Gym Owner Ranking Exercise Equipment Brands (Brutally Honest)
In this video, I give my brutally honest ranking of popular exercise equipment brands, from the best to the worst. As a gym owner with years of experience in the fitness industry, I’ve tried and tested gear from nearly every brand out there. Whether you’re setting up a home gym or outfitting a commercial space, this review will help you make an informed decision about where to invest your money. From durability to performance and customer service, I leave no stone unturned. Watch till the end for my top recommendations and brands to avoid!
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i removed all the "fucking" from the video and got it down from 16 minutes to 2,5 minutes.
Panatta equipment is the best in the world 🤔👍💪
Needed this
Rogue is definitely A or higher. And where is Prime at? Prime and Atlantis are by far the best manufacturers of equipment. Panatta is overhyped and wayyyyy over priced. Have fun spending 10 grand at minimum per piece
Awesome video !
The pannata legs press is unreal, I don’t like leg press but the pannata one hits different from anything I have ever used
The Panatta upholstery is fkn ridiculous..lol. I laughed when I used the selectorized leg curl and leg ext they were so damn nice. Absolutely amazing feel. Ferrari comment nails it.
No prrime?
Too much cursing….
Thanks, my local gym has Atlantis and Panatta, among many other brands. Helps to go to a gym owned by equipment enthusiasts.
Startrac is the worst 😂
I’m 6.5 and I’ve always love hammer strength machines. now I know why
Do you believe plates and barbells count as equipment? Is cardio equipment just treadmill? Wha about rowers, assault bikes and bikes?
Hey Rob! Check your mic set up! Headphones are only getting your voice out of the right ear.
W video
Some brands are better than others on average, but every brand can have pieces that stand out from the competition. For example I think Panatta has the best plate loaded machines on average (with some machines that are not so good compared with other brands), but many of the selectorized ones are inferior to the Technogym or Matrix ones.
RIP to Icarian. My gym just got rid of all their Icarian/nautilus stuff and replaced it with matrix, and im honestly switching gyms now. Matrix equipment feels so bad, but hey the 40 yr old women that sit on their phones and do 8 total sets of only machines are happy I guess.
strive fitness or prime??
10:15 "PsychoStep" 😮
I used to go to a gym that had Life Fitness machines and I found them to be very comfortable and built just right. My new gym has TechnoGym equipment and I gotta say I never knew working out could be so frustrating and uncomfortable. Terrible design, some machines are not even symmetrical so over long periods of time you can potentially have unequal growth.
NAUTILUS ONE IS AWESOME VERY UNDER KNOWN THAT LINE MEDX RULES XFORCE IS NEXT LEVEL! PANATTA IS GREAT TOO OVER PRICED THOU CYBEX IS NOW DEFUNCT THEIR LOWER BODY IS GOOD THEIR UPPER BLOWS CAMS OFF ATLANTIS ALSO WEIRD OR LAME CAMS THEIR PLATELOAD, SOME, ARE QUITE GOOD HAMMER MTS IS ALSO VERY UNDERAPPRECIATED TECHNO I WANT TO LIKE IT BUT ITS OFF
I had a guy come in to the ft worth metroflex and said he was previously from BigTex down in Austin. Plan to check it out next time I’m down that way. Also list is solid, I haven’t been able to find much Atlantas stuff but I use all the old nautilus stuff up here.
rob doing a tier list wasn’t on my bingo card for 2024 love it
Atlantis is king.
Rogue bars..belt squat..reverse hyper..ghd are all really great.
Depends on the machine, each have their own goodies and bad machines.
Where is Body-Solid?
Those rocking Hoist machines are the most pointless gimmicky stuff Ive ever encountered.
But your attempt for a world record in "most use of the word f..k in fifteen minutes" was pretty impressive.
I especially like the fitness equipment made in the late 80’s to 90’s from Icarian, Body Masters, Cybex, and Flex. Those first- generation equipment took decades of abuse at the Gold’s, World’s and Power House gyms, from power lifters/bodybuilders.
Unfortunately, a lot of those weightlifting companies were bought up by the cardio companies. Life Fitness/Hammer Strength, Precor/Icarian, Star Trac/Flex, and Stair Master/Nautilus. Currently, the new equipment is a lot less heavy-duty (cheaper) than the previous equipment. New weightlifting equipment is bent to save on welding, and bolted on to save on shipping. Body Masters was a very good company, but they have ceased operations.
Every company has their strengths/weakness in all the different free weights/machine weights. Cybex is highly regarded for their hack squat, squat press, and plate loaded leg press. The Nautilus plate loaded chain driven pullover machine is a holy grail piece.
Hi Mr. Rob of Big Tex Gym: Have you ever heard of a small fitness equipment manufacturing company called Excalibur Fitness? Owner Larry Sullivan of Excalibur Fitness is the only company in the United States, or the World, that uses high polish 304 stainless steel. Stainless steel does not peel, chip, or rust. Stainless steel does scratch, but can be repolished to a mirror finish using a rouge/polish. Larry Sullivan was the foreman of Icarian, often worked overtime designing, and fabricating new equipment during the late eighties. He was so high respected by Briles/Johnson, who were the founders of Icarian, and eventually given a small percentage of the company.
Larry Sullivan custom made us, a two-two tier 3/8 high polish 304 stainless steel dumbbell rack. The dumbbell rack is fully welded, and the first/second tier are separate. We paid seven thousand in 2005 for the two dumbbell racks. Larry Sullivan delivered more equipment for us in 2011. He replied, if he had to make the same racks, it would cost eleven thousand. It is now 2024, and stainless-steel prices have risen immensely. Larry Sullivan also custom fabricates stainless steel balconies, and gates, which highlights his artistic side. Excalibur equipment is super heavy duty, and are works of art. I hope to view more of your YouTube videos. Thank you.
Commercial gym not home gym, guy
Rogue finally has come out with more functional attachments catering to bodybuilding!
Shocked for a gym owner not to know woodway for treadmills. They are the top period – last forever . Agree with most otherwise . I appreciate the love you showed some brands that are deserved. I’d rate hammer and life fitness higher though
Good video, I agree for the most part. What do you think of Arsenal Strength?
Panatta is garbage, stopped watching moment you said that lmao the fuck
You look like you use your gym to launder money
PRIME?
Good idea.
I don’t think there was someone have done it before.
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Atlantis is for tall people.
Anyway, where is prime, arsenal, Watson, Gymleco…?
you never heard of WOODWAY ??? OK