The difference striking pad vs Rogue Adjustable Monolift

This is a comparison between the difference strike pad and Rogue Adjustable Monolift including pros, cons, and alternatives. The Original was published in which accessory equipment to get for your rogue rack. Follow the links for details

Overview and review Rogue Adjustable monolift

The Rogue Adjustbale monolift comes in at $325 and are a great addition to your existing rack to widen the possible exercises you can do. This article was originally published in "which accessory equipment to get for your rogue rack".

Overview of the Rogue Adjustable monolift

The Rogue adjustable monolift is a great addition to your existing rack especially if you are into powerlifting. With this, you can simulate the conditions of equipped competitions more closely. You will be able to squat directly as the monolift will render a walkout unnecessary. With this purchase you get the following:

Made in the USA
Sold in Pairs
Ships fully assembled
Compatible ONLY with 3x3” Monster rigs and racks
Height: 19" , 1.25" Jaw height
Depth: 3" , 2.75" Jaw depth*
0.75" thick steel Jaw
0.5625" Thick UHMW Protective Plastic lining on hooks, clasps, and back of unit
1" Mounting Pin, J-Cup-style set-up
1" Hitch Pins for locking unit in place
Color: Black and Red

This is a solid piece of equipment with your first purchase or adds to an existing rack.

Pros of the Rogue Adjustable monolift

The big pros of this monolift are its price, size, and quick adjustability. If you go for a full-blown monolift station it will be a lot more expensive, can not be operated by yourself and takes time to be adjusted in weight.

Cons of the Rogue adjustable monolift

It’s main use case is for powerlifters. Compared to a Monster Slinger you get very limited use cases out of this piece of equipment.

Alternatives to the Rogue Adjustable monolift

These are the alternatives to the adjustable monolift:

Infinity and Monster lite versions
LT1 50cal lever arms
Rogue Monolift station
Combo rack

The infinity and Monster lite versions of the adjustable monolift station do the same thing for the respective product lines of Rogue.

The LT1 50 cal lever arms are probably the most versatile addition you can make to a rack. You also use it as a monolift among other applications. The downside is that it is about 4 times the price of the monolift.

The Rogue monolift station is an alternative for very heavy lifts where a spitter is present.

The combo rack would be the ideal solution for lifters to prepare for a real-time powerlifting event. The Rogue combo rack simulates the setup in most IPF competitions the closest. If you want raw powerlifting at your home the combo rack is the way to go.

Summary of the Rogue Adjustable monolift

The Rogue adjustable monolift is a great addition to your home gym set up for individual use. Especially if you are into powerlifting this can be an invaluable tool.

Overview and review of the difference striking pad

The difference striking pad comes in at $950 and helps especially when you specialize in football training. This article was originally published in "which accessory equipment to get for your rogue rack".

What else to consider from Rogue

Overview of the difference striking pad

The difference striking pad is a training tool specialized for the needs of footballers. It will enforce correct hand placement for striking in a football match with various levels of resistance. The specs of the striking pad are:

Made in the USA
Color: Black
Length: 18.5”
Width: 3”
Height: 18.5”
Distance from rig or rack 19”
0.1875” steel nodes

The difference striking pad comes with four different springs which enable you to adjust the resistance. The options are:

Green Spring (Lil Rookie = 15LB – 35LB) – Great for young athletes, introducing technique, rehab, punching.
White Spring (Rookie = 35LB – 70LB) Great for Junior High and High School Athletes.
Gray Spring (Challenger = 70LB – 105LB) Great for High School, College, and Professional Athletes.
Black Spring(Champion = 105LB – 150LB) Great for College and Professional Athletes.

With this, you are sorted for an entire team and different age groups to get them to train their striking skills. You might even attach one of their least favorite persons image to the difference strike pad, but that is just a personal tip from my end.

Pros of the difference striking pad

This is a specific movement which needs to be trained for football players either on the field or in the gym. Preferably this is trained in real-world circumstances, but if you have especially strong or weak players you might want to have them train on the striking pad. The extremely strong players might wreck your team otherwise while the weak ones just need the extra hours to catch up to the rest of the team. Of course, it is also a good toy to have for the eager beavers to let off some steam after the training session or particularly shoddy away match.

Cons of the difference striking pad

If you are not a footballer, bouncer or coach you have little use for this and are probably better getting a good boxing bag. $950 can even add another rack to your gym.

Alternatives to the difference striking pad

Alternatives to the difference striking pad are:

The LT1 is the better attachment than the striking pad and I would take it over the striking pad any day unless I was an institution or NFL Star who do not have to care about cost. I wouldn’t recommend simulating strikes against the LT1 but you can definitely simulate some of the tackle or a scrum movement and so much more.

If you want to punch something on a regular basis why not do it with your fist. Now I would not recommend doing this with your boss, client or other people. That is what punching bags are for and Rogue has the right attachment for your rack. The speed bag also only costs $265 and is a bargain compared to the striking pad.

If you don’t like punching things and belong to the group of gentle giants you might want to squat heavy without a barbell. The Squat Max MD is for you and it costs only slightly more than the striking pad.

Th fortis RM4 is the vest rack from Rogue which you can get for under $1000. This is a solid addition to your gym and if you are a college that is not flush with cash I probably would prefer to add another rack to my gym than the striking pad.

Summary of the difference striking pad

The difference striking pad is great for what it was designed for. The application is very niche and probably only suitable for elite athletes or facilities which want to create elite athletes in football. I think the price is fair as you get four metal sponges with it to adjust for different needs. As I am not into football I would spend almost $1000 bucks on something different for my gym. But if you are Tom Brady you probably spend $1000 like i spend $10. It just doesn’t matter and the striking pad is cool.