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Save up a little longer and buy a full rack you wont regret it.

At 5'4" unless you have really long legs, you will need something 17" or lower for height. Im 5'6" and my Pendlay is 17" off the ground and i can plant my feet flat on the ground.

I've used a few...

Wow this thread really turned around! Good choice!

If you've got your heart set on one of those home gym smith things, people in my area sell the Costco Nautilus ones for 3-600 all day and they sit on craigs or kijiji forever. Id look into used for...

I've never used any of the benches you have listed here, I would search here for reviews on all of them. For me I bought a used bench that was 20" high and the pad was only 8-9" wide and used it for...

The pendlay fits fine for flat benching (which is what all the beginner programs suggest anyways), but it would be my assumption that all the higher end heavy benches have wheels or should have...

OP check out this link, post # 2 there is an extensive list of all of the good benches.

I have the ptec rack with a Pendlay bench, it fits ok, the only problem is I cant do incline bench off of...

I have the ironmaster stand with the Quick Locks up to 120's, agreed with Skidmarx, the stand is ok if you arent using a ton of weight but if you put the dumbells back down hard on the stand 80's or...

Good review I really like this bench too.

From this statement you should probably buy the dark horse.

Never used that body solid power rack but I have the powertec and had I known about the Dark Horse back then I would have saved a...

Mine didn't fall a part like that, a few nuts and bolts needed to be loosened so it moved properly, but hey that guy has some pretty nice looking adjustable dumbbell sitting on the ground at 3:30.

That's probably one of the places where it shows its price point. I have a welder buddy, who in his own mind is an expert at all metal fabrication, and I will ask him what his opinion is on it?

I...

I think when they say all the other angles they are comparing it to the angle the seat is like Maluket said above.

I took 2 pictures of it in its most upright position with the butt pad flat, and...

Yea I had the itch to add something to my gym, and it fit the budget and was more fun than buying stall mats.

The Angles are more like 0, 30, 45, and just under 90 degree.

And the steel piece that holds the bench up when inclined is 1/4" thick by 3" wide.

I bought one of those Mark Bell Reactive sling shots from Rogue (I know its like cheating haha), to see if it would help me bust through a bench plateau, and it did.

Picked up some Rogue Fractional plates at a Crossfit gym / garage sale. They weren't the greatest deal but half of brand new so I'm happy with that.

The Pendlay is almost all mostly 2x3" (the post that supports the back when flat is 2 x 2"), not sure of the gauge of steel, My guess would be 11 because of how heavy it is (100 lbs) compared to my...

I bought one of those benches a year ago for 45 used. I liked it and got a lot of use out of it.

Now for the downfalls: I believe the capacity is 400 lbs total, plus its like 20" high (or mine...

I have a starter bar from them and its okay gets the job done, but If you are going to pay more than 50 bucks for a bar from Fitness Depot I would get the Cap OB-86B from amazon.ca instead, it gets...