Review Details

F-VR Force USA - VersaRack XL - Folding Power Rack

Product Review (submitted on November 27, 2013):

I've had this product for 3 days now and so far I'm loving it. The power rack itself is great because of how sturdy and durable it is, so you can safely and progress on heavy workouts like the Squat and Bench-Press entirely on your own without a spotter. One minor grievance is that because of the height of the rack, unless you're very short, you'll have to overhead-press outside of the rack, though this isn't that huge a problem at all because the j-hooks (there are 4, excluding the additional two attached to the safety-bars) are very much adjustable. You can do other heavy movements like rack pulls/shrugs/etc just great in there too.

The lat-pulldown and low cable row attachments are amazing as well. For the most part, they're identical to the ones in any commercial gym. Not only do they give an awesome back work-out on their own, but if you're slightly creative, and have your own attachments such as Tricep ropes and close-grip V-bars, you can get a LOT more out of them. I've found they're great for a variety of other accessory exercises, such as Straight-arm lat Pulldown, Tricep Pushdowns, Bicep Curls, Weighted Abdominal crunch, High-to-Low/Low-to-High cable Woodchoppers, and Face Pulls, just to name a handful.

The other features this offers are great as well. The landmine attachment offers its own variety of workouts, such as Angled Shoulder Press, T-Bar Rows, Landmine Torso Twists, etc. For those with space constraints (like me), using this might present a problem, as it involves having to attach a bar to the corner end of the power rack. However, there is the option to attach a short standard non-Olympic bar if that's all you can use. This works great for me.

Weight-plate holders are great as well. Extremely strong, and they can be adjusted to hold standard non-Olympic plates too. Dip and pull-up bars are great, though if you intend to do pull-ups with the rack, you also have to factor in the height of your head on top of the height of the power rack, so ceiling space isn't a problem for you. I don't have to use the folding option, but it's great to have it there in case I ever need more space. One of my biggest misgivings prior to purchasing the rack was whether the fold-able feature would compromise the safety offered by the rack, and my fears have since proved baseless. Between the 3 safety catches that locks the open structure of the rack in place, the rack is indeed very safe.

In summary, this power rack is everything I had hoped it would be and more. Would definitely recommend this to other fellow home-gym goers. There is very little with this power rack that you can't do.