REP Fitness PR-1100 Power Rack
A genuine entry-level cage — 2x2 in 14-gauge steel and a 700 lb capacity — which is a real rack, but a category below the 2x3 budget standard.
Specs
| Material | 2 x 2 in, 14-gauge steel |
|---|---|
| Hole spacing | 3 in |
| Hole size | 1 in |
| Hardware size | 3/8 in |
| Rackable capacity | 700 lb |
| Rack height | 85 in |
| Rack width | 58.1 in |
| Rack depth | 48.5 in |
| Working area | 44 in W x 24 in D x 79 in H |
| Rack weight | 130 lb |
These figures are copied from REP Fitness’s own published specs and were last checked on 2026-08-31. Manufacturers revise products without notice, and variants differ. Confirm anything your decision depends on with REP Fitness before you buy.
Choose this one if
- Your budget genuinely stops here, and the alternative is no rack at all
- You have a low ceiling and want to invert the pull-up bar to shorten it
- You lift well inside 700 lb and expect to keep doing so
The detail
Read the steel spec before anything else. The PR-1100 is 2x2 inch 14-gauge with 3/8 inch hardware and a 700 lb rackable capacity. That is a category below the 2x3 inch 11-gauge, 5/8 inch hardware racks that make up the budget standard — the Titan T-3 is rated 1,100 lb on the same shelf. This page exists partly to say that plainly, because "entry-level rack" covers two quite different things and the difference is load-bearing.
Hole spacing is 3 inches, with 1 inch holes. Not Westside, not tightened through the bench zone — so setting J-cups and safeties at exactly the right press height is a matter of taking the nearest of three, not the nearest of one. On a bench press that is the spacing you notice most.
What you get for it is a real four-post cage with a genuine working area of 44 by 24 inches, a multi-grip pull-up arch, and numbered uprights. At 130 lb assembled it is also the one rack here that a single person can move.
The pull-up bar inverts to reduce overall height, which is a thoughtful touch for a basement and is the feature most likely to matter in the decision.
Buy it if 700 lb comfortably exceeds anything you will rack and the budget is the binding constraint. If you expect to grow into heavier work, the money is better spent once on 2x3 steel than twice.