Hi everyone, FYI: this home gym was sold on 22-DEC-2021. I am going to leave the video up on RU-vid because there seems to be a lack of info available on this excellent gym. Note that Inspire Fitness also manufactured these exact same gyms for the European market under the branding “Finnlo Maximum Kraftstation M4”. If you search that you will find a few nice videos demonstrating it.
FYI for anyone still interested in this gym... As of right now, March 11, 2023 someone in Toms River, NJ has this gym for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $650. That is an absolute steal! It does not include the leg press, but looks to be in excellent condition. It is missing the cloth shrouds that go around the weight stack and cables, but those could be purchased or even made for not much $. I will update/delete this post when I see that it has been sold. **UPDATE** As of March 18th, the seller dropped the price to $550 ***Just checked March 28th and I'm not seeing it listed anymore. Looks like it sold. Someone got a screamin' deal on that one!
Hi, If it's the older M3, then definitely I'd go with the Hoist. If it's the newer M3 (pretty sure it's going to be the black one), that one added some of the isolateral functionality that the M4 had, after they discontinued the M4. So, the newer M3 is going to be a much closer call between that & the Hoist V4 Elite. For you it will depend on how important the isolateral movement is. The Hoist is a battleship. The Inspire is also very well made, just not quite as much heavy gage steel as the Hoist. Leg press... Hoist wins hands down. If it were me, I'd go Hoist... Then you'd have the option of adding the hi-lo pulley tower down the road if you ever wanted. Good luck with your decision!
Hi Michael. I would say that the M4 construction is very slightly below actual commercial quality gyms... meaning there's really not a lot of the thick plate metal like you see on commercial gyms... And the weight stack guide rods are solid .75 diameter on the M4, while they are usually solid 1.00 diameter on commercial weight stack units. That being said... The QUALITY of the frame pieces, the welding, the finish, and just the overall design, are exceptional, and as I stated on the video... near military quality/grade.
@@KevinWidomski thank you for the great information and video review. More is needed because my M2 is amazing for a home gym and like you have said not like the commercial stuff as I had a body max like the matrix stuff I see in the gym that is below techno gym, but in the video it sounded like something you would find in a gym where as my M2 is like you said slightly below
How did you deliver this? Will it all fit in the back of a pickup? We purchased one and will be picking up this weekend. We have a full-size truck and we rented a small 5x8 enclosed trailer. Any feedback would be very appreciated. Thanks!
@@mistadj it's not hard to assemble & disassemble, but it is pretty complex and takes time to do it right. I will say that the manual is very helpful with the step by step instructions.
Hi, the Inspire M4 gym & leg press in this video has been sold. It is no longer being made by Inspire, which is why you don't see it on their website, other than maybe a download of the user/assembly manual.
@@KevinWidomski thanks. I recently bought M3 but not happy with it. The seat is no stable and wiggly all over. M4 certainly looks more stable and side bar pulleys are attractive!
I know you sold the Hoist V4 with leg press attachment to buy this (more of a sidegrade rather than an upgrade), but what are you going to get for your home gym now? Squat rack with pulley attachment?
@@KevinWidomski I see. How would you compare it to your Hoist V4 with leg press or Inspire M4 with leg press? It seems like a big downgrade since the Elite series are the best Hoist has to offer. I am asking because I have the Hoist V2 with leg press and it has no arms for the chest exercises. Instead, I use the cable attachments for everything, so it feels like a modern functional trainer (but has only one weight stack as opposed to two). Our units are both from circa 2004, but still working perfectly. Hoist really has the best build quality in the home gym industry other than Tuff Stuff. So, I want to know why you switched from the V4 to the M4 and then to the V Core. What made you ultimately switch back to Hoist?
@@dasemendemon While the Inspire unit is very well designed and built, I found that the Hoist stuff is just built like a battleship. There are things about each of these gyms that I like. The Roc-it leg press on the Hoist is much better than this Inspire leg press. When I sold the Hoist, I missed that leg press, and the articulating arms of the bench press. Even though the M4 has a very nice bench with lots of positions, I just liked the feel of the Hoist V4 Elite bench press better, even though it lacked the isolateral movement. Ultimately, the reason that I went with the V-core set, was that it offers the rock solid build quality of Hoist, with isolateral movement of the bench press and the upper lat cables. It also has a dedicated roc-it leg ext/curl station and the nice leg press too. It's like a refined V2, or a V2 on steroids. There is surprising little Hoist V-core info available online or on RU-vid, so I plan to do a video on that in the near future.
@@KevinWidomski You, sir, are a legend. Not only did you answer all of my questions perfectly, you provided the best review of these rare products which have very few resources (videos, manuals, reviews, comparisons, etc) available online. I look forward to your V-Core review! I might upgrade from my V2. :)
