Cost No Object Machines and Free Weights, the Best of the Best

[coach_ras]

Thanks for the support, Mike! Totally agree- Deals like this one are all part of the journey... & Craigslist has been great for me on so picking up/selling off so many other pieces that I really have no room at all to complain. ps/ Happy to report that other than my fedex bill & bank fees for stopping payment i'm not out any serious $$. Things definitely could have turned out way worse!! Again- some valuable lessons learned here.

Hope all is well & you're enjoying the Nebula plate loaded bench!!

I know how you feel coach. It seems to happen pretty frequently. I have rented a trailer, driven hours, and had the coach not be at the school. He later told me he had an emergency and was unable to call and warn me. I have had a friend drive 3 hours to buy some stuff that when he arrived were not the same as the photos we were sent. And have often had people tell me they were going to buy something only to change their minds or totally disappear. I figure it is just part of using craigslist at this point.

[ArtifactFit]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Damn! Must say I have had very good luck with people keeping their end of the deal. (but its always in the back of my head....)

Sorry to hear! Soon enough ....

Just got word this am that the Atlantis Pivot Press was sold to another party. So bummed- but as I told the guy I understand his need to liquidate the equipment from his gym asap and cash sale definitely works best for him. Would've never bought the item had he not suggested/agreed that shipping with Goalder would be best way to go. But have since found out that he is moving out of state in Feb and was concerned when Goalder would be there to pick up item... Now waiting for bank to open up to stop payment on the checks and hope like hell that the guy is good on his word that he has destroyed my checks. FML

Lesson learned- Never again will I attempt to purchase used equipment from outside of my area from anyone but TJ or another friend that can handle the pay off pick up for me!! & Oh yeah- no more screwing around- I'm sure as hell going to save up to buy my Pivot Press new from Atlantis with Chris' mod to wider foot plate!!

[ArtifactFit]

looks to be a power plus leg press.....

baltimore. craigslist.org/spo/4272575104.html

[sandrini122]

I bought the TK Star V-bar, and now it's the only bar I'll use for pushdowns! It's absolutely amazing. I thought it would be hard to grip because it's so thick, but it's actually easy to grip. It's moderately priced. Buy it!

- Gary

[HealthNutMD]

Lots of good stuff today.


1) Panatta order is underway. If somebody wants to join, I can probably add to that order for another 1-2 weeks. As I mentioned before, there is space for about 4-5 machines in our container. From what I can tell, I could probably add to that order without slowing down the rest of the order (but only if placed within the next 1-2 weeks). As long as it doesn't slow our order down, people are still welcome to join.

2) In celebration of my new position, I just got off the phone with Steve Ward from Power-Lift and will be ordering these (3) Machines as mentioned and shown previously in this thread:

PRO PLATE LOAD LAT PULLDOWN:










PRO SELECT PULLDOWN:




PRO SELECT BICEP





Selectorized machines above will have HEAVY STACK OPTION.

[nflan113]

Awesome! Nice choice of pieces! I saw Bigfeather with the seated bicep and it looks phenomenal.

[darkfact]

Finally took some pics of my gym man if you want to see how it turned out:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1192814061

It's not nearly as big as the space you have but I thought you might want to see how they did my mirrors since we've talked about it a bit here. The local mirror guy said his mirrors are cut from 120" pieces but when I said I wanted only 2 breaks accross the 30' wall he measured he's need 117" wide pieces and he was super nervous about it. He beat gigantic mirrors price by about $80 just to get my business buy the wider mirrors are what really sold me lol. He did a great job and I ended up having him put a smaller mirror just to the side of my power rack for a sort of 'form check' mirror, it works really good and I love having it.

[HealthNutMD]

Just got word this am that the Atlantis Pivot Press was sold to another party. So bummed- but as I told the guy I understand his need to liquidate the equipment from his gym asap and cash sale definitely works best for him. Would've never bought the item had he not suggested/agreed that shipping with Goalder would be best way to go. But have since found out that he is moving out of state in Feb and was concerned when Goalder would be there to pick up item... Now waiting for bank to open up to stop payment on the checks and hope like hell that the guy is good on his word that he has destroyed my checks. FML

Lesson learned- Never again will I attempt to purchase used equipment from outside of my area from anyone but TJ or another friend that can handle the pay off pick up for me!! & Oh yeah- no more screwing around- I'm sure as hell going to save up to buy my Pivot Press new from Atlantis with Chris' mod to wider foot plate!!

Coach Ras,

I'm sorry to hear that. I only noticed this post today. I made my post yesterday and had not looked 'up' ...

That really sucks... Lots of disappointing people out there. In any case, I would agree to get the Pivot Press, it is just too good not to get.

[HealthNutMD]

Finally took some pics of my gym man if you want to see how it turned out:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1192814061

It's not nearly as big as the space you have but I thought you might want to see how they did my mirrors since we've talked about it a bit here. The local mirror guy said his mirrors are cut from 120" pieces but when I said I wanted only 2 breaks accross the 30' wall he measured he's need 117" wide pieces and he was super nervous about it. He beat gigantic mirrors price by about $80 just to get my business buy the wider mirrors are what really sold me lol. He did a great job and I ended up having him put a smaller mirror just to the side of my power rack for a sort of 'form check' mirror, it works really good and I love having it.

That is awesome. I really like the larger mirrors, as that is a cost no object goal. The fact you got such a good deal is the icing...












The accessory wall storage is awesome. I plan on using that method someday since it just makes too much sense!!

[Northernmoris]

Lots of good stuff today.


1) Panatta order is underway. If somebody wants to join, I can probably add to that order for another 1-2 weeks. As I mentioned before, there is space for about 4-5 machines in our container. From what I can tell, I could probably add to that order without slowing down the rest of the order (but only if placed within the next 1-2 weeks). As long as it doesn't slow our order down, people are still welcome to join.

2) In celebration of my new position, I just got off the phone with Steve Ward from Power-Lift and will be ordering these (3) Machines as mentioned and shown previously in this thread:

PRO PLATE LOAD LAT PULLDOWN:










PRO SELECT PULLDOWN:




PRO SELECT BICEP





Selectorized machines above will have HEAVY STACK OPTION.

Are you picking these up or having them shipped? I'm working on getting Tom L. a hex and safety squat.

[TLYNCH777]

I bought the TK Star V-bar, and now it's the only bar I'll use for pushdowns! It's absolutely amazing. I thought it would be hard to grip because it's so thick, but it's actually easy to grip. It's moderately priced. Buy it!

- Gary

We just bought a 2nd one at the gym because everybody was using it . I also set one to a friends gym as a gift. It hits the tris just right especially on that middle setting facing away from you. I sure hope Tk will design some more bars this year. Chris order one up if you don't love it I will buy it from you .

[Northernmoris]

We just bought a 2nd one at the gym because everybody was using it . I also set one to a friends gym as a gift. It hits the tris just right especially on that middle setting facing away from you. I sure hope Tk will design some more bars this year. Chris order one up if you don't love it I will buy it from you .

Did you order them off his site to get a different finish?

[TLYNCH777]

Did you order them off his site to get a different finish?

I ordered both on his web sight tkstar.com (few dollars cheaper) and ebay. He has been going with the raw metal look with clear coat. He no longer likes to powder coat his attachments because they get dropped and the powder coat chips . So he prefers to spray them and recommends every few months give them a new coat.

[HealthNutMD]

We just bought a 2nd one at the gym because everybody was using it . I also set one to a friends gym as a gift. It hits the tris just right especially on that middle setting facing away from you. I sure hope Tk will design some more bars this year. Chris order one up if you don't love it I will buy it from you .

I will probably do that, however, I just bought (5) of the Panatta tricep attachments. I bought (5) so that I would be able to provide those to people once they see how much they like them. Obviously they are just different, and I'm sure they are both great. I wouldn't mind one of each.

[HealthNutMD]

Are you picking these up or having them shipped? I'm working on getting Tom L. a hex and safety squat.

If everything goes as planned, the delivery cost is actually not too bad. From where I expect to be living in the near future, it is about a 9 hour drive to the Power-Lift manufacturing plant (as shown from the visit in August in this thread). Its just not worth a 9 hour drive and back... Hmmmm... Well, I'd have to think about it...

[HealthNutMD]

By the way, this is what Ken was showing me in July when I was there... it looks like he made it public now.

What is really cool is how much it blows away something like XFORCE... this can provide 50% assist, so that basically you can really load up the weight, and only the full weight stack is used for negatives. Its a really awesome way to load up negatives... simply add major assist to the concentric.

[irongym]

Healthnut, not sure what you are referring too...

[HealthNutMD]

Healthnut, not sure what you are referring too...

About the video above? Did I miss something?

By the way, I have (5) of those panatta tricep attachments on order... so when I get them in I'll have (4) I can ship to people... I'll show you close up pics when I get them in... Let me know if you want one at that time.

[STR8OUT]

About the video above? Did I miss something?

By the way, I have (5) of those panatta tricep attachments on order... so when I get them in I'll have (4) I can ship to people... I'll show you close up pics when I get them in... Let me know if you want one at that time.

Do you have a pic of the tricep attachment? I'm interested. I tried to search Google but got nothing

[ExtremistPullup]

About the video above? Did I miss something?

By the way, I have (5) of those panatta tricep attachments on order... so when I get them in I'll have (4) I can ship to people... I'll show you close up pics when I get them in... Let me know if you want one at that time.

Did you happen to see the PM I sent you about that piece of equipment?

[Erin143]

bump bump

[irongym]

About the video above? Did I miss something?

By the way, I have (5) of those panatta tricep attachments on order... so when I get them in I'll have (4) I can ship to people... I'll show you close up pics when I get them in... Let me know if you want one at that time.

I don't see a video, can you repost it? I'm in for the handle no matter what. Thanks!

[HealthNutMD]

I don't see a video, can you repost it? I'm in for the handle no matter what. Thanks!

I just wasn't sure what you were talking about when you said, "Healthnut, not sure what you are referring too..."

As far as the tricep attachment, I ordered 5, but I can easily add a bunch more.

So far there about 4 out of the 5 spoken for... I will definitely set one aside for you.

Like I said, those are easy to add to the order, so I can accommodate as many people that want one.

Do you have a pic of the tricep attachment? I'm interested. I tried to search Google but got nothing

I posted pics a couple pages back.. I'll put them up again...

[HealthNutMD]

Posted previously:

He perfected the tricep attachment so much that it is completely unchanged whether separate or with their tricep machine. I thought it was the best tricep attachment I have used to date: better than any of the tricep attachments I own.

Anyone who wants one, your cost will be $65.00 + shipping (which shouldn't be much, since it would be shipping from me)

I'm asking them why it is not on their website under attachments.

You can see it with a bunch of others in this pic... I'll have them send some pictures.





This tricep machine is awesome... Love that tricep attachment.

[HealthNutMD]

Did you happen to see the PM I sent you about that piece of equipment?

Here are some pics of it:








For a cost no object setup it makes no sense. For someone with extremely limited space, I suppose it could be 'ok'... Nothing I'd be interested in. When you break that multifunction piece into individual functions, you'd be better off getting a real power rack, a real pec fly, etc..

I'm not quite sure who that would appeal to... I guess someone on a budget/severe space limitation...

[morebarbell]

Healthnut, have you seen Panatta's "OLYMPIC STANDARD BARBELL" and collars ? Do you have more info on the bar and collars?

http://www.panattasport.com/en/product/1BC56.html

The photo on their website is sort of small but it looks like the old Russian barbells with the grooved sleeves.

Panatta


Vintage

IH has had a few threads on Russian bars and plates. Rockcrshr (here on bb.com) used to have a complete set, and a few others have as well. One of the magazines (maybe Peary Rader's mag) used to run advertisements for Russian sets. I forget who the importer was. May have been Rader himself.

[Synthetickiller]

Healthnut, have you seen Panatta's "OLYMPIC STANDARD BARBELL" and collars ? Do you have more info on the bar and collars?

The photo on their website is sort of small but it looks like the old Russian barbells with the grooved sleeves.

Vintage

I've be interested in a bar like that, depending on if the collar actually twists on or sits like the old russian one you used as an example.

I'd also like to know if the knurling is aggressive & how much whip the bar has.

[HealthNutMD]

I'll give you the rundown on the OLY bar within 1-2 days... all details + cost.

As far as the tricep attachment, I got a few more requests: looks like I'm going to have to increase the order to 10 already. If anybody wants one for $65.00 + shipping from my future place, let me know within the next 3 weeks. Something like that won't slow our order down.

[irongym]

Still can't find the video Healthnut was referring too.

[ArtifactFit]

Still can't find the video Healthnut was referring too.

Iron gym-

If you are looking at it on your phone it may not show. It only shows on my computer. Otherwise you can find regeneration equipment on FB it's posted on their page. I am sure Healthnut can repost but in the meantime...