3X3 Collegiate Power Rack

Name: 3X3 Collegiate Power Rack
Brand: EliteFTS
Rating: 4.56 (3 reviews)

The EliteFTS 3X3 Collegiate Power Rack is a commercial-grade power rack built for collegiate weight rooms, personal training centers, and serious home gyms, drawing on Dave Tate’s EliteFTS having designed strength equipment for elite athletes and coaches for over two decades. It’s built from 11-gauge steel with 3/8” backer plates at every connection point and a standard rear K-brace, and comes loaded with a Sumo Base, a Monkey Chin Bar, a two-part rod-and-pipe safety system that flexes to disperse a dropped bar’s impact rather than taking the full force on one static arm, band pegs, UHMW-lined band/chain and weight storage, and extra J-cups with angled safety gussets. The rack ships partially assembled in a 72” x 74” x 97” footprint (10ft x 10ft recommended floor space), is available in nine colors, and carries a lifetime warranty on all frames and welds. It’s fully customizable – height, chin bar, attachments, and color – and can be configured as dual racks or paired with a bench rack for a near-complete setup in one footprint.

Buying guide

Best Power Rack for Your Home Gym — July 2026

Colors	Black, Red, White, Blue, Green, Orange, Platinum, Purple, Yellow
Height	97" (with monkey chin bar)
Made in	USA
Assembly	Ships partially assembled
Warranty	Lifetime warranty on all frames and welds
Post size	3" x 3"
Steel gauge	11-gauge (1/8" thick), 3/8" backer plates at connection points
Hole spacing	1.5" and 2" options
Manufacturer	EliteFTS
Total footprint	72" W x 74" D x 97" H
Included features	Sumo Base, Monkey Chin Bar, dual rod-and-pipe safety pins, band pegs, band/chain and weight storage with UHMW lining, extra J-cups with angled safety gussets, two rear bar holders, numbered/textured posts
Squatting area depth	36"
Recommended floor space	10ft x 10ft per rack

What is a Power Rack?

What a power rack is

A power rack is a four-post steel cage with adjustable J-cups and safety pins or straps that catch the bar when a rep fails — so you can squat, bench, and press heavy while training alone. It’s the anchor of a serious home gym: get the rack right and a bench, a barbell, and plates turn into a real strength gym.

What actually matters

Upright size & gauge. Bigger tubing with thicker walls means a stiffer rack. 3x3” 11-gauge steel is the durable home-gym standard; 2x3” 11-gauge (Rogue’s Monster Lite tier) is a lighter, cheaper step down that’s still plenty for most lifters. 2x2”/14-gauge entry racks (like REP’s PR-1100) are fine for lighter training and tight budgets.
Hardware & hole spacing. Look for 1” “Westside” spacing through the bench and pull zone for fine safety and J-cup height adjustment; numbered uprights make re-racking repeatable. Hardware runs from 3/8” on entry racks to 5/8” (Monster Lite / REP 4000) to oversized 1” (full Monster / REP 5000).
Footprint, height & mounting. Measure your ceiling first — a 90”+ rack plus a pull-up bar needs real headroom. Freestanding four-post cages are the default; flat-foot racks stand without bolting (good for renters or finished floors); folding wall-mounted racks reclaim floor space at the cost of some rigidity and attachment depth.
Safeties & ecosystem. Strap safeties are gentler on the bar; pin-and-pipe safeties are cheaper and rigid. And a rack is a platform — Rogue and REP both have deep attachment ecosystems, so buying into one hole pattern matters if you’ll add cables, a lat pulldown, or a belt squat later.

Who it’s for

Anyone lifting a barbell alone should own one. Match the rack to your space, budget, and how far you plan to build out — most home lifters are well served by a 3x3” 11-gauge rack in the $400-$1,000 range.

How it compares

	3X3 Collegiate Power Rack	Manticore Power Rack	GIANT BD3X Power Rack	R-3 Power Rack
GymRadar rating	4.56/5	4.59/5	4.6/5	4.63/5
Price			$1,159.99	$870.00
Colors	Black, Red, White, Blue, Green, Orange, Platinum, Purple, Yellow
Height	97" (with monkey chin bar)	84" uprights (line spans 72"-108" across configurations)	92"	90 3/8"
Made in	USA
Assembly	Ships partially assembled
Warranty	Lifetime warranty on all frames and welds	limited lifetime		Limited lifetime
Post size	3" x 3"
Steel gauge	11-gauge (1/8" thick), 3/8" backer plates at connection points
Hole spacing	1.5" and 2" options		2"	Westside spacing: 1" through bench/clean-pull zone, 2" spacing above and below
Manufacturer	EliteFTS	Bells of Steel	Giant Lifting	Rogue Fitness
Total footprint	72" W x 74" D x 97" H
Included features	Sumo Base, Monkey Chin Bar, dual rod-and-pipe safety pins, band pegs, band/chain and weight storage with UHMW lining, extra J-cups with angled safety gussets, two rear bar holders, numbered/textured posts
Squatting area depth	36"
Recommended floor space	10ft x 10ft per rack

4.6/5 · 3 GymRadar reviews

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4.56/5

3 reviews

EliteFTS built the 3X3 Collegiate Power Rack for the punishment of a collegiate or commercial weight room, and that shows in the details: a Sumo Base, dual rod-and-pipe safety catches that flex to disperse impact rather than taking a bar’s full force on one static arm, and a lifetime warranty on frame and welds. Functionality is the standout dimension — the two-part safety system and dual J-hook height options are the kind of small design choices that come from a company (Dave Tate’s EliteFTS) that has been building strength equipment for elite lifters for over two decades, and its owner-reviewer on GymRadar backs that up with a strong average score. Value is the weakest dimension: at roughly $4,100 for an 11-gauge rack, it’s priced and built for institutional use rather than a budget home gym, and independent coverage remains thin (GymRadar’s average currently rests on a small sample).

+Functionality: two-part rod-and-pipe safety system flexes to disperse a dropped bar's impact instead of taking the full force on one static arm, reducing bar bend risk (manufacturer product page, YouTube: elitefts)
+Build quality: 11-gauge steel frame with 3/8" backer plates at every connection point and a rear K-brace standard on all racks (manufacturer product page)
+Durability: lifetime warranty on all frames and welds (manufacturer product page)
+Versatility: fully customizable (colors, height, chin bar, attachments) and can be configured as dual racks or combined with a bench rack for a near-complete home-gym or training-center setup in one footprint (manufacturer product page, YouTube: elitefts)
+Functionality: dual J-hook sets let a lifter keep one pair set low and one high without constantly swapping hardware, and the shallow J-hook lip avoids the "reach way out of position" problem deeper hooks cause (YouTube: elitefts)

−Value: roughly $4,100 for the base 11-gauge model prices it for institutional/collegiate buyers rather than budget home-gym shoppers (manufacturer product page)
−Value: independent review coverage is thin -- GymRadar's rating rests on a small sample (n=3), and no dedicated third-party review (Garage Gym Reviews, Garage Gym Lab) was found (knowledge base gathering)
−Durability: no long-term/multi-year ownership reports surfaced to confirm how the powder coat and welds hold up under years of daily commercial use