Body-Solid Powerline P2LPX Home Gym Equipment with Leg Press, Grey/Black

Assembly was not as difficult as was seen in various reviews. Instructions could be better but there are assembly videos on line that help if needed. The videos are provided by individuals who have completed assembly of the machine. We completed assembly in about 5 days working primarily in the evenings. I am not an assembler but do assemble many products that I purchase when necessary and did assemble a home gym previously about 25 years ago. Good quality home gym.

The equipment is very nicely built. Heavy duty enough for ANYONE'S home gym. Assembly took me 10 hours. I'm an engineer and pretty handy with tools. The instruction book included an addendum of corrections. Even with that, there were a couple of places where the instructions said to use a certain part number of bolt and there were none left of that number. There were other part numbers that were never requested. I was able to look at the sizes and match up the "extra" part numbers to the depleted part numbers and get the thing assembled without too much frustration. The leg press is sold, packaged, and shipped as a separate item so the installation instructions basically have you assemble the main frame first then disconnect some of it to add the leg press. I tried working setting up the leg press in parallel so I wouldn't have to undo work that was completed, but in the end was not able to save any time this way. I was expecting the 160# weight stack but it arrived with the full 210# so don't go buying the extra weights until you see what arrives. Total shipment weight of the equipment was just over 600# - have some help handy. The heaviest box weighed about 150# and was way too bulky to handle safely by yourself. Once assembled I was very impressed with the quality of the equipment. This is as nice as the stuff I had access to in college. The only down side is the absolute and complete lack of any instructions for how to USE the equipment. The leg extension, leg press and chest press pieces are pretty obvious. In addition there are several (four?) rings where you can attach any one of several different types of handles/grips. I believe the manufacturer should provide a booklet showing the typical exercises that isolate particular muscle groups by attaching which handles/grips to which attach points and how to use them effectively. I was unable to find anything from the vendor and so far have found nothing from other third parties. Maybe I'll write one! If you have a basic understanding of how to use weight machines I believe you will be pleased with this purchase.

First the positive: once you get it up and running, it is a very good to excellent weight machine, and well worth the price when you consider gym memberships etc. It's a real luxury to have one of these in your home, and it's certainly better than having to wait around the gym for your turn on the machine (not to mention dealing with neanderthals and sweaters!).The leg press is okay. It's hard to get a good range of motion. I'm shorter, so I could have used another peg hole to move up closer to the press itself. I'm not much a believer in heavy weights over the long haul (I'm 55 and regret those years on the bench, squat and free weights - all terrible for the joints). This machine puts the right amount of tension for whatever levels and there are countless movements possible for whatever sport you do (mine is cycling).Now for the somewhat bad: it's a real bear to assemble - easily the hardest thing I've ever had to put together. The instructions get you started but get worse as you go along. It's way too easy to put it together incorrectly (and I'm still not sure I have it exactly right).On the plus side, there is good customer service for assembly help. They were responsive and worked through problems by sending pics through emails. That part was satisfying, but they could really use a revision on the manual. It took a loooong time to assemble!

This product was very difficult to assemble. When I saw the instructions, I started laughing. I can assemble most anything, but this was insane. There were no discriptions of parts, step by step assembly was vague. I decided to hire a handyman that had experience assembling these type of products.I belong to two gyms, so I really bought this machine for my son. When I finally decided to workout on the machine, I felt a bump when I was doing pulldowns. I realized that the plastic covering to the cable was getting torn. This product has two holes where the cable travels through. The cable was not centered because the handyman cannot center it. The pulleys are twisted, and we can't figure out why. I was looking at the frame, and it might be off center. Anyway, as the cable was traveling through the pulleys, it rubbed the edge of the hole which is very sharp. This caused the plastic cable cover to tear. So, we cannot workout on the machine because the the steel part of the cable may damage the pulleys.I emailed Fitness Factory relating the the problem, and they are sending a new cable. If the frame is indeed off centered, I will probably will not ship it back. It will too much of a hassle.I'm somewhat disappointed with the product. I was expecting a gym that would work correctly. I'm sure that this is a fine machine when everything fits. Fitness Factory will probably say that the product was not assembled correctly. That is usually the typical response, but maybe not. Besides, I can't get blamed for the assembly part, since I did hire a professional that assembles weight machines ($275.00 dollars later).But on the positive side, they are adhearing to the warrenty. Without questions. If your a handyman, and everything fits correctly, you have a very good and productive weight machine.I did rate the product low, but Fitness Factory has been very helpful. No complaints about them.Cheers,David