Singapore Home Gym

Singapore Home Gym

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Singapore Home Gym Undergoes Renovation Part III: Building the Power Cage Stage 4

Building the Power Cage goes into stage 4 of its construction......Getting the Lats up and attached!

The lat attachment for the Power Cage is an optional choice. With the Power Cage alone, you can already do a full body workout. With the addition of the lat attachment, exercises such as the lats pull down, cable bicep curls and the triceps rope pull downs can be done.

The setting up of the Lats Attachment may seem a little complicated when it comes to setting up the cables, however by following the instructions in the manual given, things will be set up nicely.



The Pictures above shows the parts of the Lats Attachment. It consist of two vertical poles, two holders (One for top and one for bottom) to be attached to the Power Cage, Two cables and a weight plates holder.

Start by Attaching the two vertical poles to the bottom holder.


Next, bring the two poles to a vertical position and attach the bottom holder to the Power Cage. And insert in the weight plates holder into the two vertical poles.


Attach the top holder to the two vertical poles and attach the holder to the Power Cage.


Tighten the screws and bolts and you will notice that there is a feet holder for you to attach at the bottom of the Power Cage. This feet holder is for you to do sit-ups etc.


You are left with the cables to set up. It is very important to follow the step by step instructions in the manual when setting up the cables. This will ensure a smooth pulling of the cables when working out.




After the setting up of the cables, put ont he Lats pull down attachment and the Biceps curl attachment and there you go, you're done with the Lats Attachment.


There you go.....The complete Power Cage!


In the future posts, we will be looking at how to arrange the accessories of the Home gym  and what can be added to the Home Gym to make it an even better one.

Friday, 4 January 2013

Singapore Home Gym Undergoes Renovation Part III: Building the Power Cage Stage 3

Hi Guys,

Let's continue with the assembly of the Power Rack.
The next step is a little tricky, getting the top cage up onto the structure. 
The top cage weighs about 15 to 20kg. This may sound light, but getting such a big cage up alone is'nt an easy task. We recommend at least 2 persons for this job.

BUT! before you carry the top cage all the way up and getting ready to put it on, remember to insert the four barbell holders of the Power Rack. This is extremely important as it will be very difficult to remove the top cage and inserting the holders in the later stage of the assembly.




The holders can be adjusted according to different height with reference to the numbers indicated on the Power rack itself.



Come to this stage, your Power rack is around 70% completed. The next thing to be attached to the Power rack will be the chin up bar. The chin up bar is to be attached to the top front part of the Power rack. The chin up bar comes in one piece and only needs to be screwed and bolted onto the top front part of the Power Rack. A point to take note, do not mount the chin up bar at the "bottom" of the top front part of the Power rack. This is one common mistake people make.


If you did not purchase the lat attachment to the Power rack, your Power Rack is fully assembled and can be use for your workouts.

In the next post, we will be showing the process of assembling the lat attachemnt and mounting it onto the Power Rack.

Stay tune!