Really didnt expect that clip haha

Their customer service sucks even worse.

@@reconstructionwouldhavesav9472 Yep, it just does. Nowhere near good as Rogue's. But the products are solid.

They dont answer the phone. They ignore emails. Take 3 weeks to ship an item. Will receive a returned item and not issue a refund unless threatened with a charge back.

@@MoSec9 They don't respond to emails. If you contact them about an issue, expect to wait 1-2 weeks for a response, if you get one at all. They recently sold me flip down safeties that each had a pin welded at an angle, making them unusable. First, they took nearly a month to ship the safeties, even though they said they were in stock when I ordered. When I emailed them about the delay, took two weeks to get a response. When I received the safeties and saw they were defective, I emailed REP again.....this time, it took exactly a week to get a response. REP immediately refunded me without question and told me to, and I quote, "throw them away." Meaning, throw the safeties away. They were so messed up, REP didn't even want them returned. The way they responded led me to conclude they got a bad batch from China and they knew it and were selling them anyway, hoping people wouldn't complain and if they did, instant refund. They didn't even ask further questions or request additional photos (you can only provide one photo when contacting through REP's website). They just refunded instantly. It just seemed......shady? Whatever. My entire Gym is Rogue, EliteFTS and Kabuki. I will never buy another REP anything.

Should you really have to do ALL that, though??????? For a product you're paying an arm and leg for?

@@cakeeater2368 You can do whatever you want. Nobody cares

Why did he say you can't really have a guy spotting your bench? The space inside the rack doesn't look inhibited at all

How would you have a safety?

I'm hoping that rep does some good black Friday deals on their racks and attachments

@@REDHEADEDvlog I planned to wait for Black Friday but couldn’t wait…just place the order for the PR-5000 and new flooring.

I think my wife would kill me... haha

hi @Mario, do you know what is the rack heigh from the video they demo?

@@woonminika4023 can’t say for certain, but looks like coop is using a 93” rack. But Rep makes ares for both 80 and 93 inch. Based on what I’ve read, there’s still plenty of range of motion and effectiveness with 80 inch

And Rogue KO'd their shit into the Shadow Realm. 🤣

@@cakeeater2368 rogue hasn't innovated in a while

@@patrickmurphy8008 This is BS 😂

Same

💯Rogue is just sitting back and letting their fanboys do their marketing and selling. With that mindset, they lose in the innovation race and disregard their customer service.

I don’t know about quality but definitely better innovation, absolutely. I definitely wish I had the option to add something like this to my Rogue monster 4 post but Rogue is completely stagnant. They buy other equipment companies but are doing nothing to bring more value and innovation to big expensive products people have already purchased (vs Rep). I’d swap my Rogue in a heartbeat for this.

Just wait for Rogue to do this better.

@@jasonburns6411 That's going to be a long, long wait. Rogue has the same exact accessories available for their Monster racks than when I bought my 4 post ~3-4 years ago.

That said, I hope they adjust to the competition as they are officially getting lapped by Rep with this product.

True

LMFAO. Brilliant. Keep us posted.

How are you liking it?

@@WalkingLegacy I really like it. I'd say though being over 6 ft. I wish I could of had the 93" rack, but have a low ceiling. Oh and the D handles, like Coop said, they suck. Total Fisher Price feel to them. Also, I'm a novice lifter and I probably would of skipped the weight upgrade. One thing I did about a week ago was buy some 23" stainless steel chain with carabiners on Amazon for the low row cables. Makes it a lot easier to use it sitting on the ground. Hope that helps.

@@Relentless0neFPS Good to know. I am having a hard time pulling the trigger on purchase but I am this close to buying it. I can't decide between a full rack and the half rack.

Definitely coming - Coop

@@GarageGymReviews Would also love to see a review of their belt squat attachment with this.

I think a better comparison would be the Prime HLP.

That would be the dumbest move of all time

I agonized about getting this or the rogue rm-6 with weight stack slinger. I went with rogue but it was a difficult choice.

@@cakeeater2368I personally don’t mind a rogue rack, rep benches and what not. Selling the rogue stuff would most likely pay for the Rep replica

I’m dreading the assembly a bit..

@@Wetterwet It's not hard. Just time consuming. I was putting mine together by myself. What is holding me up is missing plastic liners for one of the trolleys. But, REP is sending them. Make sure you lay everything out and inventory first. Also, have your tools ready. Their install video does help a lot.

Haha! I feel for you, man!

Truth! I sold my Rogue Monster lite rack and ordered a Rep Fitness PR 5000 and Ares. Rogue just has nothing to compete with Ares right now.

Also curious of the same idea... on their website visualizer, the rack + lat/low row looks awesome. Def wouldn't mind doing plate loaded lat/low row + selectorized weights for the Athena.

I dont think Athena and lat pulldown stack. That's why Ares

@@quackhead8938 yeah, might be right, it looks very congested on the rack and i can't imagine the athena fitting in between the 16"' cross members with the RBS there.

That was my thought: Plate loaded lat/low row and then Athena for the functional part. I think it could be a great idea to do a build up. I'm planning to get a 4 post with the lat/low row and then eventually add the weight storage and the Athena at the same time I think.

They made a new rear base stabilizer so you can combine

Can definitely do that. Have their top functional trainer as well as the Freemotion in house. - Coop

Good point.

Or just keep the Rhino as a stand alone. What you're describing is far too much work and hassle to set up. I just want to throw plates on and do the work.

Not much hassle you do it once and you’re set up is done for every other time .i just went into detail in case coop picked up the idea but basically step, hook ,hook in belt ,push off slightly and rep away its the same idea as rep has themselves for their belt squat but adjusted for Ares since it isn’t a plate loaded version witch means you can’t load plates at the top of the rep you have to preselect the weight from the bottom of the rep. it would however be light years easier to have a plate loaded version of Ares with its 6 termination points and just place a hook,load and rep away.maybe in the not so distant future.

Definitely 👍🏼

Rogue does not have an 80" or 93" rack. Rogue's racks are 49" vs 47" wide. Rogue does not have a 16" weight storage option. The cable lengths would not be the right length, so they would not work.

🤮🤮

I would think it would be no different from a 6 post rack, except you can't lift inside the rack and there would be no way to do incline bench.

@@markhalstead2386 You could in half rack mode, with spotter arms out front. Worthwhile tradeoff imho

@@greentube461 True. I was referring to inside the rack. You won’t be able to move far enough back to do incline bench on a 4 post Ares. It is only compatible with 16” cross members.

They also offer a belt squat attachment.

watch REP's Ares how to build video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iKxpl9yVptjYl2g.html

What did you decide on? Same dilemna

@@marceldoe9684 Got the PR5000, its better built, got a crazy discount, I can build it how I want, plus I go the ISO arms and can do anything I was gonna do with the smith machine.

How did you get a discount?

@@jimsmith7887 November and in person pick up

Need to play with this. Love the idea! - Coop

Over time, the cable stretches and unwinds. In the beginning, I had the same issue, but worked it out with a bit of use and became no big deal. - Coop

It will fit in a 16" 4 post rack.