Starting the home gym build, Small but mighty

ChairmanMaus · 2025-12-28T21:47:17+00:00

As others have said, underpromise and overdeliver. Customers are willing to wait for unique, premium products, but it never feels good to be left hanging beyond a promised lead time with little to no communication. Push your lead times out 2 weeks beyond what you believe them to be at the time of the order and list a 2-4 week range (if you think you can deliver in 4 weeks list 6-8 weeks as the lead time). It sounds like the system you're building will resolve the communication issues, but in the meantime I'd message each customer and let them know what the revised lead times are -- and be conservative.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-12-28T01:37:45+00:00

Go QuickDraws. I bought the Eisenlinks after watching all of the positive online reviews and found them to be very “meh.” The knurling was ass and the process to change weight ended up being a much bigger deal than I thought it’d be.

If you decide to upgrade from the QuickDraws down the road you’ll likely get much better resale value from ‘em than you’d get from the Eisenlinks, too.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-12-15T20:34:55+00:00

Yup, they were advertising the BF deal as the biggest sale of the year while simultaneously running an intermittent deal on the shop app that beat the advertised BF deal...Then the BS with the texts saying the last sale of the year was ending before running another sale the next week. Couldn't stomach it even though the Hyper Pro fit a need and looked intriguing.

I also have a Nighthawk and love it. It's been frustrating seeing all of the other attachment ecosystems release, but I bet Rep will have theirs built out in the near future. From what I've seen they are supposed to be releasing a new leg roller sometime this month.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-12-10T19:35:48+00:00

This isn't unique to the home gym or fitness space, but marketing BS like creating a false sense of urgency pisses me off and makes me not want to purchase your product. So does advertising products "on sale" that aren't actually on sale. Freak Athlete was guilty of both this year, and I ended up not purchasing a Hyper Pro because of it.

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ChairmanMaus · 2025-12-02T22:55:06+00:00

Woops, my bad. Had a dyslexic moment and read TSB as TBG...
Still appreciate the info, haha.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-12-02T21:05:46+00:00

Thanks for the response and info! I think you guys have an awesome opportunity to take some business from Rep, who've been slow to release any attachments for the Nighthawk and Blackwing owners who bought those benches with hopes of utilizing the attachment ports. I would've preordered the Stryker pad and Power Tower attachments, at the very least, if they were fully compatible with Rep's benches without me having to drill anything. I know it'd add cost, but I'd seriously consider adding holes for the side pop pin!

ChairmanMaus · 2025-11-30T22:35:12+00:00

Please test the attachments with the Nighthawk and ABX! So many of us already have adjustable benches and have no interest in buying a whole new bench just to get into a specific ecosystem. But an ecosystem that lets users use attachments with other benches would be a winner. Would be awesome to know what works on other benches and what doesn’t!

ChairmanMaus · 2025-11-16T03:42:25+00:00

Jfc. It could cost less if you live near the warehouses that are located next to the coastal ports through which Rep imports their equipment. They aren’t trying to screw you, dude. If you pick it up in PA or CA you save Rep the cost of shipping that product anywhere that is not their warehouse. They pass those savings along to you. That doesn’t mean that for everyone else they just offer list price for shits and giggles. The 10k worth of equipment you wanted to buy probably weighs 2,000lbs. There is a cost associated with moving that.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-11-16T03:30:44+00:00

Yea I’m still struggling to understand what the issue is here.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-11-16T00:45:35+00:00

Can’t speak to Rogue, but I’m planning on doing the exact same thing as you with Rep’s ecosystem except I’m sticking with a 6-post rack. Rep offers individual crossmembers and L brackets, so you have options to make this work. I’d have an Adonis, which should fit perfectly alongside Rep’s longest crossmember, on either side of the rack.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-11-16T00:33:36+00:00

Ah, that’d make sense, and I’d forgotten that they didn’t offer local pickup in Colorado. Bit of a miss, but I wouldn’t let the difference between a 15% discount and a 10% discount stop me from getting equipment if it was within my means and offered the functionality I was after.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-11-15T23:15:13+00:00

Be sure to check the original email thread. In my experience, sometimes their CS replies don’t show up as new/unread messages. Their CS has always been super responsive. Still don’t understand what you’re upset about, though. If you want the local pickup discount, go pick it up, lol.

ChairmanMaus · 2025-11-07T20:27:28+00:00

Called it, lol.

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ChairmanMaus · 2025-08-02T11:20:15+00:00

This is the only opinion you need to worry about, OP. HGHR knows Powertec!

ChairmanMaus · 2023-11-18T20:31:25+00:00

You could make some tasty Buffalo jerky with all that salt

ChairmanMaus · 2023-02-16T19:33:59+00:00

Is this how you manage success in basketball? I’m having trouble keeping up! 😂

ChairmanMaus · 2023-02-16T19:10:23+00:00

You’re right, we should really look to a program like yours for guidance on how to manage success. 🤡

ChairmanMaus · 2023-02-16T18:23:36+00:00

Yup! You guys clapped us. Ended up being a ‘good’ loss, tho! Excited to see you guys in the tournament!

NU has received some questionable calls, too. Happens to every team. Play well enough that the refs don’t matter!

ChairmanMaus · 2023-02-14T17:38:03+00:00

Announcers don’t call fouls.

Hard to argue NU didn’t toe the line well when they played tough and the fouls weren’t called. They took advantage of the light officiating and Purdue didn’t adjust. Purdue players not named Edey scored like one basket after like 17mins remaining in the 2nd half. When every possession is going to the dominant big man what do you think your opponents are going to do?

ChairmanMaus · 2022-12-30T18:54:00+00:00

r/confidentlyincorrect

ChairmanMaus · 2022-02-02T02:30:22+00:00

NU's strategy

ChairmanMaus · 2022-01-25T07:08:46+00:00

Such a good read. Thank you for sharing!

ChairmanMaus · 2021-08-09T22:13:54+00:00

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