Vendetta 180° Adapters for Rogue Fitness Lever Arms (LT-1 50 CAL Trolley) 

It feels like we are starting to reach a critical mass of equipment for people who want to do bodybuilding style training at home. Not having access to machines was always a huge limitation but between the rack mounted cable systems, multi-angle lever arms, and stuff like the Bulletproof Isolator there are a lot of options opening up. The question is whether they can become low friction enough to *actually* replace those machines or if they’ll just be too much both to set up and tear down.

I love blowing money on fitness equipment. Yet I’ve never once figured out what I would use lever arms for. Great video Brandon

Nice equipment and I can see how they add versatility to the jammer arms. I don't use them either, but I love all of the ingenuity we're seeing lately.

Nice review B, hope all is good with the family!!

As usual, great review. Thank you Sir.

Think I may need to get me a pair! Awesome vid as always Brandon!

Between Vendetta Brackets, KaizenDIY adapters, Mutant Metals handles, Buffalo Bully rollers, and CFT performance accessories, any one inch and 5/8” rack can pretty much do anything now. Love it

Great advice. Looks like great product for those with lever arms.

Rogue 1 inch band pegs work the best with the rogue 1.0 arms and vendetta because of the length of them like you mentioned. Don't know if this was said already, but if you reverse those band pegs to where the long end is pointing toward the outside they won't be in the way. You can also buy some one inch clamps to secure those band pegs for added safety. One other thing that I find useful is to utilize a band peg on the "50 Cal" portion of the trolley where it adjusts up and down on the posts (with the long end facing outwards)-- when the time comes to adjust the arm (moving up and down on the post) remove the band peg and place in the lowest hole of the vendetta when raising up the arm to a high position (hope that makes sense) or lowering. Just make sure the long end of the band peg is facing the side you are on when adjusting. I generally keep my arms extended and raised so it seems easier to move the arm that way as opposed to holding the "50 cal" portion (one hand on "cal" and one hand on peg). Enjoy your videos! Good luck in your powerlifting competitions!

Back on a review roll!! Lever arms on a rack getting in the way 😂 gotta love that

Nice review. Thx! Was hoping for a someday review of the articulating adapters from gympin combined with the vendettas for the crem de la crem accessory that most won’t fully use as well. Understand why they’re coming off your rig though

Just noticed the 4K option on the video...nice man!

Dang it, was just about to buy a pair for my Rep ISO arms but they’re sold out. Signed up to get notified once they’re available, hopefully the wait won’t be too long.

Your basement is legit some mad scientist lab of muscle/strength

HI brandon CAN YOU REAVIEW THE CAR JACK DEAD.LIFT ATTACHMENT or chest supported row or the from fortis equipment or horizontal row machine ?

Thank You brandon for everything you do. Could you do A video on a leg press That you can mount to your rack Is legend and titan have then

I'm with you on the safety aspect of any gym equipment. You should review those articulating adapters for lever arms. I'm sure they would gladly send you a set. The home gym bro Kaizon I think is the guy.

My guy Brandon finally found a way to keep it up 😂

B, Are any other companies besides Vendetta and Straydog Strength that sell those 180° arm/bracket? I am definitely liking the Straydog version since it comes with a shorter arm and can see it for multiple exercise hacks/applications.

I’ve been waiting on the versions for the Titan Lever arms forever. I would definitely use my lever arms more with a set of these

Great video good sir

How u doing bro. I remember a while back u did not like the arms because they just got in the way and u hardly use them. Do u think different now that they slide up and down d have vendetta adapters??

If I ever get lever arms to fill the void of selling my Levergym, I will definitely be getting these.

Great video @BasementBrandon ! Anyone got any thoughts on this (these as they technically are a pair) v’s the version for the Rogue Monster version 2.0 that will be 5/8” despite the rack (obviously) being 1” ?! 🤔

Well done Brandon. Question. I see they are $279 for a pair. Does that mean you receive enough for both lever arms or just one?

Those are great. They do increase the profile of the lever arms.

On a 6 post rack are their any concerns with tipping the rack? I store about 200 pounds on the back of my rack while using the other weight in the front.

I think they freaking Awesome. Complete game changer

I have a quick suggestion - go to a hardware store and purchase 1" Bolts and you can even get the threads removed, if you care to and, they will be the right lengths for the pins you're after instead of using the band pegs - which are too long.

I was hoping that Briton would’ve change your mind. Lol but good honest review always.

hello what the thickness of the side plates?

I prefer dumbbell press or functional cable press after barbell benching. Lever arms are great but still takes some time tinkering and I don't have extra time to tinker in between sets.

Vendetta mag pins work perfectly. ;) Stick out about 1/2" thru the far bracket

Well at Tractor supply. You can get a 1" inch pin long enough to fit in both plates

What is the theoretical advantage to using something like this, as opposed to a free weight exercise? I always thought the idea was to get away from machines, particularly fixed plane of movement machines.

Chains at the top of the rack could srrve the same purpose. But you gotta hook up and set it up a bit ahead

Lever arms. Got rid of mine with the sale of the rack. Didn’t use them much but something tells me I will buy them again when I get a new rack.. also. Intentional or not. That MG4 was perfectly parallel to the right side of my frame.

Hey Brandon - Any chance of brokering a coupon code for these?

Thanks I’ve been considering these everyday. It breaks my heart you don’t like your lever arms, i use mine everyday from workouts to stretching

Brandon I know you have band pegs, why did you feel like you needed to use a pin?

Cool…so we now have an iso bench option. * perhaps this could even be rigged for leg press with pull-up bar between (not optimal) Now we need a functional trainer add on. I mean a rack is supposed to be like a Lego piece - not sure where the accessory market has been. 😜 Thanks for the video

Thanks for the video. My thoughts are that Vendetta charges to much for the Rep ISO vendetta brackets almost as much as the ISO arms themselves and here’s what really pisses me off is that for the Rouge $1000 arms vendetta only charges $279 ! What is vendetta playing favorites to the Rouge company. To Expensive and to Long of a wait time.

I’ve always wondered why you keep them on your rack if you know you don’t use them.

the surplus strength Speed Pins XL should work for them

Vendetta should include pins with it to eliminate the issues of finding something long enough, but not too long.

Bells of Steel still takes the cake on lever arms, because of the ability to attach them to their cable machine and attach the cables to the arms themselves. You get resistance through the full movement that actually feels like machines.

I agree with brandon Lover arms are a pain in the butt to set up

FYI they sell their own pins too. Should solve the length issue!

this is a way how rogue should have done it the minute I saw the trolley, it was #1 idea but, eventually you will dent your rollers or you need to make another 1in whole on the trolley in the top section and you need to loose the tension on trolley, so it will mount/sit to the rack using 2 pins ( not rollers ). The way how Rogue Velocidor is made; it will make it a bit loose though. don't know why folks in Rogue have not done it. I'm in garage gym like 3month only and have better ideas :)

"Proper boltage"is the correct gymbro vernacular.

I have the short lever arms. Im a bodybuilding style lifter whos always loved hammer strength. These DO NOT feel like hammer strength! I hardly ever use my lever arms, i even bought add on knurled handle, both straight and angled grips. The problem is that most hammer strength chest machines come together slightly at the top. The do feel good for shoulder press... but do we really need more shoulder lifts?? Making a pendulum squat sounds fun but in a pain in the arse and not worth it. Lever arms are a total waste of money. I think ive paid over $2000 with the add on handles and shipping. Am i gonna get these add ons for $300 to make adjusting them easier? HELL NO. Someone buy my levers arms please. The beauty of a home gym is you realize how many machines in the gym are useless and you dont actually need. Lever arms is just another reminder that all you really need is the basics.