Customer Reviews

Powerline BSG10X Home Gym, Short Assembly, 160-Pound Weight Stack

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I've had this home gym for a few months now and am finally submitting a review. I wanted to put some miles on it as well as see if the novelty would wear off before rating. Overall, I am still very satisfied and thrilled with the purchase. It's been worth every penny not having to spend money on gym memberships, time, and gas (which = more $).

I did alot of comparisons before and after the purchase. I can honestly say - for the value, quality, versatility, and convenience - you just can't beat it.

I chose this gym for the following main reasons:
1. Well built.
2. Comes with most of the main components (especially cables) already assembled. You will need a helping hand to lift, move and hold a section or two while you fasten them together. My 10 year old son was perfect for the job.
3. Most versatile - in terms of types of exercises (especially when you get creative and add certain attachments to it). Fully adjustable for fit and comfortability.
4. Iron stack (not cement blocks).
5. Relatively small footprint. I had a leverage bench press machine (used only for chest exercises) that took up more space than this gym that practically works out your whole body.
6. Much easier than adding and removing free weight plates when changing exercises. On this machine it's a matter of pulling and setting a couple of pins and clips and jumping right to the next workout. No lagging! Because of the ease resulting from the clever design, I find that it's more fun and addictive to use.
7. Looks a lot nicer than most home gyms.
8. Allows me to be home with my family after work and still get in a great workout.

***Please see "comments" for great feedback from other owners***

My friends love it and always get on it when they're visiting.

Recommend if:
You want to stay healthy, develop strength, stamina and endurance, build toned muscle, and have a good physical appearance.

Bottom line is: I LOVE IT; I'm glad I got it, and would recommend it without hesitation. It's a home gym and a great quality home gym. Don't expect a super-heavy-duty industrial-grade one-excercise-specific piece of commercial-gym equipment.

PS> Instead of a $79 rubber mat, I bought a $15 six-piece foam puzzle mat set to put under it; and works just fine! Put money saved towards other fun attachments - like the rope attachment for tricep pulldowns!

I have been researching home gyms for quite some time now. I quit my membership 2 years ago and purchased a bench and some bowflex dumbells.

Although this sufficed, it got very boring and I really missed the feel of gym equipment.

I looked at the bioforce contraption, it was better than the bowflex but still so cheesy. There is nothing like the feel of "real" weights.

I purchased this machine mainly because it was 90% built. It took us about 2 hours to put it together. Amazon delivered it in 5 days. I orderd the leg press through mercantila ( amazon did not offer it).

It does not take a lot of space up and is built so much better than any piece of junk you would find at sports authority.

I hope you find this review useful and best of luck on your fitness goals!!!!!!!!

After reading the reviews, I decided to give this gym a try and have not been disappointed. It really is pretty easy to put together - I did it by myself in 90 minutes with no issues. Don't worry about the tools they say you need - I did it with an adjustable wrench and vise grips - nothing more. The quality of the gym is readily apparent plus the footprint isn't that big - it fit right into a corner (just make sure you've got at least 8 feet clearance). There are more than enough exercises on this set to satisfy most people who lift two-three times a week. It's not meant for Olympians or anything like that - but I'll never bench a Volkswagen anyway. I would recommend, depending on your fitness level to just go ahead and get the extra 50 pound stack for $69 if you bench in the 150-160 range cause it only comes with 160 in weights and you want to have room to increase if necessary. All and all I'm very happy I went with this. You can certainly get cheaper ones (and more expensive) but I think this is a great quality mid-level home gym.

nothing but positives for this machine, very easy to finish assembly,as it comes out of the box almost ready to use. fantastic workouts with this unit. very user friendly,and smooth operation. you will enjoy this machine for sure.

Love this machine. Was delivered in one large box. It comes mostly assembled, but it's in enough pieces that you can carry them anywhere in your house for final assembly. All the cabling and pulleys are already on the machine. There really are only nine bolts to install. But I took my time with it -- about an hour and a half. If I had help, I could have done it in under an hour.

I have a weight bench with free weights, but I purchased this machine so my wife and children could lift without the dangers posed by free weights. They can lift with this machine without me there to spot them.

Comes with 160 lbs of metal weights, which is plenty for me, my wife and our children. No, you can't add any more weights to the set.

It works great and is very compact. Fits nicely in my basement, which does not have a very high ceiling. To change the weights, you just pull a metal pin out of one slot and stick it in another. Takes about a second. The weights and the levers move very smoothly, just like the machines they have at the gym. In fact, this is very close to gym quality (probably because Body Solid makes some commercial equipment, I believe).

I have not completely abandoned my weight bench, but you just cannot beat the convenience of this home gym. Changing from one exercise to another is a breeze, so I'm able to get my workouts done a lot faster.

I purchased the leg press separately. It's a nice addition to the machine. One negative is that you have to detach one cable and lower the leg press when you want to use the curl bar. But that's not a big deal. It just takes a minute.

I purchased this product mostly because of the easy assembly promise, and was not disappointed. I am not particularly handy, and was able to assemble the unit, by myself, in less than an hour. I have not owned a home gym before, but am absolutely pleased with how sturdy it seems to be, and the variety of exercises you can perform on it. It strikes me as perfectly appropriate for all but the most hardcore exercise nuts!

This body solid gym arrived nicely packaged with no missing parts. It was easy and quick to put together; mostly pre-assembled. You need socket wrench set, one area is a tight fit for other types of wrenches. Every part seems to be high quality. Quickly changes from one exercise to the next. Smooth operation. I am very pleased.

This product is very easy to assemble works well for me. I already see results and I do not have to loose time traveling to gim
I would recommend it to enyone

This gym replaced a bench, olympic weights, bars, squat rack, and leg press machine. It does the job better than all the others I have had. Very well made, almost a gym quality piece of equipment. I bought the leg press attachment and it really makes this a complete body workout now. I have young kids and did not want my old weights falling off the bars onto them, so this solved that problem, along with freeing up lots of space and cutting my workout time quite a bit. So far I'm really happy with this purchase.

For the most part the unit is assembled, but it still took me about 90 minutes to put it together. Once together, it takes minimal space and is a nice compact machine to stay in shape with.