Bodymax CF475 Heavy Power Rack System with Lat/Low Pulley and 95Kg Selectorised Weight Stack

Not sure why this brilliant piece of gym equipment has a one star review. We've had this in our home gym for 6 months and it's superb, solid and good looking. It gets my full approval.

After several months of travelling to and from my local gym, i began to get truly irritated by the many negative aspects of being a gym attendee who takes his weight-training seriously. From the silly gen-Z narrow-shouldered soy snowflakes who spend more time gazing at their mobile phones than training, the fat, dumb women who've no intention of getting themselves in shape, the little princesses in half-decent physical shape who think no one will move them if they hog the equipment (i moved a couple!), the older guys whose inferiority complexes started crying when younger serious guys began their training, to the gym staff themselves who were all talk and no substance. I got sick of all that, as did my fiancee, so we decided, upon the balance of it all, that it was best to spend some serious cash on some equipment that would enable us to perform all the main lifts and perhaps some others if we wish, at home, where the environment is completely under my control.I was already familiar with this rack, is it was the very one i used at the aforementioned gym, and while the gym environment itself had it's annoyances and distractions, i admired the rack.I use it for the imperative basic lifts. Barbell squats, bench presses (incline, flat & decline, with combination with a good bodymax bench: the PM121), barbell shrugs and with the 95kg weight stack and the bench (a fairly generous amount of weight), a variety of pull-downs and rows can be executed.Of course, you will need to have a decent quality 20kg/7ft olympic bar and a collection of olympic discs. Be sure to measure your ceiling height first before buying this. It fits well in my kitchen, but i cannot take advantage of the pull-up bars at the front without cutting a round hole into my ceiling! The cables are strong and roll nicely through the wheels. The substantial weight of the rack is well enough distributed to take the application of a TRX on one of the top-side bars, if you so choose, as my fiancee does. I did have to tear of the rubber 'mats' from the small bar catchers, as they prevented me from moving the bar sideways for correct alignment, which one often has to do when lying down in the bench press just prior to pushing.Construction time was just under three hours, and it CANNOT be done by one man alone; you WILL require assistance. A woman will do.The quality of this rack is EXCELLENT. Treat it well, grease the two bars the weight-stack travels along and don't be afraid of it; it is very sturdy indeed. If you use it for what it's built for, commit to using it often, and commit to your training regime with discipline and intensity, it will repay it's monetary cost to you in better health and strength (oh yes, and aesthetics of course!) many, many times over. It will last decades if treated with respect.I also recommend:Wolferson 20kg/7ft Olympic Barbell[the Evinco is also good enough]Bodymax PM121 Utility Bench[strong enough to take a heavy barbell bench press - many seemingly 'good' benches are not!] ...... & a 2-day split 6 days per week!