All-in-One Trainer

Bells of Steel knocked it out of the park with this machine in my opinion. I've seen a lot of comments online from people saying it's "just like blah blah blah" from other competitors functional trainers, but they completely miss the point that this machine has front facing uprights with proper rack spacing giving access to Bells' entire 2.3" x 2.3" ecosystem of rack attachments. It's also one of very few products like it available that is short enough for reduced height rooms, such as a finished basement. Bells lists this as 81" tall, and my basement's suspended ceiling is somewhere between 81.5" to 82" across the room. This thing fits perfectly in my space once assembled. I did end up taking a few ceiling tiles out during assembly, like putting the weight plate trolley over the two back rods and the top frame piece, but other than that, assembly was pretty easy.

As far as the machine itself, it was packed and shipped well, and came relatively quickly. The pulleys are smooth with the metal rollers and the frame is well built and nice and heavy. Bells does say to bolt it down, which I did to a cement floor. I'm not using the 2" weight plate horns on the bottom/middle of the frame, nor any of the hooks or pull-up bars on top, but they are nice additions for people who would use them. I like the center post in the middle, especially since it has hole spacing like the front two uprights as you can then also use attachments on them. I've got two of Bells' Change Plate…

This is exactly what I was looking for. How can you beat a squat rack/ weight stack combination - for that price. This thing is solid and is an awesome addition to my home gym. I will note - that setup is not for the faint of heart. It was definitely a puzzle to setup with the provided "instructions" - so would not recommend setting up on your own unless you're mechanically intuitive and/or like a project. Watching some of the setup videos for similar products was helpful - but this thing makes the most difficult Ikea project look easy.

Minor critique, but you need to put the pin for the weight stack in the back of the machine in order for it to not interfere with the cables. Would love to have a second set of number stickers for both sides of the weight stack.

Would also love to have an option to add number stickers (or something) to the uprights so you're not having to count to match the j-cup/ cable positions. I might try to engrave some numbers - but open to BoS's recommendations if there's an easy solution.

The actual machine was delivered to my door in just 3 days via UPS in 8 boxes. The attachment (j-cups and dip bar) took about 2 weeks.

Very impressed.

It’s a very awesome machine. I wanted something that is versatile and can do more with and not take up so much space. I owned a similar one from valor fitness but this one comes with the weight stack and more holes where I can bench/squat from. Best upgrade I’ve ever made. Now that being say, they don’t have a video on putting the cables on yet, so I would suggest watching valor fitness on YouTube if you’re struggling on that part.