I HATE reading these reviews where people say... it looks nice!!! Then take a photo of the rack like ooooo look at my new toy. WTF??? I don't buy gym equipment to look nice, I buy it to use. I just want it to hold up to the abuse it is about to receive.

Avid gym enthusiast. Bought this because I wanted to save time and money. Gym is always super crowded and I work from home 3 days out of the week, so made sense for a home gym. Don't like writing reviews but I figure I would for those who enjoy fitness. I put 315lbs on the spotter supports and the weight hooks. No issue, No bending. I put the weight hooks on the front and rear of the rack just to be sure. I'm not a heavy lifter but I squat and bench 315lbs so I wanted to make sure this thing won't buckle under the weight. The rack is stable and didn't sway when re-racking the bar with the weight.

This rack is easy to put together. Super easy with two people but I did it myself. I'm pretty handy though but if you can put together Ikea furniture you'll be ok. Socket and Wrench set will do. It comes with those cheap ones though. Even better if you have an impact wrench! Instructions are easy to follow. The rack was packaged nice.
1. Lay out all the parts first to ensure everything is there. (wear gloves as bolts are very oily... which is good... no rust). Don't tighten all the bolts until you have it all put together.
2. Put together the racks left and right sides while on the ground... The plastic feet too.
3. Put together the pull up bar portion on one of the sides. You can lean the other side against a wall and stand up the side with the pull up bar. Grab a couple bolts, lock both sides together and boom, pretty easy... at least it was for me.
4. Tighten down all the bolts. I recommend going in a diagonal pattern like tightening a tire on a car.

Home Gym for under $1k
I also bought the accessories that go with the rack like the dip bars and land mine. haven't used the land mine yet.
I bought an iron crush 7' Olympic bar. Plenty of tensile strength for the amount of weight I use.
Went to a local sports store and bought used weights. They aren't cheap but cheaper than new.
If you lift heavy on bench or shoulders, don't settle for a cheap bench. Safety over cost. Other local sports stores might have a decent bench too.
I went to a local hardware store and got 2 horse stall mats. 3/4" thick 4'x6' for like $70. I recommend those if you do any type of deadlifting or CrossFit if you're slamming weights.
Good squat belt. Again, safety over cost.
Lastly, No One paid me for this review on any of these products to include this rack. I'm just out here to support those who like to lift and want to do it in the comfort of their own home. Enjoy your work out!

Item was delivered in one box and packed super secure with pieces of wood and styrofoam to protect it. The symmetrical design elements made it a breeze to put together. I really liked how ALL the heavy duty nuts/bolts are the same size. Follow the directions and in about 30-60 minutes you will have it put together. I did it by myself. It fits all my needs and is at an incredible price point.

Let me break a couple of things down real quick..I work for a living, sometimes 6-7 nights a week. I am pushing 50, but want to get back into shape. The government as we know takes most of our money, so I am pretty tight with what I get. I shopped around when looking for a squate rack. Even stooped so low as to browse the high priced, used trash on Facebook Marketplace.

I shop a lot on Amazon, it's convenient due to my work schedule. So after looking around, I finally settled on this Fitness Reality squat rack and lat attachment set up. It took awhile to get here as it was being shipped by UPS for some reason, and in seperate packages due on seperate dates. UPS if you don't know, doesn't generally use careful hands when it comes to packages, and is not timely at all. So while spending a few days peeking out the windows like a package thief, I finally caught the deliveries securely.

Alright the fun part. When I was a kid I use to rip open packages and toss the instructions to the wind. Not so these days. A word of advice, keep a couple of trash bags handy when unpacking the parts, as Fitness Reality goes out of the way to carefully package parts. I examined all parts, gathered up tools and set everything out for an easy assemble. Pretty much everything you need to will come with the kit, but there are easier ways, such as using an impact wrench, socket/wrech set, and make sure you have a utility knife to get through the packaging.

I started out putting together the squat rack, NOT overly tightening anything. I kept EVERYTHING finger tight until even the lat attachment was finally assembled...just made things easier to fit. Then, I did a couple final shakes of the units while jumping around doing the final tightenings. The squat rack went together quick and flawless, instructions were not needed, but were included. It was a cake walk job from just looking at the diagram.

The lat attachment however, lol...I had a couple of issues. For some reason I decided to use the instructions. Don't do that unless you need to. It was a mess, steps jumped ahead of themselves, parts stepped ahead of themselves, bolts seemed mislabled, etc...My best advice, lay your pieces out, make sure they are all there. Browse the instructions to see where the parts are located on the unit, then just jump in and toss it together. Again, I can not stress this enough...hand tighten ONLY until completed. If you do it that way, you should have zero problems.

For my purchases, I have zero complaints. I have seen reviews and Youtube videos where people say chipped paint, or rust, missing parts, etc...All of my stuff was there, packaged great and with care from Fitness Reality. The price was extremely great and resonable, especially for what all this kit can do. Just know that if you are having them delivered by UPS, keep a close eye out, as the delivery dates they give do NOT match...EVER. UPS will leave your stuff exposed outside for all to see and in any kind of weather. They do NOT use kid gloves with your purchases either. And, for whatever reason, they are not requiring a signature for packages...just a dump and go. This is why I prefer Amazon, the delivery drivers generally follow my instructions and place packages on my enclosed deck, out of sight and weather.

So yea, hope you enjoyed my ramblings. I'm blue collar, look for deals, and am NOT a paid representative of Fitness Reality or Amazon. If you have any questions about this product I will be glad to answer. I will further note that the lat pulldown system has 1" inch plate holders, so I bought seperate 2" slides that go right over them to accomodate my 2" plates. I also didn't feel comfortable with the 2 small safety bars and ordered larger ones...but that's because I turn into a beast when tossing around weights, it has nothing to do with the actual small safety bars. I fully reccommend this product from this company and in no way, shape, or form regret making these purchases. Good lift to you all!!!

The squat rack arrived, well packaged, on time and defect free. I purchased this rack as one of the first pieces of equipment when building my home gym during the start of the pandemic. I reviewed multiple squat racks available and found this one to be the best value for what you are getting. It is constructed of standard 2" x 2" channel, so it is very sturdy, and there are multiple suppliers of add on equipment. The rack came with J cups for supporting a bar, as well as safety supports. The total package arrived in a single corrugated box, with each piece well rapped. Although the directions were excellent and everything was well marked, it took a while to put together. There are significantly more racks available from name brand companies that are more expensive, and if you are a power lifter, lifting very heavy you may look beyond this at 3" x 3" based frames. The one negative, although it doesn't affect me, is the hole spacing. It is 2" between holes, versus 1" on some of the name brands. The additional hole spacing on this rack adds rigidity. To get the same strength on a 1" spacing rack would require a heavier gage steel. One of the attachments that i purchased along with the rack was the upper/lower pulley arrangement. An additional worthwhile purchase. Finally, this rack has been reviewed on YouTube by Garage Gym Reviews, and came out favorably based on price/performance. A good purchase for a rack.

I have used this cage daily for roughly 3 months and the pros far outweigh the cons. Let's start with the cons: (1) without being weighted down, the cage is a bit unstable for some exercises. Examples: I do leaning lateral arm raises where the upright is my anchor. Without weight on the cage, the rack would topple over. Also, when using heavy weight for landmine chest presses and using a plyo box as a psuedo fulcrum or point of support, the cage will lift off the floor at the point where the landmine attaches to the frame (think of a seesaw with only one person; person goes down while the opposite side goes up). That said, this is the tradeoff you make when you consciously purchase an inexpensive (note, I did not say cheap) piece of equipment with a small footprint designed for home use. Most of this is easily countered with weights low and at the corners as seen in the picture, provided you have the luxury of other weight available to perform the exercises. In my case, I use dumbbells for the leaning lateral raises and bumper plates for the landmine chest presses and leave the iron plates on the holders. (2) The smaller chrome hooks (not the long safety bars) that come with it leave something to be desired. As a result of the design, if you are shifting the bar laterally before un-racking, they can come unhinged if you are not careful. And, if you care about this sort of thing, they do not have high backs and you will scratch the uprights and potentially your bar when re-racking. It also makes for a clunky re-rack as the the hook is not flush with the upright. I opted for third party j-hooks with high backs and hard plastic "padding" (not the Fitness Reality ones) that solved this. (3) I would have liked the pull-up bar to have knurling. I use hockey tape, but it's not the same.

All that said, I have zero regrets about this purchase. I have not experienced the negatives in some of the other reviews. The item was packaged very well and there were no defects out of the box that I noticed. For the price, this is a sturdy piece of equipment and is manufactured well with quality material and I expect it to last much longer than I originally anticipated. It was easy to assemble and when all bolts are torqued properly, there is minimal to no wobble. I can see how some people would have issues with hitting their face on the upper horizontal support bar when re-racking after a squat, but I face the opposite direction. I imagine these folks have a mirror at the rear of the cage and this is why they face that direction. The hooks don't have to be on the rear upright where that support bar is, either. Additionally, there are plenty of universal 2x2 attachments available (dip bars, j-hooks, landmine, etc.) that make this rack a solid centerpiece to build your home gym around. I opted not to purchase the lat pull down attachment and instead use after market pulleys and resistance bands, further enhancing the usefulness of this cage. With this cage and available attachments, there is almost no exercise that I cannot do at home that I could have done at the gym. I would highly recommend this item if you are able to get it at a reasonable price.