Valor Fitness BD-33 Heavy Duty Power Rack - Squat Rack Combo - Power Cage Bundle Options Available - Weightlifting Home Gym Equipment

My power rack is not the BD-33, and I knew ahead of time that I would have to make adjustments. Fortunately I have a nice metal shop, with cut-off saws, wire-feed welder, grinders, etc. So I built a different cross piece to hold the top center. And had to push the bottom attachment away about an 1-1/2" from the my power rack bottom cross piece, but fortunately I had holes in my bottom 2x2" cross piece that matched the holes in the lat bottom attachment. My chief complaint is that the foot pedals interfere with any plates larger than metal 25 pounders. So I cut the foot pedals so that when doing rowing I could use metal 45 pounders. I also ordered 2 inch center hole adapters from the same company, 9 inches long, to slide over the one inch bars so that my 2 inch hole weights fit and don't bang around. I also glued in the plastic sliders in the square tubing that slides up and down, after having read the other reviews stating that they loosen and fall out. I used 2 part epoxy and that worked well. I also build a moveable 2 x 2" square tubing cross piece that fits the holes in my rack, with a pulley in the center, and made cables from coated 1/8" airplane cable of various lengths so that I could have intermediate pulling. This works for exercises like seated rowing with a little bench, instead of pulling from the floor, and neck exercises, cable flyes, etc.

First, this is perfect for your home gym, easy to assemble and perfect for back squats, bench presses, lat pulldowns, bent over barbell rows, heavier shrugs, seated calf raises, you name it! The only down sides that I can see so far are:1. I can see the cables will wear out, you need to maintain them and exercise caution.2. Doing bench presses, you will not be able to use the higher weight peg if you're pressing with 45lb plates, as there will not be room (at least for me), unless you're only using the safety bars...3. For seated rows, you won't be able to use them with 45lb plates as there will not be room to go all the way down.Otherwise, this is great for my usage and seems sturdy. I removed the top two weight holder pegs and have room. May purchase other extensions in the future for cable flys and so forth.

I purchased this a couple months ago for the gym I'm building in my garage. I like it a lot so far, haven't gone heavy yet because I don't have more than 300lbs at present but it handles that no problem. I give it four stars because I don't like the J-hooks, I am going to replace those very soon. the thing is sturdy, presently I don't have it bolted down so there is a little wobble but nothing I would be concerned about. I am building an oly platform at present which it will end up bolted too. I know there are nicer looking racks out there but this thing will more than do the trick and the price isn't bad. You can always spray this thing and if asthetics are your main concern with gym equipment your priorities are off point.

The frame is thin compared to some accessories I purchased from Titan that are compatible with this unit. I had to get a new pulley mount because the first one broke, then the second one was incorrect, then the third was it, but I had to use another washer to clear the swivel or it will snap if they dont freely pivot back and forth. Thankfully they were free both the incorrect one and the correct one. ALSO; be prepared to purchase olympic adaptors because the unit comes with standard pegs on the frame, and all the slides which was disappointing.

Honestly I didn't think these would hold up well when they first arrived. They seemed a little skinny and the metal didn't appear to be the strongest but I was wrong. I'm 6'2" and 240 pounds and these things hold my big ass no problem. They are extremely durable and for the price you can't beat that. They mount right up to any 2" squat rack and bam you can do dips all day with them. I haven't added extra weight to these so I don't know how well they'd do holding like 300 plus pounds. But if you're that much of a beast you shouldn't be buying cheap stuff on Amazon as is.

I have not used the cage yet. Easy to put together but their are so many scratches all over the place and the decals on the top and bottom support rails are pealing and scuffed. I'm not thrilled to say the least. I plan on calling valor in the morning. When you spend this kind of cash on something this should not be an issue. Will update if they plan to do something about it...... Ok got a hold of the dealer and they were quick to make things right. Did everything they said they would so I am fully satisfied with the customer service. At first I gave this a 3 star bumping up to 5 because they were so quick to make things right. I'm very happy with epuipment. And the customer service!!!!

Great product with a couple of annoyances. 1. There are some rubber rings that hold the metal disk in place at the end of the cables. These aren't very tight so they move, thus the metal disk moves as well, which causes it to scrape on the plastic sheathing around the cable. Frustrating to have to stop doing a set to fix it. I ended up using hot glue to keep it in place. 2. With the foot pedals up, you can't use 45 lb weights because they will hit it. 3. The lat bar and lap bar are cheaper feeling than the rest of the unit and the rubber grips move and can come off which can take your focus off of contracting the right muscles.

These are solid, stable and a great value. Not sure how much more there is to say about this set of dip bars. I am using these with the Fitness Reality 810XLT power cage. If you use these dip bars on this power cage you will have 20" between the handles. That is just fine for me but depending on your body and what you're used to, this may be too narrow or too wide. I think most people would find this very usable.As for the power cage, if you haven't purchased one or looking for a new one, I highly recommend the Fitness Reality 810XLT. Great quality and also a great value, you can buy it from Amazon here - https://www.amazon.com/FITNESS-REALITY-810XLT-800lbs-Capacity/dp/B01N4I8FOY//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=amznrev-20