Marcy Decline Flat Utility Bench
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List Price: $94.99
Our Price: $69.99
Your Save: $ 25.00 ( 26% )
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Binding: Sports
Brand: Marcy
Color: Dark grey frame
EAN: 0096362998970
Feature: 2 inch by 2 inch round heavy duty tube frame.
Label: Marcy
Manufacturer: Marcy
Model: SB 240
Publisher: Marcy
Release Date: 2005-08-15
Studio: Marcy
Variation Description: Dark grey frame
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Features
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2 inch by 2 inch round heavy duty tube frame.
4 position abdominal bench/
Easy pop pin pad slide adjustment.
Flat, incline, decline bench positions for dumbbell workouts.
Support handles for leg raise exercise.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not perfect, but very, very useful.
Comment: I am a competitive bodybuilder and long-time physical trainer who hates working out at home, but newly moved and 40 minutes' drive from the gym compelled me to find a way to do that. For the money [$[...] at the Hilo Cost-U-Less] this is a fine bench, but as others have pointed out, if you're over five foot nine, you'll probably be less happy than I. The bench is sturdy enough for my 185 lb. frame, and with the bench in its flat bench position or incline, it is fine for many exercises that requires these. The versatility could have been greatly expanded by adding a fourth stop between the flat bench stop and incline stop...the incline angle is too radical to obtain optimum benefit for many of my exercises, so I have to use a pillow to raise myself to a higher angle.
The decline angle is useless, as the section of the bench you sit on does NOT decline, so in the decline position tremendous stress is placed on the lower back, making it dangerous to one's back for decline exercises. I actually was sold on this bench because it had a decline option, but once I experienced it I realized the flaw: the entire surface of the bench has to decline for it to not cause injury. So forget the decline option.
Other reviewers here might benefit from watching workout vids on [...] to find that there are many many variations of ab, chest and arm exercises that can be performed on this bench.
In summation, LOTS of useful exercises CAN be performed on it, and it allows me to perform a decent workout at home on those days when I can't get to the gym.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Cheaper at walmart
Comment: I don't own this bench, im very tempted to get it or a no name brand at a local dunhams. I just wanted to mention wallmart has the sb222 pretty much the same thing for 38 bucks. I figured Id mention in to save some people a few bucks.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not bad for the $$$
Comment: I paid ~$85 for the bench on Amazon with free shipping. It was a great workout - putting it together that is. Seriously - ~ 1 hour and the parts are pretty solid considering I am sure they were made in China. I am 6' - 200#'s and am about the maximum size that can fit on this bench as other reviewers posted. If you are looking for a gym quality bench - this is not it. But if you want to throw around some 20-30 lb. weights on a pretty comfortable adjustable bench this is for you. For the $85 I am happy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Bench
Comment: This bench was easy to assemble, supports my weight (the weight of a larger guy) and I have no complaints.
Customer Rating:
Summary: EXCELLENT for the price...
Comment: I bought this for days when I can't make it to the gym and just want to do some simple dumbbell exercises at home: flat/incline/decline flies, military presses, and maybe a few incline curls and lying triceps presses.
It works wonderfully for those simple exercises---I'm about 5'9" and use fairly light dumbbells at home, about 30lbs each. But the design is actually much more stable and sturdy than utility benches by Weider and Danskin, and I love that the front support has a pin you can take out to make it fold inwards, saving good amount of space if you need to store or transport it. (The Weider bench especially sucked...see my review of it.)
My only slight complaint is that in the decline position, the non-folding part of the bench feels a bit too long, so it feels a bit unnatural where my back actually ends up bending at.
The padding is generous and overall it's pretty attractive as far as benches go. Sure it can't compete with a pro bench that you'd find at a gym, but those things start at a hundred fifty bucks.
I also love how easy it was to assemble. The instructions were clear, and the different parts were packaged and labeled to make it as quick and painless as possible.
Still, I got mine for a sweet fifteen bucks on clearance at Wallyworld, so have nothing to truly gripe about! Before that it was normally priced at forty bucks which is still quite reasonable.
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Editorial Reviews:
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4-position decline, flat, incline and vertical pressing positions. Durable and compact design. Support handles for leg raise exercise. Comfortable high density deluxe boxed upholstery. 33 lbs.
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