The 2" MiniPin Black Edition by GymPin - Powder Coated Black for Superior Look & Protection

Game Changer!

I wish I had found this years ago, it would have made progressing some exercises much easier. It's particularly handy for shoulder isolation exercises (e.g. cable lateral raises) as the 2.5KG jumps on the weight stacks at my gym are too much for that exercise. I've found that combining the MiniPin with a 0.75KG mini Olympic plate (various other places sell these - but GymPin are missing a trick here!) gives me pretty much bang on 1.25KG, a perfect halfway point between the plates on the cable stack. Combined with an 8 - 15 rep range, I can now smoothly progress on exercises that I couldn't do before. The MiniPin itself is very well made, and will last forever, so it's well worth the money. I went for the black to make it less conspicuous in the gym (and it looks great too!). The 10mm size fits the Matrix cable stacks in my local gym perfectly. The only mistake I made was not buying a pair at the start as it would have saved me money in the long run. As I get stronger I'm finding that 2.5KG is too much for some dual cable stuff too (e.g. cable flyes), so I've had to buy an extra one to keep things moving for those exercises as well.

Ok for what it is.

I think it is well made but vastly overpriced. For my stacks the pin is too long so the 2 inch head doesn’t sit flush against the stack which means plates will move and potentially fall between. It would be good if different pin lengths were offered. Also maybe add a Lip on the 2 inch bar to prevent this. I think also what would make a great product is offering Gym pins that were the weight themselves. In other words for my 5 kg stacks, what I want to do is add 2.5 kg so that I can use half a plate. If the Gym pen itself weigh 2.5 kg then I would not have to add a plate to it and it would simplify things a lot.

Excellent pin. Easily able to load extra weight if maxing out a cable machine