Heard some noise out in the garage, went to see what was going on. Found my SO had desecrated my power rack.

Starter garage crossfit gym cost about $6,500

Still need a couple more things, specifically dumbbells and some storage, but it gets the job done

Happy Monday everyone!

Disclaimer: I am not paid by nor sponsored by Revolt, nor by Dialed Motion or Titan.

I've been wanting to try out a trolley based rack-mounted pulley for a while, and got impatient while I wait for my Dialed Motion Ibex preorder to ship. I saw an IG ad for Revolt Fitness's pulley system, and the BF sales price was right for me to order to try out. I do not like free swinging pulley systems.
I have a monster lite rack (390f), so 3"x3" posts and 5/8" holes. I bought the upper and lower pulley.

Pictures:
Upper pulley setup
Lower pulley setup
Trolley
Trolley 2
Trolley 3
Trolley rear overhead view
Trolley front overhead view
Upper pulley (upgraded aluminum pulley)
Lower pull (upgraded aluminum pulley)
Upgraded pulleys

TL;DR review:
8/10, Would recommend

Shipping/Packaging:
Shipping took 5 business days after I placed the order to get it at my door. Packaging was decent, though some spacer bolts broke through one of the bags. Nothing was damaged, so the packaging was sufficient.

Install:
Install was super simple. They were proactive and sent me an email after it shipped to give me a heads up about rack sizes and any adjustments that would be needed to the trolley. Since my rack is 3x3 it needed no spacers or adjustments.
The instructions were kinda funny, they had gone through and crossed some stuff out from the packing list for things that weren't included, and there were definitely some steps that I felt were missing. Small things like tightening nuts for the pulley's and trolleys weren't included.
I opted to fully tighten the pulley bolts, but leave a bit of space on the trolley gliders.

Install notes:
I mounted the lower attachment one hole too low, but I did so intentionally since I still use my safety arms on the outside of my rack.
Revolt included wing nuts so the entire system can be removable by hand, though it would be time consuming to do so.
As mentioned, I didn't need spacers due to my rack, but the instructions for adding spacers and adjusting the gliders seemed sufficient.

Product Review:
I would strongly recommend this at its price point. I will be using it almost exclusively for tricep pushdowns and cable curls, and it is leagues better for those two activities than Titan's lat pulldown (which is fair, not necessarily a dig at Titan since it is a lat tower, but you can't comfortably do standing curls and I find the guided posts to not be very smooth).
VERY smooth compared to my Titan lat tower v2. Very consistent feel up and down. My rack is "well loved" so you can feel some of the imperfections in my uprights' finishes, but much prefer it over the lat tower. I haven't even touched my lat tower since install, and listed it on FB marketplace after my first use of the Revolt system.
I have the trolley's start point about halfway between the upper and lower pulleys, though that is fully adjustable with the provided pin. I have the exact amount of track length for the movements I am using it for. The lower pulley requires you to attach the lower cable (with an adjustable chain to reach the desired length) which I don't mind at all. Since it just rests on a pin, I do feel you need to be somewhat delicate when lowering the weight to avoid superficial damage to the trolley.

The trolley's weight posts are removable (they just hang, so it takes no time to remove them) so I remove the inner post any time I am working inside the rack and leave everything else in place.
I have not tried working with uneven weights, but I can tell it would reduce the smoothness.
It's rated at 250lbs, but I don't expect to touch anywhere near that since I'll primarily be using it for pushdowns and curls.

Recommendations/Final thoughts:
I installed aluminum pulleys from amazon after the first week of use. These make a slight improvement to the smoothness and I would strongly recommend making this upgrade since it is very cheap. I included some caliper measurement photos here and here, but the listing was for 90mm pulleys with 10.5mm bores.

For this to get a 10/10 review from me, I'd like to see it come with smooth aluminum pulleys and have easily adjustable upper and lower pulley attachment points. But for the money, I think this is an excellent option for folks who want a rack mounted pulley system.

New here, fixer-upper basement of new house and a baby due in a few months. Bare bones setup in the previously, poorly “finished” part of the basement. I had to build a shimmed platform out of scrap wood and (2) plywood sheets. Would like to eventually upgrade the rack, barbell and plates. More than enough for now. The CAP rack came missing several screws, nuts, and small connection plates but I luckily have plenty of every fastener I can imagine in the garage.

Using an ironmaster bench attached leg extension with a wooden slant board and a rep fitness fb-5000 flat bench. The ironmaster is the original one that has a higher height and the slant board has 1 inch of clearance so doesn't contact the plates. Can add a plate on top of the pads or do it one leg at a time if it gets too light.

So we just moved about 2 months ago. I’ve always wanted my own home gym but we lived in flats so something halfway decent wasn’t on the cards until we moved to something with a garage space. After 5 years of saving and 2 months or so of working on it this is where I’m at.

It’s small but it’s mine. Room is approximately 4x3m so it’s not that big but it’s big enough and opens out onto the driveway where I can have more room when it’s not minus numbers outside (Scotland).

There was already laminate flooring in there but decided to install rubber mats myself (not all that difficult tbh).

I also have a RepelBullies deadlift strap coming which should allow me to do squats with the trap bar on something that gives me a deficit.

For v2 I think I’d like to add a rack and a straight bar but really unsure about what options to get. Ideally, for space saving I’d get a folding rack, but the idea of dropping weight onto something attached to the wall of the house doesn’t fill me with joy 😂 I could go for a half rack and bolt it to the floor but then I lose a lot of floor space. So not sure what the best options are to be honest. It would be good if the folding ones had adjustable front posts so that you can be sure they’re taking some/most of the weight from the spotter arms. Who knows. Anyway this should get me back into it after a couple months off (no gyms nearby were out in the countryside).

First proper workout tomorrow. 💪