Slim Gym Wall Mounted Functional Trainer

This equipment was a MAJOR upgrade to my super flimsy plate loaded setup I had before. We can still park both cars in our garage and use the slim gym. The small footprint is honestly super impressive. I still had to put 2x4’s to the joists in the wall to mount this and it’s still shockingly slim. Super happy with this purchase. I’ve had it for 3 days and can’t wait to use this almost daily!

After using it for about 2 weeks, its been phenomenal. I have two, approximately 48 inches apart from each other (inside to inside) with the pull-up attachment in the middle. Thats wide enough to do flys and raises. Worth the price and a complete space saver!

Love the product over all!! The cable wont go all the way up due to the design. But other then rhat honesty i love it!Did have to make some modifications because my garage isnt concrete all the way up!

Love the product over all!!
The cable wont go all the way up due to the design. But other then rhat honesty i love it!
Did have to make some modifications because my garage isnt concrete all the way up!

Install was a bit tough doing it solo, especially with the two-tower setup. Overall, though, it’s not bad. Only two bolts on each tower line up with the studs—the top ones didn’t match up.I really love the size. It works great as both a rack and a functional trainer. I canceled my gym membership and have been using this exclusively.I can still park my cars in the garage and don’t feel like I lost any space. So far, I love everything about it.

Install was a bit tough doing it solo, especially with the two-tower setup. Overall, though, it’s not bad. Only two bolts on each tower line up with the studs—the top ones didn’t match up.I really love the size. It works great as both a rack and a functional trainer. I canceled my gym membership and have been using this exclusively.I can still park my cars in the garage and don’t feel like I lost any space. So far, I love everything about it.

Install was a bit tough doing it solo, especially with the two-tower setup. Overall, though, it’s not bad. Only two bolts on each tower line up with the studs—the top ones didn’t match up.

I really love the size. It works great as both a rack and a functional trainer. I canceled my gym membership and have been using this exclusively.

I can still park my cars in the garage and don’t feel like I lost any space. So far, I love everything about it.

I'll start out by saying that I love the Slim Gym as it provides a ton of function and such a small footprint. My basement ceiling is only 80" high and every other functional trainer/rack that says it's 80" is actually like 83". As you can see from the photos, I really cant go any taller than this. I replaced a 78" half rack I frankensteined together with this and am much happier with how much space was opened up. My first workout with it was excellent. I still have a gym membership for heavy work which my joints want me to avoid. I found I was able to mimic a lot of free motion cable style exercises with different bench placements. The 2:1 ratio on the stack really wasnt hindering me as much as I assumed it may. Benching on it felt good, I like the J cups, I love that they came with mag pins. I wish I would use the pullup bar but just dont have the height. Cable travel is smooth as are the trolleys. The height they are shown at (fourth hole down) is as high as you can get them before they hit the top pulley. I will likely swap out the d handles for ones that offer an even longer set of options for doing seated bench variations so I dont have to reach so far behind me. I am looking forward to more accessories to come. Moving on to the install process: The install on the first side was easy enough, I used a combination of the paper instructions along with the youtube video. The YT video is key for figuring out the cables as I dont know I can gather it from the paper instructions. The second Slim Gym to turn it into a rack, did not go as smoothly. The reason for this is when you flip the direction of the middle upright that bolts to the wall to face the other direction, you no longer fall to 16" on center spacing and the wall side of the bracket is not long enough to reach nor are there mounting holes on the opposite side of the upright to put the brackets there. I think this is an oversight on the engineering and would like some different bracket options. I ended up cutting some heavy duty shelf brackets and drilling holes in them. I also had to mount the bracket on the wall prior to installing the chrome 3x3 or the middle upright. I was pretty frustrated at that point. I do not recall seeing anything about how the mounting may change when installing this way and my studs are standard 16" on center. I like that it fits tight to the wall but it also makes tightening the bolts a pain. The lower pulleys are extremely hard to tighten properly as the bolt head is too close to the upright to fit a socket over and the rear is very tight to the wall so you need two 17mm wrenches and incredible patience as you turn these 1/4 turn at a time. I was unable to secure the top mounting plates to my rack and just wish in general there were three or four spots down the middle uprights (both sides) where you could add mounting brackets.

The trolly pop pin came out on the third workout. I don’t remember seeing any notes that you have to ensure that the pop pin is screwed in after you slide it on the chrome upright. I don’t see any way of being able to put it back together without having to take off the chrome upright and rerun cables. This is very frustrating because until I do that I have a very expensive wall decoration. Also the top bracket is no where near 16 inches from the bracket that goes on the inner support upright.

1. Super impressed with the service. Bryant was very patient and thorough with the buying process.2. Warehouse guys did a good job. Pleasant to interact with.3. Very happy with the product. Yet to put it to the full test but it’s a great fit in our 120 sq ft space.4. Instructions are not good. It’s the one missing piece that would take the purchase from an A- to an A+.a. Bottom pulley screw needs to be tightened early in the process otherwise you lose the opportunity.b. Better instructions need to be provided around the distance between the machines. I went with 27 inches but the distance between J cups is a little awkward when doing bench.

1. Super impressed with the service. Bryant was very patient and thorough with the buying process.2. Warehouse guys did a good job. Pleasant to interact with.3. Very happy with the product. Yet to put it to the full test but it’s a great fit in our 120 sq ft space.4. Instructions are not good. It’s the one missing piece that would take the purchase from an A- to an A+.a. Bottom pulley screw needs to be tightened early in the process otherwise you lose the opportunity.b. Better instructions need to be provided around the distance between the machines. I went with 27 inches but the distance between J cups is a little awkward when doing bench.

1. Super impressed with the service. Bryant was very patient and thorough with the buying process.
2. Warehouse guys did a good job. Pleasant to interact with.
3. Very happy with the product. Yet to put it to the full test but it’s a great fit in our 120 sq ft space.
4. Instructions are not good. It’s the one missing piece that would take the purchase from an A- to an A+.

a. Bottom pulley screw needs to be tightened early in the process otherwise you lose the opportunity.
b. Better instructions need to be provided around the distance between the machines. I went with 27 inches but the distance between J cups is a little awkward when doing bench.

1. Super impressed with the service. Bryant was very patient and thorough with the buying process.
2. Warehouse guys did a good job. Pleasant to interact with.
3. Very happy with the product. Yet to put it to the full test but it’s a great fit in our 120 sq ft space.
4. Instructions are not good. It’s the one missing piece that would take the purchase from an A- to an A+.

a. Bottom pulley screw needs to be tightened early in the process otherwise you lose the opportunity.
b. Better instructions need to be provided around the distance between the machines. I went with 27 inches but the distance between J cups is a little awkward when doing bench.

I needed cables that had a small footprint for my garage gym, this was exactly what I was looking for. Right now including the slim gym, I have a single squat rack rig with 3 pull up bars with bumper plates, dumbbells and kettle bells It fits perfectly next to my rig. It’s actually pretty easy to set up and use especially with the stabilizer foot, not taking a chance having it possibly tip over with kids in the garage. The instructions could be a little more detailed like how to route the cable, the direction to start and where to finish and bolt it. Also, not having us put all the pulleys on because I had to remove 3 of them to route the cable.

The Slim Jim is cool because it’s basically a build-your-own, modular functional trainer that takes up essentially no footprint. This is great for people with limited space and that just need an affordable and easy to use, low profile cable machine. However, I think it’s even more capable and unique than other options since it can even be configured to perform lighter barbell movements on if needed. What a great concept from Fringe Sport!

Perfect for a smaller home gym. The slim design is exactly what I was looking for. It doesn’t block my walkway and I still have room to move around. Install was easier than I thought and it feels very solid once mounted.

The Slim Jim is cool because it’s basically a build-your-own, modular functional trainer that takes up essentially no footprint. This is great for people with limited space and that just need an affordable and easy to use, low profile cable machine. However, I think it’s even more capable and unique than other options since it can even be configured to perform lighter barbell movements on if needed. What a great concept from Fringe Sport!

I train in a spare room that’s about 110 square feet, and space is always the thing that limits what I can add, but the Slim Gym fit like it was made for my wall. I mounted it next to a door and suddenly a spot I never used became my favorite place to train, without anything sticking out or getting in the way. After a few weeks of using it, I stopped thinking about the machine at all and just focused on my workouts, which says a lot in a tiny home gym. It feels like I gained a full new training option without giving up a single step of floor space.