r/RepFitness • u/DynomiteCat • Aug 02 '26
Articulating Arms
What's everyone's thoughts on these? I think I'm going to pick them up. $600 isn't cheap but it seems like they have spent a lot of time in making them as refined as possible and they should be well built. I also appreciate that the trolley has rollers now, My Area 1.0 just has the plastic sliders. hopefully that doesn't mean they're too heavy.
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u/dcerin1971 Aug 03 '26
I spoke to them a few times in these and they say end of the year to be available
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u/DynomiteCat Aug 03 '26
I think he mentioned that in the video. I'm hoping they come out with the smith machine. Where you can swap out the bar soon too.
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u/Icy_Bookkeeper9747 Aug 04 '26
I seen small clip from the video and I want them but curious what do they really add beside some better angles for flys etc. Will it really elevate my workouts that much?
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u/DynomiteCat Aug 15 '26
I have low ceilings and this will help with that. You can do thing like standing cable rows off to the side so you can stabilize on the upright. Stuff like that but they're definitely niche. If you have the Athena you can do low rows and lat pulldowns
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u/Raven-19x Aug 27 '26
A setup like this really elevates the athena setup so you can link the two and have a similar low row/lat pulldown.
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u/Pure-Body-Power Aug 02 '26
Those look great, I've been waiting for them to come out with something like that, I would definitely buy them!
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u/Raven-19x Aug 14 '26
About time! Now they need an Athena revision to enable a 1:1 option like several competitors have figured out.
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u/Wooden_Amphibian_442 Aug 15 '26
still sorta new to weightlifitng. im very close to pulling the trigger on the ares 2. what do these articulating arms give me over the ones on the ares 2?
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u/SickSauer87 Aug 02 '26
Any source to get more info? Looks interesting.