Squat Racks & Stands

The best quality squat racks and stands in Australia - Sam's Fitness

In my highly biased opinion, I believe we stock the best squat racks in Australia. The Megatech and Powertec squat cages both have the option of adding a lat tower option. This will allow you to do both high and low pulley exercises like lat pulldowns, seated rows, and bicep curls. Combined with the barbell functionality on the squat rack, these systems alone offer the complete free weight training experience – without taking up too much precious space.

In the early years, weight trainers would have to improvise, but thankfully now you don’t have to risk death and injury by using something that was not designed for this specific task. However I do issue a strong word of warning – buying cheap squat stands and lifting heavy weight can be deadly! If they utilise poor quality materials combined with a poor design, they may fail or simply fall over just when you really need them after barely completing your last rep of squats.

The Ironmaster IM1500, while not offering the last option, has built-in weight plate and barbell storage. This is often overlooked when browsing for a home gym set up. It is not until you have got your gear built that you realise that you need somewhere to put your plates and barbells.

Squat stands were a very late addition to our range. I was never a big fan of the safety aspect, especially considering the relative affordability of squat racks and power racks. However, shortly after the ink on our deal with Barbarian dried, the Barbarian Commercial Squat Stands were one of the first products I ordered. Not only are the built from the highest quality materials – the thick steel tube adds a lot of weight to the stands which are the simplest way to add stability. They also have inbuilt spotter arms. These can be adjusted for safety when both squatting and bench pressing.

The other advantage is that if later on, you have the luxury of more space, you don’t need to sell them, you can buy an optional base support that coverts them into a squat rack.

The only downside with the Barbarian squat stands is obviously the price. They actually cost more than the Megatec squat rack, but I refuse to sell anything cheaper or flimsy as in my opinion they are simply are not safe and are an accident waiting to happen. But if you are tight on space, they are worth their weight in gold.