Home Gym SCM-1160FR Free Station Multifunctional Full Body Home Gym Equipment for Home Workout Equipment Exercise Equipment Fitness Equipment SincMill

I purchased the SCM-1160 160LB Home Gym along with the cable pull down unit a couple of weeks ago. I have since assembled and used the gym a couple of times, so here are my comments: The gym comes in five (5) total boxes - two for the main gym, one for the cable pull down unit, and two filled with weight plates. FedEx screwed this up by delivering four boxes to me one day - saying everything that was purchased was delivered - and I panicked - but the fifth box was delivered the next day, so it all worked out. The gym went together well. It took me about four hours total to assemble. If you buy this machine, I would recommend that you lay out all of the pieces first, read the instructions carefully, then watch the 3D tutorial on Youtube as needed. The most complex part of the assembly for me was threading the cables, but know that the rubber stops at the end of each cable comes apart, allowing you to thread the small end of the cable through after all of the pulleys are in place. Also, don't tighten the top weight cover pieces all of the way until you have installed the two nylon curtains for the weights, as tightening them will snug up the curtains AFTER they are installed. Take your time assembling this equipment and it should go smoothly and easily. Operation: Like all home gyms, this one has its strengths and a few weaknesses. You are going to have to use yours to determine what exercises you like/prefer, and with what weight settings. I have been taking some notes while I work out with mine, so I know what to do and where to start with the weights the next time. Here are some of my pros and cons: Pros: *Looks great *Well built with very solid construction *Smooth, quiet pulley operation *Range of motion of most pieces is adequate, but not perfect *Space saving - as you can see in my pictures, it tucks nicely into a corner of a small room, leaving room to do exercises with other gear. I did not buy the third optional unit because I already have a pull up/dip bar set up in my gym and don't have the space for it. *Gym comes with an assortment of attachments but I purchased another kit of attachments on Amazon that had more grippy handles, so now I have lots of choices. *The backrest tilts forward and locks at different settings - allowing you to work different parts of your chest muscles. This seems to be a rare feature and one of the main reasons I went with this home gym over the others. *Working out is very fast on this machine because you don't have to spend time setting up each exercise with a bench, bars, weights, etc. It helped shave about 10 minutes off my daily workout time. *The exercise wall chart that comes with the unit helped me figure out how to use the machine to its fullest potential, so hang onto it. I pinned mine up to the inside of a closet door for quick reference. Cons: *The weight plates only come in 15 lbs increments - that is more of a gap than most weight machines, I believe. So I am using 4lbs lead shot bags (from a weighted vest) placed on top of the weight stack to make smaller adjustments to the weight load, which definitely helps. I have three of these bags, so I can add 4, 8, or 12 lbs to the load easily. 15 lbs is a lot of difference when you are trying to fine tune your workout to meet your fitness goals (i.e. toning, strength, mass, etc), as100 lbs can be too light, and 115 lbs too heavy. *There is no shoulder press on this machine, but you can use the cable pull down unit set below the waist, or the front curling cable, but you'll need to use a long chain to extend the cable so you can lift your bar attachment over your head. *If you are over 6' tall, you might have an issue with the seat height and where the chest press grips are on this machine. I am 5'11" and have my seat at the lowest possible position, and wish either the seat went a couple of inches lower, or the bench press grips could be raised a couple of inches on the press/butterfly bars, because they are fixed at their lowest possible point for me to still be of any use. It feels like I am doing a declined bench press all the time, because my hands are quite low in relation to my chest. I would like it if the grips could be raised higher, but they can not unless I redrill my own holes on the press/butterfly bars. The tilting backrest helps with this a little. *I wish there were hand grips on the butterfly bars when doing flies. There are none, so you have to just grip the main butterfly bars instead.

The cable twist on itself due to the top bar that connects to the main machine, it's welded wrong, doesn't match picture in the instructions when installing.

Well worth the price. Has just enough different workout stations to get a great workout

6ft 32in inseam. Watch my video review if you are a bigger guy like me.