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Thread: Rep Fitness Thread
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11-09-2020, 05:33 AM #1681
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11-09-2020, 05:36 AM #1682
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11-09-2020, 05:44 AM #1683
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11-09-2020, 06:06 AM #1684
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11-09-2020, 06:32 AM #1685
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11-09-2020, 06:42 AM #1686
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11-09-2020, 06:51 AM #1687
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11-09-2020, 08:18 AM #1688
At some point I want to purchase a 5200 bench, along with some plates. I'm not entirely sure if I want to go with the Rubber plates, or splurge a little bit on the Equalizer urethane plates.
Either way, I'm really undecided if I want to purchase any fitness equipment right now. I feel like it's an entire year worth of Black Friday, where companies are rushing to get equipment in stock and sold, and quality can suffer. Same with shipping - it's almost impossible to get items delivered without a shipping company damaging them around the holidays.STAND TALL AND SHAKE THE HEAVENS!!
"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own." - 1 Corinthians 6:19
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11-09-2020, 08:55 AM #1689
The urethane equalizers look nice. I think they look better than the metal equalizers.
For the 5200 Bench, maybe there will be an update version in the future for a decline attachment. Unmarkd posted the below earlier as they look to be the same bench, which is in stock but $10 more than the 5200. The decline attachment is sold separately ($90) but is OOS:
Last edited by mrcheeze36; 11-09-2020 at 09:02 AM.
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11-09-2020, 09:02 AM #1690
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11-09-2020, 09:23 AM #1691
I’m not worried, I have the prime bench and it’s a ladder bench that offers a decline attachment. My decline attachment hasn’t come in yet so can’t say for sure but from videos online it doesn’t seem to be an issue. Also, the part locking it in place has to be lifted out of the hole in order to be moved but with your weight on the bench it’s not going to come out.
Last edited by mrcheeze36; 11-09-2020 at 09:28 AM.
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11-09-2020, 10:22 AM #1692
This is from a REP employee:
1) Inbound container rates have increased dramatically.
2) Steel prices have increased
For many of these products, this is our first price hike in years. Inflation happens too. Cost of labor has increased. Lots of converging factors but the price of steel and shipping are the much bigger factors.
We did keep our prices basically flat for the 7+ months of the year since the pandemic started, even as we couldn't keep anything in stock and re-sellers charged double. We didn't have a choice though once steel and shipping costs skyrocketed.
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11-10-2020, 04:51 AM #1693
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11-10-2020, 06:01 AM #1694
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11-10-2020, 06:53 AM #1695
As far as pricing changes, don't blame them. Price increases from suppliers and conditions? Maybe but for the items I have focussed on they seemed out for months / highly doubt they had any in stock for months or if they did, it was single digits. I have also signed up for notifications on these items and did not get any alerts until just recently so suspect that they were truly out and not getting these benches in stock.
Beyond being a little off-put with the price increases, I also don't want any issues with potential manufacturing hiccups or shipping issues that often occur near BF and holidays.Last edited by NHAngler; 11-10-2020 at 09:08 AM.
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11-10-2020, 08:09 AM #1696
Their email notices aren't very useful--items sellout within hours. There have been many times items drop and no email notification. This is the same with Rogue, too. I use a website monitoring chrome extension called Distill that works very well. It will email you whenever the Rep webpage changes. You can select a region of the webpage for more accuracy. That's how I have managed to buy anything at all from Rep and also Rogue. Can't add a link (not enough posts) but it's easy to find with search.
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11-11-2020, 06:30 AM #1697
- Join Date: Jun 2012
- Location: Royersford, Pennsylvania, United States
- Posts: 349
- Rep Power: 2794
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11-19-2020, 11:03 AM #1698
dukenukem7777, after your initial response in July I saw that the 55s through 80s were added back to the urethane pairs page and that looked promising, however it looks like your new site went live today and the 55s through 80s have been removed. So did you decide against making those pairs available for purchase again?
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11-23-2020, 12:27 PM #1699
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11-23-2020, 06:16 PM #1700
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11-24-2020, 04:04 AM #1701
- Join Date: Aug 2008
- Location: Ohio, United States
- Age: 41
- Posts: 7,283
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Disappointing, wasting money cutting out useless logo's & designs when you're just going to recreate Rogue's hockey stick. Mech's superior design is out there, could have just paid him for the plans and had the best Mono's on the market (or at least borrowed key features). Round counter weight, offset, deeper j-cup, rubber backstop, ect. Unless the range of motion on the swing arm is incredibly deceiving and longer than others, I'd just buy Titan. Coop will give it 5 stars though, no stickers....lol
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11-24-2020, 08:31 AM #1702
I have not seen a single manufacturer come up with round counter weight and rubber back stop ( which is like may be 50 cents to $1 ) . Not sure what would be reason ? Cost? And also based on the second bolt I am not betting on range of motion of the swing arm.
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11-24-2020, 09:56 AM #1703
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11-24-2020, 10:49 AM #1704
My guess is shipping is calculated based on which location it’s shipping from. I just checked the shipping on 2 utility horns and shipping was $24 to me in California. I then checked shipping for a 14kg/31lb kettlebell to me and it was $26 shipping. I’m guessing the KB is in CO and the utility horns are in PA, but I could be wrong...if not, not sure why 2 weight horns would cost as much to ship as the 31lb KB. I sent an email to Rep for clarification. I’m also seeing tax being added now (wasn’t seeing it when I was calculating shipping on the old site).
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11-24-2020, 10:51 AM #1705
- Join Date: Aug 2008
- Location: Ohio, United States
- Age: 41
- Posts: 7,283
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Looks to be more of the same, why can't these companies figure out a way to increase the ROM on the swing arm like Mech did? I can live with the Titan hockey stick, the EliteFTS looks a little nicer in all black (kinda), but let's make these things offset and increase that ROM by another 1-2" just for peace of mind.
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11-24-2020, 11:02 AM #1706
- Join Date: Apr 2007
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Haven't been able to "rep" many of you for a year or more...not for lack of trying.
Home Gym: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175136471&p=1615740991&viewfull=1#post1615740991
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11-24-2020, 11:58 AM #1707
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11-24-2020, 12:22 PM #1708
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11-24-2020, 02:30 PM #1709
That's what I'm currently leaning towards. I know you had complaints about Titan's UHMW being on the soft side, but the knurling near the bar hooks on my OBX-20kg was flattened out by it's previous owner.
I'd be modifying them to fit 3x4 uprights, so I was hoping REP would go with the dual ear design so I could trim the main pin and have the ears extended.Last edited by boxer_for_life; 11-24-2020 at 02:38 PM.
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11-24-2020, 04:01 PM #1710
Rep monolift teaser video up on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_iAAsn...d=1ivbtbc5qhix
Launching tomorrow 11/25.||---|| Rogue Barbell Club #36 ||---||
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