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Everymate Leg Extension and Curl Machine Review: Is It Worth the Floor Space?
Leg extensions and leg curls are the two movements almost no home gym has, and this machine fixes that. After a month of regular use it had not loosened up at all. It still left my gym, and the reason is floor space: the listing's own space math does not add up.
Feierdun Chest Press Machine Review: Does It Fit a 6'5" Guy?
You want to press heavy but you train alone, and a full rack with safeties will eat the only corner of the basement you have. This machine is built for exactly that problem, and it solves it well. What nobody tells you is where the 1,250 lb rating actually comes from, and what happens when a 6'5" guy lies down on it.
Yosuda Pro 010C Exercise Bike Review: The One I'd Actually Buy
FED Fitness sent me two Yosuda bikes and I built and rode both of them. This is the one I'd put my own money on, and the fifty pound mistake I made on camera is exactly why I'm confident saying it.
Yosuda 001C Exercise Bike Review: Will It Hold a 280 Pound Rider?
I'm 6 foot 5 and 280 pounds, and a bike at this price usually feels like a folding chair the second I sit down on it. This one didn't. Here's the full build on the Yosuda 001C, the honest first ride, and the one part I'd take off before my wife gets on it.
Everymate Parallettes Review: The Assembly Step Amazon Never Mentions
If your wrists are the reason you stopped doing push-ups, a pair of parallettes is the cheapest fix there is. The Everymate set runs about thirty dollars with a beech grip thicker than the category standard. There is one thing about them the Amazon listing never tells you, and I found it in the first three minutes.
Everymate 5 Bar Rotating Barbell Holder Review: Is the Spin Worth the Premium?
For ten years my barbells leaned in a corner, and the one I wanted was always behind two others. Everymate sells a roughly eighty dollar rack that spins to fix exactly that. It works, and there are three things the Amazon listing will not tell you before you buy.
Everymate 6 Bar Holder Review: Six Barbells in Under a Square Foot
My barbells leaned in the corner of my gym for ten years, scuffing each other, because a rack felt like a luxury. Then I ended up with three bars instead of one. Here is what under eighty dollars and less than a square foot of floor actually buys you, and the two numbers the listing gets wrong.
Everymate 10kg Junior Bar Review: The 22 lb Barbell I Bought for My Daughters
My daughters stopped wanting to watch and started wanting to lift, and every bar in my garage weighs 45 lb before you load it. A 22 lb steel junior bar closes that gap. Here is what showed up, what it costs, and the one spec claim I don't buy.
Everymate 5kg Technique Bar Review: The 11 lb Bar I Bought for My Daughters
Your daughter asks if she can try, and the answer is no, because the only bar in the garage weighs 45 lb before you load it. That gap between a toy and a real barbell is exactly what an 11 lb technique bar is supposed to fill. Here is what showed up, what it costs, and the one spec claim I do not buy.