ANGLES90 Dynamic Training Grips Review:

Angles 90: versatile, compact, and priced right.

These handles are an extremely useful for a wide variety of exercises, and for those of us with nagging shoulder, wrist, or elbow injuries they can be very handy in alleviating some of that paint.

About the Handles:

These handles are pretty straight forward, like the picture above they are some sort of non slip plastic material with a strap rated for 400 pounds per handle. They were originally developed from a ski handle and evolved into what you see above. From personal experience I can tell you they are extremely conformable and natural to use. There are a variety of grip options, I prefer the ERGO grip, but for some more info you can check out their page Here: https://angles90.com/pages/ergo-power

What I like:

The Angles 90 do a great job at doing exactly what they set out to, let your arm move more naturally through a pulling motion. For those of us with issues in the tendons throughout our arms having something that allows you to rotate in the way that feels best is great. If you've ever been doing bench and felt that shoulder tension, then switched to a multigrip bar and felt how natural that neutral grip can be, this provides that for all your pulling movements.

The sheer variety of things you can do with this is ridiculous. I originally bought it for deadlifts, between my hip, back and shoulder I was having issues. This seemed like an in-between for straight bar deadlift and trap bar, and cost way less than a Rogue trap bar, and it worked perfectly for that. It is also great in place of a T-Bar handle for land mine rows, seated rows, and even pull ups. Speaking of pull ups, close grip and wide grip, no problem. I have used this for virtually any pulling motion you could think up on my functional trainer, I've pulled my sled with them, I've used them with bands, I've even used them on my rower. The angles of my rowing handles always tweaked me a bit, but these let you go neutral. If it's a bit to long you can shorten the strap (pictured above).

If you buy them and a set of their straps, it opens up dips, "ring rows", push ups and if you check out their Instagram there is a whole mess of nonsense exercises people have come up with to use them for.

On top of all that, they also sell bands, ankle straps, and a pulley system to use with them. Now me personally I am not looking to carry "GYM in a BAG" I prefer a 2+ car garage to carry my gym around, but I am a man of culture and taste. However, if you're going to be spending some time in a hotel or whatever, I know people travel I just don't understand it, their Athlete bundle would let you get a solid workout.

https://angles90.com/collections/onlineshop/products/a90-athlete-set

What I don't like:

No real cons here for the handles. If you like this sort of thing it does exactly what it is supposed to and does it at a very fair price for the level of sheer variety you can achieve. Personally lots of the ad ons leave a little to be desired for me.

The straps in particular aren't my favorite. They are a bit short for my use, and for the same price you can get some really nice straps on amazon. The Cable system as well is something I feel is more born out of everything that went down in 2020. It has utility, but it's something you use because you have to, not because you want to. That's not a knock on their product, it's more of a reality of all those pulley systems, they'll get you by, but really you'd rather have a pulley tower or a functional trainer as soon as it's in the budget.

Conclusion:

Should you buy a pair of Angles90? At $50 they are a good deal, but it depends, like with most equipment on if you're going to use it. From a pure value and quality standpoint, get them. They are well made and well priced. From there, if you've got any tendon issues, they're also a no brainer, personally they take a lot of paint out of movements for me.

If you own any kind of lat machine, cable machine, or even a landmine they are a pretty compelling attachment at the price. Honestly if you decide to give up on all the fitness crap they make a pretty nice carry handle for all sorts of things. You'll definitely be able to one trip it with groceries, or loop it through your toddlers overalls, makes a nice little attachment point.

Here's a link to their store:

https://angles90.com/collections/onlineshop

While you're there check out their studies too, lots of great info on what they're all about.

Feel free to reach out with any specific questions, here or over on my Instagram. I'll also post the video review below.

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Titan Fitness Roller J cup / J Hooks

By Robert Holthouse • November 23, 2021

I purchased these J cups (Titan Refers to them as J hooks on their site) about a year ago. I really liked the idea of the roller cups for a couple reasons. First those minor adjustments you always make when setting up for a lift would be easier, and second those minor adjustments wouldn't rip the UMHW plastic off my J cups. Being that I lift primarily with a Rogue Ohio Power Bar, the removal of plastic happens pretty fast. About the J Cups: Anyone and I mean anyone whose seen the Ghost Strong Roller J Cups has desired to own a pair, but at roughly the cost of my entire rig for a single un customized pair it's not exactly something I am planning on spending that hard earned Facebook marketplace flipping money on. In steps Titan undercutting entire market segments with their take on the roller j cup. Currently at $74.99 (definitely going up currently out of stock 11/22/21 and the smaller versions have already hit $90) for my X3 rig (they make a 1" hole variant for their TITAN rig, and a 2x3 for their t3 rig), it was a no brainer for a second set of cups for my rig. The weight capacity is listed at 1000 lbs per pair in their specs, but oddly a photo on the page says 2000 lbs, I am not sure which is accurate, but as there is not a change I am putting a thousand pounds on the bar for any reason I think I'm good. All the contact point have UMHW (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) plastic which is great to prevent any wear on the bar and your uprights, which I think is honestly one of the best improvements in jcup design. They also have a screw in pin, I have never used it, but I guess someone might. What I Like: There is a lot to love about this design. Sincerely. The fact that all contact surfaces are covered in plastic is so nice. My Ohio Power Bar has so much damage to the Knurl from my Rogue Infinity J cups because they lack a piece of plastic on the lip. There is literally bare metal from where the bar has ground the powder coat off and started to eat the metal beneath. Not with these, or their non roller version, all TItans new J cups have some serious design improvements.

Rogue Ohio Power Bar : The bar that holds you the way you always wanted to be held.

By Robert Holthouse • November 3, 2021

The barbell. a staple of us home gym enthusiasts. The Rogue Ohio Bar, possibly the most well known specific model of barbell on the planet, and with good reason. This there is it's big thicc brother, The Ohio Power Bar, now there are thicker barbells out there, but, why? You're on a page of an average man, lifting average weight. If you're here wondering how this stacks of to Rogue's 32mm squat bar, you and I are not in the same class of lifter, and frankly if you're worried that the OPB is to "whippy" you and I might not be the same species. Also congrats you freaking animal, know that I am jealous of your raw power. About the bar: The Ohio Power Bar is just shy of 87" long, has just over 16" loadable sleeves, a center knurl that will fuse with you under enough weight, power lifting marks, and a 29mm diameter. It's a bushing bar, and while it spins it's not loose. Its got all of the Rogue stuff, their work hardening (whatever that actually means), a F8-R, f rating, again that's a rogue thing, and a 200k-205k PSI tensile strength depending on configuration. Speaking of those configurations, boy or boy decisions decisions. The bar comes in all kinds of finishes so you can properly accessorize your lifts. You got black zinc and chrome (what's in my gym), bar steel for all you purists, a few different colors in cerakote, a couple stainless options, and what I am actually really learning to love E-Coat. Now, I've handled each of these in my many visits to Rogue, and for a feel in the hand: 1 - Bare Steel, 2 - Stainless, 3/4 E-Coat and Zinc, 5 - Cerakote. But to be clear, the difference is pretty minimal other than Bare Steel, there's just something about being free from any protection that just feels better. What I like: I've kinda already started this section, but here we go. The knurl, oh boy that knurl. Now I've handled a lot of bars, my hands have have wrapped around steel from Ohio to California, I've touch knurling manufactured on multiple continents, and there is something about the Ohio Power Bar this is just.... soooooo gooooood. Just look at it a minute:

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