Powertec Levergym Hacks 7 - The Daisy Chains Edition
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- Powertec Levergym Hacks 7 - The Daisy Chains Edition
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The man, the myth, the Levergym!!
I need to put that on a T Shirt!
The lever gym hack goat! This will soon rival Star Trek and Star Wars for number of entries in the franchise!
lol! That’s a tall order.
The leg curl hack I've been waiting for! You, sir, are truly the stuff champions are made of!
Thanks so much, AB!
Appreciate the shout-out dude. I agree, the daisy chains are a smoother set up than the various chain hook ups I did. Oddly enough, I now have about a dozen daisy chains in the gym for my daughter's Ninja Warrior stuff. So we borrow them occasionally for various things in the gym.
Absolutely. It’s wild how many uses a set of daisy chains can provide. I moved my Nautilus Pullover (the heaviest piece of equipment I’ve owned) by myself with a set of daisy chains and some carpet sliders - so if they can handle that, they might hold up and be safe enough for your daughter’s Ninja Warrior Training 🤓
Well what a fantastic addition in the lever gym hack series! Thanks so much for sharing your daisy chain ideas.
My personal favorites are the dips which i am keen to try as the bench attactment is easy to max out and yet incomfortable on my hands.
The lat pulldown as it seems like a fine variation.
Also the dumbell lift offs seem like a handy idea. Not too big on heavy dumbells myself most of the time, but it is good to know there is an option there to try out.
Great job as always and tha ks again.
Thank you so much. I cut the grips off my dip attachment and like it better because its diameter was aggravating a joint in my thumb.
If you can max out the attachment, you’ll definitely be able to max out the 300 pound capacity of the cable system.
Oh really? So you cut the grips off the dip attachment.. That is an interesting idea. Due to experiences of commercial machines in the past that have had uncomfortable thin grip handles, I went the other way - trying to thicken up the grip on the powertec dip attachment in order to try and 'pad it out', but it wasn't really helpful sadly.
I will consider your option of cutting the grips off, but think carefully as I may choose to sell it due also in part to the max out issue, it is sitting pretty but unused in the attachment holder not having been in my rotation of exercises for a while now.
The only time I use it is if I choose to use it as a superset tool after benching or 'real' dipping in order to fry out the triceps, hence to be pre fatigued so I can make the max load + work. With all the great options we have to do that however, this tool but just one option when doing that on occasion.
It certainly is a pity as if the machine could handle more weight and the handles were comfortable to use with higher weight and/or higher reps, there is nothing wrong with the lever action.
Even when I had a powertec power rack, I remember, those knurled free weight dip handles that came as standard were not the most comfortable things in the world on the palms of the hands.
The handles on the lever gym for dips I find, while not 'perfect' are definitely somewhat better and the plug in dip handles on my 11 gauge 75mm box section rack although bulky, are surprisingly comfortable also, relatively speaking once plugged in.
I do think as fantastic and as versatile the designers are at powertec, with the lever gym in of itself in my opinion being the flagship of foundational excellence of versatility, there are still in 2024 some bugs that can be worked out, and minor upgrades both here and there, on the product lines to be had.
As I side note I do prefer axle bars and thick bars and thick cable attachment bars on the most part. I am talking 40mm for pulling and 50-60mm for pressing, yet not too keen on fat gripz given the choice due to the feel and the gap they leave as not to be fully closed.
I do however concur that cutting the handle material off the powertec dip attachment may be worth a look into if I do decide to keep it, and then perhaps mod out with padding from there if still not content?
Credit where credit is due, powertec on the whole have got a gem of a machine in the lever gym as you well know! Although I would love to see a weight stack on there in a future suped up "cable-lever gym" option, the lever gym I think is simply fantastic for it's convenience of set up overall and versititly for it's small foot print.
On the note of credit due, you take the machines potential to new heights of versititly and part 7 is a very fine addition to that point. You should be very happy with your work here and thankyou again for sharing HGHR. Top stuff 💪👊
@@johnpain8380 I really appreciate your comment and I’m glad you are equally happy with the Levergym. I have sent Powertec a few suggestions over the years and I hope some of those ideas make it to the next iteration of this machine should there be one in the future. I stopped sharing ideas for the machine publicly because, if I have an idea that’s really good, I want Powertec to be privy to it.
Exactly, one those grips come off the attachment, there’s no getting them back. I had every fat grip there is and some of the variations like the Ngage Grips. I sold all of them because it hurt my messed up thumb too bad.
Hopefully you can find a way you like using the attachment. I don’t recommend it, but I’ve gone over 200 pounds on the attachment regularly.
Thanks again!
It is my pleasure and thanks for the detailed 'off the trail' information. Likewise it is appreciated to have these exchanged every now and then with you on interesting training matters.
I don't blame you for selling your fat grips. I keep a pair in my gym bag along with fractional plates, a short gym pin and a few other small choice items ready to go in a pinch for the rare occasions I pop over into a public gym for a short stint.
I find the fat grips okay for things like lat pulldowns but under par for realistic use under seriously partaken poundage profession as the poundage progresses.
I find the feel of the genuine metal thick bars much more apt for purpose.
Yes I agree, the longer plate loading pins on the powertec attachments are almost asking for trouble. I slightly buckled the frame on the leg extension going over 100kg (220lb) and as you say not to be recommended on the dip attachment either.. of course I did but the handles bugged me too much before I possibly broke the unit by pursuing greater poundage.
Fair play for transferring your ideas over to powertec directly. I do get the sense that they are holding back the upgrades to get the most mileage from past and current models for future sales with upgraded lines and/or to keep current costs down.
A clear indicator in my opinion was the band pegs being included in the 2020 lever gym yet not the 2020 multi system etc.
The sale they have on may also be to clear the line for the next models? As well as the recently upgraded lat machine.. another piece you reviewed well!
I guess we can only ponder as to what they do next and when.
Thanks again mate.. keep up the good things.
WOW, I'm always amazed with your ideas.
Thanks so much!
absolutely fantastic hacks , especially the dumbbell press one . ! great job once again
I really appreciate it. Thank you.
I really like the way you connected the cable to the pressing arms for the pulldown which to me is more of a true leverage pulldown along with all your cool ideas. I do think it would be better if the pivot point of the pressing arms was adjustable.
Thanks so much. I agree. I think it would take some impressive engineering to make it safe and easy to adjust.
I have been useing theses new exercises all week really enjoying all of them ,just a bit worried of the load weight on the pulley system ,when useing lever arms for triceps and back pull downs brilliant idea but your right you do need more weight,not sure of max weight on pulley system.But just when I thought I have seen all the hacks for lever gym, I now have all these extra exercises thank you for this fantastic Chanel, I can’t believe I have found someone as passionate about the lever gym as me.thanks again for all these fantastic hacks.
I really appreciate that and I’m glad to hear some of the exercises are working well for you.
300 pounds is the max weight limit for the pulley system…I’ve seen people load it heavier than that, but I don’t recommend going over the machine’s listed max weight capacity. Thanks again!
Thanks dude. I just bought the chains for the chest fly you did. I've been trying to get a fly for the Levergym and this is the first one i've seen that might work. Great idea!
Thanks so much. I hope it works well for you. Please let me know how it goes.
The hack I need is how to get a 81.5” levergym under my 80” ceiling 😂! Anyways love your content keep it up!!
lol! I had to cut a hole in one of my basement gym ceilings to get the Powertec Lat Tower Option connected to the Power Rack. I’d consider taking the roof off my house if that was the only way to set up the Levergym 🤓
Thanks so much!
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Typical awesome ideas!
Thank you, TB!
brilliant like allways
Thank you!
Definitely saved this one. Great video.
Thank you!
Just wanted to say thank you for all the Levergym videos. I just purchased one to be delivered in about 6 days. I have a full set of Powerblocks to 130lbs and various other accessories (bench, straps, bands, etc) but was really missing something to simulate bar and cable exercises. I've been postponing a purchase for years but your videos persuaded me. I've been wanting to do full Tactical Barbell 3 week block routines but without a squat and especially a good (bench) press its tough. Now I can.
Thank you. I really appreciate that. I hope it works well for you. If you have a chance, let me know what you think when you’ve gotten in a few workouts.
Great hack as usual bud . In my past heavy days , I used to hang the spotter hooks from the top of my rack with chains .
Like yourself I have lumbar issues and this looks a much easier method to implement. I will be getting myself some daisy chains .
Great work 👍
Thanks so much! I hope this works well for you. Please let me know how it goes.
Brilliant ideas I now have purchased daisy chain, I can’t wait to try these new exercises,thank you so much your Chanel has been inspirational for me
Thank you and I hope they work well for you. Please let me know how it goes.
Great hacks! I need those daisy chains! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much! Very versatile. I have some more cool ways to use them in some of my next videos.
@@HomeGymHacksandReviews I don’t see a link to them. Do you still have an Amazon affiliate store?
@@timolson-qi5hj theyre there, you’ll just need to scroll back a bit.
I ordered the Brute Force Rapt and it arrives this Wed. I am excited to try it!
That looks like a good piece of equipment. I hope you like it as much as I like the Levergym.
Fantastic hacks! I can sell some of my non-Powertec equipment after seeing all these options.
Thanks so much!
Great ideas
I really appreciate it.
Love this hack. Damnit. now I gotta go get those daisy chains lol. you mentioned your pull over hacks. I gotta go though your vids (I probably already seen it but forgot) and find the one with pullovers. I do them a certain way, but Id like to see what you came up with.
Thank you! I think I recently made a Short with a few pullover hacks.
Nice!!
Thank you, CD!
Only one I didn't see... Seated Leg Curls. Let me know if you need a video so you can include next time.
I have a seated leg curl variation in Levergym Hacks 3, but, I’ve never used it because of my other equipment. If I ever make it to Part 8, I’ll be in touch.
Cheap and genius idea with the straps bro!
Thank you, LGG!
I cant go heavy on presses with the LG because of a past wrist injury, the angle just feels uncomfortable on my one wrist. After seeing this I grabbed a daisy chain and tried it out and it does a solid job of replicating a dumbbell press. Legit saved me hundreds of dollars. I was planning on buying heavier dumbbells but no need now. Great vid.
Great to hear! Thanks so much and I’m glad it worked well for you. You can also try facing the other direction when pressing (Levergym Hacks 3) it changes the way the handle sits in your hand. The only downside is there’s no support for the back pad (where your head normally goes) so it might creak and crack if a lot of weight is placed on it.
I'll check it out, thanks!@@HomeGymHacksandReviews
My daisy chains are ready!
Very cool. I hope they work well for you. Let me know if you find an exercise or two you really like.
My first reaction was, what did he come up with now? Always worth a watch. Thanks!
lol! Greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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I do rows facing the levergym, sat right on the end of a bench and my feet braced against the supports. Chest supported rows feel constrictive. I actually prefer to face the machine for presses too, the arc is natural. I'll try that lateral raise idea with the straps.
I hope they work well for you. Unfortunately for me, because of my back, all of my rows have to be chest supported.
I find facing into the gym works better for me to for presses especially flat press . Love the daisy chains I was using chains and my daisy chains came today better for the lat pulldowns great hacks
@@leehignett7731 thanks so much. I agree. Facing in feels more natural for the flat press. The other option from a true supine press, which is a bit more cumbersome, is to elevate the bench. I show both in Levergym Hacks Part 3.
Great video. I'm buying those straps. - Fighting.50
Good to hear from you, Fighting 50. I hope they serve you as well as they have me.
Great as always. Link for this chain and the exact length of this?!
Thanks so much. I have all the odds and ends linked in my CZcams bio / main CZcams page.
How are your ironmasters holding up? I recently bought the heavy handle kit and I heard it makes them feel more balanced and comfortable! Now I have a monster weight that allows me to go up to 135 pounds!
I sold the Ironmasters a few months ago. With my fixed set, unfortunately, they just weren’t getting used. The heavy handle kit definitely makes them feel more balanced. The only thing I noticed is sometimes, with some exercises, the heavy handle kit would scrape and cut into my forearms. If you have a chance, please let me know what you think.
Have you ever tried to add the "power rack resistance bands" to the workbench multi press? can you let me know if it would work. thanks
I have not tried to add bands to the Multipress (except with the leg extension attachment) but I’m sure it could be looped around the bottom of the frame or the weight horns for some lever arm exercises. I also show a way to do it in Levergym Hacks 4 that will probably work with the Multipress.
Отличные идеи когда тренируешься один и не кому подать гантели.👍👍👍
Thanks so much!
Thoughts on getting the LG or a traditional functional trainer like an Inspire Fitness FTX?
Both are really good options. I would take the Levergym over a functional trainer. I have a few older videos going into more detail: “My Top 6 Pieces of Home Gym Equipment,” “The Powertec Levergym - If I Could Only Have One Piece of Home Gym Equipment,” and my CZcams Short Series, “Why I Like the Powertec Levergym in Less Than a Minute.” Also, I like the stability of the lever arms over cables for pressing and the pulldown has leg holds.
at 3:00 oddly enough ive thought about something like that with a barbell to be a self spotter at failure. Not sure how it would work and probably why ive never tried it lol
With your safety spotter arms, it’s probably not entirely necessary and the Levergym’s open handle design makes this easier than trying to set this up in a rack and with a barbell. Thanks so much, BBD!
There's a guy on TY with a similar db bench setup on a power rack made of pallets, and he kept a set of dbs strapped in and just let them hang there all the time. I forget the channel. You may have seen it. He also had the Nautilus home gym with 4 weight stacks.
I haven’t seen that set up. However, I have seen a few people with a more complicated version of what I have using multiple straps per dumbbell.
I always do pre-exhaustion with db inclines to lighten the weight. It has probably been 15 years since I did straight sets on db inclines, unless during a deload week.
@@briand5047 I haven’t been using the pre-exhaust technique much lately. I really like it when I’m working around an injury and need lighter weights on my compound lifts.
Is there anything that can be done with the levegym to replace the hip thrust machine thanks
I showed something in Levergym Hacks 2 that is only okay…it’s more of a glute bridge than hip thrust.
do you know the ATX levergym? I dont know if is available in USA , but is essentialy like the powertec one, but you will notice that have the lever arms in the position like the multipress, so feels more natural for the push movements, they use a custom bar for squat movement to compensate height difference. Probably the powertec one is better for squat movements but the atx for bench pressing etc. They inlclude also their bench and i think is way better than powertec one in particular the old model bench.
I’m familiar with ATX. I’ve spoken with them before. At the moment, their products aren’t available in the US, but it looks like they will be available at some point.
@@HomeGymHacksandReviews i notice that there is an atx US website under processing, probably they will import their machines soon, hope to see your reviews soon also!
@@Blitz88ITA appreciate the update. Thank you!
Looks like you removed the stability plate between the two legs. Any issues so far with having done that? I am getting sick of fighting to get my bench over it.
Mine is still there. A few years ago, I removed it, but I put it back because it is important for the stability of the Levergym (especially with some of the hacks I do).
Gday HGHR, I picked up a 2nd hand Bodysolid Fusion 600 for $500AUD (probably $350US), looks like it's $3500-4000 new, so I thought it'd be worth the punt
Just gotta put the weight stack on and rejig the cable/pulley tracks and it'll be good to go
Then I'll see what hacks I can do with it 🤔
You got a really good deal. A very compact machine that offers a lot of variety. I hope it works well for you.
@@HomeGymHacksandReviews I came back from break last week, had the worst training week, no energy, mainly doing mobility stuff just to loosen up/get something in
Hopefully this machine can fill gaps/play a role when I'm tired and don't want to hit the free weights
@@redwhiteandblueblood I hope so. Please let me know what you think when you’ve gotten in a few workouts.
what is your height ? and inseam? i really want to move forward on buying powertec multipress with leg extension attachment but i am 5'5" with 30in inseam. i really need to know if it will fit me?
5’9” I wear about 31” pants. I think the Leg Extension will fit you fine. The Multipress is a little high for your height; but you can add spacers on the floor. I think I show that in my Multipress review.
Hello from France. Have you a code for the european site ?
Unfortunately, I don’t.
It looks like you have 2" weight horns on your Levergym. If so, how did you do that? I bought the Powertec 2" horns for my Levergym, but they don't fit. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for all the great info and innovation, by the way!
Thanks so much. Those are 9” Olympic Sleeve adapters I got from Titan.
Would you recommend them? @@HomeGymHacksandReviews
Would you recommend them? @@HomeGymHacksandReviews
Would you recommend them?
I really don’t like standard posts. The Titan adapters are pretty expensive and they are a hard plastic. There is a bolt that screws into the metal posts on the Levergym. So it’s not perfect and not 100% secure, but at the very least it looks better and I’m glad I have them on mine.
Lookin' lean my guy.
Thanks so much. I lowered calories and carbs drastically within the last three weeks to see the impact on my blood sugar. The upside: I had my first 99 fasted reading in 10 years. The downside: with a shirt on, I don’t look like much of lifter.
dont worry it s the dilemma of a natural lifter but even frank zane mentioned with clothes on people never thaught he was a bodybuilder, u have a great physique and being healthy is the nr 1 thing @@HomeGymHacksandReviews
The only issue with your hacks that pisses me off is I end up not using half of my other gym equipment since buying the levergym lol.
The squat and bench press rack I'm stripping down the levergym is much more comfortable I purchased the dumbell lift-off platforms for a rack for my grandson but you do tend to catch them especially with the 80s to 110 lb dumbells.
lol! I’ve always said, if I could only have one piece of equipment, it would be the Levergym 🤓
I’m sorry to hear that about the platforms, but it reinforces what I said in this video. I was getting ready to buy a stand-alone dumbbell unit then I saw the potential issues and knew I could come up with something better using what I had laying around.
@@HomeGymHacksandReviews I wish I would have seen these earlier but being old school ive always used free weights I've just received preacher attachment for grandson and leg extension for me ,I just wish I would have built the gym bigger.
Cheers 😉
@@jeffrob5791 I hope those attachments work well for you both.
Syedee has the same machine for 699.00..
Powertec is a better made machine with many more lever arm settings, thicker gauge steel, it comes with a bench and it has removable storage posts (good for lever arm rows). The price you gave is for the Syedee model without a bench. Also, the Powertec bench gives you the option to add 6 plate loaded machines.
@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Even if it's better made, that does not justify more than double the price... I will stay with Syedee..
@@mariolp2999 I hope you like the Syedee as much as I like the Levergym.
@@HomeGymHacksandReviews thanks bro.. didn't mean to bash on your affiliate company...
Another amazing hack video for the leverage gym. You said you don’t have a power rack and I was wondering did you ever have one before and do you just prefer the leverage gym now for what it can do? Love the videos!
Thanks so much. I’ve had 3 Power Racks since my first home gym. However, my days of barbell training are behind me…especially barbell squats. Aside from dumbbells, almost all of my training is machine-based.
@@HomeGymHacksandReviews excellent. Thank you for the response appreciate it :).
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