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Check out the highlighted excerpts from The Age (May 22, 2026) below.

ROUGE FATBELLS

GYM


APOLLO GYM IS THE ONLY TRAINING CENTRE IN AUSTRALIA EQUIPPED WITH THE ROUGE FATBELLS.

THEY RANGE IN WEIGHTED PAIRS FROM 9LBS TO 150LBS (APPROX 4KG TO 70KG).

THIS IS AN EXCITING TRAINING VARIATION TO DBS & KETTLEBELLS.

THE FATBELL IS A KETTLEBELL, WITH THE HANDLE MOVED TO THE CENTRE, OR CORE.

THIS CENTRAL HAND PLACEMENT, IS DESIGNED TO BALANCE THE WEIGHT EQUALLY AROUND THE HAND. IT IS A BLENDING OF THE KETTLEBELL & DB.

THE AIM IS TO MAKE THE HAND & BELL FEEL CLOSELY CONNECTED.

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE SHEARING FORCE ON JOINTS, WHILE ADDING A BALANCED LOAD DISTRIBUTION TO MUSCLES & CONNECTIVE TISSUE.

FATBELLS CAN BE USED IN A LARGE VARIETY OF DB & KETTLE BELL MOVEMENTS.

WHEN COMPARED TO DBS & KETTLEBELLS, THEIR SMALLER DIAMETER TO WEIGHT, ALLOWS FOR LARGER ROM IN SOME EXERCISES.

USERS SAY THE FATBELL WEIGHT DOES FEEL HEAVIER TO THE CORRESPONDING DB LOAD.

ANOTHER INNOVATIVE FORM OF TRAINING, THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS.

WATSON DB UPGRADE.

WATSON DBS, NOW TWO SETS, SPANNING A LENGTH OF 20 METRES.

ANOTHER WATSON SECTION (SEEN ON WHITE RACK) HAS BEEN ADDED, RANGING FROM 20KG TO 70KG.

THIS IMPROVEMENT REPLACES THE RUBBER ABC DBS.

WATSON DBS ARE TOP QUALITY TO USE. THEY ARE COMPACT & BALANCED IN WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION, WITH THICK KNURLED HANDLES. THE CHROME ALSO MAKES THEM A STAND OUT.

WATSON ADJUSTABLE STANDING BICEPS BENCH.

THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE, VERSATILE BENCH. IT IS BASED ON THE STANDING STRICT INCLINE BENCHES OF THE SILVER ERA (1940-60s) OF BODY BUILDING.

THE BENCH CAN BE ADJUSTED FROM AN ALMOST VERTICAL POSITION, THROUGH RANGES TO FLAT.

THE MODERN INNOVATION IS THE SLIDING, LOCKABLE SIDE WINGS.

THIS FACILITATES ELBOW SUPPORT FOR STRICT CURLS & FLOOR PRESS.

FOR SHOULDER PRESSING THE WINGS CAN BE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY. THE WINGS CAN ALSO BE LOCKED INTO PLACE, PROVIDING TOP EDGE SUPPORT IN THE LOWER SECTION OF THIS LIFT.

MANY STANDING OR LYING MOVEMENTS CAN BE PERFORMED USING THIS BENCHES STRICT SUPPORT.

STANDING STRICT EXERCISES PROMOTE AN INCREASED ACTIVATION OF STABILISING MUSCLES IN THE LEGS & LOWER BACK.

THE FOOT SUPPORT CAN BE ANGLED FOR USER COMFORT. THE BACK PAD PROVIDES SAFE RECRUITMENT OF THIS REGION.

MICHAEL DEMONSTRATES SOME OF THE VARIOUS EXERCISES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.

THE WATSON STANDING BENCH IS A GREAT ADDITION TO APOLLO GYMS VERSATILE COLLECTION.

MAXPUMP STANDING TRICEP EXTENSION & DIP

A NEW, EXCELLENT EQUIPMENT VARIATION, FOR TRAINING THE TRICEPS & PECS.

THE MACHINE MOVES IN AN ARC. CLOSE TO THE BODY AT THE TOP & MOVING SLIGHTLY FORWARD AT LOWER EXTENSION. THIS KEEPS CONSTANT TENSION ON THE CHEST & TRIS.

BRIAN hard masters USES DIFFERENT GRIPS, TO INCREASE LOAD ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE TRICEPS.

PALMS DOWN, ELBOWS IN PUSHDOWN, HEAVILY HITS LATERAL HEAD OF TRIS.

ELBOWS OUT PRESS DOWN, FOCUSES ON CHEST & LATERAL TRICEP.

REVERSE, PALM UP PUSHDOWN, EMPHASISES MEDIAL HEAD OF TRICEP.

LIGHT, TO HEAVY LOADS CAN BE EFFECTIVELY ACCOMMODATED ON THIS MACHINE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ROB , PLACING FIRST IN ROUND ONE OF, AUSTRALIA'S STRONGEST VICTORIA GRAND PRIX SERIES.

A TOP ORGANISED COMPETITION BY BRADLEY DIGHTON .muscle

EVENTS:
1. CAR PULL- 1st PLACE
2. LOG PRESS- 3rd PLACE
3. CAR DEADLIFT- 1st PLACE
4. LOADING RACE- 2nd PLACE
5. SAXON GRIP EVENT-1st PLACE

MAX PUMP SEATED REAR DELTOID MACHINE.

RECENT ADDITION TO THE APOLLO GYM SHOULDER & BACK AREA.

THE ARCHING MOVEMENT OF THE MACHINE DEVELOPS THE UPPER BACK, REAR DELTOIDS & LOWER MIDDLE SECTION OF THE TRAPEZIUS.

THE SEAT & CHEST PAD ARE ADJUSTABLE TO SUIT THE USER.

EXERCISES CAN BE PERFORMED UNILATERALLY OR BILATERALLY.

BRIAN , SHOWS A VARIETY OF GRIP POSITIONS THAT CAN BE UTILISED.

PALMS DOWN HITS UPPER BACK & SHOULDER REGIONS.

PALMS UP, MID BACK REGION, TRAPS, REAR DELT & BICEPS.

HAMMER, NEUTRAL GRIP, HITS CENTRAL & LOWER MID BACK.

GYMLECO SEATED DIP PRESS MACHINE.

ONE OF OUR RECENTLY ADDED TRICEP PIECES.

GYMLECO'S DIP PRESS, WITH ITS ADJUSTABLE SEAT, ALLOWS THE USER TO LOCK INTO POSITION.

THE DIP PRESS ACTION ISOLATES THE TRICEPS. IT CAN BE USED BY MEMBERS OF ALL LEVELS.

THIS MAKES LOADING THE DIP AN EASY PROCESS. A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO THE CONVENTIONAL DIP BAR.

BRIAN DEMONSTRATING THE MOVEMENT.

JADON @ _clewsy_ COMPETING IN THE WRPF (WORLD RAW POWERLIFTING FEDERATION) ATLAS CLASSIC 3, IN KINGSTON TASMANIA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JADON WINNING HIS WEIGHT DIVISION, COMING IN @ 83.3KG.

THIS WAS JADON’S FIRST POWERLIFTING MEET. HIS NUMBERS ARE A GREAT START TO THE SPORT.

SQUAT 215KG, BENCH 135KG, DEADLIFT 240KG, TOTAL 590KG.