FreeMax Weight Releasers – Gimmick Or Guaranteed Gains?

Last updated on October 29th, 2025 at 09:41 am

I attended HomeGymCon 2025 and came home with one of the more unique pieces I saw there, the Freemax Weight Releasers. I got grabbed out of the crowd by the owner and told they wanted to see me at the booth and he had something for me.

We finished up at REP Fitness, and headed over to see him. I had no idea what to expect, and was instantly intrigued. He said he had Weight Releasers, which I had seen before but never used. When he set them up I wasn’t sure he knew what a weight releaser was. They are typically these huge metal hooks that load up on a barbell and help you overload the eccentric for a single rep. These were immediately different, and I was instantly intrigued.

The FreeMax Weight Releasers are now on the Review Pipeline.

Transparency Note

The Freemax Weight Releasers were given to me for free at HomeGymCon 2025. There were no strings attached, but obviously their goal was that I would like them, promote them, and hopefully you’d buy them.

I wasn’t given any affiliate link or anything, so there is nothing here but a free product that looked interesting and me doing my thing.

FreeMax Weight Releasers Overview

The Freemax Weight Releasers are a complete rebuild of the typical weight releasers of years past. What was once a large metal hook, is now a barbell strap and loading pin that disconnects to “release” the weight.

I’m excited to try this for the typical overloaded eccentric concept, but I’m also excited to try this for drop sets. The loading pin is 4″ long, which should allow me to load 2 plates. The site doesn’t have a weight capacity, but the items themselves say 100lbs per side, though I was told they have been tested MUCH higher.

I’ve tested the connection from the hanging loop through the connecting link to over 2000#. The cam buckle is rated at 1500#, the webbing 3000, and the carabiner 800#

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The strap that goes on your bar insures that you don’t have any damage to your barbell, a nice touch. And in their demo, there was VERY little noise to the drop. Meaning that this should be something you can do in your home gym, or even a commercial gym, without getting in any trouble or damaging your equipment.

As a space conscious home gym owner, I’m always afraid of adding something new that might take up space and only get used occasionally. Even if this only gets tossed in randomly, it takes up almost no space. So this is an easy add in even the smallest of spaces.

FreeMax Weight Releasers Specs

• Brand: FreeMax
• Made In USA: Yes
• Recommended Weight Capacity: 100lbs per releaser
• Warranty: No Details
• Return Window: No Details
• Assembly: None

FreeMax Weight Releasers

The entire thing is manufactured here in the US. Which is a big part of why these things cost nearly $500. Almost positive they are being made in small batches, probably made mostly by hand, which adds up to a high cost. You can see all the intricate pieces in the photo above. There is a spring behind that “clamp” piece as well. So there is a lot going on here beyond what meets the eye from a distance.

Barbell Strap

The strap wraps around your barbell sleeve, and will remain there throughout your set. I’m curious to see if these need collars or if they cinch down tight enough to stay in place. The strap also has the “hook” that connects to the drop portion.

Adjustable Strap

Since you need a longer strap for squats than you do bench, the Freemax Weight Releasers need a way to adjust their length. This piece works similar to a tie down strap for a truck. It’ll be interesting to see if this works for all sizes of athletes and all basic lifts. At the end it has a basic carabiner. You know I have a carabiner preference, so I might try and change these out.

Loading Pin

The loading pin is pretty straight forward, it clips into the carabiner at the end of the adjustable strap, and you can load up your plates. I’ll tinker to see if we can do anything weird here, but I’m thinking we won’t get too crazy. Hopefully the pin doesn’t get too chewed up with iron plates, but I’ll also test my bumpers to see if that changes anything.

If you wanted to load the pin even heavier, so if you are a monster Dip Machine or something, you could always snag a longer loading pin.

Notes On Build From The FreeMax Team

Notice the space between the connecting link and the releaser body. This ensures the connecting link cannot twist as it is ejected. Looking at the connecting link—those are hardened and ground alloy steel dowel pins that are press fit into the metal side plates—those holes are bored and reamed to size on both side plates, and the pins pressed into holes smaller than the diameter of the pins. Notice the square shoulders as the pins meet the side plate—this keeps the link in its attachment at on the releaser and prevents it from twisting. Also, those square shoulders where the webbing attaches, keep the webbing from wandering up the side plate of the link connector, and it functions like a hinge as it is ejected. That little ejector with spring attached to it? Has 4 different machining setups because of the shape. The releaser itself is hard coat anodized, much more durable than regular anodizing, and more expensive. The link connector is nickel plated, not zinc (zinc is much cheaper). The weight pins are coated inside and out—I make them hand spray the inside of the pin before they powder coat, because you can’t shoot powder coat into a closed ended tube.

What I expect to see from the FreeMax Weight Releasers

Because of this price, I’m going to need to see these work REALLY well. If one side drops and the other doesn’t, that could be dangerous. If both don’t drop that is annoying. And if they drop too early that could ruin a set.

I’m going to need to see how difficult these are to set up for a set, and each consecutive set. If these are annoying to use, I’ll skip em. If I find I reach for them over and over and over, we might have a winner.

I am definitely going to test these with my Bandbell Bar for something nasty… And if I get a new Smith machine in the gym, I’m using these for drop sets there. I’ll tinker with other add one and ways to make these work as well… Maybe with dumbbells? Jammer Arms?

And I’ll see if these can help me push closer to that 405lb bench press goal of mine, while maybe filling out the chesticles as well

Ideally, these are something that me, my wife, and my daughter can all use. But we’ll see. My guess is that these are going to be for me and that is it. But they’ll try. 

Other Options On The Market

A few different companies make the old school style weight releasers including Rogue, Sorinex, and Gorila Fitness. But I haven’t seen anything quite like the FreeMax option.

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