Thank you for the thorough review Coop! The pendulum doesn't have to make contact with the swing arm. You can actually adjust the swing arm further back. The swing arm can be adjusted as close to the hip pads as 3" and as far away as 24". The pendulum itself weighs 45lbs. 10 - Standard 45lb Olympic plates can be added, making a total weight of almost 500lbs. Since the pillow bushings are strategically located to make the actual weight a 1:1 ratio, 500lbs is going to feel like 500lbs. Awesome content as always! 💪
Beautiful piece but HUGE for even a 2 car home gym. Freak Athlete’s Nordic Hyper combo, although it doesn’t do loaded reverse hypers, seems like the (new) combo in a compact package piece to beat.
Thanks GGR for the review. This thing is too big, heavy, expensive to buy. The new freak athlete 4 in 1 nordic hyperextension appears to be the better option for a combo unit. Please do a review on that. Thank you. I am also surprised no one has made a ghd/nordic rack attachment yet.
What a beast of a unit. Great review as always. Really interested in this type of combo unit for my home gym but man the space they take up is a tough one to swallow.
Its about the foot print of a power rack but since you're not using a barbell, actually takes up less space. The standard GHD that we make is 74L"x34W"x 50L". So not a "huge" difference as far as actual space taken up.
You HAVE to do the Freak Athlete Nordic Hyper Extension!!! Compact, good price point, and currently on sale for 550+100S&H, so 650, for a piece of equipment that has a multitude of different functions. I preordered one. I think A LOT of your subscribers have. Thanks for the reviews! And keep doing gym builds!
Coop please, PLEASE review the fettle fitness reverse hyper combo. It's a different design to this and in my opinion (keeping in mind I haven't had the luxury to test it) possibly a better one. Thanks.
I don’t understand why they just don’t make the back part where you put your feet in for GHD to be easily removable with pins. That way it would be out of the way during your reverse hypers.
I almost bought this last year. There is literally no information online or RU-vid about it…. I’m glad I didn’t buy it…. I ended up buying a leg curl/ext machine and cable crossover….. I think I am using my space more efficiently…. Didn’t actually realize how big this thing is!!😂😂
@@JBS7551 yes I did but my concern is I’m over 6’ tall and over 200lbs which it noted that you need to add extra weight for it to be safe. Just makes me concerned overall about using it. If I’m using GHD don’t want to fall over onto my head with 2-300 lb worth of steel and weights falling on top of me.
The fettle fitness combo ghd absolutely does have a fully adjustable cushioned area that moves 360° and has a much better mechanism for the reverse hyper so that you have both a full range of motion as well as a consistent strength curve. Your channel is cool but you need to branch out and review some more quality stuff.
At that price it should be included. I like Vulcan I have 600lbs of their polyurethane plates but that’s a high price to not include those bare minimum things
It’s as if this guy goes out of his way to purposely ignore Elite FTS Also I’ve used this machine and it’s crap. Made with cheap materials and is uncomfortable as opposed to other Rev Hyps and GHR’s
Sorry you felt that way! Its made with standard 3mm 75mx75m steel. Solid steel weight posts on the penduluum and the weight plate holders, diamond plate steel on all platform areas, urethane ankle rollers, and high strength pillow bushings rated to 10000lbs. Thank you!
Or.. you could just do a barbell deadlift... lol I kow this is his channel is about gym equipment but lets be honest, 80% of these machines are just junk and waste of space lolololol
Pointless to buy for a home gym, do more all in one home gym equipment reviews, like Bodycraft XFT, French Fitness Smith Cross Trainers Racks, Jacked Up etc. I venture to guess .0000002 percent of your viewers would ever buy this "boat" for their home gym. Space is everything when it comes to home gyms, this is just too impractical to even consider.
