REP Fitness ARES 2.0 Functional Trainer Rack Impressions!

Sam from REP walks Coop through their brand-new Ares 2.0 functional trainer system at FIBO 2024!
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0:00 - REP Fitness ARES 2.0 Functional Trainer Rack Impressions!
0:16 - Overview
0:51 - Why a 2.0 Iteration?
1:51 - Will There be an Upgrade Path from the Original Ares?
3:01 - Changes to the Low Row
6:59 - What to Expect for Assembly and Installation
8:16 - REP's Stainless Steel Uprights
8:54 - Pricing Expectations
9:58 - Increasing Competition
10:25 - Final Thoughts
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[@bullmooseathletics]

As a 1.0 owner, I am VERY pleased to see that REP is listening to consumer reports and implementing improvements. Also as a 1.0 owner, would anyone like to buy my 1.0?

[@MrMoosefire]

Where are you located at ... might be interested

[@HughLeFitness]

I'm waiting for the 3.0 LOL

[@brianz5579]

I'll buy it, I give you best price, $34.50 (be a man)

[@BillXiongFilms]

Where are you located? I’d be interested 😂

[@LK-wz4dh]

Depending on where you're living. I would be interested

[@joshuavisalli4403]

Love that REP can admit that they made something that wasn’t great in the urethane handle and can laugh it off. Being honest is refreshing to the customer.

[@williamwallace410]

The urethane handle is an excellent handle.

[@meanpie13]

I get why people who ordered the 1.0 are upset, but at the same time, almost every product we buy is going to have a newer version released at some point. If Rep doesn't keep innovating, another company will.

[@EJH-jn6mo]

Agreed, early adopters of anything should anticipate eventually getting screwed. Don’t always rush to be the first unless you’re okay with know that.

[@J-dog44]

I think REP is a great company. Great products and innovation and they listen to their customers. I'm definitely getting the Ares 2.0 when it comes out. Coop does a great job bringing all of this stuff to us so that we can make informed decisions. Keep up the good work!

[@123.MikeCheck]

Gotta love what Rep is doing! They keep moving forward.

[@chocopong98]

Very excited for the review of this product. Thank you for the preview.

[@Timeus]

That doom face capture 😂 I'm hype to hear about it

[@MidnughtMerauders]

Gonna start saving and get the 3.0 next year

[@HanlonsRazr]

Dang, that thing is beautiful!!!! ❤😍 Way to go, Rep!! 👊💯

[@ScottO84]

Waiting for these stainless components to hit the site!

[@NPow94]

So glad I went with Rep

[@majorgear1021]

Why?

[@heathenarmyfitness9698]

Looks like a decent set of improvements. Love what REP is doing!

[@champio517]

With the bench sliding into the ares, I would love a leg extension/leg curl attachment for the bench using the ares cables.

[@Markinator83]

Body Solid sells such a bench

[@CraftLulz]

Inspire fitness sca bench with the leg extension attachment works..i use it on my ares 1.0 just fine

[@jacktyler5241]

Oh man those stainless uprights. 🤤

[@fredrik354]

I'm happy I found this channel. I'll be getting myself a house in the next couple of months, hopefully, and need a garage gym for sure :D Great video! I've never seen a functional trainer before.. maybe it's worth a try?

[@urbaitis4999]

2.0 looks amazing! Still love my 1.0 (with the knurled handles tho lol)

[@SimonLi]

bouta sell my old rogue rack fr. REP is the new GOAT in home gym equipment

[@djbakasan]

I made the switch about a year ago after a decade of a Rogue rack as my foundation. Haven’t looked back at all, but my Athena setup has been such a game changer for my gym.

[@BarbsCozyCorner]

The handles doom face reference was gold 😅

[@mpwoodru]

Yes review the 2.0 please!

[@seanm3684]

Incredible company that really listens to its consumers!

[@Eccles_basement_gym]

Dont take Coops word for it. Check it out for yourself at Home Gym Con next weekend April 26 in French Lick, IN

[@fwiffo42]

I know I will! That way I can compre it to the Rogue FM-6!

[@JohnGalanek]

Why is this con in the middle of nowhere!?

[@slowdeath3856]

@@JohnGalanek You wanna host it at your house?

[@JohnGalanek]

@@slowdeath3856 sure do! But it won’t be free.

[@slowdeath3856]

@@JohnGalanek then it’ll be in French Lick.

[@tonya7699]

Ares 2.0 looks like the clear choice. All the feedback plus even more upgrades they thought about. Putting my whole rack and ares on marketplace and getting the new one in clear coat with the new ares 2.0

[@filipg1401]

Do you still prefer the dual Athena’s with lat pull/ low row attachment or does the ares 2.0 change your opinion?? I plan on buying one of those later this year. Can’t decide

[@gfamania]

Same question I have 🙃 I’d assume he would address it in his review

[@joeschmo2693]

That is freaking sweet. That, a Rogue Rhino & a deadlift platform would make a pretty damn complete gym.

[@fatboitino2]

Nice. I was mad when Force USA upgraded their Compact Leg Press, right after I bought one- but was super pleased and appreciative that they turned it into a dual machine, for the exact same price- for future customers. As consumers, we also want things from brand we can be proud to support; and Rep is one of those brands

[@plmn93]

These functional trainers are really cool, but for the workouts they add compared to a simple high/low lat tower the prices are hard to justify. Definitely more of a want than need for most people. I do give Rep credit, they really listen to feedback and are constantly making improvements. Offhand I can't think of another fitness manufacturer that has ever come close. Rep has earned their success.

[@SkullKid467]

From a physical therapy perspective I think they are easy to justify. Especially if your rack is for the whole family to share and you have parents working on mobility and kids working on strength gains. I use my rack with weights, bands, functional training, calisthenics. It all just depends on your personal workout goals I suppose but probably not for everybody. Glad to see it as an option and that Rep is improving their designs though!

[@plmn93]

@@SkullKid467 Yes, I can see the benefit for physical therapy, but that would still fall outside of what "most people" need IMO. I just think these things are overhyped. They have their place,

[@mattymat1616]

Hard disagree, they are a one stop shop for just about any exercise you want. Especially when you consider attachments that are compatible for the rack.

[@plmn93]

@@mattymat1616 Yep I'd like to support Rogue and American manufacturing but they just flat out refuse to offer even simple things, like a rack-attached lat tower. They try to dictate what you should want while Rep gives you pretty much anything you could want at this point.

[@douglowry7382]

​@@plmn93 I echo this sentiment. It is 100% the reason I have a PR5000 in my garage instead of a Rogue.

[@SmokinBuddha]

I'll wait for the 3.0 😄

[@user-zs7kv9dd3p]

Does it have any band pegs options, I didn't see that mentioned. I like that on the Athena with selectorized attachment. Trying to decide between the two and really like that option.

[@jasonmitchell8883]

awesome I would love to find a great deal on the 1.0

[@KenanTurkiye]

Get the popcorn ready people ! :))

[@raps7027]

I do like the changes they made with the low row pulley, and a few other little details. However, to sell my 1.0 and take it apart and get my friends who spent 6-8 hours assembling it is not worth the hassle and pain. I really wish they had options to add on and not have to purchase a whole new Ares. I have Rep ISO arms with Vendetta Adaptors, as well I just purchased the Off rack storage unit to store all my rep urethane 5 to 75 pound dumbbells, so it would just be a nightmare to take everything apart and try and sell my old Ares just for a few new improvements. As well many people pointed out they will most likely come out with a 2.5 or a 3.0 etc in the near future? Innovation is just part the process. (which can be a good thing or bad thing for some people.)

[@JohnGalanek]

Rep, make the outer pulley’s even wider by putting them on buttresses. Also add a third, middle upright between the weight stacks to allow for mounting a seat for lat pulldowns like on the adonis, hell, it could allow the double pulley to ride in a carriage as well and be fully adjustable.

[@TheDexDrive]

DUDE you where on the FIBO?! Man that would have been awsome if i would have seen you.

[@bubba5805]

So excited that I didnt get the 1.0 when they first came out!!

[@coolcatrich]

Me too! I can't wait for the 10.0! That's probably how long it will take for me to save the money to get one!

[@marvellstarks2434]

That ain't nothing to he excited about. I'm having a blast with the 1.0

[@user-qp7us8gg4l]

I would like to see Rep design more rack Attachments than just coming out with new, bigger, more expensive machines (Adonis). Functional trainer after functional trainer, version 1.0, to 2.0.

[@Trey_Murder]

Going to get this on black Friday this year

[@OMGwtfBS]

FOMO on the SS uprights kickn in

[@benbarnett1076]

I actually love the bilateral movements you can do with the 1.0 pulleys. The 2.0 moved all the pulleys close together and I'm not sure it'll feel the same. TBH I'd rather just have the 1.0 low row mod from Anderson Welding and keep the width of the pulleys for single arm movements. Feels like the only true improvements on this are a slightly shallower stack for incline pressing in the rack and a very minor width increase on the trolley pulleys for flyes.

[@garybritting1892]

I agree. Please send me the link for the low row mod company. Thanks!

[@mikeanderson535]

I'd love to see that mod too

[@CMartel002]

Going onto the Christmas wish list! Santa, you know the deal!

[@cryptologic6002]

LOVE my Ares. Pretty much impossible to sell it to get the 2.0.

[@Yogiraj1969]

Yep... Don't even know if it's worth trying to even sell...

[@mikeworkman1759]

Right! You need to have a buyer that has not only another Rep rack but it has to be the same configuration Rep rack as the one you currently have, and be local to you...that's a very small market...

[@douglowry7382]

​@@mikeworkman1759I sold my Rep lat pulldown so it is possible.

[@tstoke7877]

That also somehow doesn’t know about the 2.0 version’s existence that they could just buy for themselves 🤔 I think it will be a lot harder to sell the 1.0s second hand than Coop is making it out to be

[@douglowry7382]

@@tstoke7877 it's all about how much you want to lose and the cost of switching. If I didn't already have something I'd buy an Ares 1.0 at 50-60% cost of 2.0 to save the money.

[@CoreyGriffith-sh6dk]

In your opinion, Is the way to go still The Dual Athena + Lat/Low? Or does the Ares 2.0 win out?

[@davidb1975a]

These bastards!!! I wish I didn't see this.. I do enjoy the original Ares. But, I really like the changes they made for the 2.0. If I end up buying a different house, then I'd buy a brand new PR5000 with the Ares 2.0.

[@pipozZz]

Dang, Coop really brought the heat to this interview. 😂

[@CaptainThemerica]

I have the ForceUSA X15 and use the heck out of it, but it definitely has enough quirks (which the Ares addresses) for me to dream about buying the REP version. Not sure about justifying the cost vs. other things I’d like for my space, but the Ares is just so beautifully designed.

[@Oqa32467]

If you really just want the lat pull and low row, is it better to just get that attachment for your pr5000? Is the quality still there ? Is it a smooth, good workout ?

[@THEREALTWISTEDINSANE]

I was right about to buy the ares tomorrow 😁

[@Realdealbrianfliar]

Do you have anything you are currently using or you have no cables for a few months until the area 2.0 ships in aug-Oct depending on demand out of the gate?

[@THEREALTWISTEDINSANE]

@Realdealbrianfliar I have an inspire ft2 for cables .....until

[@murdog04]

Are you going to do a separate video on the REPxPepin dumbbells? You mentioned it at the beginning of this video but never covered them.

[@Robert-ze6vd]

Coop, I need a review of the new sorinex adjustable lever arms. I want to know if the differences are more than cosmetic.

[@TheGhu123]

how much depth does it add to the back or is the weight stack flush with the back uprights?

[@SultanXtreme]

Could the pulley system along the front upright be upgraded on the Athena to be similar to the ares 2.0? The limited height and inability to add more attachments is a bummer. I have an 80” rack.

[@marquesstar1010]

germany !!! best fitness expo :)

[@davidstrunk]

Just bought "reppins". Thank you for your reviews. August. Beginning home gym, have bike, dumbbells, and body weight. What's, next?

[@fisherjacobe]

I watch your stuff all the time and I’m going to be building my home gym soon. I would love to see a comparison between barbells specifically rep and rogue. I am looking at getting an Olympic bar for bench a deadlift bar and Saftey squat bar. If there’s a in-depth comparison on these or if you could make one that would be legitness!!!

[@jasonbond3567]

How well do you think the low row will work as a belt squat? I’d worry with the higher cable attachment points with the 2.0 compared to the 1.0 would make such as use case less functional.

[@christophernichols-nv1zp]

If the aeres 1.0 is on sale, is it still worth the wait for the 2.0 or get the aeres at 1.0 at 20% off?

[@Leonidas0724]

Coop they better be giving you commission. I bought the Athena/ Power rack 5000/ Lat pulldown for work gym because of your review last year. This year I love that thing at works so much I just bought the Ares 2.0 and power rack 5000 for home. Kinda looking forward to it more than the athena/lat pulldown combo. Seems like it will have more functionality and only have to have 2 weight stacks instead of 3. Glad i watched this vid today as i was going to pull the trigger on the Bells of steel weight stack/rack. Figured F it, few more grand for the ‘Crêmê dê lê Gym’ option. 1 and done sir

[@skittlesnbeer]

2.0 looks good, I am just sad that I got my shipping receipt for the 1.0 the day before I got an email about the upcoming 2.0, so I was not able to stop the order :( The 1.0 is working great for me so I will be fine until I win the lottery.

[@mannybar88]

9:28 yaaasss!!

[@macmovieman1]

Selling my 5-year old rogue and moving to this Ares 2.0 functional trainer. I just need to check all of the measurements and I can keep the bars and weights but need to sell everything else I think? Not sure if I can use the J mounts or not or thinks like the safety straps.

[@Nick-1828]

Rep keeps pulling away from the competition! That cut out on the foot plate for their benches seems so simple yet genius!

[@toniscepanovic2938]

Please tell me whats the width and depth of this 6 post rack with Ares 2.0 included, struggling with space here.

[@H2OFSU]

Those cutouts for the BlackWing to fit into are the first “attachment” they’ve engineered for the BlackWing.

[@gifford888]

If this setup had a smith machine option, I’d be 100% in.

[@Eee00123]

Review that dumbell rack next to it 👀

[@chrisbesu817]

Hey Coop! It occurred to me that REP can make a lat pull/low row that does not stick out 30" basically using parts from the ares. I have Dual Athena's and would like to add a lat pull/ low row, but do not want to lose 30" in my home gym.

[@SquatSimp]

6:36 HAD ME DEAD

[@meissiah]

What's your opinion on the Ares 2.0 vs the cable system on the Eleiko Prestera Rack?

[@maxrockatansky4096]

I assume they aren’t charging the racks. So I can still add the ares at a later date?

[@user-mj8ml2vs5d]

The prime hlp is sick though

[@TheXILLR]

yeah prime hlp is so good because the lat pull down is better and the fact that you can adjust the height of the low row. Only thing is prime hlp is like twice the price when include taxes and shipping

[@joecowan3719]

How long until the 3.0? 😁

[@TheChris403]

Are there similar home gym equipment trade shows in the US?

[@jamesbassetti]

How does the 2.0 compare to the Prime Prodigy HLP Selectorized Rack?

[@CnC_Network]

When are we gonna see the review for the RepxPeppin?

[@davidstrunk]

Does the 4199 and 3000 bench fit jnto the Ares 2.0 also?

[@Justin-cy8is]

Buy this or Arcadia Max?

[@user-rb5em8zl7i]

Dang it... Give me the Wall mount review already! I'm dieing, P.S. ily

[@stephenkelly8524]

I’d be curious for more information on this stainless steel. Specifically, Ive heard that imported (Chinese specifically) stainless steel is of a significantly less quality than Northern American. Specifically around its resilience to rust.

[@christopherlopez9207]

I have the 1.0…I’m gonna buy the 2.0 then 6 months later they’re gonna come out with the 3.0 lol

[@phreum]

rip just built my 1.0 yeaterday. Anyways it's totally capable so not much to cry about.

[@ccclaw13]

Yup. I got mine in December. And I don't think this is shipping until after summer anyway so I'm not gonna stress about it. The upgrades are fairly minor. I guess with my frame I don't have an issue sitting on the ground or scraping my shins on rows with a bar although I do throw down a blue foam pad to sit on. And I'm not wide enough that I need the handles to be out further for flies. I use a bar on pulldowns too so I can't see the benefit of the top swivels either. I guess it might be better if you did things unilateral but so far I haven't needed to. I do squats in the rack but I do bench off the front with spotter arms. Not really a big deal either

[@markj3175]

Technically, you have 30 days to send it back, but I imagine it was a pain in the ass putting that thing together so I’d probably just keep it lol

[@LindsbergeDiaz]

COOP, CAN YOU SHOW US HOW TO CLEAN A REP FITNESS BENCH PAD

[@mikeanderson535]

It seems to me that there could at least be a conversion kit for 1.0 owners. the weight stack looks the same, but the orientation should be a relatively easy adjustment. I think the low row changes should be capable of converting. I'd certainly pay for an upgrade kit, but just getting rid of my whole 1.0 to get an upgraded low row is kinda silly

[@maximumgear]

Coop, after seeing you at Germany’s version of homegymcon , I thought it would be a lock see you at the 1 here in the United States.

[@chrishughes5718]

How does the Major Lutie lightning F35 compare to these functional trainer?

[@psykalag]

I just wish they made a 90° insert for the bottom plate so I could use it from a bench and higher up

[@FLBoyCanScrap]

Id buy REP stock.

[@myanime101]

did they say you can incline bench with a 4 post ares 2.0? what about just a 16-inch ?

[@toniscepanovic2938]

It's been years of waiting for REP to come to Europe, it always says Soon(TM) but still nothing.

[@daywizzle]

Since you’re in Germany right now, are they selling in / shipping to Germany?

[@Frennemydistinction]

Wans't the point of them being at FIBO to announce they are going to have distribution in Europe?

[@lastfirst2241]

Ask those nerds about stand options for the Reppins.

[@brettp_DO]

I’m drooling 🤤. So beautiful!!

[@Enyalus87]

I want one of these things but they seem like a nightmare to set up/build so idk.

[@fordraven5884]

There is way too much attachment at this point. I just go to the local gym. But this is pretty good for a person that lives out in the country.

[@davidmarquez548]

The only thing missing is the integrated band pegs similar to what the rep arcadia offers. Slightly disappointed about this but definitely buying ares 2.0 as soon as it becomes available.

[@pontus.andersson]

Thats the issue with all kinds of 1.0 versions, its a beta test and there will be improvements.

[@ZacharieLegrand]

At 9:35 he mentions the ability to do 1:1 How exactly is this possible when there is a pulley right on top of the weight stacks ?

[@turkishdelight6032]

8:15 Rep has been very hesitant to say what kind of stainless steel it’s using. It has to be a certain quality to actually be largely corrosion resistant

[@ryeann2567]

When you getting this in the garage for a full review, coop?

[@ElRey252]

I wonder if there will be a lat seat for this. 🤔

[@zamora7771]

Coop if you sell your 1.0 will be on your facebook marketplace?

[@hby7768]

"doom face" 🤣