Marcy Smith Cage Machine with Workout Bench and Weight Bar Home Gym Equipment SM-4008
$990.79
Full Body Fitness: Full body workout machine features an innovative structure, combining arm and leg stations for strengthening a variety of muscle groups
Durable Tonal Gym Construction: All in one home gym made of heavy-duty steel frame reinforced with a powder-coated finish; Aircraft cables rated at 2,000-pound tensile strength
Versatile Workout Machine Training: Home gym system includes the bottom pulley and dual-function leg developer with a pivot point that aligns with knee joints to target hamstrings, quads, and glutes
Adjustable Weight Machine Features: Removable utility bench can be adjusted to different positions; Press bar has adjustable safety stops and bar catches
Workout Station Includes: Cable system, pull-up bars, cross pulleys, shiver bar, ankle strap, link chains, 2 handles, and V bar with an upper pulley cable crossover
HIZALL –
Perfect.
One of the greatest investments I have made in several years. I conducted a fair amount of research on home gyms before deciding on this one. In addition, Amazon is the cheapest price I found. We have had it in the garage for about 6 months now, and it is used almost every day. It is holding up perfect. I like the versatility of the unit. Several exercises can be performed on this unit. The construction probability won’t hold up for those who are attempting to be power-lifters but is perfect for everybody else, which keeps the cost down. There are two versions. This one appears to be able to handle less weight while the other is heavier construction, has a preacher curl on the bench, and a little more expensive. We choose this one because we already have a preacher curl and I felt like the heavier construction was an extra we didn’t need.After reading all the reviews about how hard it was to assemble, I was torn between having someone assemble it or do it myself. I decided to assemble it myself. I grew up turning wrenches and am pretty good with written instructions and putting things together. I also have a huge variety of tools I have built up over the years. This thing took me over 8 hours continuous to put together. The instructions were fair, not too hard to understand or too basic that it made it difficult.I don’t like the design of the way the weights slide up and down on the back. I keep it lubed with silicone spray. That helps a lot. I don’t like how much room it takes in my garage. I don’t like how long it took to put together. I don’t like that I had to look for weights separately. But that as a plus, it gave me the opportunity to customize it or get the weights I wanted instead settling with what it came with.If you are thinking about a home gym that does the most exercises, built tough, and is easy to use then this is the one. I highly recommend getting this.
Ken Rodriguez –
Excellent for the Price
Bought for $630 eligible for Amazon Prime.Let’s be honest, complete home gyms with Smith Machines and Crossover Cables don’t come cheap. They range from $600 (this one) up to $2500. If you’re looking at this one, you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel, you’re extremely price sensitive, and wondering if a Marcy is as good quality as a Body Solid.Shipping:I see a lot of other reviews complaining about shipping. It comes in 3 boxes. One of them was handled perfectly, delivery guy came in with a hand truck and put it in the house where I wanted it. The other two boxes were in very rough shape. One of them had burst open and the side of the box was flapping as I dragged it into the house. The contents were jostling about inside, and I wasn’t sure if I had all the pieces. Generally a less-than-ideal experience. I started to file a claim online, but they asked if any pieces were missing and I couldn’t inventory without opening them all up, so I went ahead and unboxed all of it. It turns out that I did have all the pieces, but some of the hardware were scattered in the boxes instead of cellophane wrapped (and numbered) to the cardboard.Assembly:Definitely definitely do the cups idea! I put all my hardware in solo cups and sharpied the number on them. It would have been a nightmare without doing that. Some people here have said 8 hours, others 13. I took my time and it was probably 12 hours all total including unboxing, separating, parts, laying them out, throwing away plastic and cardboard, labeling cups, etc. Directions are a bit skiddish and hard to read sometimes. After a few hours you get to understanding their philosophy behind bolted joints and it becomes easier.A few issues came up. On one of the supports, a beam was supposed to fit inside another. The hole was warped, so I had to use a dremel grinding bit to modify the shape of the hole for it to fit. Not a big deal, took 10 minutes to fix, but just be aware. Another hole had metal sticking up from where the hole was drilled and the metal prevented a beam from inserting into another. I had to dremel that as well. Other than that, assembly went well. In some parts it says Two People Recommended. It’s possible to do with one person with a little care and dexterity, and I’m 5’0″ 100 lbs, but I’m sure two people would be safer.Performance/Features:Smith Machine – definitely grease the guide rods with WD40. After that I don’t see any reason why anyone would need linear bearings. The action is very smooth and I experience no binding when using it for squats or presses.Crossover Cables – there’s a little more friction in the system than what I imagined. I would have liked to have a stack of plates with a pin in the back for convenience but for $630 all total, I can’t complain at all.It lacks a lat pull down, and the bench doesn’t have an attachment for a preacher curl. The pegs for the weights are plastic and a bit cheap feeling/looking. With everything else being pretty good quality (metal), these are the only things I have to gripe about – and it’s a little petty.Value:Compare this to the Marcy Diamond Elite with Linear Bearings ($1050). Linear bearings sound nice, but once the guide rods are greased, you won’t know the difference. Most power racks by themselves are $400-$500. With this, you get a bench w/ leg station, crossover cables, a fly station, and a seated row station.If this system came with a Lat Pulldown and a Preacher Curl attachment and was $100 more, I’d get it. If it were $200 more and also included a stack of plates for the cables, I’d get that, too. The Gold’s Gym System is actually close, but it isn’t Amazon Prime eligible… so good luck with that shipping. 😉
Tone and Si –
We found it relatively easy to assemble but too a god 6-7 hours and ended up with a really good multi faceted gym. All of the features are good and it is really stable for a piece of home equipment. You will need to grease the weights stack and the smith guide bars or it will be a bit stiff and noisyThe downside and the only reason I have only given this 3 stars is the leg extension on the bench it has a number of issues1.The padding for resting your knees on is too high and so makes doing the leg curls really painful2.the weights bar is really loose and so the weights on the bar bang loudly back and forth (I will have to get it welded in place to make it usable.3. The leg extension is permanently fixed making it cumbersome to use when not doing leg workAll in all not a bad set up with just one big issue. I don’t regret buying it but will have to make amendments to use it properlyPure tec that I bought it from in the Uk were very good although they couldn’t help me with the issue they weee very attentive and responded very quickly
Omar Ramirez –
Excelente producto, de verdad por meses buscaba un equipo como este pero todos muy caros. Este está a un precio muy bueno y te permite trabajar todo tu cuerpo. Quizás batallen un poco con el armado, yo contrate a una persona que da mantenimiento en gimnasios para que lo armara
Amazon Customer –
really like this smith machine.it’s also a multi station so u can do so much on it. really compliments our home gym. would highly recommend this machine.
Benj –
È molto ben fatto, curato nei particolari.È robusto si possono usare i pesi con foro da 2.5 quindi posso usare tutti i dischi in ghisa che avevo senza dover comprare i dischi olimpionici da 5.1Il montaggio è stato facile, il manuale con le istruzioni è molto dettagliato e bulloni, viti e rondelle sono numerati, quindi non si sbaglia… ci vuole solo un po di manualità.Sono soddisfatto dell acquisto .Ora lo utilizzo, poi mi riservo di cambiare recensione qualora notassi qualche cosa da segnalare.Arrivato 10 giorni prima del tempo previsto . Ottimi.. consigliato in tutto.
Fernanda Segovia –
Se me hizo ideal el tamaño. Soy mujer y no necesito más. Solo el armarlo es de mucha paciencia, por tanto tornillo etc, pero no es necesario que te ayuden o pagar por el armado. Hay tutoriales en la página de videos por si se te complica el acomodo de algunas cositas, pero nada complicado. 10/10