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Rep Fitness FB-5000 Wide Pad Bench Product Highlight

December 22, 2021 Tim Comments Off

Looking for a wide bench for your home or garage gym? You might want to take a look at the FB-5000 Wide Pad Competition Bench from Rep Fitness. This beefy, robust bench is a remarkable piece of equipment for the price you pay. In this article, we’re going to highlight the features of this competition class gym bench: FB-5000 Wide Pad Bench – YouTube Video Overview Rather watch than read? Check out this video on YouTube. Let’s take a look, courtesy of Rep Fitness: FB-5000 Wide Pad Bench – Why a Wide Pad? A serious competition and training bench needs a wide pad option – and Rep has it. A wide pad gives you better scapular positioning – and the [Read more …]

The Concept2 BikeErg is an interesting middle ground between a road bike and a fan bike. With a clutch for freewheeling, changeable seat and pedals, and a special damper to simulate gear changes, it's meant to be close to a road bike experience.

Rogue Echo Bike Versus Concept 2 BikeErg

August 28, 2020 Tim Comments Off

If you are looking into air bikes (“assault bikes”) you’ve probably also run across the Concept 2 BikeErg. The BikeErg is a different beast than an air bike like the Rogue Echo Bike. But, there are a lot of similarities too. How do you decide which is the right metcon training tool for your home or garage gym? That’s what we’ll review in this article – this is Rogue Echo Bike versus Concept 2 BikeErg. Here’s the gear we are going to be comparing: Echo Bike Versus BikeErg – Key Differences Right up front, let’s cover the key differences between these two bikes. Understand that the Rogue Echo Bike is an air bike (also somtimes called a “fan bike” or [Read more …]

Nike Free Metcon 6 - on the Rogue Echo bike

Assault Bike versus Rower – Which is Better?

September 20, 2024 Tim 7

NEW FOR 2022! Check out Black Friday Sales for 2022 – Rogue, Rep, and more!. Which is a better for functional fitness conditioning and metcon workouts; the assault bike or the indoor rower? The rower is a great piece of equipment – get a low-impact, full body workout – and it can be as intense (or not) as you desire. But, the assault bike (or air bike, or fan bike) is a great metcon workout too. We’re going to review the pros and cons of both of these pieces of equipment in this article. This is assault bike vs rower. Here’s some of the gear we’ll be highlighting during this discussion: No matter which you choose, Rogue Fitness has the [Read more …]

Best Folding Power Rack

December 22, 2021 Tim Comments Off

In this article we’re going to review the best folding power rack. Why a folding power rack? This innovative gym equipment let’s you use your garage like a gym – or a garage – with ease. There are some interesting options that let you make the most of your floorspace – and still keep the car inside the garage. Here’s an example. Shown above is the PR-4100 Folding Squat Rack from Rep Fitness. It is an exceptionally well built product, and has all the essential features we look for in the best folding power rack for a garage gym. We’re going to look at these folding power racks from Rep Fitness, Rogue, and Force USA: Let’s talk about folding power [Read more …]

The Force USA MyRack folding power rack has a plethora of available attachments.

MyRack Folding Power Rack from Force USA

January 19, 2021 Tim 1

We’re going to take a close look at an innovative new product from Force USA: the MyRack Folding Power Rack. Need a folding power rack? It’s a great idea. A folding power rack will let you lift heavy with stability – and more importantly, safety. With a folding power rack you’ll get space back in the garage – to use it for the things you normally use a garage for. Haven’t heard of Force USA? You will soon – they are an up and coming force in the gym equipment industry – providing innovate equipment at bargain prices. Let’s take a closer look. How a Folding Power Rack Works First of all, you might be wondering – how does this [Read more …]

Heavy snatch with a rogue olympic WL barbell

Best Olympic Weightlifting Barbell

December 22, 2021 Tim Comments Off

Let’s look at who makes the best Olympic weightlifting barbell. What’s an Olympic weightlifting barbell (also sometimes called an Oly bar)? It’s a tough barbell used for lifting big weights. But, more importantly, it has the qualities you need for the Olympic lifts: the snatch, and clean and jerk. What exactly does that mean? That’s what we’ll explain next. First, let’s look at an example. Shown here is someone you might recognize (Rich Froning) using the Rogue Olympic WL Bar to perform a “snatch”. The snatch is one of the two lifts used in Olympic competition – but I’m betting you already know all about that. Here’s all the Olympic weightlifting barbells we are going to review in this article: [Read more …]

Rogue 5 for 5 shipping during black friday is the best way to save big on gym equipment in 2019.

Black Friday Exercise Equipment Deals

November 2, 2022 Tim Comments Off

NEW FOR 2022! Check out Black Friday 2022 – For Rogue, Rep, GORUCK, Force, Torque USA – and more!. Black Friday Deals on Gym and Exercise Equipment have already begun. We’re tracking all of the best sales right here (the star rating is judged based on the number of items on sale, the discount amounts, and other perks like shipping deals): VendorSales Rating (more stars is better) Rogue Fitness (Sale on NOW!) Rep Fitness (Sale on NOW!) Vulcan Strength (Sale on Now!) Get Rx’d (Sale on Now!) Force USA (Sale on Now- use discount code FAM5 for 5% off) Fringe Sport (Sale on NOW!) GORUCK (Sale on NOW!) Amazon (Coming Soon) American Barbell (Coming Soon) Black Friday is the best [Read more …]

Rep Fitness Black Friday - Everything is on sale for Black Friday 2019.

Rep Fitness Black Friday 2020

November 2, 2022 Tim Comments Off

NEW FOR 2022! Check out REP Black Friday 2022 Sale – starting NOW. Rep Fitness Black Friday 2020 Will Rep Fitness hold a Black Friday sale for the year 2020? They will not be holding the usual holiday sale – the quantities of equipment just aren’t there because of unprecedented demand. But they are doing a really cool promotion instead – ANY order placed in November gives you a chance to win one of 204 awesome prizes: The grand prize is a Golden Ticket $1,000 REP Gift Card and one of a kind Golden Ticket gym flag. Other prizes include Three Gift Cards worth $500 each, 100 Gift Cards worth $100 each and 100 Gift Boxes full of REP Swag. [Read more …]

Rep Fitness Bumper Plates

December 22, 2021 Tim Comments Off

Bumper plates are the most versatile Olympic sized plates you can use in your home gym or garage gym. These plates are made from rubber (or other materials) that allow you to safely drop them from overhead. They are quiet, durable, and can be used for the slow strength lifts – but they are a necessity for the quick Olympic lifts. If you are interested in the Oly lifting – you need bumper plates. It’s simply too much hassle to have to lower steel plates under control – it’s a waste of energy. Given that, we recommend bumper plates for your garage gym. The downside is that bumper plates are significantly more expensive than steel plates – and harder to [Read more …]

Rep Fitness Weight Benches

December 22, 2021 Tim Comments Off

Got bench? A complete garage gym or home gym needs a good weight bench. And, if it is for your home gym – make it versatile – as you won’t want to waste the space on a separate flat and incline bench. You can even get a bench that does all 3 things: a Flat/Incline/Decline bench – otherwise known as a FID bench. Shown above is the Rep Fitness AB-5000 FID Bench from Rep Fitness. This bench does it all – Flat, Incline, or Decline – plus it has wheels for easy re-positioning. Best of all, it’s bargain priced for what it is. Rep Fitness has carved out a niche in the fitness equipment industry – they make the best [Read more …]