AB makes a great barbell. The recessed tig welds are brilliant. I owned this bar briefly prior to covid and I just couldn’t get the knurling to stick the way I wanted it to. Cerakote dulls knurling on most of the bars I’ve tried that have it, and I just didn’t love it. It was made well, however, and if you are looking for a passive all purpose barbell, I would get this over the Ohio bar.

When I started my home gym in 2019, this was the first rack I bought. It gets the job done. The major issue I had with it was that it would move every time I’d re-rack both squats and presses. I couldn’t figure out how to bolt it down plus the options for attachments were limited and so were the jcup and safety placements. It’s a good starter rack or a long term solution for lifters who use lighter weights during their squats and bench.

I bought these as soon as they came out because I needed a very thin plate for my Squatmax MD. These fit the bill and that is my primary purpose for them. For some odd reason, change plates took forever to come in stock. Now that I have a full set, my son really likes using them. They’ve got the same problem that all of the ecoat Rogue plates have - the finish on the back of the plates scratches off really easily and that’s pretty annoying. They’re not the grippiest, because Rogue’s ecoat is slippery. If you’re on the fence between these and say, Strength Co, go with those instead of these.

I’d give this ten stars for each category if that was an option. Marcus was great to work with on this from the moment I placed the order until the time the package was delivered to my home, keeping me informed every step of the way and making adjustments so that the final product was exactly what I wanted. This is excellent in every way.

I took a star off because they are not quite to the correct diameter for deadlift, just a hair short of being wide enough. But the knocks end there. The back of the plate looks wonderful as well, and has a great texture. The design on the front is spectacular, and my wife, who rolled her eyes the first time she saw them, now makes sure to show them off to anyone who comes to the house. These are definitely a novelty, but thy weigh why they’re supposed to and they’re easy to handle.

I’ve had these for a few years now and they look the same as the day I got them. And I got them used for a pretty good price. I hate that Titan couldn’t center their logo on the thing, but the red pops and it does the thing it’s supposed to do the way it’s supposed to do it. I’ve only used it for log press but that’s a pretty much dead bounce off these things. My guess is that this is the same thing as the Yes4All that’s sold on Amazon, so get whatever is least expensive at the time.

These are completely unnecessary as there are way too many ways to complete a block pull movement. And they’re 70 freaking pounds, way over the top. But man, they’re so much damned fun to use. I couldn’t justify at the current price though - I got them when they were like $80 cheaper, so if you can grab a pair second hand, do it. The only reason I took off a star for performance is because they don’t quite line up evenly with the barbell collars, so they’re always a little wobbly.

I just love the look of these things. They clang just right when you’ve got them on the bar for deadlifts. I don’t like the ecoat Rogue puts on their plates because the back of the plates are so easily scratched up. I’m glad I got a few pairs when I did since they discontinued them so quickly.