New bench

[Lex_Talionis]

I bought a Power Rack a few months ago and am loving it! But, now I need to replace my bench.. it's a few years old and is falling apart. I assume most of you go to a gym to workout... but I enjoy having my own equipment.. so, I was wondering if any of you had any suggestions for a new bench..

I was thinking about this one... http://store.yahoo.com/homegym/utilitybench.html , but it does not decline.. and even though I really don't use that right now, I may down the road..

Any suggestions on a new one?

 

[WilliamB]

Does that bench have a place for the barbell to sit?

 

[JD123]

Does that bench have a place for the barbell to sit?

The power rack holds the barbell.

 

[Lex_Talionis]

No... I have the power rack for that. http://www.egymequipment.com/powerrack.html

I need one without uprights... not to mention the leg developer needs to be for olympic plates. I'm sure most of the higher end ones are like that, though.

 

[WilliamB]

Oh alright you have a power rack. New vocab word for me. That would probably be even better then having one that is attached to the bench. You can adjust where you unrack from.

 

[chuckufarley]

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p...3&doVSearch=no&pageBucket=0&parentPage=family

nice strong bench and much more economical

 

[Lex_Talionis]

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p...3&doVSearch=no&pageBucket=0&parentPage=family

nice strong bench and much more economical

Looks good but I would outgrow it in a month or two seeing as it only holds 400 lbs flat.. also, the person I work out with wouldn't be able to use it because of the same reason...

Thanks for the input, though!

 

[chuckufarley]

I bench 300 and wieght 270. I use this bench and have for over a year. no creaks or signs of weekening. Although your choice does say it is stronger. I am just cheap.

 

[Lex_Talionis]

Wow... maybe I'll give it a try then.

 

[chuckufarley]

If you have a Dicks Sporting gods close buy you can go in and check it out. the one on display instore has a rack on it. Or talk to a resale sports shop in your area. Either way good luck. Dicks also has 300 lbs wieght sets, olypmic, for 120 dollars. No I don't work there I just found some great deals there.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

I have a bench that holds 800 and I think it was from Dick's Sporting Goods. I've had it for a while now and it's great. You can readjust where you unrack from, it can do two levels of incline, and it has a place from which you can squat in the back. You can also do preacher curls and such on another part of it. It's really a great piece of equipment. I'm gonna have to see what that thing is called...

 

[Lex_Talionis]

The preacher curl part would be nice... but I don't need the squatting part or anything like that cause I have my power rack. I'm going to go look in the phone book and see if there's a dicks sporting goods around here.

 

[SJ69]

IMHO the stuff from Dick's sux, I had a Dick's bench, and had to replace it, it almost =killed me (long story), my friend has one and the "Hooks" uprights needed to be trimmed, because it would take undo effort to just lift the damn bar over them.
I need to buy a new one also, I'll prob. duplicate this thread, but i suggest buying one that is just FLAT, then get another for inclines.

 

[WilliamB]

First off I must say that your AVI is great SJ69.

Did you mean get an adjustable one for incline? I find the multiple angle benchs very useful.

 

[Lex_Talionis]

IMHO the stuff from Dick's sux, I had a Dick's bench, and had to replace it, it almost =killed me (long story), my friend has one and the "Hooks" uprights needed to be trimmed, because it would take undo effort to just lift the damn bar over them.
I need to buy a new one also, I'll prob. duplicate this thread, but i suggest buying one that is just FLAT, then get another for inclines.

I don't know about two benches... I am not going to have much room when I move.

 

[SJ69]

First off I must say that your AVI is great SJ69.

Did you mean get an adjustable one for incline? I find the multiple angle benchs very useful.

lol, yeah I figured why not use something that's nice to look at.

The multipurpose ones are good too have, especially given limited space and money, but I prefer a flat, nothing else bench for flat bench. Then maybe a fixed incline or an adjustable for inclines.
Right now I use an adjustable, set up under a rack I got from Dick's. The rack is cool and has a low row and a lat pulldown, but the first bench that came with it broke (the pin, very scary). Then I replaced it with another adjustbale and the new one is now BENT, it's a slight decline now in flat position.