THE STORY OF US

“I LEARNED, DESIGNED AND BUILT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I

HAD VERY LITTLE. WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TO WORK WITH,
YOU LEARN TO BE CREATIVE.”
RICHARD SORIN
FOUNDER
THE SORINEX STORY
IT’S IN THE BLOOD

R I CHAR D “POPS” SOR I N BER T SOR I N

FOUNDER / OWNER PRESIDENT / C O-OWNER

Over 37 years ago, back in 1980, a school
teacher named Richard Sorin was sweating
over a hot piece of hand-cut welded steel in
a small 2 car garage. He had already taught
the scholastic weightlifting club that morning,
followed by AM bus duty,
8 hours of gym class,
PM bus duty (for extra
money that was used
to eventually start his
business), and then
the jogging club for the
teaching staff. Following
the school day he would
tear across town to
make it to the steel yard before it closed. He
would strap steel to the roof of a 1974 Toyota
Land Cruiser and drive back across town to
get started with his new business and dream…
Sorin Exercise Equipment.
You see, he loved to lift weights, and with a he would sell it to local gyms, schools, or extended family to us, part of our brotherhood.
background of collegiate track and field and institutions. Some he would keep for himself We realize we are still around because of our
national level Olympic weightlifting, he knew to put in his growing customized gym, where great customers and friends. We want to take
his way around a weight room. What he did some huge weights were lifted, and modern the opportunity to thank YOU, our customers,
not have, was access to any super-strong, grip training was born. As the years went by, supporters, vendors, and friends for being the
customizable, sport the designs improved and the customer list foundation on which Sorinex is built. Without
specific weightlifting grew like wildfire. The name Sorin Exercise you, there is no Sorinex. We promise to do
equipment. Nothing on Equipment was eventually shortened and our best to serve you with the best strength
the market at the time changed to Sorinex, the equipment kept training equipment and service in the industry.
was good enough for getting better while continuing to be made in
him. He was tired of the the good ole’ USA.
bar being set so low by
weightlifting equipment Now, almost 40 years later, Sorinex is still a
manufacturers, so he family owned business and employs more
did the only thing he people than ever. Sorinex is the most sought
could come up with. He made his own. after strength brand for professional teams,
colleges, high schools, and military bases.
The premise was to make functional strength Some of our designs have changed the face of
training equipment that could be customized strength training forever, and can be found in
and above all, BOMB PROOF. After he would almost any serious gym in the world. During this
make a piece of strength training equipment, process of growth, our clients have become an
 RECOGNITION

39 YEARS OF BASEFIT™ / BASE CAMP™ SYSTEMS

WITH FIRST EVER 4-WAY HOLE DESIGN

SKIN IN THE IRON GAME

THE RISK
BUILT TO LAST
POPS MORTGAGES HIS HOUSE FOR KENTUCKY
PRIOR TO A 13-0 SEASON,
JOB WHICH BECAME THE BIGGEST CUSTOM
INSTALLED MIAMI
WEIGHT ROOM IN NATION.
HURRICANES FOOTBALL
WEIGHT ROOM. PIVOTAL TO
CANES SUCCESS, SORINEX
BRANDED THEN INSTALLED FIRST
PORTABLE WEIGHT ROOM
COMPANY RENAMED AT THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE
TO SORINEX EXERCISE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
EQUIPMENT®.
RELEASED AT CROSSFIT GAMES 2.
THE REWARD
MODERNIZATION
SORINEX JAMMER ARMS™
RELEASED. FIRST EVER RACK
ATTACHED LEVER ARMS.
DEBUT
SUMMERSTRONG™ 1
SORINEX PAVES THEIR WAY
TO BECOMING THE INDUSTRY
LEADER IN QUALITY AND
INNOVATION WITH MAJOR
INSTALLS AT AUBURN AND
PENN STATE.
TRADITION
SUMMERSTRONG™ 10

2008
2009
2004

2007
1980

1989

1999
1992

2018
2001

2010

2016
2013
1987

2017
AFTER MAKING THE BIGGEST CUSTOM WEIGHT ROOM
IN THE NATION, BRUNO PAULETTO AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE DEMANDED ONE LARGER AND “BETTER”. DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION
POPS DELIVERED, CREATING THE FIRST SUPER ROOM. BASE CAMP™ RACK EARLY ADOPTERS:
NEW HQ IN IRMO, SC SHOWING - NICK GARCIA (NOTRE DAME HS) UPGRADED HQ AND MANUFACTURING
THE CHALLENGE GROWTH AND PROGRESS. - CRAIG FITZGERALD (USC FOOTBALL) FACILITY IN LEXINGTON, SC.
- LUKE RICHESSON (JACKSONVILLE JAGS)
- TOM MYSLINSKI (MEMPHIS)
RICHARD SORIN
STRIKES HIS FIRST
SPARKS. SELF ESTABLISHED OVER 38 YEARS IN
TAUGHT WELDING INNOVATION BUSINESS WITH 40+
INDUSTRY FIRST
AND DESIGN.
SORINEX CREATES FIRST “LANDMINE”, CREATED OUT DESIGNS TO DATE.
SORIN EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT OF A TRAINING NEED FOR BERT WHILE PREPARING FOR
FOUNDED. OLYMPIC TRIALS IN HAMMER THROW. LEGACY
FOUNDED
PROVEN
DURABILITY
AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING
SINCE 1980
W E O N LY S O U R C E
U.S. MADE
RAW MATERIALS
INDUSTRY LEADING
LIFETIME
STRUCTURAL
WARRANTY
WE ENSURE PROPER FIT-AND-FINISH
FROM THE FIRST STEP IN PRODUCTION
TO THE LAST 1” COLD ROLLED STEEL
BOLT TIGHTENED AT INSTALLATION.
THE STORY OF US
“I LEARNED, DESIGNED AND BUILT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I
HAD VERY LITTLE. WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TO WORK WITH,
YOU LEARN TO BE CREATIVE.”
RICHARD SORIN
FOUNDER
THE SORINEX STORY
IT’S IN THE BLOOD

R I CHAR D “POPS” SOR I N BER T SOR I N

FOUNDER / OWNER PRESIDENT / C O-OWNER

Over 37 years ago, back in 1980, a school
teacher named Richard Sorin was sweating
over a hot piece of hand-cut welded steel in
a small 2 car garage. He had already taught
the scholastic weightlifting club that morning,
followed by AM bus duty,
8 hours of gym class,
PM bus duty (for extra
money that was used
to eventually start his
business), and then
the jogging club for the
teaching staff. Following
the school day he would
tear across town to
make it to the steel yard before it closed. He
would strap steel to the roof of a 1974 Toyota
Land Cruiser and drive back across town to
get started with his new business and dream…
Sorin Exercise Equipment.
You see, he loved to lift weights, and with a he would sell it to local gyms, schools, or extended family to us, part of our brotherhood.
background of collegiate track and field and institutions. Some he would keep for himself We realize we are still around because of our
national level Olympic weightlifting, he knew to put in his growing customized gym, where great customers and friends. We want to take
his way around a weight room. What he did some huge weights were lifted, and modern the opportunity to thank YOU, our customers,
not have, was access to any super-strong, grip training was born. As the years went by, supporters, vendors, and friends for being the
customizable, sport the designs improved and the customer list foundation on which Sorinex is built. Without
specific weightlifting grew like wildfire. The name Sorin Exercise you, there is no Sorinex. We promise to do
equipment. Nothing on Equipment was eventually shortened and our best to serve you with the best strength
the market at the time changed to Sorinex, the equipment kept training equipment and service in the industry.
was good enough for getting better while continuing to be made in
him. He was tired of the the good ole’ USA.
bar being set so low by
weightlifting equipment Now, almost 40 years later, Sorinex is still a
manufacturers, so he family owned business and employs more
did the only thing he people than ever. Sorinex is the most sought
could come up with. He made his own. after strength brand for professional teams,
colleges, high schools, and military bases.
The premise was to make functional strength Some of our designs have changed the face of
training equipment that could be customized strength training forever, and can be found in
and above all, BOMB PROOF. After he would almost any serious gym in the world. During this
make a piece of strength training equipment, process of growth, our clients have become an
 RECOGNITION

39 YEARS OF BASEFIT™ / BASE CAMP™ SYSTEMS

WITH FIRST EVER 4-WAY HOLE DESIGN

SKIN IN THE IRON GAME

THE RISK
BUILT TO LAST
POPS MORTGAGES HIS HOUSE FOR KENTUCKY
PRIOR TO A 13-0 SEASON,
JOB WHICH BECAME THE BIGGEST CUSTOM
INSTALLED MIAMI
WEIGHT ROOM IN NATION.
HURRICANES FOOTBALL
WEIGHT ROOM. PIVOTAL TO
CANES SUCCESS, SORINEX
BRANDED THEN INSTALLED FIRST
PORTABLE WEIGHT ROOM
COMPANY RENAMED AT THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE
TO SORINEX EXERCISE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
EQUIPMENT®.
RELEASED AT CROSSFIT GAMES 2.
THE REWARD
MODERNIZATION
SORINEX JAMMER ARMS™
RELEASED. FIRST EVER RACK
ATTACHED LEVER ARMS.
DEBUT
SUMMERSTRONG™ 1
SORINEX PAVES THEIR WAY
TO BECOMING THE INDUSTRY
LEADER IN QUALITY AND
INNOVATION WITH MAJOR
INSTALLS AT AUBURN AND
PENN STATE.
TRADITION
SUMMERSTRONG™ 10

2008
2009
2004

2007
1980

1989

1999
1992

2018
2001

2010

2016
2013
1987

2017
AFTER MAKING THE BIGGEST CUSTOM WEIGHT ROOM
IN THE NATION, BRUNO PAULETTO AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE DEMANDED ONE LARGER AND “BETTER”. DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION
POPS DELIVERED, CREATING THE FIRST SUPER ROOM. BASE CAMP™ RACK EARLY ADOPTERS:
NEW HQ IN IRMO, SC SHOWING - NICK GARCIA (NOTRE DAME HS) UPGRADED HQ AND MANUFACTURING
THE CHALLENGE GROWTH AND PROGRESS. - CRAIG FITZGERALD (USC FOOTBALL) FACILITY IN LEXINGTON, SC.
- LUKE RICHESSON (JACKSONVILLE JAGS)
- TOM MYSLINSKI (MEMPHIS)
RICHARD SORIN
STRIKES HIS FIRST
SPARKS. SELF ESTABLISHED OVER 38 YEARS IN
TAUGHT WELDING INNOVATION BUSINESS WITH 40+
INDUSTRY FIRST
AND DESIGN.
SORINEX CREATES FIRST “LANDMINE”, CREATED OUT DESIGNS TO DATE.
SORIN EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT OF A TRAINING NEED FOR BERT WHILE PREPARING FOR
FOUNDED. OLYMPIC TRIALS IN HAMMER THROW. LEGACY
FOUNDED
PROVEN
DURABILITY
AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING
SINCE 1980
W E O N LY S O U R C E
U.S. MADE
RAW MATERIALS
INDUSTRY LEADING
LIFETIME
STRUCTURAL
WARRANTY
WE ENSURE PROPER FIT-AND-FINISH
FROM THE FIRST STEP IN PRODUCTION
TO THE LAST 1” COLD ROLLED STEEL
BOLT TIGHTENED AT INSTALLATION.
THE STORY OF US
“I LEARNED, DESIGNED AND BUILT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I
HAD VERY LITTLE. WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TO WORK WITH,
YOU LEARN TO BE CREATIVE.”
RICHARD SORIN
FOUNDER
THE SORINEX STORY
IT’S IN THE BLOOD

R I CHAR D “POPS” SOR I N BER T SOR I N

FOUNDER / OWNER PRESIDENT / C O-OWNER

Over 37 years ago, back in 1980, a school
teacher named Richard Sorin was sweating
over a hot piece of hand-cut welded steel in
a small 2 car garage. He had already taught
the scholastic weightlifting club that morning,
followed by AM bus duty,
8 hours of gym class,
PM bus duty (for extra
money that was used
to eventually start his
business), and then
the jogging club for the
teaching staff. Following
the school day he would
tear across town to
make it to the steel yard before it closed. He
would strap steel to the roof of a 1974 Toyota
Land Cruiser and drive back across town to
get started with his new business and dream…
Sorin Exercise Equipment.
You see, he loved to lift weights, and with a he would sell it to local gyms, schools, or extended family to us, part of our brotherhood.
background of collegiate track and field and institutions. Some he would keep for himself We realize we are still around because of our
national level Olympic weightlifting, he knew to put in his growing customized gym, where great customers and friends. We want to take
his way around a weight room. What he did some huge weights were lifted, and modern the opportunity to thank YOU, our customers,
not have, was access to any super-strong, grip training was born. As the years went by, supporters, vendors, and friends for being the
customizable, sport the designs improved and the customer list foundation on which Sorinex is built. Without
specific weightlifting grew like wildfire. The name Sorin Exercise you, there is no Sorinex. We promise to do
equipment. Nothing on Equipment was eventually shortened and our best to serve you with the best strength
the market at the time changed to Sorinex, the equipment kept training equipment and service in the industry.
was good enough for getting better while continuing to be made in
him. He was tired of the the good ole’ USA.
bar being set so low by
weightlifting equipment Now, almost 40 years later, Sorinex is still a
manufacturers, so he family owned business and employs more
did the only thing he people than ever. Sorinex is the most sought
could come up with. He made his own. after strength brand for professional teams,
colleges, high schools, and military bases.
The premise was to make functional strength Some of our designs have changed the face of
training equipment that could be customized strength training forever, and can be found in
and above all, BOMB PROOF. After he would almost any serious gym in the world. During this
make a piece of strength training equipment, process of growth, our clients have become an
 RECOGNITION

39 YEARS OF BASEFIT™ / BASE CAMP™ SYSTEMS

WITH FIRST EVER 4-WAY HOLE DESIGN

SKIN IN THE IRON GAME

THE RISK
BUILT TO LAST
POPS MORTGAGES HIS HOUSE FOR KENTUCKY
PRIOR TO A 13-0 SEASON,
JOB WHICH BECAME THE BIGGEST CUSTOM
INSTALLED MIAMI
WEIGHT ROOM IN NATION.
HURRICANES FOOTBALL
WEIGHT ROOM. PIVOTAL TO
CANES SUCCESS, SORINEX
BRANDED THEN INSTALLED FIRST
PORTABLE WEIGHT ROOM
COMPANY RENAMED AT THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE
TO SORINEX EXERCISE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
EQUIPMENT®.
RELEASED AT CROSSFIT GAMES 2.
THE REWARD
MODERNIZATION
SORINEX JAMMER ARMS™
RELEASED. FIRST EVER RACK
ATTACHED LEVER ARMS.
DEBUT
SUMMERSTRONG™ 1
SORINEX PAVES THEIR WAY
TO BECOMING THE INDUSTRY
LEADER IN QUALITY AND
INNOVATION WITH MAJOR
INSTALLS AT AUBURN AND
PENN STATE.
TRADITION
SUMMERSTRONG™ 10

2008
2009
2004

2007
1980

1989

1999
1992

2018
2001

2010

2016
2013
1987

2017
AFTER MAKING THE BIGGEST CUSTOM WEIGHT ROOM
IN THE NATION, BRUNO PAULETTO AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE DEMANDED ONE LARGER AND “BETTER”. DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION
POPS DELIVERED, CREATING THE FIRST SUPER ROOM. BASE CAMP™ RACK EARLY ADOPTERS:
NEW HQ IN IRMO, SC SHOWING - NICK GARCIA (NOTRE DAME HS) UPGRADED HQ AND MANUFACTURING
THE CHALLENGE GROWTH AND PROGRESS. - CRAIG FITZGERALD (USC FOOTBALL) FACILITY IN LEXINGTON, SC.
- LUKE RICHESSON (JACKSONVILLE JAGS)
- TOM MYSLINSKI (MEMPHIS)
RICHARD SORIN
STRIKES HIS FIRST
SPARKS. SELF ESTABLISHED OVER 38 YEARS IN
TAUGHT WELDING INNOVATION BUSINESS WITH 40+
INDUSTRY FIRST
AND DESIGN.
SORINEX CREATES FIRST “LANDMINE”, CREATED OUT DESIGNS TO DATE.
SORIN EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT OF A TRAINING NEED FOR BERT WHILE PREPARING FOR
FOUNDED. OLYMPIC TRIALS IN HAMMER THROW. LEGACY
FOUNDED
PROVEN
DURABILITY
AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING
SINCE 1980
W E O N LY S O U R C E
U.S. MADE
RAW MATERIALS
INDUSTRY LEADING
LIFETIME
STRUCTURAL
WARRANTY
WE ENSURE PROPER FIT-AND-FINISH
FROM THE FIRST STEP IN PRODUCTION
TO THE LAST 1” COLD ROLLED STEEL
BOLT TIGHTENED AT INSTALLATION.
THE STORY OF US
“I LEARNED, DESIGNED AND BUILT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I
HAD VERY LITTLE. WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TO WORK WITH,
YOU LEARN TO BE CREATIVE.”
RICHARD SORIN
FOUNDER
THE SORINEX STORY
IT’S IN THE BLOOD

R I CHAR D “POPS” SOR I N BER T SOR I N

FOUNDER / OWNER PRESIDENT / C O-OWNER

Over 37 years ago, back in 1980, a school
teacher named Richard Sorin was sweating
over a hot piece of hand-cut welded steel in
a small 2 car garage. He had already taught
the scholastic weightlifting club that morning,
followed by AM bus duty,
8 hours of gym class,
PM bus duty (for extra
money that was used
to eventually start his
business), and then
the jogging club for the
teaching staff. Following
the school day he would
tear across town to
make it to the steel yard before it closed. He
would strap steel to the roof of a 1974 Toyota
Land Cruiser and drive back across town to
get started with his new business and dream…
Sorin Exercise Equipment.
You see, he loved to lift weights, and with a he would sell it to local gyms, schools, or extended family to us, part of our brotherhood.
background of collegiate track and field and institutions. Some he would keep for himself We realize we are still around because of our
national level Olympic weightlifting, he knew to put in his growing customized gym, where great customers and friends. We want to take
his way around a weight room. What he did some huge weights were lifted, and modern the opportunity to thank YOU, our customers,
not have, was access to any super-strong, grip training was born. As the years went by, supporters, vendors, and friends for being the
customizable, sport the designs improved and the customer list foundation on which Sorinex is built. Without
specific weightlifting grew like wildfire. The name Sorin Exercise you, there is no Sorinex. We promise to do
equipment. Nothing on Equipment was eventually shortened and our best to serve you with the best strength
the market at the time changed to Sorinex, the equipment kept training equipment and service in the industry.
was good enough for getting better while continuing to be made in
him. He was tired of the the good ole’ USA.
bar being set so low by
weightlifting equipment Now, almost 40 years later, Sorinex is still a
manufacturers, so he family owned business and employs more
did the only thing he people than ever. Sorinex is the most sought
could come up with. He made his own. after strength brand for professional teams,
colleges, high schools, and military bases.
The premise was to make functional strength Some of our designs have changed the face of
training equipment that could be customized strength training forever, and can be found in
and above all, BOMB PROOF. After he would almost any serious gym in the world. During this
make a piece of strength training equipment, process of growth, our clients have become an
 RECOGNITION

39 YEARS OF BASEFIT™ / BASE CAMP™ SYSTEMS

WITH FIRST EVER 4-WAY HOLE DESIGN

SKIN IN THE IRON GAME

THE RISK
BUILT TO LAST
POPS MORTGAGES HIS HOUSE FOR KENTUCKY
PRIOR TO A 13-0 SEASON,
JOB WHICH BECAME THE BIGGEST CUSTOM
INSTALLED MIAMI
WEIGHT ROOM IN NATION.
HURRICANES FOOTBALL
WEIGHT ROOM. PIVOTAL TO
CANES SUCCESS, SORINEX
BRANDED THEN INSTALLED FIRST
PORTABLE WEIGHT ROOM
COMPANY RENAMED AT THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE
TO SORINEX EXERCISE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
EQUIPMENT®.
RELEASED AT CROSSFIT GAMES 2.
THE REWARD
MODERNIZATION
SORINEX JAMMER ARMS™
RELEASED. FIRST EVER RACK
ATTACHED LEVER ARMS.
DEBUT
SUMMERSTRONG™ 1
SORINEX PAVES THEIR WAY
TO BECOMING THE INDUSTRY
LEADER IN QUALITY AND
INNOVATION WITH MAJOR
INSTALLS AT AUBURN AND
PENN STATE.
TRADITION
SUMMERSTRONG™ 10

2008
2009
2004

2007
1980

1989

1999
1992

2018
2001

2010

2016
2013
1987

2017
AFTER MAKING THE BIGGEST CUSTOM WEIGHT ROOM
IN THE NATION, BRUNO PAULETTO AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE DEMANDED ONE LARGER AND “BETTER”. DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION
POPS DELIVERED, CREATING THE FIRST SUPER ROOM. BASE CAMP™ RACK EARLY ADOPTERS:
NEW HQ IN IRMO, SC SHOWING - NICK GARCIA (NOTRE DAME HS) UPGRADED HQ AND MANUFACTURING
THE CHALLENGE GROWTH AND PROGRESS. - CRAIG FITZGERALD (USC FOOTBALL) FACILITY IN LEXINGTON, SC.
- LUKE RICHESSON (JACKSONVILLE JAGS)
- TOM MYSLINSKI (MEMPHIS)
RICHARD SORIN
STRIKES HIS FIRST
SPARKS. SELF ESTABLISHED OVER 38 YEARS IN
TAUGHT WELDING INNOVATION BUSINESS WITH 40+
INDUSTRY FIRST
AND DESIGN.
SORINEX CREATES FIRST “LANDMINE”, CREATED OUT DESIGNS TO DATE.
SORIN EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT OF A TRAINING NEED FOR BERT WHILE PREPARING FOR
FOUNDED. OLYMPIC TRIALS IN HAMMER THROW. LEGACY
FOUNDED
PROVEN
DURABILITY
AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING
SINCE 1980
W E O N LY S O U R C E
U.S. MADE
RAW MATERIALS
INDUSTRY LEADING
LIFETIME
STRUCTURAL
WARRANTY
WE ENSURE PROPER FIT-AND-FINISH
FROM THE FIRST STEP IN PRODUCTION
TO THE LAST 1” COLD ROLLED STEEL
BOLT TIGHTENED AT INSTALLATION.
THE STORY OF US
“I LEARNED, DESIGNED AND BUILT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I
HAD VERY LITTLE. WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TO WORK WITH,
YOU LEARN TO BE CREATIVE.”
RICHARD SORIN
FOUNDER
THE SORINEX STORY
IT’S IN THE BLOOD

R I CHAR D “POPS” SOR I N BER T SOR I N

FOUNDER / OWNER PRESIDENT / C O-OWNER

Over 37 years ago, back in 1980, a school
teacher named Richard Sorin was sweating
over a hot piece of hand-cut welded steel in
a small 2 car garage. He had already taught
the scholastic weightlifting club that morning,
followed by AM bus duty,
8 hours of gym class,
PM bus duty (for extra
money that was used
to eventually start his
business), and then
the jogging club for the
teaching staff. Following
the school day he would
tear across town to
make it to the steel yard before it closed. He
would strap steel to the roof of a 1974 Toyota
Land Cruiser and drive back across town to
get started with his new business and dream…
Sorin Exercise Equipment.
You see, he loved to lift weights, and with a he would sell it to local gyms, schools, or extended family to us, part of our brotherhood.
background of collegiate track and field and institutions. Some he would keep for himself We realize we are still around because of our
national level Olympic weightlifting, he knew to put in his growing customized gym, where great customers and friends. We want to take
his way around a weight room. What he did some huge weights were lifted, and modern the opportunity to thank YOU, our customers,
not have, was access to any super-strong, grip training was born. As the years went by, supporters, vendors, and friends for being the
customizable, sport the designs improved and the customer list foundation on which Sorinex is built. Without
specific weightlifting grew like wildfire. The name Sorin Exercise you, there is no Sorinex. We promise to do
equipment. Nothing on Equipment was eventually shortened and our best to serve you with the best strength
the market at the time changed to Sorinex, the equipment kept training equipment and service in the industry.
was good enough for getting better while continuing to be made in
him. He was tired of the the good ole’ USA.
bar being set so low by
weightlifting equipment Now, almost 40 years later, Sorinex is still a
manufacturers, so he family owned business and employs more
did the only thing he people than ever. Sorinex is the most sought
could come up with. He made his own. after strength brand for professional teams,
colleges, high schools, and military bases.
The premise was to make functional strength Some of our designs have changed the face of
training equipment that could be customized strength training forever, and can be found in
and above all, BOMB PROOF. After he would almost any serious gym in the world. During this
make a piece of strength training equipment, process of growth, our clients have become an
 RECOGNITION

39 YEARS OF BASEFIT™ / BASE CAMP™ SYSTEMS

WITH FIRST EVER 4-WAY HOLE DESIGN

SKIN IN THE IRON GAME

THE RISK
BUILT TO LAST
POPS MORTGAGES HIS HOUSE FOR KENTUCKY
PRIOR TO A 13-0 SEASON,
JOB WHICH BECAME THE BIGGEST CUSTOM
INSTALLED MIAMI
WEIGHT ROOM IN NATION.
HURRICANES FOOTBALL
WEIGHT ROOM. PIVOTAL TO
CANES SUCCESS, SORINEX
BRANDED THEN INSTALLED FIRST
PORTABLE WEIGHT ROOM
COMPANY RENAMED AT THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE
TO SORINEX EXERCISE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
EQUIPMENT®.
RELEASED AT CROSSFIT GAMES 2.
THE REWARD
MODERNIZATION
SORINEX JAMMER ARMS™
RELEASED. FIRST EVER RACK
ATTACHED LEVER ARMS.
DEBUT
SUMMERSTRONG™ 1
SORINEX PAVES THEIR WAY
TO BECOMING THE INDUSTRY
LEADER IN QUALITY AND
INNOVATION WITH MAJOR
INSTALLS AT AUBURN AND
PENN STATE.
TRADITION
SUMMERSTRONG™ 10

2008
2009
2004

2007
1980

1989

1999
1992

2018
2001

2010

2016
2013
1987

2017
AFTER MAKING THE BIGGEST CUSTOM WEIGHT ROOM
IN THE NATION, BRUNO PAULETTO AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE DEMANDED ONE LARGER AND “BETTER”. DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION
POPS DELIVERED, CREATING THE FIRST SUPER ROOM. BASE CAMP™ RACK EARLY ADOPTERS:
NEW HQ IN IRMO, SC SHOWING - NICK GARCIA (NOTRE DAME HS) UPGRADED HQ AND MANUFACTURING
THE CHALLENGE GROWTH AND PROGRESS. - CRAIG FITZGERALD (USC FOOTBALL) FACILITY IN LEXINGTON, SC.
- LUKE RICHESSON (JACKSONVILLE JAGS)
- TOM MYSLINSKI (MEMPHIS)
RICHARD SORIN
STRIKES HIS FIRST
SPARKS. SELF ESTABLISHED OVER 38 YEARS IN
TAUGHT WELDING INNOVATION BUSINESS WITH 40+
INDUSTRY FIRST
AND DESIGN.
SORINEX CREATES FIRST “LANDMINE”, CREATED OUT DESIGNS TO DATE.
SORIN EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT OF A TRAINING NEED FOR BERT WHILE PREPARING FOR
FOUNDED. OLYMPIC TRIALS IN HAMMER THROW. LEGACY
FOUNDED
PROVEN
DURABILITY
AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING
SINCE 1980
W E O N LY S O U R C E
U.S. MADE
RAW MATERIALS
INDUSTRY LEADING
LIFETIME
STRUCTURAL
WARRANTY
WE ENSURE PROPER FIT-AND-FINISH
FROM THE FIRST STEP IN PRODUCTION
TO THE LAST 1” COLD ROLLED STEEL
BOLT TIGHTENED AT INSTALLATION.
THE STORY OF US
“I LEARNED, DESIGNED AND BUILT EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I
HAD VERY LITTLE. WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TO WORK WITH,
YOU LEARN TO BE CREATIVE.”
RICHARD SORIN
FOUNDER
THE SORINEX STORY
IT’S IN THE BLOOD

R I CHAR D “POPS” SOR I N BER T SOR I N

FOUNDER / OWNER PRESIDENT / C O-OWNER

Over 37 years ago, back in 1980, a school
teacher named Richard Sorin was sweating
over a hot piece of hand-cut welded steel in
a small 2 car garage. He had already taught
the scholastic weightlifting club that morning,
followed by AM bus duty,
8 hours of gym class,
PM bus duty (for extra
money that was used
to eventually start his
business), and then
the jogging club for the
teaching staff. Following
the school day he would
tear across town to
make it to the steel yard before it closed. He
would strap steel to the roof of a 1974 Toyota
Land Cruiser and drive back across town to
get started with his new business and dream…
Sorin Exercise Equipment.
You see, he loved to lift weights, and with a he would sell it to local gyms, schools, or extended family to us, part of our brotherhood.
background of collegiate track and field and institutions. Some he would keep for himself We realize we are still around because of our
national level Olympic weightlifting, he knew to put in his growing customized gym, where great customers and friends. We want to take
his way around a weight room. What he did some huge weights were lifted, and modern the opportunity to thank YOU, our customers,
not have, was access to any super-strong, grip training was born. As the years went by, supporters, vendors, and friends for being the
customizable, sport the designs improved and the customer list foundation on which Sorinex is built. Without
specific weightlifting grew like wildfire. The name Sorin Exercise you, there is no Sorinex. We promise to do
equipment. Nothing on Equipment was eventually shortened and our best to serve you with the best strength
the market at the time changed to Sorinex, the equipment kept training equipment and service in the industry.
was good enough for getting better while continuing to be made in
him. He was tired of the the good ole’ USA.
bar being set so low by
weightlifting equipment Now, almost 40 years later, Sorinex is still a
manufacturers, so he family owned business and employs more
did the only thing he people than ever. Sorinex is the most sought
could come up with. He made his own. after strength brand for professional teams,
colleges, high schools, and military bases.
The premise was to make functional strength Some of our designs have changed the face of
training equipment that could be customized strength training forever, and can be found in
and above all, BOMB PROOF. After he would almost any serious gym in the world. During this
make a piece of strength training equipment, process of growth, our clients have become an
 RECOGNITION

39 YEARS OF BASEFIT™ / BASE CAMP™ SYSTEMS

WITH FIRST EVER 4-WAY HOLE DESIGN

SKIN IN THE IRON GAME

THE RISK
BUILT TO LAST
POPS MORTGAGES HIS HOUSE FOR KENTUCKY
PRIOR TO A 13-0 SEASON,
JOB WHICH BECAME THE BIGGEST CUSTOM
INSTALLED MIAMI
WEIGHT ROOM IN NATION.
HURRICANES FOOTBALL
WEIGHT ROOM. PIVOTAL TO
CANES SUCCESS, SORINEX
BRANDED THEN INSTALLED FIRST
PORTABLE WEIGHT ROOM
COMPANY RENAMED AT THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE
TO SORINEX EXERCISE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
EQUIPMENT®.
RELEASED AT CROSSFIT GAMES 2.
THE REWARD
MODERNIZATION
SORINEX JAMMER ARMS™
RELEASED. FIRST EVER RACK
ATTACHED LEVER ARMS.
DEBUT
SUMMERSTRONG™ 1
SORINEX PAVES THEIR WAY
TO BECOMING THE INDUSTRY
LEADER IN QUALITY AND
INNOVATION WITH MAJOR
INSTALLS AT AUBURN AND
PENN STATE.
TRADITION
SUMMERSTRONG™ 10

2008
2009
2004

2007
1980

1989

1999
1992

2018
2001

2010

2016
2013
1987

2017
AFTER MAKING THE BIGGEST CUSTOM WEIGHT ROOM
IN THE NATION, BRUNO PAULETTO AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE DEMANDED ONE LARGER AND “BETTER”. DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION
POPS DELIVERED, CREATING THE FIRST SUPER ROOM. BASE CAMP™ RACK EARLY ADOPTERS:
NEW HQ IN IRMO, SC SHOWING - NICK GARCIA (NOTRE DAME HS) UPGRADED HQ AND MANUFACTURING
THE CHALLENGE GROWTH AND PROGRESS. - CRAIG FITZGERALD (USC FOOTBALL) FACILITY IN LEXINGTON, SC.
- LUKE RICHESSON (JACKSONVILLE JAGS)
- TOM MYSLINSKI (MEMPHIS)
RICHARD SORIN
STRIKES HIS FIRST
SPARKS. SELF ESTABLISHED OVER 38 YEARS IN
TAUGHT WELDING INNOVATION BUSINESS WITH 40+
INDUSTRY FIRST
AND DESIGN.
SORINEX CREATES FIRST “LANDMINE”, CREATED OUT DESIGNS TO DATE.
SORIN EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT OF A TRAINING NEED FOR BERT WHILE PREPARING FOR
FOUNDED. OLYMPIC TRIALS IN HAMMER THROW. LEGACY
FOUNDED
PROVEN
DURABILITY
AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING
SINCE 1980
W E O N LY S O U R C E
U.S. MADE
RAW MATERIALS
INDUSTRY LEADING
LIFETIME
STRUCTURAL
WARRANTY
WE ENSURE PROPER FIT-AND-FINISH
FROM THE FIRST STEP IN PRODUCTION
TO THE LAST 1” COLD ROLLED STEEL
BOLT TIGHTENED AT INSTALLATION.