Strength Equipment Systems
Superset designs and manufactures modular gym equipment in Johannesburg, South Africa.
We build around core structures — racks, rigs, and upright systems — then expand what they can do through attachments.
A rack is not only a place to squat or bench. It can support barbell work, cable training, landmine movements, dips, rows, bodyweight exercises, storage, and accessory work.
Each part is designed to make the rest of the setup more useful.
Our equipment is made for home gyms, private studios, performance spaces, and training environments where strength, space, and long-term use all matter.
The goal is not to recreate a commercial gym one machine at a time. It is to make one space do more.
Founder note
The spaces we train in matter.
At home, we make room for televisions, couches, dining tables, desks, and storage. Those things matter. But I have always found it strange how often the body gets whatever space is left over — a corner of the garage, a mat behind the couch, a few dumbbells under the stairs.
Training deserves better than that.
Not because every home needs to become a gym, but because there is value in having a place where you can pay attention to your body properly. A space to build strength, expand range, work through fatigue, sharpen focus, and learn what your body can adapt to over time.
That applies beyond the home too. A private studio, a garage gym, a calisthenics space, or a performance room should all do the same thing: make training easier to return to, easier to vary, and easier to take seriously.
Superset grew from wanting to create equipment for those kinds of spaces.
The rack became one important starting point — not just as a place to squat or bench, but as a structure for creating resistance in different ways. Barbell work, cable work, landmine movements, bodyweight training, loaded stretching, accessory work, support work, and range-based training can all come from one considered system.
But the idea is broader than the rack itself.
Whether it is a wall-mounted rack, a free-standing rig, a cable attachment, a calisthenics structure, or a custom training setup, the question is the same: does this piece of equipment make the space more useful?
That has been one of the most interesting parts of developing Superset: seeing how many ways a simple, well-considered structure can help people train.
That is what Superset is built around: practical strength equipment that creates more training options from the space you already have.
— Adam Lobo
Founder, Superset
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Founded: August 2017
Based in: Johannesburg, Southern Africa
Locations supplied: 100+ across South Africa
Core focus: Modular gym equipment designed to replace multiple machines in one footprint
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