Why the machines are shaped the way they are, what actually matters when you are fitting out a commercial floor, and what we learn building every one of these by hand.
Both are quad machines, both are plate loaded, and both come out of the same workshop. They are not the same movement. One swings on an arc built to load the quads at the very bottom of the squat. The other rides a fixed 35 degree track. Which one a floor needs first depends on who trains on it.
Read articleBoth are glute machines, and they are often treated as two answers to the same question. They are not. The Hip Thrust is built to load the glutes at the top, fully shortened. The 2n1 Hip Press is built to load them at the bottom, fully stretched. A floor with both has the whole range covered.
Read articleTwo hack squats come out of the same workshop, on the same 35 degree frame and the same wheels. One fits three movements into a single footprint. The other does one of them and is always ready to do it. Which one a floor needs depends on how busy it is, not on which is better.
Read articleTwo pulldowns come out of the same workshop, and the question we are asked most often is which of them to buy. They are not two versions of one machine. They pull in different planes, they load differently, and a floor running both is not duplicating anything.
Read articleIt is on our homepage, and it is on the page of every machine you are comparing ours with, which is exactly why the phrase settles nothing on its own. Here is what we mean by it, the five questions that carry more than the words do, and our answers to all five.
Read articleEvery Citadel machine is plate-loaded, so we have an obvious bias and we would rather say it out loud than pretend otherwise. Here is the honest version: what each type is actually good at, what breaks first on both, and the floors where selectorised is the right call.
Read articleEvery machine in the Citadel range fits lifters from 142cm to 203cm, and the pendulum squat from 137cm. Here is what that range actually means, which adjustments do the work, and how to check any machine on any showroom floor before you commit a purchase order to it.
Read articleThe shoulder does not move in a plane, so a bar that does will fight it somewhere. What a slightly adducting path changes, from the very first rep.
Read articleFloor space is the most expensive thing in a gym. A blunt look at which movement patterns justify a dedicated machine and which ones you can cover another way.
Read articleLinear bearings are the obvious choice on paper. Under off-axis load, which is exactly what a heavy set produces, they bind. What we use instead, and how it ages.
Read articleMost manufacturers offer three frame colours because coating is outsourced and batched. Ours is done down the road, which is why yours is a real choice.
Read articleA long warranty is only as honest as the conditions attached to it. What ours covers, what it assumes, and why bolting the machine down is not fine print.
Read articleMuscle grows best where it is loaded in a stretched position. That is also where most machines quietly stop supporting you. Here is how the 2n1 Hip Press is built around it.
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