StrongArm Competition Combo

I have a lot of experience with this rack. I bought one for our Powerlifting Group which we have been using for a year as a club and have used it in Meets. I have since purchased another one (for my home gym) That should tell you all you need to know about this rack. It is a really sturdy rack. Built with good thick metal and I have personally seen 500+ loaded bar come slamming down on top of the safeties and they are still ok. We wont talk about this lol. The level system is good and the bench is absolutely top tier. Best bench I've ever personally used. Set all my PR's on it this year.

Now the downside and this an opinion thing but the way that you secure the bench into the rack is not easy at all. It is very heavy and a pain in the rear end to take out for squats and bench. So much so that I have to regularly help the lighter girls in our gym get the bench out as they struggle with it. This could really be redesigned to make it a more versatile and easier bench attachment to work with. I have used other PL racks that are 10x easier with a wheel and roll system that my 6 year old could put in and out. With that being said it is absolutely a sturdy connection and it will never ever move on you or anything of the matter so if thats something you care about then this could even be a positive.

Compared to other rack's of this quality it is beyond the best deal and price on the market. I wouldn't hesitate to buy this if you don't mind a slight inconvenience of the bench attachment system.

That's the only reason for the 4 stars.

Mike is a legend to deal with. Very responsive and will look after you.

This rack is a great price and is the best bang for you buck combo rack out there, I've used this rack to comfortably bench 400 and squat 600 and it can withstand the loads. The lever arms move smoothly as well.

There are downsides of this rack to consider and I'll list all that I've ran into

The rack isn't the highest quality, the chrome finish early chips off, and within the first 2-3 sessions I noticed it coming off. There seems to be a good amount of movement on the rack as well even with everything tightened. With all the blots tightened I've notice that there is still movement where the blots connect, I've tried many methods to make this more secure but nothing seems to help much. Along the sames lines, there are 12 hand knobs to tighten for parts that are supposed to move, but these don't do the best job securing it and tightening them damages the rack because it's metal on metal contact.

With the quality issues I've notices that the uprights seem to be bent outwards as well, even with adjusting the rack ins, it seems to be an issue with the back cross-member.
In conclutionthis is a good rack, and is still worth the money, but there are clear quality issues with it that makes it less desirable compared to other racks

This rack is fantastic, highly Adjustable, sturdy, love it. would not use anything else. the manual however has some serious typos and created a very confusing situation, While resolved, I do hope the manual can be revised.

This is a beefy upgrade compared to previous Combo-Rack. It's got racks in position, heavy duty gauge, UMH boards on the j-cups and safeties and CPU approved equipment. Really heavy duty, the padding on the bench is just perfect.

StrongArm Competition Combo