The Ultimate 10-Point Checklist for Singaporeans to Find the Best Power Rack
Are you looking for the best power rack for your home gym or training studio? If like so, this ultimate 10-point checklist helps you navigate the most important details to find the right choice for you. Generally, a power rack cage is crucial for strength training equipment regardless of personal or commercial use.
Whether you like to be the best in Power Lifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, or just want to burn fat or build muscle, a power cage is a wonderful piece to achieve your dream very quickly without trainers or friends support. This guide assists you to understand the critical things that confuse you a lot to choose before paying for them.
Why do you need to buy a power rack?
Before moving in depth, first of all, let’s think about why you should buy a power rack for your gym.
Versatile:
Because they are versatile, so can handle more than one exercise like bench presses, squats, curls, chin-ups, cable crossovers, lat pulldowns, and more on a single piece. This is why you need to buy this single piece to do more workouts.
Cost Effective:
Because they save money. Once you have purchased this power rack, you will never need to spend money on other gym accessories or for a gym membership.
Convenience:
Because they are convenient and save a lot of time waiting in queues for workouts.
No supports:
Because of available safety attachments and spotters in the power rack, you can able to work out safely without the need for other’s help.
Consistency:
Because it’s easier to be consistent with a power rack to perform routine regularly.
These are some important reasons for recommending a power rack for gyms.
10-point checklist:
Now, we’re going to dive into the best power rack for you. Here is a checklist with 12 points to consider while selecting your rack and cage for your home gym.
#1: Type of rack
When it comes to the rack, there are 2 types such as modular and fixed type of rack. In the modular type, you first buy a base rack and then choose attachments that you want separately. The second type called the fixed one comes with a full package that includes a base to all attachments that you want or not.
If you’re more conscious of money, then go with the modular type. Otherwise, prefer a fixed type to get everything needed for weightlifting. However, there are power racks that contain only necessary attachments for lifting weights, squats, and other workouts.
Customer’s recommendation:
Most customers who want a full package of rack cages prefer the Inspire Ultimate Commercial Half Rack as it contains everything you need for a commercial gym. Just check this rack whether it suits you!!
#2: Attachments
Finding the right attachments for the power rack leads to performing all the combinations of workouts you need in a single station. In addition to that, this method also saves, time, money, and energy. Here are some of the most required attachments for weightlifting.
- Chin-up bars
- Cable crossover
- Lat pull-down seat
- J-Hooks
- Dip handle
- Plate holders
- Benches
Customer’s recommendation:
Inspire FPC1 Full Power Cage includes band attachments, dip handles, a landmine, and a battle rope attachment. Additionally, it also has
Dip Handles | 2 |
Inner Safeties | 2 |
Outer Safeties | 2 |
J-Hooks | 2 |
Upper & Lower Hand Attachments | 2 |
#3: Weight capacity
When it comes to the weight capacity factor, you should need to find one that supports maximum weight than the regular one and won’t compromise here. So, we recommend buying a power rack that offers a 1000lb weight capacity. In this case, we suggest our Sole Half Rack that allows 450kg of maximum weight capacity. Thus, if you’re an overweight person and safety is very important, then prefer this product.
#4: Maximum safety
Actually, we’re buying a power rack to work out exercises without a spotter, right? So, you have to buy a power rack that is fully safe and secure. Not only this factor but also you want to check attachments that provides safety. Select the attachments that provide the following safety features.
- Made with high-quality materials
- Constructed with strong welding
- Safety spotter
- Facility to anchor the rack to the floor
- Durability and stability construction
Sole fitness Singapore distributes all the racks and cages made up of heavy-duty steel structure, strong welding, and finished with exceptional multilayer coating for safety and long-lasting usage.
#5: Product dimension
Once you have decided to buy a rack, measure your floor space where you’re placing the rack in your gym or home at first. Based on the available space only, you can able to choose the stand, especially for a modular designed cage.
Note:
However, you don’t need to allocate much space for the rack, because sole fitness rack products don’t occupy so much space and only a moderate area of your room or gym is more than enough.
#6: Ease of adjustment
Always, it’s best to prefer a rack that has compatible attachments to adjust the pin from one position to another. At the same time, the pins of the attachment are also mounted securely to the structure. Thus, check this point twice while choosing the product.
#7: Check for warranty
No matter you’re buying a rack for residential or commercial and in-store or online, you must know the warranty details of the chosen item.
Note:
Most people thought that cheap and moderately priced power racks don’t come with the best warranty. But, it’s not true, because we offer power racks from low to high prices with an excellent warranty card. You know that the frame of all racks we provide has a lifetime guarantee.
#8: Verify shipping
Before confirming your order for the power rack, you need to determine if shipping is included in the product price or need to pay separately, why because most companies charge it for shipping.
Sole fitness Singapore offers free delivery for total orders above $200.00. For orders worth less than $200, a flat $20 delivery fee will be applied to the order. So, enjoy free delivery and check our delivery policies here.
#9: Verify package
We all know that the power racks are not small and light and they will be shipped in a large box with full installation or several boxes to install later. Find out how it will be shipped so that you make sure that need help getting it into the home or not. This is because many companies will not bring it inside the home.
To help you in this difficult situation, our delivery or installation team calls you for delivery and reaches your place, and makes the product ready to use right away for free of service.
#10: Decide your budget
Planning for a budget is always a good idea. In order to plan for your budget, you first decide on the attachments and safety things you need on the rack and this helps you to decide on the right budget. However, it’s always better to choose an average-priced rack to get all the required features.
Make a good decision!
Finally, we knew the ultimate 10-point checklist for Singaporeans to find the best power rack. Hopefully, this section helps you to make the right decision. Still, are you having queries, visit our showroom to view and test this equipment. However please send us a WhatsApp message to our service number at 8551 7929 to make an appointment to visit our showroom.