After a couple of months of thinking to myself that I really need to review the PR-5000; Rep Fitness’ biggest and most nicely-equipped power rack; I finally stopped procrastinating and pulled the trigger on one. Well wouldn’t you know it – now that I have one I kind of wish that I had done it sooner!
In any case, this is my review of the PR-5000 Power Rack. In an effort to publish the most thorough and helpful review possible, I opted to buy the fully loaded PR-5000 with both the optional plate storage and a lat tower. My goal is to shed as much light as I can on both the full rack itself and its many accessories so that those of you who are considering this beast for your garage gym will know exactly what to expect. I will also be comparing the PR-5000 to the RML series of racks by Rogue towards the end of this review.
PR-5000 Review – Table of Contents
- Rep PR-5000 Power Rack – Specifications
- What ships with the PR-5000 Power Rack?
- List of available PR-5000 accessories
- Rep PR-5000 Power Rack Review
- Rep PR-5000 vs Rogue RML/RM
- Review Summary
Rep Fitness PR-5000 Power Rack – Specifications
Let’s first get the specifications for the PR-5000 out of the way. Let’s also look at what you get when you order the PR-5000, and what your upgrade options are. Following these lists I’ll get right into the review itself.
- Base PR-5000 is 48″ wide x 36″ deep x 94″ high. *
- Deluxe PR-5000 w/ weight storage is 48″ wide x 56″ deep x 94″ high. *
- Interior working space of base PR-5000 is 30″ deep x 42″ wide.
- Uprights and crossmembers are 11-gauge, 3″x3″ steel.
- Total weight capacity of 1500-pounds.
- 5/8″-diameter hardware is used for assembly and for the band pegs.
- 1″-diameter holes with 2″ spacing throughout the bench and squat region are used for J-cups, safeties, and accessories.
- The 1″-diameter holes have laser cut numbers (odd numbers: 1, 3, 5, etc.)
- All flip down attachments are lined with UHMW to protect your uprights from damage.
- Base price before safeties are added is $699 ($799 with default pin/pipe safeties)
- Adding weight storage increases price by $399.
* foot plates stick out 1½” on every side increasing actual footprint by 3″ in both directions.
PR-5000 Power Rack – What You Get
- (4) 3″x3″, 11-gauge, 92″ uprights.
- (4) 3″x3″, 11-gauge, 30″ crossmembers.
- (1) 11-gauge rear crossmember with Rep nameplate.
- (1) Multi-grip pull-up bar with 1.25″ diameter grips (rearmost grip is 2″ wide.)
- (2) Heavy-duty, sandwich-style J-cups with UHMW.
- (16) concrete anchors
- (4) 5/8″ band pegs
- all necessary hardware for assembly.
- Plate storage option adds: (2) additional uprights, (4) additional crossmembers, (8) chrome-plated weight storage horns, (8) concrete anchors, and additional assembly hardware.
Optional Accessories for the PR-5000
- Lat & Row Attachment – $299
- Sandwich-Style J-Cups – $99 (included with PR-5000)
- Choice of:
- Pin & Pipe Safety System – $100 (not sold separately)
- Flip Down Safety System – $139
- Reinforced Nylon Safety Straps – $149
- Single Bar Holder Tube – $29
- Double Bar Hanger – $49
- Dip Attachment – $99
- Landmine Attachment – $49
- Globe Pull-up Bar – $149
- Single Pull-up Bar Crossmember – $89
Rep PR-5000 Power Rack Review
I’ll just cut to the chase and let you know that the price, quality, and features of this rack are all outstanding. A $699 base price for a 3″ x 3″, 11-gauge rack that comes with upgraded J-cups, an upgraded pull-up bar, numbered holes, tall 92″ uprights, and even all the hardware needed to anchor the unit to the foundation is just incredible. The welds are great, the holes are all laser cut and line up perfectly, the hardware is beefy, and the black powder-coat is of a high quality.
Additionally, the option to choose your own safety system when adding the rack to your cart is a very under-utilized feature in the power rack world. Almost always you will be forced to pay for and accept ownership of a pair of pin & pipe safeties then pay full retail for whatever other system you really wanted; relegating those pin & pipes to a dark corner somewhere to collect dust.
Prices on all the safety options and the other optional accessories seem reasonable. Matter of fact some of the prices are considerably lower than what you’d pay for like-products from other major brands, yet the quality seems to be about the same.
Rep’s PR-5000 is easily one of the best deals out there for a full-size 3″x3″, 11-gauge high quality power rack. Even if you add the plate storage for $399, the PR-5000 is still a better deal than buying something like the RML-690.
Random…
One odd feature of the PR-5000 is the use of both 1″-diameter and 5/8″-diameter holes up the uprights and along the horizontal crossmembers.
The big 1″ holes run the length of bench and squat region and are used for J-cups, safeties, and most other accessories. The 5/8″ holes can be found on the bottom 16″ and top 24″ or so of the uprights and are used for assembly hardware and band pegs. The crossmembers (horizontal) and side of the uprights even have an alternating pattern of 1″ and 5/8″ holes.
Now I don’t think this strange hole structure has any impact on functionality as the 1″ holes go high enough for even the tallest of lifters to set their J-cups where they want them, but I sure don’t get why this was done. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just puzzling.
Anyway…
Overall the PR-5000 is a beast and I have no complaints about it. It’s strong, tall, functional, and even attractive. The crossmembers are of a good length so the rack doesn’t take up an unnecessary amount of floor space (both with the base rack and plate storage option), and the rack isn’t lacking any of the usual accessory options. In addition to all of this the price is just great; extremely competitive.
As a side note, the packaging was done very well. All boxes were thick and protective, and everything was wrapped in plastic and packed in a way that made sense. I had no damage to any boxes and no damage to any components.
Deluxe PR-5000 – Plate Storage Upgrade Review
The plate storage upgrade is simple and solid. It consists of four more 3″x3″ crossmembers, two more 3″x3″ uprights, and eight chrome-plated plate storage horns with welded end caps (rather than being those cheap plastic caps that tend to pop out.) The storage package also ships with eight more concrete anchors.
There isn’t much to say about this portion of the rack. It’s the same build quality as the rest of the PR-5000 and it does what it’s supposed to do without taking up an excessive amount of additional space. The crossmembers are only 20″ long (just about the minimum length to keep stored plates out of range of your loaded barbell), the plate storage horns bolt on with 5/8″ bolts rather than being cheap flip-down weight horns, and their 12″ length is more than long enough to hold a ton of plates per horn.
If you added the optional lat tower, you can attach that to the rear of the storage section in exactly the same way you’d attach it to the rear of the base rack. I have nothing negative to say about this portion of the PR-5000.
Rep PR-5000 Accessories Review
I don’t have every single accessory to review individually, but I will talk about the handful of them that I do have.
Sandwich J-Cups
As I’ve mentioned, the PR-5000 ships with sandwich-style J-cups rather than basic J-cups. Sandwich cups are great; much stronger than basic cups and just as easy to use. Including these in the base PR-5000 is a nice touch.
Not only is the center, sandwiched section of these J-cups a block of solid UHMW – which obviously protects your bar from damage – but the inside of flip-down portion of the cup is also lined with UHMW. This serves to protect your uprights from chips and scratches.
The Sandwich J-Cups are solid, and I have only good things to say about them.
Flip-Down Safety System
Flip-down safeties are by far my favorite; I personally prefer them over straps, spotter arms (though they are more of a squat rack-style safety), and definitely more than the pin and pipe safeties. I was very excited to see Rep offering flip-downs as one of the safety options.
Like the J-cups, the flip-down safeties are lined entirely with UHMW, and also like the cups, so is the interior of the flip-down portion that wraps around your uprights. These are simple to use and move around, they are strong as heck, and they come with a giant 1″ detent pin for preventing any movement of the safeties when in use.
I love these and highly recommend them over the pin and pipe safeties, and it will cost you only $39 to upgrade to these from pin and pipes. Do it!
Multi-Grip, Dual-Diameter Pull-up Bar
This accessory is your typical elevated, multi-grip pull/chin-up bar with 1.25″-diameter grips. It has the normal four rungs for neutral chin-ups and two parallel bars with both leveled and angled grips. The one thing that sets Rep’s multi-grip bar apart from the others out there is that the rear long bar is a fat bar (2″-diameter). This is another nice touch by Rep Fitness.
Interestingly enough, I have nothing negative to say about this product either. Better still, it is included in the base power rack so you don’t even have to pay extra for it.
Dual Barbell-Hanger
The Dual Bar Hanger is a straight-forward accessory. It mounts to any upper crossmember and can vertically store any two barbells with Olympic sleeves.
Keep a couple things in mind if you want to add this accessory. First, make sure you have the ceiling clearance for something to stick up about 15″ beyond the top of the already high PR-5000. Second, even if you have the needed clearance, make sure to choose a location on the rack that won’t cause the bar to be in the path of your opening/closing garage door.
I really like this accessory and have considered adding another one. The price isn’t too bad and it sure is super convenient to store bars on a rack since that requires no additional floor space. I highly recommend this if you don’t already have bar storage.
Other Accessories
I’ve taken a look at the other accessories (the ones I don’t own), and based on my feelings on the four that I have and what I see in the individual product descriptions of the remaining half dozen or so, I do not see any red flags. Everything looks solid, and the prices are lower than or at least comparable to Rogue’s; with the exception being that the dip station is a few bucks more than a Matador.
If you have the PR-5000 and any of the accessories that I don’t and would like to contribute your own feedback, please feel free to do so in the comments.
Review of the PR-3000/PR-5000 Lat Tower
Ahh the highly anticipated lat tower portion of this review. Here we go!
I believe the lat tower attachment is great and worth buying in some situations, but I think it needs a little bit of work for it to be perfect. Before I get into all that, here are the things that I like about it:
- It’s a quality attachment; better than the others I’ve used before. It has a strong frame, it utilizes aluminum pulleys instead of plastic, and it features a dual-rail system instead of just a single piece of 2″x2″ tubing.
- It appears to handle quite a bit of weight while remaining smooth throughout a full range of motion. The dual guide rails definitely contribute to this smoothness.
- The range of motion is fairly substantial; no complaints there.
- The $299 price tag is reasonable. You couldn’t get a lat/row tower for this kind of money elsewhere. Not a decent one anyway.
- The 8″ length of the weight horns is more than adequate for this application, and they can handle cast iron, bumper plates, and even calibrated plates (unlike some others).
- If you add it to your PR-5000 order you basically get the shipping for free (adding more weight to an existing pallet doesn’t tend to impact freight cost much or at all.)
- It does not stick out above the rest of the power rack like some other towers do so you don’t have to worry about needing additional clearance.
- It can be installed to any version of the PR-5000, and even the PR-3000.
Now here are a few things that could potentially be improved.
- The tower takes up an unnecessary amount of floor space; sticking out 30″ beyond the rear of your power rack. In order to load weights you need to leave another good 8″ or so between it and your wall. It’s a major space commitment.
- The lower portion of the frame sits so high off of the ground that when low rowing there is literally no where to place your feet unless you spread eagle and use the uprights.
- Add to the previous issue that just about all rack-mounted lat towers lack the necessary equipment to pin ourselves to the bench for heavy lat pulldowns (knee pads).
- The assembly instructions need a little work. Patience is required.
- Like to see your pump and/or your form? Lat towers seriously obstruct the view to your mirror if you have one.
- We don’t actually know how much weight this lat tower can even handle.
When it really comes down to it only two of these cons listed truly bother me:
First is the amount of space it takes up. It really does require a lot of floor space; especially if you have the plate storage as well. It basically makes the Deluxe PR-5000 8-feet long – a lot longer than I think most people have space for in a garage gym.
The second thing is the lack of footplate for low rows. Normally you can just use the beam that attaches the lat tower to the power rack, but in the case of Rep’s that beam is just way too high off of the ground. There is literally no where to put your feet save for the uprights (Rep Fitness told me that they are addressing this but you’ll have to come up with your own solution to this problem for the time being.)
So would I recommend the lat tower?
I’ll likely continue to use my Powertec for cable movements, but I still think it’s a good buy if you have the space for it and don’t have another option like I do. It’s solid, and workarounds for the lack of footplate do exist if you’re creative enough, and who knows, perhaps Rep will offer the footplate fix at a good discount for first-adopters of this attachment.
Is this lat tower compatible with your non-Rep power rack?
No, it’s not, and I don’t suggest buying this attachment for a non-Rep power rack.
Rep PR-5000 vs Rogue RML Series (and RM Series)
It terms of comparing the PR-5000 to a Rogue rack, the RML-390C with optional 30″ depth is the closest thing that Rogue offers*. Both of these racks have a very similar footprint and same inside working depth, both are made with the same 3″x3″ 11-gauge steel tubing, and both are assembled with 5/8″ hardware. There are still some differences though; which I’ll cover below.
* There is no non-colored (C) RML-390, and the RML-3 (Lite R-3) is a smaller, 24″ depth power rack.
Rogue RML-390C
The 30″-deep RML-390C ships with basic J-cups, band pegs, and a pin-pipe safety system. The 390C has the advantage of being offered in 10 different colors and it has Westside hole spacing, but it has the disadvantage of being more costly (base price of $935 vs $699). †
Rogue also doesn’t allow you to select safety, J-cups, and pull-up options during check out. This means that if you want to upgrade to say sandwich cups, a multi-grip bar, or a different safety system, then you just pay for that upgrade outright; at full price. This basically means that you end up buying different versions of the same equipment twice.
For instance, the pin-pipe safeties are included in the $935 base rack price, but if you want to replace your pin-pipes with say, safety straps, well it will cost you another $185. You may not ‘opt-out’ of buying the pin-pipe safeties, and you may not put the value of those towards an alternate safety system. Upgrading basic Rogue rack components (namely safeties and pull-up bars) does lead to previously paid-for equipment going unused in many cases.
Rep Fitness PR-5000
The PR-5000 ships with heavy-duty, sandwich style J-cups, a set of band pegs, and a multi-grip pull-up bar with dual-grips. It also ships with concrete anchors. Save for the band pegs, all of these items would require spending more money with most other rack manufacturers.
Now safeties are not technically included in the PR-5000’s price; rather you add whichever safety system you prefer to own as you’re adding to cart. This, of course, allows you to only pay for the safeties you want and not get stuck with the pin and pipe safeties and whatever other safeties you actually want. If you are fine with the simple pin and pipe safeties ($100) then you’re looking at a $799 base price instead of $699 with no safeties.
RML-390C vs PR-5000
One of the major differences between the PR-5000 and the RML-390C is that the PR-5000 has 1″-diameter holes for the J-cups, safeties, and accessories rather than 5/8″ holes found on the RML’s. Oddly enough, these 1″-diameter holes only exist on the sections of the rack that would be used for accessories. The rack is still assembled using 5/8″ hardware. I have no idea why Rep chose to use a combination of 5/8″ and 1″ holes on the PR-5000.
The PR-5000 also has laser-etched numbers in the uprights. Now it’s only the odd numbers every other hole, but it beats having no indication of which hole is which like you’d have on the RML’s (you have to go with the Monster to get numbered holes from Rogue).
Sadly the PR-5000 does not have Westside hole spacing. I am a little disappointed by this because I’ve grown rather accustomed to having it, but it is what it is.
The PR-5000 is also a couple of inches taller than the RML’s, which I personally appreciate. Then again this may be a problem if you’re unusually short and already hate hopping up to a lower pull-up bar.
At the end of the day I certainly wouldn’t fault someone for buying an RML for the Westside spacing, the color choice, or even the fact that it’s a USA-made product. If saving money is more important than any or all of these three things though, then maybe the PR-5000 is the rack for you.
Is the PR-5000 more of a Monster than a Monster Lite?
The 1″ holes that I just discussed are very reminiscent of the Rogue Monster series, as are the laser etched numbers, but because of how the PR-5000’s 1″-diameter holes are only to be found in the bench and squat region rather than everywhere, and the rack is assembled using 5/8″ hardware rather than beefy 1″ hardware, I just don’t feel like the PR-5000 is quite the Monster Rack.
Think about it like this: the PR-5000 is able to use some accessories from the Monster line, but any accessory that attaches to the rack outside of that bench or squat region (Monolifts, Lever Arms; basically all the cool shit) could not be installed because the 1″ holes switch to 5/8″ holes that far up the uprights. If you think about it a little more, you realize that the only Rogue Monster accessories that the PR-5000 could use are already offered by Rep.
Due to the lack of 1″ holes on the top couple feet of the PR-5000’s uprights, you wouldn’t be able to install Rogue’s Monster Mono Attachment high enough for squats.
And before you ask, “since the holes are 5/8″ can’t you just use Monster Lite accessories?” Well no, because you have the same problem reversed. You can use ML accessories at the very top and very base of the rack, but not anywhere inside the bench and squat zone.
Outside of that, if you really wanted to say the PR-5000 was like a Monster rack then you’d just be making a stronger argument for the value of the Rep because the difference in price between the PR-5000 and an RM-3 is pretty massive (a $400+ difference easy.)
† Remember this price is pre-safeties, but you do get to choose which safeties you want (if any.)
Rep Fitness PR-5000 Power Rack Review Summary
In my opinion the PR-5000 Power Rack is a 5-star product, and that is both with or without the plate storage. It’s just a hell of a lot of rack at a price that’s going to be hard to beat.
Now to be fair, the PR-5000 looks only moderately less costly than the RML, but when you factor in the included extras like the sandwich-style J-cups, multi-grip pull-up bar, and even the concrete anchors, then you consider the relatively low costs of additional upgrades and accessories, well that “moderate” price difference starts to look pretty damn impressive.
Of course, one must keep in mind that these 3″ x 3″, 11-gauge giants are heavy-duty racks and one could easily find a less expensive power rack either by going with a cheaper, light-duty rack, or by buying an inferior variant from one of the [many] shotty manufacturers that exist. If you’re reading this review though, I assume it’s because you want a safe, durable, feature-heavy rack with the ability to add quality accessories as needed, and I also assume that you’d prefer not to have to settle for a lesser or a low quality rack.
When it comes down to it, I believe that most folks initially pine for one of the RMLs but find that the cost of the base power rack plus the estimated costs of all the desired accessories and upgrades simply starts to seem too cost-prohibitive, so alternatives are sought out and considered. Well now rather than having to entertain garbage-tier dealers in order to afford a full-size power rack, Rep swoops in with the PR-5000 and offers us comparable quality, a good range of accessories, and price that’s actually competitive. Sure the savings aren’t as massive as they’d be if you went with a junk brand, but at least your straps and welds won’t snap-city on you.
At the end of the day I think this is an amazing buy. I’m still a huge fan of the RML and RM series of racks, and I completely agree that they have their place for those who can afford them and those who need some of their unique accessories, but for those who just need a big, versatile, strong, reliable, high-quality power rack for less money, the Rep Fitness PR-5000 is absolutely the way to go.
I highly recommend this product; both the rack and the storage upgrade.
Would you discuss why you prefer fold-down safeties over straps?
Well I have a few reasons. I believe fold-down safeties are stronger and have fewer potential breaking points than strap systems, I think they are easier to set to any given height being that there is no play in them (but that’s just my opinion), and finally I don’t like trying to figure out who actually offers a reliable strap system and who doesn’t. With one particular brand having issues with their safety straps lately and then having used another brand’s and finding that they looked a little sketchy (neither of which is Rep or Rogue btw), I just prefer to avoid them if a solid alternative option exists.
I get why people like them and I wasn’t trying to suggest they should be avoided with this rack. After a little more sleep I will probably see if I can’t phrase that section a little better.
“Rogue also doesn’t allow you to select safety, J-cups, and pull-up options during check out. This means that if you want to upgrade to say sandwich cups, a multi-grip bar, or a different safety system, then you just pay for that upgrade outright; at full price. This basically means that you end up buying different versions of the same equipment twice.”
True – during checkout (ordering online on Rogue’s website, that is)
However, if you place your Rogue order over the phone, you CAN make changes and Rogue will offer credit when upgrading from pin pipes to safety straps and when going from regular j-cups to sandwich style j-cups. I even got credit when swapping-out the ROGUE logo crossmember (that comes with RML-490C/690C) and ordered a Multigrip pull-up bar instead.
Oh interesting. Good to know. Thank you.
Thanks for the thorough review. I almost pulled the trigger on the 3000 this past weekend but decided to wait and see how Black Friday plays out.
Did you include the pullup bar in the stated 92″ height?
Thanks.
Thank you, and actually I did not, but I just updated it. Uprights are 92″, with multi-grip pull-up bar the total height is 94″. Thanks for catching that.
Thank you for the great review. I am thinking about building a whole gym package and trying to decide which manufacturer to go with. It does seem that Rep Fitness is much cheaper than Rogue and Vulcan but I’m wondering if it is the same level of quality. What do you think? I don’t want to spend unnecessarily, but if something is clearly better I don’t want to regret my decision.
Rep has high-quality equipment, but they also have some lighter-duty equipment. You just have to read those product descriptions for specs and realize that if the price difference is too extreme on a Rep item when compared to a like Rogue product, well it’s probably not apples to oranges.
You won’t regret it PR 5000 And it’s built like a tank The welds on it are excellent It’s every bit as good as roque if not better Seriously Rep fitness won’t steer you wrong
Good review, thanks. I’ve had this rack since last December (Black Friday 15% off) and love it. The sandwich j cups, multi grip pull-up bar and the nameplate crossmember are great. I considered Rogue too but just adding a namplate crossmember to a Rogue rack costs $220.
My rack is bolted to a platform and is rock solid (can’t budge it doing dips and pull-ups and I weigh 220lbs). I use the pin pipe safety system and find it sufficient. I’ve added dip horns and found them well made and of similar quality to the rack. The info about Rogue monolifts was very helpful as I was considering adding them and didn’t realize the rack’s limitations. I’ll be purchasing a second set of sandwich j cups shortly along with spotter arms from Vulcan to add an additional station on the front of my rack.
Great review as always, man. Sounds like this would be a good buy.
I couldn’t help but notice in one of the pictures you took — your dumbbells in the background — I see you purchased some Rep Fitness rubber handled dumbbells. How do you like them? Are they the same product as the Vulcan Pro Hex dumbbells? What are your thoughts?
I like them. I’m actually going to compare the two in a short post here in the next couple days, but they’re basically the same thing. It’ll probably come down to price (which I have yet to compare with shipping yet).
That’s awesome. I’ll look forward to hearing your comparison of the two.
Speaking of price, I’m not happy that Rep has raised their prices on some items, dumbbells included. It used to be $1 per pound, now each pair is up about $10. And they raised the price of their dumbbells rack. First it was $159, then went up to $169, now it’s $189!! Really? I understand companies have to make a profit, but increasing prices that much in a short period of time just turns me off. Rogue haven;t changed their prices in a long while, at least to my knowledge.
It was my understanding that steel tariffs with China have increased prices somewhat. I’ve also heard that because of additional [potential] impending tariffs, orders in all industries are through the roof in an effort to get as many orders processed and delivered as possible before prices go up again. This has led to issues securing shipment, and slowed down those deliveries significantly because of the harbors being working beyond capacity (on both ends of that shipment). Finally, China supposedly isn’t over-producing steel anymore, which has been a huge driving force behind these super low priced steel equipment products for so long.
Rogue wouldn’t be subject to these increases because their steel products are US sourced and manufactured. Rep on the other hand not only imports, but has also been working with much tighter margins than Rogue. It would make sense that if prices go up even 5 or 10% (whether due to tariffs, shipping rate increases, or just an increase in steel cost) that they couldn’t afford to eat 100% of that increase and remain in business for any length of time.
I don’t know if it’s one of these three things specifically, all three combined, or some fourth or fifth factor I don’t know about… and I’m not actually trying to defend them (since I don’t know which it is)… but if I’m being honest I just haven’t gotten a bad vibe from them in my dealings so I’m maybe more likely to assume it’s something other than “we’re selling stuff so let’s bump the prices and increase margins”. For all we know they’re making less per product now than they were before.
I don’t follow Titan prices because they just aren’t an equipment contender in my mind, but maybe their prices are going up as well? At least on the heavy steel products. Titan can probably afford to eat more margin though because they have very healthy margins to begin with since they buy only the lowest grade, cheapest Chinese steel available for their racks and such, and their labor costs are as low as they come. The companies with good margins (be it because they just mark up according rather than competitively, or because they buy cheap and sell high) are less likely to be forced into a price increase the instant the market changes, so it could be that Titan increases (if any) will come more slowly and/or be less obvious.
Again, just speculating, but there are good reasons for prices to go up other than “just because” lately.
Excellent review as usual. One question: what’s the lowest you can set the safeties in this rack? It looks like the lowest 1″ holes are maybe 18″ or so–quite a bit higher than on Rogue’s racks. Not a huge deal, but might be a consideration for someone who would like to be able to do rack pulls from mid-shin. Something I noticed because I’ve had these programmed lately and my current rack doesn’t allow me to set the safeties low enough. I’ve had to do block pulls instead, which are annoying to load (spoiled by my full DL jack!) That could be another downside to this rack for some.
It’s exactly 18″. Straps would sit a little lower but yeah, still fairly high up.
Could it be possible attach a rep fitness weigth storage to a rogue monster lite 390 power rack?
Thank you!
It should be. I’ll check in a little bit and get back to you.
Nice review. Just curious, how high are the top of the bottom crossmembers above the floor? After removing the safeties, could you deadlift inside the rack if you wanted to?
I will have to measure that for you but I am fairly positive they are low crossmembers for that. I’ll get back to you – I’m not with the rack at the moment.
It’s 7¼” off the ground which should give you the room you need with 450mm plates. An inch clearance if my math is right (don’t trust my math haha)
Can the power rack be ordered shortened? To say 86″
I doubt it since it’s not actually fabricated on-site. I mean you could have it done yourself, but I don’t think Rep would do it for you.
What is the height from the ground, to the bottom of the cross members? I’d like to be able to press inside the rack.
Also, the rogue monolift is out for squats, but what about benching with the monolift?
it’s 87″ from floor to the bottom side of the upper crossmembers.
I mean you could. For the bolt-on version you’d need to discover the distance between the upper and lower mounting bolts on the mono itself. Remember the Rep skips holes (5/8″ to 1″ to 5/8″, etc). This could even interfere with the adjustable mono and the bottom pin.
I had an Infinity variant but I got rid of it, so you may need to ask a friend or email Rogue directly. Maybe Rep has even tested the Rogue mono on their rack.
Do you still have the PR5000? In the newer reviews, I see a rack with powder black storage horns. How did the PR5000 hold up and what caused the switch? Thanks.
I still have it. It’s not set up though.
I currently use (and have for some time) an anchored R-3 as a half rack… the rear post is plate storage and I work out in front of the rack using spotter arms. I like this set up because it’s super compact. The PR-5000 with plate storage and lat tower was just way too overwhelming for my gym in terms of overall size. With all the equipment that comes and goes here and the fact that I’d like to review more racks, I just couldn’t make that my primary rack. Honestly when I get another rack I can generally just move the R-3 out of the way. With something like the PR-5000 as a primary I’d have to break it down totally to review something else. That’s a lot of work and I still have a giant rack lying on the floor in pieces.
I do love the PR-5000 though, and if I had more space it would have replaced my Rogue rack. The price is extremely competitive, it’s really no different than an RML save for the alternating 5/8 and 1″ holes, and it has the right accessories (including the drop-in spotters and lat tower.) I still have no problem recommending it but it’s a massive piece of equipment and it does require a lot of floor space. A little less without the lat tower, but either way you need some free space.
Great review, thanks! You mentioned that the PR-5000 has an inside depth of 30”. I’ve been looking at the Rogue Monster RM-3 which also has a depth of 30”, however Rogue offers no flip down safety for it. Do you think the PR-5000 flip down safety would be compatible with a RM-3 rack?
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I’d measure your crossmembers and make sure that 30″ figure isn’t rounded up or down on the RM-3. I don’t have an RM-3 to check that or test myself or I would just stick the safety in there to see. The way the drop-ins work I wouldn’t want any extra space between uprights. You might even ask Rep customer service if they’ve tried that configuration. They obviously can’t sell you a rack if you have a Rogue Monster but I’m sure they’d love to sell you some safeties.
Hi, any insigth on the new V2 PR 5000 rack?
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No, but I don’t think it’s long before we all know what’s different. I’m going to guess no 5/8″ holes mixed in with the 1″ though. Probably more of those PR-4000 accessories for the 5000.
Hi! Is there a benefit for the weight storage other than storing weight? Seems to add a lot of real estate rather than using a separate vertical weight stand. Esp if you were to add a Lat Tower.
Since space will be an issue for my soon to come garage gym, I was initally considering the PRX system. But I just became very interested in the PR-5000 v2 as there’ll be accessories such as adjustable lever arms. I saw your Instagram pic back in May installing a Monster Trolley on an HR-5000. I know you don’t have experience nor interest in the PRX racks, but if I find lever arms that would fit these racks, would the mechanics/physics even be possible as these racks aren’t really bolted to the ground? I tried asking PRX but they don’t have much insight. Thank you so much! You’ve got the best garage gym website on the internet!
The more weights and bands and stuff you own, the more that on-board storage makes sense. If you’ve got a 260-lb set of bumpers and a couple change plates and space is limited, it may not be a very good use of funds or floor space. A weight tree is probably better in that case.
As far as jammer arms or a trolley on a PRx system, that’s actually a good question, and one I’m not so sure about. It’s my understanding that a PRx rack maintains its stability using nothing more than gravity. It folds down from the wall, hits the floor, and has no where else to go unless you push it back up into its ‘folded’ position. What I don’t know is what kind of lateral force it can handle. Would the momentum of arms make the rack come off the ground some? a lot? I don’t know. I also don’t know if you could still “store” the rack properly with arms attached. Is it too heavy now to fold up? Do they have to be uninstalled all the time? I don’t know that either.
Having said all that, I’m not really a big fan of the Trolley anyway, and I wouldn’t feel a whole lot different about straight up lever / jammer arms. They are marketed as being super versatile, but the set up time for each exercise is so time consuming that I quickly found myself not bothering anymore. I think they’re even worse on a rack that requires you to work out in front of the rack because they’re just in the way unless you install/uninstall them daily (which is even worse than just the normal set up time.) A PRx system would be the same situation as a half rack in that sense – you’d have to install them where you do your barbell work.
It’s just not something I’d buy again personally, and I really regret having spent that kind of money on something I don’t get any use out of. After a couple weeks with them, I only ever bothered to set it up for shrugs because I can have the weight at my sides rather than in front with a barbell shrug (more like dumbbells shrugs but I didn’t have to have 100-lb dumbbells.) Still, I ran out and spent $400 on a trap bar just so I wouldn’t have to set up the trolley anymore lol. I wanted it off my rack.
But if you think you would appreciate the arms and are still interested, I would probably do something you know they’ll work on like that HR-5000 rather than risk it being an issue on a folding rack. I can assure you that if you asked Rogue if you can install a Trolley on their folding rack, they’d say not to do it.
just a heads up the link for the wall control pegboard review is broken, took me to this article instead
Thank you, and sorry… but the link from where exactly.