Body-Solid G5S Home Gym
- Traditional press bar is biomechanically designed for maximum chest concentration and outstanding muscle development, Chest, incline, shoulder press, mid row and leg developer stations incorporate the friction free SmoothGlide Bearing System.
- Self-aligning, contoured leg extension cuffs automatically adjust throughout the exercise movement, Integrated leg developer CAM prevents resistance drop-off at the end of the exercise movement and provides consistent resistance throughout full range of motion.
- High-density, top grade DuraFirm pads with lumbar support provide ultimate comfort and prevent lower back strain, Telescoping, chrome plated, gas-assist adjustable seat post for quick, smooth adjustment and proper body positioning.
- 2,200 lb. tension strength, military spec, steel aircraft cables with swiveling ends provide durability and low maintenance, 4½ pulleys are impact resistant fiberglass reinforced nylon with precision machined steel ball bearings.
- 2 x 3, 11-gauge mainframe construction assures maximum strength, function and durability. Tough, durable, electrostatically applied powder coat finish, Perform over 50 club quality exercises including: shoulder press, pec fly, chest supported mid row, ab crunch, oblique crunch, concentration curl, leg kickback, low pulley crossover, leg extension/leg curl, upright row, leg pulldown, and many more.
Product Description
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The Body-Solid G5S Home Gym is a feature packed home gym with a frontal-access design, making your workouts faster, more efficient and requiring less space than conventional home gyms. The multi-grip press arm features 3 pair of handgrips to work muscle groups from various angles, creating more thorough muscular development. Adjust the cam at the top of the press arm to perform flawless, chest, shoulder and back exercises. Turn around and blast your lats with a chest supported mid row or reach up and grab the lat bar.
The Body-Solid G5S Home Gym comes with the Perfect Pec Station. Equipped with swivel arms and designed for both unilateral and bilateral movements you get the maximum stretch for deep muscle toning, and the most incredible upper body development possible. The leg developers SmoothGlide Bearing System glides you through the most demanding leg curls and leg extensions. Loaded with over 50 exercises and a 210 lb. weight stack, the Body-Solid G5S Home Gym is the perfect gym for someone looking for maximum versatility in minimum space.
Easy to use, space saving, no-cable-change design.
Flip-up seated row foot brace plate stabilizes your body when using heavy resistance.
210 lb. (95kg) selectorized weight stack.
Optional 260 lb. (118kg) weight stack available.
DIMENSIONS: 83″L x 46″W x 83.5″H
INCLUDES:
Lat Bar
Revolving Straight Bar
Ankle Strap
Ab/Triceps Strap
Total Body Workout DVD
Full Size Exercise Chart
Water Bottle/Towel Holder
WARRANTY:
LIFETIME
Filed under: Home Gyms
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If you want a great home gym, BUY THIS ONE – YOU WILL BE VERY PLEASED!! I bought this gym about 4 months ago and it was the best purchase I’ve made in years. My son and I use it on a regular basis, and it is changing the shape of our bodies. The quality of this gym is second to none, it is built to last. I am 100% satisfied!!
Rating: 5 / 6
Bought this from a local supplier after talking to several salesmen and doing some test drives.
This machine is not the typical, flimsy, entry-level crap you see at chain stores – it is built more like commercial gym equipment (not surprising, as Body Solid is a major commercial gym supplier) Lots of steel square tubing and 1/2″ bolts here.
All exercises are connected to a single weight stack with the usual weight pin via a clever system of interconnected pulleys and cables. The mechanical advantage provided varies by station, meaning that the weight felt at a given station can be higher or lower than the actual weight stack – meaning that many exercises can offer different weights to different muscle groups without having to change the weight pin.
All settings on the machine (seat height, etc) are adjusted via spring-loaded, captured pop-pins, just like commercial equipment. As a nice touch, the seat has an integral gas cylinder that makes height adjustment easy with no wrestling with the machine. Re-configuration between exercises is kept to a minimum, and what little is required can be done in a matter of seconds. This isn’t a machine that requires major setup changes between exercises, meaning more time exercising and less time futzing with the machine.
As far as exercises go, you get a solid set of basic stations (where, like a dedicated single-use machine) the intended exercise is immediately obvious: chest press, leg extensions/lifts, pectoral flies, pulldowns, forward row, weighted crunches, and a bar that can be used for lifts/bicep curls. There are also a series of secondary uses for each station where the use isn’t immediately obvious (and in some cases, a little awkward) but where, admittedly, other muscle groups can be worked.
For those looking to establish a good basic weight training regimen, and where you don’t have easy access to a full gym, this is a great machine that gets the job done with little to no tradeoffs involved with this being a “home” gym; it really is a very impressive bit of engineering.
The one fly in the ointment is the assembly instructions. The instructions as given are clear and comprehensive, and the hardware for assembling the machine is bagged individually per step. But the design of the machine has materially changed several times without the instructions being updated. In some cases, whole parts have been deleted (with the hardware being changed to reflect the change) in others, subassemblies (the main seat) now come pre-assembled but still have the old hardware bags, leaving surplus hardware.
I was able to suss it all out – but I also have a mechanical background. I can see how anyone hoping to just follow instructions could wind up hopelessly lost and frustrated in very short order. If you are not particularly mechanically adept, find a friend who is.
Overall, I’m very impressed with this product.
Rating: 5 / 6