Medium Sized Craig's Reviews (90)


(4.67)
4/15/2026
This is the first rack I bought. If I were buying again, I would likely make a few different choices, but this is a really solid piece of equipment, and is reasonably inexpensive for what it is. The things I would change: 1. It's 2x3, if I were buying today I would get 3x3 2. It's a half rack, which I thought was a space saving thing, but the reality is that a half rack with spotter arms attached takes functionally as much space as a full rack. That said, this is my daily driver and had held up GREAT since I got it. No complaints whatsoever.
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(4.33)
4/13/2026
This machine is absolutely at the top of my "in no world do I NEED this, but I like it" list. I could, of course, do lat raises, rear delt raises and front raises with dumbbells (or cables, or resistance bands, or probably a million other ways), but when I used a commercial gym I always enjoyed the dedicated machines, and this brings a little bit of dedicated machine into my home gym setup, and that is good for my soul. Assembly was quick and easy. I have it mounted on a dedicated upright alongside the BOS seal row pad. If I didn't have a dedicated upright for this I would probably never use it because it's heavy and unwieldy and annoying to move. I like that I can just leave it loaded at approximately the correct weight and use it with no delays. I set mine at the correct height for doing chest-supported rear delt rows, and rather than move the machine, I just change my stance to get to the correct height. One note: I mounted it on a Titalt T-3 upright here, which is a 2x3 rack. I 3d printed a couple of shims since this was built for a 3x3 rack.
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(4.67)
4/13/2026
Especially given the price point ($125 at time of writing) this is a phenomenal piece of equipment. Ever since I hurt my shoulder I have swapped front squats for belt squats so this gets a fair amount of use. On the negative side, it takes a couple of minutes to set up (two things to connect to the rack, got to run a cable through the mechanism, and the two foot plates are fiddly to get seated), but on the positive side, once set up I find it to be a really nice belt squat movement. It comes with foot plates at a 10 degree angle, which serve a dual purple, they keep the mechanism in place on the floor because you're standing on them, and make the movement more quad dominated. Would a dedicated belt squat machine be better? Almost certainly yes, but at the price point, and as something that I can store on my wall, I really like this piece of equipment.
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(5.00)
4/13/2026
Gets the job done. It was cheap off Amazon, well made, I'm not going to break this in a million years. It's comparable in depth to a Marcy LA hub (much deeper than, say, a York milled hub, which makes it easier). I'm using it to progressively work towards Marcy hub lifts.
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(4.67)
4/13/2026
I bought a rusty set of these on the cheap, wasn't really expecting too much from them, but I have been bitten by the vintage iron bug and when I see plates that are in the Iron Guide out in the wild, I tend to want to get them. What I will say is that after I cleaned these up (oxalic acid bath and a lot of scrubbing, nothing super fancy), and added ivory colored paint to the lettering, these are one of the most nicely cast plates I have. The lettering and detail is phenomenal. They do have one weird feature. The hub protrudes more than the rim, so there are gaps between them when they're sitting on a bar. This is a mixed bag. It irks me, but also it makes it super easy to grab them.
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(3.67)
4/13/2026
I got this off Amazon as a replacement for my first bench -- an even cheaper Amazon one. I got it because it has a hyperextension pad, and it worked fine for that. However, the thing I was not expecting was that this is *not an incline bench*. Just look at the picture, there are three adjustment hooks and they all move the bench in the decline position. It's a decline-but-not-incline bench. I kept it around for quite a while as a back extension (before saving space with the Ironmaster hyperextension bench attachment), but it has gone out to Facebook marketplace.
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(5.00)
4/13/2026
This is the best bar I have ever owned. I mean, it's a Rogue Ohio with extra aggressive knurling. What's not to love. The knurling itself bites reasonably hard (I have the 2, not the 3). It's gradually eating through the plastic on my roller j cups. I do find with low bar squats the center knurling can be aggressive on the back, and I honestly probably wouldn't be psyched to drag this up my shins for deadlifts (not a problem for me because I exclusively do trap bar DL nowadays).
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(5.00)
4/13/2026
I bought this treadmill based on a Reddit recommendation, where it is widely considered to be a decent, entry level, no bells and whistles option. I don't really know what to add beyond that. It's a treadmill, it'll go up to 15 degrees of incline, and it goes faster than I need. Seems solid and reliable, and was also a lot less expensive than the "premium" brands. I also like that it doesn't connect to the Internet and try to sell me subscriptions.
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