PowerTec Rack Installed (photos included)
I must say, building this rack from PowerTec was so dam easy. It’s a good thing since they completly mislabled the numbers on the plastic bags for each post and bar, funny really! Every nut and bolt was the same size, no messing around trying to match things up. Also, sturdy as a brick house. I love it!
I just got my weights today, bought them used at 50cents/pound. They arent olympic but no worries since the price was right. Also have a stand for the weights. From the 4 install steps below you can see how quickly this comes together. You can also see what my wife did with the bolts when I was in the garage sorting out the parts. I got this from this site as well as 10% off and free straps (asked for in the comments section) and a free tshirt included with the purchase price. And to top it all off, free shipping! $314 total.
And then, the next step was absolute hell. Putting together a Body Solid bench was a nightmare. This thing had four seperate containers of different sized washers, nuts, bolts etc. The cusions did not go on well at all and I had to fight to get them on in the end. And all together it was very confusing. However, it is very strudy and comfortable and looks fabulous!
This was $228 from BigFitness.com and shipping was free (no tax).
With my wifes surgery and two weeks of vacation in August I will be starting to lift Sep 1st. In the meantime its my 3x/week rowing, lost another .5lbs this week. 
