Bicep/Tricep Machines

Not sure where to start? Read our Strength Equipment Buying Guide: Smith Machines, Racks & Leg Presses before you buy.

38 pieces of dedicated arm-training equipment from three brands — Body Solid, Muscle D Fitness, and RopeFlex. Prices run from $32.99 for a cable attachment to $7,049 for a commercial rope machine, so the first thing to settle is your tier.

• Under $400 — attachments and light stations. Muscle D triceps ropes, fixed and rotating press-down bars, and a base cable attachment kit; Body Solid's Powerline preacher curl bench (PPB32X) and Powerline chin/dip station (PVKC83X). This is where you go if you already own a cable column or rack.
• $650–$2,700 — home and light-commercial machines. Body Solid's GCBT380B and GCBT-STK bicep/tricep machines, the Fusion chin/dip combos, the GVKR82B knee-raise dip station, ProDual and DGYM modular stations, the Pro Select functional pressing station, and Pro ClubLine Series 2 (S2AC arm curl, S2BTP bicep/tricep). Muscle D's commercial preacher curl bench also lands here.
• $3,000 and up — full commercial. Muscle D's Power Leverage V2 line (iso-lateral biceps curl, biceps/preacher curl, seated dip/triceps press, overhead triceps), the plate-loaded Pro Strength biceps curl and overhead triceps extension, and the pin-selectorized Excel combo, Vogue, and Elite Plus machines. Body Solid's DBTCSF freestanding bicep/tricep and DPLS-SF press arm lat machine sit here, as do the RopeFlex RX3200 Addax and RX4400 Apex Spartan rope machines for pulling-pattern work.

The practical fork is plate-loaded versus selectorized. Plate-loaded machines cost less up front and scale with plates you may already own. Selectorized machines change weight with a pin, which matters when more than one person trains or when you're running drop sets. The second fork is combo versus dedicated: a bicep curl and tricep extension in one frame saves floor space and money against buying two machines, usually the right call in a home gym, the wrong one in a facility where two people train at once.

Free shipping on orders over $999, exclusions apply — most machines here ship freight. Call 646-921-5221, Mon–Fri 9AM–9PM EST for footprint dimensions and freight quotes. Also see bicep curl machines and preacher curl benches.