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Price changeFreak Athlete

Freak Athlete's dumbbell is priced by weight — $1,099.99, $1,299.99 and $1,499.99 — and only the middle figure is on the page

The $200 gap we recorded yesterday between Freak Athlete's product page ("Expected price $1,299.99") and its own collection listing ("Full price from $1,099.99") is weight-tier pricing rather than a contradiction. The product page's own structured data names three pre-order SKUs: DEP-ADB-085 at $1,099.99, DEP-ADB-105 at $1,299.99 and DEP-ADB-120 at $1,499.99, matching the 85, 105 and 120 LB weights the page advertises. Only $1,299.99 is rendered in the product page's visible text and only $1,099.99 on the collection listing; $1,499.99 for the 120 LB pair appears in no visible text on either page, which is why yesterday's check could not find it. The $100 deposit is the same whichever weight you reserve, so a buyer putting money down on the heaviest pair is reserving against a balance $200 above the only price the product page shows them.

• Freak Athlete product page ↗
• Freak Athlete collection listing ↗

DelayWM Fabrication

WM Fabrication stretches Quadfather lead time to 10-14 weeks and drops the reserve badge for a quote form

WM Fabrication now publishes "Current lead times: 10-14 weeks. Request a quote to get started." and "Lead Times: Roughly 10-14 weeks from order placed" on the Quadfather Leg Extension page. Both slots read 8-12 weeks on Sept 15, and that figure is now absent from the page in every layer, so the wait grew by about two weeks at both ends. The way you buy it changed too: the "RESERVE IN CURRENT RUN" badge and the instruction to "Reserve yours on the Contact page!" are both gone, replaced by an on-page form headed "Get your quote by filling out the form below!" and a Request Quote button. The price is unchanged at $4,300.00 and there is still no add to cart, so this remains a quote-only machine.

• WM Fabrication official product page ↗

Price changeFreak Athlete

Freak Athlete publishes two different expected prices for the adjustable dumbbell it is taking deposits on

Freak Athlete's product page for the FA Adjustable Dumbbell states a flat "Expected price $1,299.99", while its own collection listing prices the same product "Full price from $1,099.99". Each figure is absent from the other page in every layer we checked, so this is not a stale cache on one of them: the brand publishes both at once, $200 apart. The deposit mechanics are unchanged and are the part that is firm - $100 to reserve a spot, with 85, 105 and 120 LB weights named and an optional stand at $299 expected against a $50 deposit. We cannot date when the split began, so we are recording it as verified today rather than reporting it as a change. If you are putting $100 down, the balance you will be asked for is not a number this brand has settled, and the collection page's "from" wording suggests the lower figure may belong to the lightest weight only - though the site never says so.

• Freak Athlete product page ↗
• Freak Athlete collection listing ↗

RitKeep now lists the ANVIL S1 at $1,899.99, down from the $1,999.99 recorded on Sept 7. The $3,099.00 compare-at has not moved, so the advertised discount deepens from 35% to 38% — this is the transactable price falling, not a louder banner on the same number. The figure prices the Black / Standard / None configuration and is confirmed by the page's own structured data and og:price. One caution for anyone checking it themselves: the page publishes sixteen conflicting offer blocks for this SKU spanning $1,899.99 to $2,258.99, so read the price from the configuration you have actually selected.

• RitKeep ANVIL S1 product page ↗

DelayForce USA

Force USA's C20 finally publishes a ship date that hasn't already passed — three weeks later than the old one

Force USA has replaced the C20's expected shipping date with 2026-10-07. The previous figure, 2026-09-14, was already in the past on the day it appeared and stayed there for eight days. The new date is forward-dated by 14 days from today, so it is a genuine refresh rather than a stale field, and the $6,499 preorder price is unchanged with the PREORDER button live. What has not been fixed is the contradiction wrapped around it: the same block still reads "Due to overwhelming demand, we are currently sold out" and "We are now accepting preorders". Treat 2026-10-07 as a target rather than a commitment, and get the date in writing before paying a preorder.

• Force USA C20 product page ↗

Freak Athlete has two posterior-chain machines live: the Hyper Pro X at a $699.00 launch price against a $799.00 list, and the larger FA Apex GHD at $1,995.00. Buy the Hyper Pro X today and its purchase block tells you "In stock - Ships in 1-2 business days", while the same page's own FAQ says four separate ways that it is a pre-order expected to ship November 15, that your order holds a spot in the first batch, and that you can cancel any time before it ships. Your card is charged when you order. The pre-order is the accurate reading, and the false line traces to a single mis-set attribute in the page's shipping component — the identical machine served at the brand's /products/hyper-pro address shows no stock line at all. Get the ship date in writing before paying. Two more things worth knowing: the structured data both machines publish lists the Hyper Pro X at $799.00 rather than the $699.00 you actually pay, and a Leg Developer bought for the original Hyper Pro does not fit the X.

• Freak Athlete Hyper Pro X product page ↗
• Freak Athlete FA Apex product page ↗

The Hyper Pro X product page publishes an aggregate rating of 4.9 from 3,204 reviews, alongside the statement that every review is from a verified owner of this product. The machine has not shipped — the same page's FAQ says it is a pre-order expected to ship November 15. Sampled review text plainly describes the predecessor Hyper Pro rather than the X, including a reviewer writing that they have been using the Hyper Pro consistently for the past six months, and the page's own prose slips into praising "the Hyper Pro" for its versatility. Carrying a predecessor's reviews onto a successor's listing is common, but presenting them as verified owners of a product nobody owns yet is a different claim, and a buyer reading the 4.9 has no way to tell which machine it measures.

• Freak Athlete Hyper Pro X product page ↗

Price changeSpeediance

Speediance's Gym Monster 2 is $192 dearer than a week ago as the Anniversary badge stops rendering

On Sept 14 the Basic package was $3,195.00 under an "Anniversary Deals" badge. Today it is $3,387.00, rendered as "$3,387.00 $3,849.00 Save $462.00". The $3,195.00 figure now occurs zero times in the rendered page and zero times in the raw HTML, and the Anniversary badge no longer renders anywhere on the page. The $3,849.00 regular price has not moved, so what changed is the size of the discount, not the list price. The machine is buyable: Basic, Works, Works Plus and Family Plus all carry an enabled add-to-cart, while the three 2S packages show a visible, disabled Sold Out. A buyer who was waiting out the sale is now paying $192 more for the same package than they would have a week ago.

• Speediance official product page ↗

DelayPRx Performance

PRx drops the dated September window on the Ark's weight stack for a rolling 3-4 weeks from order

The Profile PRO Ark page previously told buyers the #6 weight-stack attachment would start shipping late September 2026, with up to 2-4 weeks for the whole order. Neither statement is on the page today: "late September" and "September 2026" each occur zero times in the rendered page and zero times in the raw HTML. What the page now publishes is "Rack ships immediately" and "Pre-Order #6 Weight Stack Attachment starts Shipping in 3-4 weeks from order date", repeated for the Ark weight stack and components. The price is unchanged at $3,699.99 and the control is an enabled PRE-ORDER NOW. The practical difference is that the attachment no longer has a fixed date to hold the brand to — it is measured from whenever you order, so ordering later moves it later.

• PRx Performance official product page ↗

On Sept 12 this bench was $499.97. Today it is $510.97, displayed as “$639.99 $510.97 20% off (Save $129.02)” under a Limited Time Offer tag. Both figures the index previously carried are gone from the page: $499.97 occurs zero times in the rendered page and zero times in the raw HTML, and so does the $609.99 list price the entry had recorded behind the old sale. The struck $639.99 does belong to this bench rather than a bundle — it is the single SKU's own compare-at figure, and the page carries no bundle or kit widget. The bench is in stock with an enabled add-to-cart. The practical point for a buyer is that the discount is louder than it is deep: the “20% off” price is higher than the plain price this bench carried a week ago.

• Titan Fitness official product page ↗

On Sept 11 the Titan, Titan Plus and Titan + Sail all displayed the same $2,399.00 from one dropdown, which made it impossible to tell what the higher editions added. As of Sept 18 they are separately priced: Titan $2,399.00 (regular $3,799.00), Titan Plus $2,699.00 (regular $4,098.00) and Titan + Sail $3,699.00 (regular $5,499.00), each confirmed on its own variant URL. What the extra $300 and $1,300 actually buy is still not published anywhere on the page — with every collapsed section expanded, the two upper edition names appear only as picker labels, with no comparison table, spec delta or inclusion list. The buy model has also changed: the page now reads "Next batch ships by October 10" and "Your order will be reserved from our next incoming batch", with delivery estimated 5-10 business days after shipment, so this is a reservation rather than stock on a shelf — though no deposit is involved, the word does not appear on the page at all. A leftover trust badge still claims "Ships in 1 Business Day", which the batch language directly contradicts; treat the October 10 window as the real one. The "only 3 items left in stock" scarcity counter that was on the page a week ago is now gone entirely.

• FitTransformer Titan product page ↗

RestockREP

REP's BlackWing bench comes off pre-order on the exact day REP said it would ship

REP had the BlackWing on pre-order at $599.99 with a stated estimate that orders placed Sept 5 would ship by Sept 18. As of Sept 18 the pre-order framing is gone: the page now shows a plain $599.99 with an enabled Add to Cart, schema.org/InStock, and "Ships within 24-48 hours", with "Pre-order" rendering zero times. This is a pre-order closing into general availability rather than a sold-out item returning, and it is worth recording that the published ship-by date was met rather than quietly moved. The variant ladder is all in stock: the standard pad runs $599.99 across six colours, the wide pad $619.99, and clear-coat finishes $664.99 and $674.99. The Leg Roller Attachment 2.0 remains a separate $169.99 purchase.

• REP BlackWing product page ↗

DropGet RXd

Get RXd's Tornado X retrofit kit is now openly orderable at $180 a pair, shipping 11/06

Get RXd's Tornado X Retrofit Kit is listed as "Tornado X Retrofit Kit [Available 11/06]" with an enabled Add to Cart, schema.org/InStock, and a preorder line stating your entire order ships on 11/06. The page publishes no year alongside that date. Pricing is $90.00 per arm with a minimum quantity of two, so $180.00 per pair; a rack-model selector adds the correct replacement cable at no extra cost. Two things this index published on Sept 7 are no longer on the page: the statement that kits were "reserved for new and existing Get RX'd RX3 Tornado rack owners" now appears zero times in both the rendered page and the raw HTML, and the "around the end of October" estimate is gone. The page now also offers an explicit non-RX3 path, with the caveat that replacement cables are not included for third-party racks.

• Get RXd — Tornado X Retrofit Kit product page ↗

DropBells of Steel

Bells of Steel's Basilisk is finally orderable, and its three price tiers are now all published

On Sept 7 the Basilisk carried a US price of $2,599.99 but a disabled purchase control reading Unavailable. As of Sept 17 the 210 lb version has an enabled Add to Cart, schema.org/InStock and Indianapolis showroom pickup listed as usually ready in 2-4 days. The page now prices all three configurations: $2,599.99 for the 210 lb stack, $2,899.99 for the 310 lb stack, and $534.99 for the 100 lb upgrade kit. That last figure resolves an open question in our entry: the "From $534.99" floor showing in Bells of Steel's search grid is the upgrade kit, not a machine. The 310 lb version is a presale whose button reads "RE-STOCK - SHIPS BY MARCH 31, 2027", so the two stacks are six months apart on delivery.

• Bells of Steel — Basilisk product page ↗

AnnouncementForce USA

Force USA finally publishes a C20 ship date — and it is already in the past

After fifteen straight checks with the field blank, the Force USA C20 preorder page now carries an expected shipping date. It reads 2026-09-14, which had already passed by the time it appeared, so it functions as a populated database field rather than a forward-looking commitment. The price is unchanged at $6,499 and the preorder button is live, but Force USA still states in the same block that the machine is currently sold out while accepting preorders. If you are considering the $6,499 deposit, ask for a written ship date before paying rather than relying on the published one.

• Force USA official product page ↗

DelayTemple of Gainz

Temple of Gainz Quadsend build slots slip from late October to early November

Temple of Gainz has moved the estimated ship window on its $4,199.99 Quadsend leg press and hack squat combo. The product page now reads that orders placed today are expected to ship in early-November 2026, in the order received; on Sept 8 the same sentence said late-October 2026. The price is unchanged and Add to Cart is still enabled, but what you are buying is a build slot roughly seven to eight weeks out rather than a machine in stock. Separate copy further down the same page still claims the second production run begins shipping in late July 2026, a stale line the brand has not removed, so treat the dated production sentence as the current one and confirm your slot in writing before paying.

• Temple of Gainz official product page ↗