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Squat Racks, Cages and Smith Machines

Uprights and base plates

Squat Racks, Cages and Smith Machines

Height, base width and the number of stations — that is what separates these three frames. A free-standing squat stand with a pull-up bar, a nine-station cage with cable crossover, and a Smith machine that runs a guided bar and dual pulleys on the same rails.

A rack does not need bolts if its base is wide enough and its plates are heavy enough. Check ceiling height before anything else: the uprights run to 83 inches and you want room above that to hang from the bar.

YOLEO Squat Rack with Pull-Up Bar

YOLEO Squat Rack with Pull-Up Bar

★★★★☆4.5 · 121 ratings

83 inches of upright — squats, pull-ups, free-standing setups.

$169.99last read at the partner store

YOLEO Power Cage with Dual Pulley

YOLEO Power Cage with Dual Pulley

★★★★★4.6 · 49 ratings

Nine stations, one cage — garage gyms, cable training, full setups.

See the listinglast read at the partner store

The long answer

Choosing inside this collection

A rack is the most permanent object in a home gym. The questions worth asking about one are structural, and they are answered in millimetres and inches.

Steel, welds, base — in that order

1.8 to 2 mm wall thickness sets the rigidity of these frames, and the welds are doubled at the twelve points where cages fail first: corners, cross members and pulley mounts. Then geometry does the rest. A 54.7 by 43.7 inch base with six reinforcement plates keeps the loaded centre of mass inside the footprint, which is why nothing here needs an anchor bolt.

Measure these four before you buy

Every rack that goes back does so for one of the same four reasons.

  • Ceiling at its lowest point — allow the 83-inch frame plus your reach on a pull-up
  • Floor area for the base, clear of skirting boards and radiators
  • Two feet behind and three in front for walking a loaded bar out and back
  • The narrowest turn between the front door and the room — cages ship long

How many jobs one frame should hold

J-hooks and safety arms cover the barbell; a pull-up bar and dip handles cover bodyweight; a dual-pulley crossover covers everything a second machine would have done. The nine-station cage arrives with the attachments in the box — lat bar, low row, tricep rope, T-bar — which is the difference between a rack and a shopping list.

Straight answers

About racks

Do I have to bolt a rack to the floor?

Not these. The base plates and the stance width hold them. Put a mat underneath on carpet so the feet cannot sink unevenly.

How much ceiling height do I need?

Allow for the 83-inch frame plus your reach on a pull-up — about 8 feet of clear height is comfortable for most people.

Are the cable attachments included?

On the power cage, yes — 15 or more accessories ship with it, including the lat bar, tricep rope and low row bar.

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