bench question

"mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

hi,

anybody make a decent bench for olympic weights w/ leg ext. and preacher
for less than $200?

Nope.

And if you paid six or eight hundred for such a bench, it would still be
[censored]. Anything that has a leg estension on it is too high to do bench or
incline presses safely. Besides, leg extension have a lot of potential for
injuries. And most folks who love those preacher benches usually end up
hurting their elbows.

I have designed and built a big bench that incorporated these things into
them. Even making the thing extra heavy duty and designing the hell out of
it, it still was a dismal failure. The swiss army knife approach is not a
good design criteria for gym equipment. Cheap knock offs from china will not
work better.

The absolute limit of trickery in a bench is to have a flat - incline combo.
Put any more function in there, performance degrades greatly. Turning an Ok
bench into a peice of [censored].

Get yourself a good incline and/or flat bench. Or a combo. It doesn't pay to
buy [censored]. These are tools. And just like any tool, you should buy good ones.

..... and you back up your opinion with reason!

let me rephrase the question, your honor.

anyone know of a $200 or less flat/incline bench that's any good?

thanks again,

mike

"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

hi,

anybody make a decent bench for olympic weights w/ leg ext. and preacher
for less than $200?

Nope.

And if you paid six or eight hundred for such a bench, it would still be
[censored]. Anything that has a leg estension on it is too high to do bench or
incline presses safely. Besides, leg extension have a lot of potential for
injuries. And most folks who love those preacher benches usually end up
hurting their elbows.

I have designed and built a big bench that incorporated these things into
them. Even making the thing extra heavy duty and designing the hell out of
it, it still was a dismal failure. The swiss army knife approach is not a
good design criteria for gym equipment. Cheap knock offs from china will
not work better.

The absolute limit of trickery in a bench is to have a flat - incline
combo. Put any more function in there, performance degrades greatly.
Turning an Ok bench into a peice of [censored].

Get yourself a good incline and/or flat bench. Or a combo. It doesn't pay
to buy [censored]. These are tools. And just like any tool, you should buy good
ones.

"mike" wrote

Quoted message said:

.... and you back up your opinion with reason!

let me rephrase the question, your honor.

anyone know of a $200 or less flat/incline bench that's any good?

I would go to an exercise equipment store. I have seen good flat benchesfor
a $100. But a good incline, flat combo usually runs from $250 to $350.

Stay away from the junk sold in mass outlets. Make sue it fits you.

If you want to buy online, New York Barbells has a fairly good line that
they have made for them in china. Good prices. And a good variety to choose
from. A lot of the equipment, not the weights, is free shipping. Just try
to stay away from the cheapest stuff.

And make sure your bench is not a super combo thing. That drives the price
up and the quality down.

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/benches1.html

Something like this may meet your criteria.

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/90655.html

I assume that you have a power rack, right?

I never did leg extensions, they just feel like they would injure me
someday.
Anybody have anything good to say about leg extensions?

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Quoted message said:

I never did leg extensions, they just feel like they would injure me
someday.
Anybody have anything good to say about leg extensions?

Uss hatesss them, preciouss, so us doesss...

Hugh

--
Exercise is a dirty word. Whenever I hear it, I wash my mouth out with
chocolate. ("Ladi"😉

absolute fitness sells flat/incline bench on ebay for around $100. i got one
and it works.

"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"mike" wrote

Quoted message said:

.... and you back up your opinion with reason!

let me rephrase the question, your honor.

anyone know of a $200 or less flat/incline bench that's any good?

I would go to an exercise equipment store. I have seen good flat
benchesfor a $100. But a good incline, flat combo usually runs from $250
to $350.

Stay away from the junk sold in mass outlets. Make sue it fits you.

If you want to buy online, New York Barbells has a fairly good line that
they have made for them in china. Good prices. And a good variety to
choose from. A lot of the equipment, not the weights, is free shipping.
Just try to stay away from the cheapest stuff.

And make sure your bench is not a super combo thing. That drives the price
up and the quality down.

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/benches1.html

Something like this may meet your criteria.

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/90655.html

I assume that you have a power rack, right?

In article <93eJe.236$Yf7.162@trndny06>, "Mack" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

absolute fitness sells flat/incline bench on ebay for around $100. i got one
and it works.

I bought a flat/incline bench with leg curl/extension attachment and
preacher curl attachment for $99.00.

Works fine. ;-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <93eJe.236$Yf7.162@trndny06>, "Mack" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

absolute fitness sells flat/incline bench on ebay for around $100. i got
one
and it works.

I bought a flat/incline bench with leg curl/extension attachment and
preacher curl attachment for $99.00.

Works fine. ;-)

Oops! Forgot to say where...

Oshmans.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <93eJe.236$Yf7.162@trndny06>, "Mack" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

absolute fitness sells flat/incline bench on ebay for around $100. i got
one
and it works.

I bought a flat/incline bench with leg curl/extension attachment and
preacher curl attachment for $99.00.

Works fine. ;-)

Oops! Forgot to say where...

Oshmans.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson