In The Market For An Adjustable Bench

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Hey guys, curious, does anyone have any experience with varieties of adjustable benches for a home gym? I’ve been looking around, I’ve seen an… Ironmaster Adjustable I think it was called? It looks solid, with a fairly small foot print, for around $300. I’m not necessarily against a bigger foot print, I’m a bigger dude, and a wide pad would probably do me good. I want to get rid of my flat bench, and make this my go to, and I want it fairly solid. I guess my budget would be no more than $400, advice?

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Iron Master make good shit, expensive but good lol going by their best in class adjustable DBs. Without a doubt cheaper gear will also serve you well

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Rogue,titan,elite fts,fringe

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I’m fucking hell on an adjustable bench, I’ve been through 3, just through use and no climate control in the garage. I’ve seen some other inclined I would prefer, because honestly, the ironmaster looks a bit gimmicky, but christ they get expensive. All the others tend to run +600

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I dunno why benches are so expensive. They run as much as a quality barbell. What’d u do to your last ones?

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My first one was used, so it lasted about 2 months. Rotted.

2nd one, new, held up until I dropped a 50 on it trying to rig up a dumbbell leg Curl thing by myself, cracked the seat in half.

3rd one came with my rack, terrible bench, the seat ended up splitting just from normal use, about 4 months in.

I have a Titan flat bench that’s held up for about 2 years now. It also survived a flood. Its seeing the end of its lifespan, stripping bolts, etc. hence the need for a newer bench.

But idk man, I could probably literally get my friend to custom forge and wrap a flat bench for me for the same price as these adjustables. Its crazy.

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The really crappy part about adjustable benches is the pivots, carriages, and bracing required to make it adjustable.

Sounds simple/silly, but straight static frames are a piece of cake to make rock solid, but once parts start moving its a whole different ball game.

I had a Body Solid adjustable with rack and whatnot that I got like 18 years ago but their current equivalent is like almost $800. Nice set up, but yeesh :astonished:.

That was way pre-kid.

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