u/lincdpr

Hi all

I’m planning to add a functional trainer to my home gym and would love some ideas on the best way to integrate it with my existing rack.

I currently have a Rogue RM-3 (30” deep) with a drop-in Rhino. I don’t really have the floor space for a standalone functional trainer, so I’d like to incorporate one into the rack if possible.

I originally considered the Rogue Indy add-on, but my ceilings are under 90”, so the standard Indy is out. The 80” Dual Indy is an option, but the trolley is fairly large and would eat into my usable space. Rogue also doesn’t currently offer articulating arms.

That’s why I’ve landed on the 80” REP Athena. The smaller trolleys give me more usable space around the uprights (like 10” more), and I could potentially add REP’s articulating arms in the future if/when they’re released.

The problem is that the Athena uses 16” REP crossmembers.

I could add two REP uprights to the front of my RM-3 and essentially turn it into a 6-post rack, but I’d much rather have the functional trainer run along the sides of the rack so the weight stacks don’t take up additional floor space.

My current idea is to buy four REP uprights and four crossmembers, essentially building half of an Athena on each side of my Rogue rack and bolting those sections to the RM-3 for stability. The downside is that I’m basically buying an entire Athena rack just to make this work.

One other complication is that the bottom holes on the REP uprights line up with the holes on my Rogue uprights, but the top holes don’t. So I’d probably need to use a cut-down crossmember with offset side holes to tie the REP uprights into the Rogue rack at the top. That makes the whole setup even more of a custom project.

I’ve also considered trying to mount the Athena components directly to my existing Rogue crossmembers, but I’m concerned I’d run into issues with cable length, guide rods, pulley positioning, etc.

So before I spend the money on what is essentially a custom setup:

How would you approach this? Has anyone successfully integrated an Athena or another functional trainer into an existing Rogue rack without adding a bunch of additional floor space?

Open to any creative solutions…

1/2 acre lot. Young kids so I’m all about saving time. Started with a 21” toro which took about 105 min to cut edge and trim. Upgraded to timemaster which cut that down to about 60 min. A 10yr old toro proline 48” came up for sale in the neighborhood at a good price I think ($1300). It looks immaculate. Not a speck of rust or dirt, residentially owned only — even includes initially manuals (older gentleman).

Is this complete overkill? Or will I hate having something so big and heavy?

My yard is quite open with exception of a swing set and two trees. Other than that it’s standard lot. No fence. I’m not super mechanically inclined but able to change oil filters sparks blades etc. from what I understand these are cheap to fix if I need to take it to a shop. Goal for me is speed of cut and ease of use. I really don’t want a lawn tractor and prefer walking.

Welcome opinions. I’m about 80% of the way there in buying but never owned something commercial or this big. Thanks all.

I saw posts in the past where the pr5000 trolley fit on rogue monster uprights and wanted to confirm the tolerances still allow for it today.

Planning to drop dual Athenas into my rogue monster with rhino. Wait time for rogue dual Indy is long and almost double the cost.

Looking for recommendations for a lat seat attachment that allow leg holders to sit very high on the thighs.

I have the rep Pegasus attachment but the leg rollers only hold down the top of my knees and I don’t feel super planted on heavy pulls. I don’t use it for anything other than the lat seat so I’m guessing this was a compromise to make it more functional in other areas.

Best idea I have for now is revolt lat seat paired with get rxed rx3 leg pad. Seems the revolt seat sits closer to upright than Pegasus.

I’m coming from using a center mount lat pull with rogue multi use roller so I could really get under it and really liked the feel. Now using a rep Adonis for my lat pulls and seeking a similar feel.

Thanks

Hi all, been lifting on and off for the past 15yrs. Played sports competitively and tore my rotator cuff a couple times when I was younger. It’s always given me problems when pressing chest (ironically overhead press less so).

My current routine is upper lower and my chest movements incline slight incline dumbbell press and slight incline dumbbell fly. Barbell presses are completely out of the question but dumbbells feel better. Thing is it’s getting tough for me to get them safely into position as I work out alone in my basement.

Are there any machines or movements one would recommend for someone with rotator cuff issues to add some additional volume? I was thinking maybe a hammer strength iso chest press? Something else?

Thanks

I have a basement with 89” to the joists and then an additional 10” between joists to the actual ceiling.

Can someone who has assembled a REP Adonis tower opine on whether I’d be able to assemble the top portion including the top crossmember BETWEEN two joists with about 10” of height to play with?

I have enough height just questioning the space to work with between joists to actually assemble.

Thanks a lot all.

Looking for feedback on the REP Adonis. I have the opportunity to pick one up for $1200.

I already have a rogue rhino with surplus strength UPS that I use for lat pulls, chest supported rows, tricep pushdowns, curls, etc. Basically everything Adonis does but would be nice to have selectorized stack for time.

For the questions:

1. Any other general feedback!

Thanks!

Throwing my hands up and making a formal post because this has been driving me crazy.

Has anyone discovered a way to connect a Rogue monster upright to a REP upright using a REP crossmember? The bottom crossmembers match up no problem but at the top the difference between metric and imperial hole spacing results in too big of a gap between the holes on each of the uprights.

Short of literally drilling another set of holes in the Rogue upright, are there any adapters or additional crossmember or brackets that I could use to get them to attach?

Welcome all thoughts. Thanks in advance!