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PRx Profile PRO Squat Rack Review: Does It Wobble After 6 Months?
Every folding rack gets the same question: how solid can it be if it folds flat against the wall? My dad’s PRx Profile PRO has been up for six months and I am 6 foot 5 and 270 pounds. Here is the honest answer on the wobble, plus the ceiling height number that decides your whole install.
Hume Body Pod and Hume Band 2.0 Unboxing and Setup: First Impressions
My old smart scale said 13% body fat for years. The Hume Body Pod put a handle in my hands on day one and gave me a different number. Here's what's in both boxes, the one setup step that stalled me, and my honest first impression of the Hume Body Pod and Hume Band 2.0.
Rough Country Soft Roll-Up Bed Cover Install: An Honest First Look on a 2014 F-150
Every guy I asked told me to buy a hard cover. I bought the soft roll-up anyway, and I had a reason a short bed makes obvious. Here is the full install on a 2014 F-150, the two snags nobody warns you about, and the one honest reason I would tell some men to spend the extra five hundred dollars instead.
Everymate Wall Plate Storage Review: Will It Hold Your Plates?
My weight plates sat stacked on the garage floor for four years, because the floor is free. What the floor actually costs is room to train. Here is what two wall mounted Everymate systems, a drill and one afternoon bought me, plus the weight capacity Everymate does not publish anywhere and what mine actually held.
Everymate Leg Extension and Curl Attachment Review: Better Than a Leg Machine?
I skipped leg curls at home for about a decade because a leg machine was never going to fit in a single car garage. This bracket bolts to the squat rack I already own. One month in, here is what it fixes, the two catches nobody mentions, and the one spec you have to check before you order.
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.