The Marcy Diamond Elite SM1050 Smith Cage System by Impex offers you a complete array of exercises to work all major muscle groups tone burn calories and increase strength and stamina. The convenient two piece bench and cage design allows you to perform squats and lunges and the bench can be used with the Smith rack or as a separate workout bench for dumbbell exercises. The Smith guide rods feature safety stops allowing you to maximize your weight load while reducing your risk of injury. The 5-position bench when used with the Smith cage enables you to perform a multitude of upper body exercises such as incline decline and flat chest presses as well as shoulder press exercises.  The bench is supplied with an arm curl pad for proper muscle and joint alignment when performing bicep curl exercises and a complete leg developer that offers both leg extension and leg curl exercises that target the quads hamstrings and glutes.  This dual action leg developer correctly aligns the knee joints with the pivot point on the bench for superior biomechanics. Set the bench aside and utilize the cage to perform a variety of free-weight exercises using a 7' Olympic bar and weights (sold separately).  Bar and safety catches on the outside of the cage frame allow you to adjust the weight bar at various heights. Also included on the Smith cage are two Olympic size weight plate storage posts so you can keep your plates neatly organized and off the ground.  Designed using durable 14 gauge steel the Marcy Diamond Elite SM 1050 was built to withstand years of abuse.  Assembled dimensions:  82" L x 79" W x 83"H.  Limited two year manufacturer's warranty.

• 14 gauge oversized tubular steel frame construction with durable powder coated finish


• Bench features decline flat and incline lifting positions


• Dual action leg developer with pivot point that correctly aligns with knee joints for better biomechanics


• Preacher curl pad


• Convenient 2 piece design for squat exercises and accommodates 7' Olympic bar

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The Marcy Smith Cage SM 6001 is a great All-In-One machine in body building. Beginners will find its ease of use builds confidence and advanced users will appreciate the variety of exercise this machine provides. This Smith system features smooth nylon bushings combined with precision machined steel guide rods that provide liquid-smooth operation designed for countless repetitions. The frame's 7 degree slant accommodates the natural upper and lower body movements.

• Heavy duty steel construction


• Frame structure features 7 degree slant designed to accommodate the natural upper and lower body movements


• Off the floor


• Includes Lat bar shiver bar ankle strap single handle


• High density deluxe boxed upholstery

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BEST FREE WEIGHT SYSTEM FOR THE PRICE!!!

In case you are not aware muscles react 30% better to free weights then they do to machine weights. The problem for many people is getting that free weight motion safely if you have to workout alone. This Smith Machine concept tackles that nicely.



I researched for weeks what would be the best free weight (or similar) home gym at the lowest price possible and as safely as possible without a spotter but without sacrificing quality. This Marcy smith system won the toss. There were a few other possible runner-ups (like the Body Solid Series 7 Smith Machine at $2800 or the PowerTec Multisystem Leverage Gym at $1500). Both had their pros (quality) and cons (size/price) but in the end when I compared everything this Marcy gym won hands down. The Linear Bearings used in it dramatically increase the quality factor and while some reviews said they were not "Thompson" bearings I find them to be of very good quality and extremely smooth (besides how "brand name" do you really need little steel ball bearings to be anyways).



Anyhow there are a few things to note about this gym:



PROS:



GREAT price at only $982 on Amazon w/ free shipping (and it arrived in a week)



EVERY major exercise you can think of. I pulled out my exercise routine I followed when I was a member of Bally's Gym and I was able to do every single exercise on my list. I am still amazed at everything this gym has!



THE SIZE of it is even more compact than I thought. The frame is only about 5 feet wide by 5 feet long (but keep in mind that the smith bar extends about 7 feet across and the bench sticks out about 2 feet longer than the frame itself).



LOOKS - it is probably the most stylish smith gym I have seen in blue and white (coincidentally our walls are the same color blue so that was a bonus)



CONS:



You need to buy separate olympic weights. This is not actually a CON since most of these free weight gyms require the same but you can tack on a few hundred more for those (I found the best deal at Sears for 300 lbs + the bar at only $275)



The instructions - although they are fairly easy to read they are aboslutely horrible for matching parts. NOTHING not a single solitary part (and there are about 100) have labels. You have to actually hunt through the boxes to match the right piece with the right step and diagram you are on to make sure you have the right match. What were they thinking here? The good news is that ech part is pretty much one of a kind so you shouldn't have too much trouble matching the piece it's just finding it amongst 100 pieces that is the trouble. They could have made this much easier. The build time as stated in several reviews online said 5-8 hours and yes it took me all 8 hours simply because of the hide and seek of matching parts. Proper labeling could have easily cut this down to 6 hours at a maximum.



Lastly two of the frame pieces were bent when they got here (although no visible damage to the boxes). I had to hammer one piece back to it's correct shape and the other had an elongated hole in it for a bolt to fit through but because it was bent so much I had to drill about a 1/4" more space to accomomidate the bolt.



All in all I would absolutely buy this again as long as you don't mind an 8 hour build time and the "possiblity" of a little extra handy work.



My logic with this product was to buy it for $982 buy the Bowflex SelectTech dumbells (see my 2009 model review of those on Amazon) as well buy the free weights and buy an extra EZ curl bar but still stay under $2000. I did exactly that while at the same time maintaing the ability to keep free weight quality and encompass all necessary exercises.



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Better than free bench

Instructions suck to put together and it makes it easeir to use multiple people as item suggests. Also if you put some sort of oil or lubricant on the vertical bars that the bar slides along it works easier and you won't worry about doing damage to yourself because without the lubricant the bar had to stay at perfect balance otherwise would stick and lurch once added lubricant works much better.

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