The NEW Ritfit GAZELLE PRO 3-in-1 Leg Press and Hack Squat Machine Review

[@ritfit.sports]

We are very grateful to Jim for reviewing our Gazelle and for providing valuable suggestions for improving our products! We have already begun making adjustments and testing to address these issues. Rest assured, we are committed to resolving them! If you have purchased our products and have similar feedback, we encourage you to reply to us below.

[@killerkhatiby009]

Would love to see an updated M1 2.0 all-in-one rack with 4-way, numbered 1" holes on all the uprights (so rear ones as well) and smaller 2" on-center hole spacing! Keep the more standard 2" x 2" (50mm x 50mm) tube sizing too! Don't use 70mm x 50mm. Keep the larger ROM of the smith machine and hook pegs on the outside so it can get low to the ground and has more elbow room inside for pressing. Add a proper foot plate for low rows that's adjustable forward/back to get more distance from the pulley and easily removable. Add a leg press plate to the smith bar. Include leg holders for doing pulldowns. Make the pulley ratio switchable 2:1 and 1:1 with dual pulleys on each side. Increase the max and minimum pulley height for more ROM in pulldowns and low cable exercises. Lastly, add a weight stack option with dual 200lb+ stacks that include built-in plate horns on top of the stack to easily load heavier (see the MAXUM Fitness SX2). Price the weight stack version ideally only $500 to $1K max more but hopefully closer to the $500 (keep plate-loaded option around the same price as now). That would KILL on the market I think right now.

[@MackWarlock]

If you have already bought this unit and have all of the same issues are you going to send out parts to fix them or should we submit an RMA to return and purchase a new unit?

[@jacobliston7339]

@@ritfit.sports glad to hear this because I am still very much interested in the Gazelle!

[@ritfit.sports]

@@MackWarlock YES! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to our after-sales team at any time. We are committed to providing you with a satisfactory resolution. Thank you for your support and understanding!

[@ritfit.sports]

@@killerkhatiby009 Thank you very much for your insightful suggestions! We are currently upgrading the M1 2.0, and we will keep these recommendations in mind as we move forward with product development. The option for a replaceable weight stack may be coming soon, and we will take your suggested price range into consideration. Your detailed and constructive feedback is incredibly valuable to us, and we truly appreciate your engagement and support. Please stay tuned for more updates as we work to enhance your experience with our products!

[@Blitz88ITA]

happy to see you review yet equipments from other brands!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@Blitz88ITA thank you. A few people have been asking for it, so I wanted to try to work it in.

[@Blitz88ITA]

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews yes because your skills and experience in home gym equipments are wasted IMHO if you review only one brand products ☺

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ I really appreciate that. Thank you.

[@bobbyhunt3009]

Just watched video Hahaha, I figured you were gonna roll it out asap. Hey, look though, now you got yourself $1300 as soon as you sell it and that is why you accept all free stuff. So glad an honest guy did a review on budget stuff. That scrapping, squelling, and wobblying etc. would not have been told to us by the paid off reviewers then some people who dont know any better would've spent over a grand on a piece of junk. Hopefully everybody who is thinking about buying this piece watches your video. See why I dislike paid off reviewers so much Thnkx for your honesty and I knew something fun was coming when I saw Rit Fit in your thumbnail, Take Care Way to do your channel the RIGHT WAY!!!!!!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@bobbyhunt3009 thank you, BH! I sincerely appreciate it. As I mentioned earlier, I just gave this away for free. My neighbor came over with tractor and hauled it away. I’m lucky he had the equipment to move it because I don’t; and I really didn’t want to disassemble this.

[@bobbyhunt3009]

​@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Oh man, that was Chmas money. Haha Have a Great Chmas Bud

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@bobbyhunt3009 you too. Thanks, BH!

[@danto7931]

@@HomeGymHacksandReviewsI wish I were your neighbor. That is very nice of you

[@marywalton293]

"Would ya look at that?" Gotta love it when Ed makes an appearance. Great review. Very thorough!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@marywalton293 thank you! I try to work in Ed as much as possible. 🤓

[@killerkhatiby009]

Thank you for your unbiased review!! Really appreciate the level of detail you always bring to your videos. Honestly so hard to tell with the marketing of budget pieces what's actually worthwhile!! The noise and wobble where you can't even do single leg are deal-breakers for me. Honestly surprised this is a gen 3 and has these problems. Would be curious to see a review of the RitKeep Thunderbolt A10 Leg Press Hack Squat Combo. It seems to have the biggest foot plate of all the budget options I've seen and calls out the quite nylon rollers in their product photos! Also has more plate storage posts and seemingly an easier to adjust bottom foot plate! Though one thing I do wonder is why does nobody make a vertical hack squat + leg press combo so you don't have to load as many plates to reach the desired resistance. The mechanics should be almost exactly the same just rotating everything from 45° to 90°! I guess it's kind-of like a smith machine but with the back rest support and shoulder padding. I feel like the footprint may be able to shrink! At least on the ground, it would probably be taller vertically.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@killerkhatiby009 I really appreciate that. Thank you. I just looked at the RitKeep for the first time; there are some decent features on that machine. I am personally not a fan of vertical leg presses. When I have tried them in the past, they have always aggravated my lower back, but you’re right, the greater the angle, the less weight required.

[@killerkhatiby009]

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Yea the RitKeep definitely seems like an interesting option! Just wish it had linear bearings. And I agree most vertical leg presses are not designed well and kind-of suck. Have you tried with a smith machine and bench? I've found if you use a smith machine with an adjustable bench you can incline the back and seat pad slightly and lay backwards on the bench (head towards the seat so it holds you in place) which ends up angling the torso away from the bar/plate allowing more ROM with less back rounding and the vertical leg press becomes significantly better! You can also slide the bench forward or backwards in the smith to mimic higher/lower foot placement on a leg press plate if you're just using the bar. It basically becomes one of the most adjustable leg press options you could have since most benches have more settings than any leg press back rest and you have infinite positions forward/backwards to place the bench. It's just interesting that if you're able to do regular leg press at 45° I would think that taking the same comfortable setup for you and rotating everything (including the back rest and such) to 90° shouldn't really change much biomechanically, I would think you'd basically end up in the same positions! Would be really interesting if a company made a combo vertical hack squat and leg press like that. Especially if it's setup in a way to still allow declining the back rest and maybe having shoulder pads there as well to hold you in place so you can really angle your torso away from the sled to maximize ROM and minimize hip flexion which is what often leads to back rounding and discomfort when ankle mobility is limited and you can't drive the knees forward more.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ when I had the IM 2000 and Leg Press footplate, I tried vertical leg presses with various bench positions; unfortunately, nothing worked for me. I have to be very careful with 45 degree leg presses. If I don’t have the squat wedge on the platform and the ab mat behind me, I will tweak my lower back. I will mention, my lower back is a unique case: I can’t even do seated cable rows.

[@killerkhatiby009]

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Man that's rough!! Sorry to hear that ☹. Honestly don't know if I'd have the guts to do hack squat again after something like that so hats off to you for doing this review!! Hopefully we can see some more machine reviews like this in the future! The space needs some more unbiased reviews on the more entry-level options like you did here! A lot of the time it seems like random channels post what are more like ads for a product they were probably sent for free under the requirement they post something rather than actual reviews talking about the pros and cons and quality having really used it.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@killerkhatiby009 thank you. If I had more space and more time, I would definitely take on more reviews like this.

[@NICURN]

Jim; you killed it, superb info. I'm going to buy my final leg rig in May '25 for my golden years and I needed this review to weed out the bugs. Keep up the good work! :)

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@NICURN appreciate it. Thank you.

[@TheCarterHomeGym]

Thanks for being honest about this machine HGHR. Hopefully they use your review to improve upon this design. The community needs solid budget options.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@TheCarterHomeGym thank you, Carter. It definitely sounds like RitFit is already taking the steps to improve this machine and I expect a fix will be offered soon.

[@jacobliston7339]

I appreciate your honesty. I had high hopes for this, it looks great in their advertisements and the price isn't too bad. A real kick in the teeth to hear it has so many issues.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@jacobliston7339 thank you. The pictures online look really good. As I mentioned in the video, the reverse hack assembly looks awesome online, but the pictures don’t match the finished product.

[@LukesGarageGym]

my bad on me I commented before actually sitting down and watching your full video. Just got home and watched it all the way thru. I assumed based off all the upgrades that this would be a different story. Good on you taking this on and being transparent. Ritfit is good about that too on listening. Tell Mr. Asshat who commented earlier to go shove it

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@LukesGarageGym RitFit did say the product development team would resolve this issue and take care of any customers who encounter the issues I experienced. Luckily, this is a fairly new product, so I don’t think a lot of this unit has shipped.

[@LukesGarageGym]

@ love that!! Kudos to them for taking your feedback. keep up the amazing work for us bro!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ thank you, LGG!

[@guyjsx]

I had these same exact issues. Wish I would have seen this review before buying. Ritfit is trying to address the wobbling issue, but I don’t like being a test subject for what was supposed to be production ready.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@guyjsx in this video, I mentioned I would be interested to hear if others experience the same issues I encountered; thank you for letting me know.

[@guyjsx]

@HomeGymHacksandReviews even the issue with the bolt on the hand rail coming loose when you open and close them. I can tighten them but like you said it makes them too difficult to use. Another major issue I saw was the safety stopper not aligning at all when the system bottomed out. Did you notice that?

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ I did not notice that on mine.

[@JimmyBeans84]

I almost pulled the trigger on this. Thank you for saving me a ton of money!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@JimmyBeans84 I appreciate you checking out the video.

[@fwiffo42]

Very detailed review! It looks nicer than some of their other machines but it still misses the mark.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

Thank you and very true.

[@davidkangas361]

A good honest, unbiased review that rips the lid off of the pros and cons of this brand of leg press, and in some ways, for leg press machines in general. At least as far as what to look and watch out for.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@davidkangas361 thank you, David. I had high hopes for this machine but I’m glad I was able to see how it compares to some of the other equipment I’ve had / have.

[@davidkangas361]

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews Yes, you have more gym floor space than most, but equipment must nevertheless earn their own place in your gyms.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ very true.

[@cdodmcerry4770]

Nice to see some honest reviews. Too many folks hyping stuff up for those sweet affiliate $$$$.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@cdodmcerry4770 thank you. RitFit offered me an affiliate spot prior to this review and I politely declined.

[@bobbyhunt3009]

Okay, this is a surprise, I never thought I'd see a piece from Rit Fit, ER Kang, Mikolo, etc. on your channel. I didn't think you liked the budget companies but okay. Nothing wrong with accepting a free piece of equipment especially a $1300 piece, that's cash money Writing this before I watched the video and I know you will give an honest review so it's really good to see an honest guy review one of these budget pieces instead of watching those paid off reviewers who act like the piece & the company is the best piece and company that has ever been. Those guys embarrass themselves so much it is laughable buy what do they care, they just got a $1400 piece of ewuipment that they will sale ad soon as they turn off the camera but it sure does not help us customers at all. I'm glad you threw this piece & company in your repertoire so we can get honest reviews on it Take Care

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@bobbyhunt3009 thank you, BH. In good conscience, I wouldn’t sell this machine to anyone. In fact, I gave it away for free last night.

[@danto7931]

Thank you for your honest review. I was super close to ordering it. You just saved me $1200 disappointment 😂

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@danto7931 I’m glad to hear the video was helpful. Thank you.

[@copperallen38]

I ordered this at Black Friday and now I feel like I should have just stuck with the BLP01. I'm still waiting on the 3rd box to be delivered. I'll give it a shot and see if I have any of these issues. Hopefully, if there are issues, RitFit makes it right. I'm skeptical, based on how long its taking to even get the 3rd box for this thing.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@copperallen38 it sounds like RitFit will make everything right if you do encounter any issues and I hope you get that third box soon.

[@tbx59]

Good on you for being honest.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@tbx59 thank you for watching the review.

[@patch14s1]

Love this channel❤

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@patch14s1 thank you!

[@idkvolfenshtein2600]

Hey, love the review I have their prior model to this and I honestly quite like it. However The footplate is so tiny in compression but I noticed you added a extender on your video. Around the 11:47 mark. Whats the name of it? And how did you exactly set it up? I wonder if there is similar hacks like this. Love uour channel bro!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@idkvolfenshtein2600 thank you. That is one of the squat wedges from Squatwedgiez. On my Powertec Leg Press I secured it to the platform with Velcro. For this video, because I didn’t want it to be permanent, I just used Bungee Cords (not nearly as secure as the Velcro). If you want to check out the exact model of wedge and the Velcro I use, they are linked in my Amazon Affiliate Store (description of this video). Although, as you mentioned, the footplate on this model is quite a bit bigger so my wedge won’t fit on your model as well. Also, you wouldn’t want to use Velcro because you will need to take the wedge off to go between exercises and the Velcro I use is so strong that any time you remove the wedge, it will pull the adhesive off the platform and wedge.

[@Scottsdale_GarageGym]

That’s half the price of my Force USA model. And it seems it’s worth 2X the price based on your review. Nice job being honest even though you got it for free.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

From everything I’ve seen, the Force is the best machine in this category - so I’m glad that’s the one you have.

[@calvinlawn3457]

Sorry to hear you got hurt on a Cybex hack. I use one of the newer models (round tubing) at my commercial gym and I love it. I wear squat shoes and I can get a very deep range of motion (I’m 5’9”) and I can just barely bottom it out safely if I had to. That said, I always ask for a spot just in case because I don’t want to take the risk of getting pinned. That’s why I’m quite skeptical of most home gym, especially budget, leg machines. Anything that I’d use quite a lot of weight and could crush me (hacks, pendulum, even leg press) is not something I want to take the risk with. I went with the GMWD belt squat because it was so small, only $700, and I could always rack it or safely bottom it out. I found it worth it (although one benefit of the BoS model is that you can pull against the safety for a bit extra stability and it may require less plates).

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@calvinlawn3457 good to hear you’re happy with the GMWD. I was happy to see this machine had a Range of Motion limiter. Unfortunately, for Hacks and Reverse Hacks, it just isn’t needed unless I use yoga blocks and a squat wedge.

[@babygiantbarbell1014]

Very thorough, objective review, HGHR!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@babygiantbarbell1014 thank you, BGB!

[@thebodybeatdownDiTi]

sometimes when something looks too good..well....Good job on the video.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

Thank you, BBD!

[@BasementBrandon]

No interest in this for the reasons you mentioned initially but had to swing by after your IG post 😂

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@BasementBrandon I appreciate it, BB!

[@tayadotam]

Thanks for this review!! Can you tell us where you got your squat wedge from?

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@tayadotam thank you. It’s from Squatwedgiez. I have the exact model I’m using linked in my Amazon Affiliate Store (the description of this video).

[@tayadotam]

@@HomeGymHacksandReviews thank you! Will follow your link 👍

[@Derek87829]

I think Ritfit will eventually rival Titan. They're just very new and green now.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@Derek87829 I’ll be interested to see what the future holds for all of the home gym equipment companies. Hopefully, competition will bring about improved quality and innovation.

[@richardmaier8864]

Is Powertec planning to offer a combo leg press & hack squat machine

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@richardmaier8864 it was a piece we talked about while I was there, but it wasn’t in development at the time…I’m not sure if that’s changed since the summer.

[@mattbousquet3647]

Have you looked into the major fitness leg press/hack squat combo? I’m in the market for one of these machines

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@mattbousquet3647 I just looked it up for the first time. At that price, I would spend a little extra and get something a little nicer.

[@stormlord3309]

Good honest review . I’m in the market for a leg press / hack combo . Like yourself I’m selling my pendulum Machine , simply to replace with versatility. What would you recommend based on what you have seen / heard ? Does the force USA version have a good depth?

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

Thank you. Without having tried it, the Force seems to be the most well received and I have not heard about depth issues.

[@MackWarlock]

I bought this and rollers are a bad design. If you not completely even you will get metal to metal contact. I fixed this with uhmd tape. For more depth on reverse hack squat just take out the pad and use the lower pads. The top pads are only good for standing calf raises.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

I shared what I found with RitFit and they said they will take care of any customers who are having any issues with the rollers. It may take a while to get replacement parts because it sounds like a fix will need to be manufactured.

[@respectall4653]

Questions about the powertec gym i ahve the old model thats not iso lateral could i just cut the middle bar to make it iso lateral ?

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

I thought about doing that on my last model, but never did. It should work, but I don’t want to guarantee it. If you do it, you may want to make a hole to connect the arms when need be (it makes raising and lowering the arms faster and easier at times, but you will need to get or make a pin).

[@WhistlerUK]

Nice toy, Have you looked at the Quantum Trainer ? Looking at getting one in a couple of months.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

I have strongly considered it; the price has been the biggest deterrent.

[@williamaustin6132]

@@HomeGymHacksandReviewstake another look in a few months when the next version is released

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@williamaustin6132 will do. Thanks for letting me know.

[@ProflexFitness]

FedEx is gonna do what FedEx does, lol, You got that right jack!

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@ProflexFitness lol! I’ve had so many issues with FedEx so it’s always a huge surprise when everything goes smoothly .

[@copperallen38]

Yup. I ordered this machine and got 2 of 3 boxes. One box was damaged and got sent back. I'm still waiting on RitFit to send that 3rd box back out. Unfortunately, this review took some wind out of my sail.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ keep me posted. I’ll be interested to hear if you experience any of the issues I encountered.

[@balboa0621]

14 gauge steel on a leg press should have been the first clue it would be trash.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@balboa0621 I don’t think RitFit even lists the gauge of steel, I had to compare it to what I had.

[@balboa0621]

@HomeGymHacksandReviews it's clearly 14 gauge, you are right. I have a GMWD leg rollers which is 14 gauge and it is featherweight compared to other things in my gym that I know to be 11 and 12 gauge. That's fine for something like a leg rollers which won't support much weight and, even if it fails, won't cause significant injury. But for exercises where the machine will get loaded with 300, 400, 700 pounds? That is extremely dangerous and no one should ever buy a product like that. If you haven't seen it yet, watch nofate24's review of a 14 gauge smith machine where the catches latch onto the upright holes. The steel sheared with a drop of 135. It was scary.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ yeah, I am not a fan of smith machines where the bar hooks latch into holes in the frame.

[@MackWarlock]

@@balboa0621 single point force vs a load being spread out is very different.

[@balboa0621]

@@MackWarlock it was 135 pounds and the upright sheared. 🤷‍♂️

[@TheMightyMrQuinn]

I get the feeling you partially did this review to let the budget options know to stop reaching out to you to promote their junk lol.

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@TheMightyMrQuinn I really did have high hopes for this machine based on the pictures and it being a Gen 2.

[@Sanchez669]

Ritfit = get rid of it, fast

[@exodia_exodia]

Couple thoughts: (1) You gotta wonder if they even tested this new design before mass producing it? These misses are significant for a v2 (2) This machine is trash

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@@exodia_exodia agreed. I mentioned that at some point in this video: how did this leave product development? I went back and made sure I assembled everything correctly, checked and rechecked the rollers, and I even had my wife come out to the garage to assess the issues with the machine as I was using it just to make sure everything was correct on my end.

[@guyjsx]

I was losing my mind after I put mine together. They are sending me new rollers. They said I was the first person to complain

[@HomeGymHacksandReviews]

@ I hope that resolves the issue. If you have a chance, please let me know how it goes.