Everymate 3-in-1 Leg Extension & Curl Machine Review

Who this machine is for

The Everymate leg extension and curl machine is for a home gym with floor to spare. If you've got a basement, a spare room or a garage bigger than mine, it's a great piece of equipment for the price.

If your gym is a single-car garage that's already full, like mine, the floor space is the whole conversation. That's the only thing I found that I don't like about it, and I'll get into it below.

Why I wanted one

In a home gym, leg extensions and leg curls are hard to pull off. They're the two movements that get neglected. Before this, I rigged up some cables and pulleys with an ankle attachment. It worked to a certain extent, but it was never as good as an actual machine.

Squats are great, but I'm a bodybuilder meathead at heart. I want to do leg extensions and leg curls and really build those hammies and those quads.

The other part is my knees. After years of sports and pro wrestling, I've got knees that need as much support as they can get. Building up the quads and the hamstrings to help with that is huge for me.

Where I use it

My gym is a full single-car garage, about 22 by 11. In that space I've already got a treadmill, a rower, a bike and dumbbells on the floor. All of that takes up a lot of room before a leg machine ever shows up.

Everymate sent me this one to test. I built it on camera, then used it a few times a week for just over a month before I gave my take on it.

How solid it is

I was actually surprised by how good it is. You never know what kind of quality you're going to get with a brand you find on Amazon. This was the first piece of equipment I'd ever gotten from Everymate, and I'm impressed with it.

When I was putting it together I noticed it was well built, sturdy and firm. After a month of use I haven't noticed any shakiness. Now, you're obviously not beating on it like you would a treadmill, but it's held up well.

The seat has a little wobble to it, because the seat moves. Not a big deal. The stuff that's supposed to be solid is solid. It's steel, so it's hard to mess that up, but I've seen it done before.

Getting in and out, and fit at 6'5"

This is what I like most about it. The thigh pad has a lever, so you pull it out of the way to climb in, then set it back down on your legs once you're seated. That gives you the support you want for leg extensions.

The leg roller works the same way. There's a pull pin that holds it out so you can slide your legs in, and then you drop the pin in the position you want. You don't have to maneuver yourself into it.

The seat height adjusts with a pin underneath, and the backrest slides forward or back depending on your size and your leg length. I'm 6'5" and I got it to fit me. Everymate lists 7 positions on the thigh pad, 7 on the backrest and 24 on the leg roller.

Switching from extensions to curls

It's pretty easy. You pull the pin, swing the arm over to the other side, put the pin back in, and put the safety pin in to hold it in place. Then you bring the pads up and you're doing leg curls.

You can do it while you're sitting in the machine, but it's easier if you get out. It's also a little harder with weight on it, because the arm is obviously heavier. Going back to leg extensions is the same thing in reverse.

There are handles on the sides to hang onto if you want to go heavy, and a peg on the back where you can put extra plates. Everymate rates it at 680 pounds. I haven't come anywhere near that.

The floor space problem

Here's the catch. It just takes up too much space for my home gym. If I didn't have a treadmill, a rower, a bike and dumbbells on the floor, then maybe I'd have more room for it. With the way my gym is set up, there's no good place to put it where I can make the most of the space it takes.

I ran into this the day I built it. Put it flat against the wall one way and you can't get in it. I found an angle where I could get in and load the plates, but it sure cut into the area I train in.

The frame is listed at 38 inches deep by 35.5 inches wide, which works out to about 9.4 square feet. The Amazon listing says 7.9. Plan around the bigger number, plus room to sit down in it and get back out.

Putting it together

The instructions don't have words. It's just pictures. That's fine, and it all went together, but there's a lot of hardware, so sort the big bolts from the small bolts before you start.

The seat was the one pain in the butt. I had to flip it up and put the bolts in from underneath, and it took a little bit. Everything else was washers, nuts and tightening things down.

The rack attachment is the other option

Everymate also makes a leg extension and curl attachment that goes on a squat rack. I've got that one too and made a video about it. It does the same two movements without taking up the floor.

So if you already own a squat rack and you don't have a lot of space, that might be the better fit for you. If you do have the space, the machine gives you a real seat and a backrest.

Who should buy it

If you've got the room, yes. It's 100 percent a great piece of equipment for the price. A lot of home gyms can't do leg extensions and leg curls in any easy way, and this makes it super simple without breaking the bank.

Just keep in mind it takes up a fair amount of space. If you don't have a lot of space, this might not be a good fit for you. That's where I landed with my own gym. I really wanted to find a way to keep it, and the floor just isn't there.