Home Gym GAME CHANGER! - Rep ARES Review

The Rep Fitness Ares Attachment is here, but is it worth the price?
Watch the review to find out 👀🤔🤯

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - What is the Ares Attachment?
0:54 - Delivery
2:04 - Assembly
4:10 - Functional Trainer Adjustable Trolley
7:53 - Functional Trainer Cables & Pulleys
8:12 - Functional Trainer Exercises (Cable Flyes included)
9:04 - Fixed High Pulleys (Lat Pulldown)
10:23 - Fixed Low Pulleys (Low Row)
11:25 - Included Cable Attachments
12:04 - Must Have Cable Attachment for the Ares
13:18 - Weight Stacks
15:09 - Footprint & Build
17:36 - Potential Weight Stack Improvement
18:46 - Lifting Inside of the Rack
22:43 - Space Savings
23:24 - Competing Products
27:43 - Final Thoughts

[Rg.]

I would like to know which version you have 80 inches 6 posts 30+16? I saw in a lot of forums that people were saying cables too short and floating weight stack, especially with the 80 inch, have you encountered this problem?

[brandong]

Honestly the best, most thorough review I have seen so far. Excellent job. Can’t wait to see more videos from you.

[gabriellaskey]

I've watched nearly every review on this attachment, all of the biggest channels and a few of the smaller ones.
You my man out shine them with the power of a thousand Burning suns
Best damn review
You just earned yourself a hard sub,
keep it up.
And thank you

[JohnSmith-gyjg]

Great video! Thanks for going so in depth on everything. I think a lot of the analysis will apply to the Athena, which I’ve got on preorder, so this is really help. I do have one thing I wish they would have done differently though. This is really "niche" but if you get the 4 post version of Ares or Athena, you're limited on barbell exercises you can superset due to the cable on the front uprights running directly in front of the front holes. So if you're doing barbell squats, for example, you can't do cable exercises with a low trolley position as the cable would block the j-cup hole for your barbell squat. If the cable above the trolleys ran beside the upright instead of down the middle, you'd have more superset options. Not sure if that design would work well for smooth cable travel, and may have some downsides l'm not thinking of, but would have made a more versatile product I think. Didn't deter me from preordering the Athena though!

[SNelson]

I now have a gym pin 20 inch on the top to replace the original three hole plate and the D handle on the bottom to replace the round bar. Hands down better then what came with the Aries,

[Rg.]

I'm not sure that the gympin for adding weight is good for the rep ares, because the rep ares has a protective guard around the plates, so if we add a weight it will rub against the protective guard, some -ones to confirm?

[collingalbreath]

Super helpful review. I've never seen a bench with a foot-plate attachment like the one you demonstrate in the low-rows @13:00. Is that a bench attachment or is that part of your bench? Thanks

[oldschoolcoolgamefan]

In your spreadsheet, you had Rogue Monster Cave as space saving. I don't think the Rogue Monster Cave should be considered space saving. I considered the Monster Cave when I was researching for a home gym and that wouldn't fit in my space in the basement; I had to consider the garage if I were to go the Monster Cave route. The Rep with the Ares is the ultimate space saver.

Thanks for the in depth look at the Ares.

[TravisTomsu]

The gym pin suggestion is great - going to put an order in for that now!

[Tormalima]

Great video. I especially appreciate the side tips for the accesories.

Would be good to revisit this video and compare the Ares 2.0 as well as other budget options like thw Vesta 2 in 1, Vulcan Talos/Forge and the Fringe Sport Dane.

[NoFate]

WHat a killer review! Thanks for sharing. Your setup looks

[ji]

Thorough video. Two questions...
1) what bench attachment was that that allowed you to rest your feet while rowing on the outer posts?
2) if you had the choice, would you go with a dual weight stack athena instead of Ares?

[mghtymous]

Amazing review! You answered my questions and helped me make my decision to get an Ares. Thank you!

Not to nitpick but you kept referring to the ares as a 1:1 ratio. Im pretty sure its a 2:1. Thats why the feel weight of the weight stack is half the actual weight of the weight stack

[Mike-cqno]

I had the same issue with both of my stacks of the headplate not going all the way down. I did the same fix. The response I got from REP was pretty cookie cutter saying to check the cabling and pulleys for correct holes and that the cables may stretch over time. All in all this thing is sweet though not having a functional trainer. Thanks for the info on the updated handles!

[biblecharlie]

what kind of bench was that, that had the place to put your feet up against, allowing you to do the back pulls?

[fwiffo]

Great review! The Ares is definitely upping the game for rack-attached cable systems. One small correction, the fixed upper pulleys on the Prodigy do give you a 1:1 ratio if you buy it with a 2:1 ratio on the adjustable pulleys. If the adjustable pulleys are 4:1, then the fixed pulleys are 2:1. The Prodigy isn’t heavy enough for low rows unless you use something like the GymPin D-Handle to connect the two adjustable pulleys.

It’s exciting to see all the options out there! I think there will be even more innovation in this space in the future!

[sairam]

1) what is the thing you are hanging the gymnastics ring from
2) is that a dip belt that you used for assisted muscle up? It’s such a cool
3) I would love to see more videos of creative uses of squat rack like #2!!

[mlhtest]

Excellent coverage, thanks for taking the time!

[DavidKLiu-fcum]

Ended up doing the pulley hack you came up with. Brilliant!

[TravisTomsu]

I've noticed that it's *really* easy to forget the 2.5lb micro adjustments are on there. I may try to find some bright yellow tape or something to make them more visible.