like 12 exercises.

The Andreoni Bar has been hogging the limelight, but the Focus Straps deserve a lot of love as well. The straps/handles work together to let you comfortably do tricep pushdowns, hammer curls, and cable crunches. I basically stopped using a rope in favor of this. Heck, I even stopped using my Porter Eclipse handles. Those things are great, but by dividing the pressure between your grip/side of your hand it makes doing those exercises feel great and you get 0 pain doing something like hammer curls where the top of your hands sometimes presses agains hard plastic or steel. And considering the Focus Straps cost a little more than 40 bucks, came with a hand written note, a ton of stickers, and even some freebies, you're getting a damn good deal. Honestly, I would have been happy to have paid 80 bucks for them. They're that good.

I know everyone here loves 3x3 racks, but honestly this rack is an amazing value and is perfect for the vast majority of lifters. For a little over 3k you get two weight stacks, a great smith machine, a functional trainer, and a lat pull/low station built in. They even throw in some great attachments as well (fully knurled lat pull down bar, for example). I recommended this rack for my sister-in-law, who absolutely loves it and I just finished building one for my parents. There's little touches that I really like about this rack, like how the weight stacks have two 1.25lb adder weights that allow for smaller jumps, or how the smith machine comes with these very convenient safeties that let you bench by yourself. It's honestly a great rack, and since the weight capacity is 700lbs I doubt many people will ever outgrow it. The only knocks against it I have are the limited attachments available, and the fact that it's a little busy on the inside if you're using your own barbell.

There's a reason why a lot of people hate this thing--with a traditional weight stack you have to start from the bottom. That's a totally legit complaint and the hook chain "solution" Rep has it's pretty ridiculous. But if you have a Voltra this thing is actually pretty good. You can get into position, set the weight to auto load after standing still for 3 seconds, and start from the top. Using the pulley trick you can even get up to 400lbs of weight. Joe Gray has a great video on how he uses it that I copied and it's become my go to for squat movements. I also love it for Bulgarian split squats. If you don't have a Voltra though ... stay away from this.