When it comes to home gym equipment aesthetics are almost as important as function.
This big ol’ wheeled contrivance adds a high-end commercial gym feel to any room it happens to be in. The images don’t do it justice this is a mighty rack. A piece of industrial art. Especially when it’s loaded with plates.
It has presence. I love walking into my gym and seeing it squatting in in the corner like a sumo on skates waiting to offer me a bumper plate.
The whole thing exudes quality. The coatings and finishes are first rate – right down to the nuts and bolts which are all black gloss powder coated. It’s a small thing but it makes a big difference. They could have just gone with cheap chrome bolts like everyone else, but they didn’t.
Assembly took around 20 minutes – mainly because of the wheels. These are some heavy duty feet and they are large. The gym bro of casters. Think Ronny Coleman rather than Lee Priest. Brian Shaw rather than Eddie Hall. Without the horns the rack is like a skateboard for earthmoving equipment.
I wanted a wheeled rack rather than a static one to reduce travel. I can just wheel this device right up to the power rack and changes the plates out directly rather than cart them halfway across the room to where I usually keep the weight rack – as we all do - out of the way.
This can have its issues. I love the mobility but despite having locking casters you need to be careful which direction you apply force otherwise it will move on you.
Another issue; likely only because my gym is in the house rather than in a shed or garage, is the height. As previously stated this is a heavy duty unit with serious wheels. It sits pretty high. In my case this means I can’t store my Olympic barbells in it because my ceiling is too low. Tri bars etc… are fine but a full 2.2 metre Olympic is too long to fit in the holders without hitting the ceiling.
That said I love this thing. I feel more manly just being in the same room as it. I’m pretty sure the courier got pregnant just from unloading the box it came in. I have to keep it 20 metres away from the fridge to stop the eggs from hatching. I came out one morning and it had subdued a burglar. Dogs howl and thunder rolls every time I take a plate off it. I was pinned under a 150kg bench press, I thought I was going to die and I swear I heard it mutter ‘pathetic’.
Yeah, it’s trip to own and I’m there for it.
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