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Summary: Solid Bench
Comment: Good solid bench. Very sturdy and easy assemble and easy to adjust. The only complaint I have is the seat, it is a little over sized but I got used to it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good all purpose bench
Comment: Solid construction and all the holes line up when putting it together. Took me about an hour while watching tv to assemble it. This bench has various positions: Incline; flat; 45 degree; and 90 degree angles. Also, it comes with a leg attachment (that's removable) which comes in handy doing incline crunches and lifting yourself up after a tough set of incline bench presses. The leg attachment tends to feel a bit cramped up front there but only guys with really long legs will be unhappy. Overall, a solid piece of equipment at a good price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: As advertised...
Comment: Nothing real special here. It does exactly as it says it will. It's a fairly tight fit for my legs to get between the pads and the bench, but it's not bad. Sturdy construction, easy to put together; my wife and I got it ready out of the box in about 20-30 minutes at most. Easy to move around.
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Summary: Great bench, Great Price
Comment: This bench is really nice. I am not a hardcore lifter or anything like that, I bought a set of the SelectTech Dumbbells from the Bowflex site to go along with the bench. Although it's brand new to me, it seems solid and should work perfectly for the dumbbell workouts I want to do.
It went together easily - it took me about 30-40 minutes with a couple interruptions. I used a magnetic parts tray much like this one:
Advanced Tool Design Model ATD-8760 Stainless Steel Round Magnetic Parts Tray
and found this indispensable for building this will all the bolts and washers. A very helpful item to have if you assemble anything like this.
My only gripe with the assembly involved putting on the seat. I found myself in some strange positions having to turn an allen wrench in a very tight space. It would be helpful if the manufacturer could attach that one piece. The back rest was easy, the seat took a little more contortion work.
Overall, great bench and I am look forward to really using it with my Bowflex dumbbells and stand.
Update: I have been using the bench for the last week and it is fantastic and sturdy. Easy to maneuver and it looks nice. Priced right it's a winner!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice and sturdy for you big guys
Comment: My biggest question when buying a bench or any piece of exercise equipment is, "Will it be big enough for me?" At 6-3 255, this can be a problem. Seems exercise companies these days think only small people work out!
I bought this along with the 552 dumbbells and stand. I found that this bench, just like the stand was much easier to assemble than some reviews say. The only part I had trouble with was putting the seat on, which can be explained by my body size. I'm sure there is a better way to do it, but I just picked it up and sat it on a table and put the seat on that way, instead of laying in the floor, cursing the little guy that decided to make this seat require me being under it to install the seat.
Trust me, that is part of the fun!
All of the instructions were clear, and it really wasn't that much that needed to be assembled. The parts as packaged, the seat, the back rest pad, the front stabilizer, the rear stabilizer and the rest was assembled. Well except the leg hold downs, which only requires sliding a pin and bar through a hole and putting the pads on each side.
You bolt the main part to the rear stabilizer, then the front stabilizer, bolt the back pad and seat on and that is it.
For a few measurements, and why I am more than impressed with this bench.
The seat at its widest point is 15 inches wide, at the front (under your thighs in incline) and 12 inches wide at its most narrow point. The back rest is also 12 inches wide. The back rest is nearly 3 inches thick and the seat is a little over 3 inches thick.
The material used in the frame is very sturdy. It says 300 pound user with 300 pounds of weights, can be supported and I believe it. The construction and design itself is excellent.
What I did was pull the stand in front of the leg end of the bench. It is narrow enough to fit that way, with the stand and dumbbells right in front of you when you sit down.
The incline is also very easy to use. You just slide the bar (that you can see in the picture) it has wheels on the bar and each setting has a gate/wall that the wheels stop at. That is it. No more pulling pins out, turning hex wrenches, or anything like that.
Mainly what I am saying is that I am an old school lifter that is used to narrow benches that require work to adjust during the workouts, this bench takes all of that extra work out of it and it looks nice as well.
Looks aren't a big deal, but trying to convince my wife that I really need this bench in the garage, near her artwork, made the looks matter!
I also have reviews of the stand and dumbbells up, so check those out too. I'm very pleased with all 3 and recommend each of them as highly as possible.
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