Gym Equipment Articles

This ultra compact Workbench Multi System – Iso Lateral Arms from Powertec offers excellent safety and perfomance to beginners and serious bodybuilders alike. The Powertec Workbench Multi System has been the market leader in multi station gyms for nearly 20 years now. The revolutionary design brought the feel and quality of commercial leverage machines into a more compact footprint.

It was with a heavy heart that I stopped importing Powertec, and the LeverGym was one of the reasons why. This gym was a big part of my life for many years. Not just in a business sense, training on this machine got me through some tough times.

Now a lot of times we post some exercises that we come up with and cop some stick from the peanut gallery. They say the exercises are garbage and do not really work the muscle. Naturally these people have never given them a go, but that does not stop them giving it to us with […]

Being a non-native English speaker, I very well understand how it feels to be browsing a website and struggling to understand all manner of terminology. If you are relatively new to weight training, you might find yourself scratching your head when reading our site when we reference certain terms. Power racks and cages are a […]

Upright rows are one of the key exercises to developing a strong upper back and shoulders. Weightlifters have been doing a variation of this exercise to strengthen and prepare their upper body for both the Clean and Jerk, and Snatch. Even though you should not be performing the upright rows in the same fashion as […]

Jammer Arms for power cages and squat racks have been a relatively recent phenomenon to hit the gym equipment market. Not only do they look impressive, they actually add loads of functionality to your workout. A set of Jammer Arms will turn your humble power rack into any number of your favorite lever arm machine. […]

For all our lives we have been led to believe that every single inch counts. Hopefully after reading this article you will reconsider. If you are new to gym equipment and looking at power racks and talking to an equipment aficionado, you will probably hear “Westside Spacing” and how important it is. What the hell […]

The covid pandemic managed to convert more people to home training virtually overnight than anyone thought possible. Imagine a large portion of gym-goers all trying to buy gym equipment all at once. This sent demand through the roof – and sadly, prices too. When the prices went up people thought they could make a killing. […]

A Power Rack is one of the best investments that you can make in any gym environment. They allow you to do loads of exercises safely. Most importantly, some of those exercises like bench press and squats, are considered the most effective in terms of building strength and muscle mass. In a home gym, or […]

German engineers seem to sacrifice their precious sleep and weekends to offer the best power racks in the world for the price. Just recently they have released 10 new Power Cages. Add an ever-growing list of various accessories to the mix and you have got yourself into something called choice overload. Knowing this information will […]

The Powertec cable set up on the P-LTO Powertec Lat Tower Option, P-LM Powertec Lat Machine & P-SS-FB Powertec Shape System is one of the smoothest cable set ups around. It is a lot smoother than many high end commercial strength equipment.

Do not be fooled, the simple chin-up bar can outperform some very expensive and complicated back machines. If done in the correct form, pull-ups can be the best exercise you could do to have a well-developed back. It activates a ton of different muscle groups and even allows you to target a specific area based on the grips […]