Hi, I am planning to get a bench and have looked at the Ironmaster super bench and Powertech and body solid benches. The question is I have a power cage at home and not sure if these will be ideal for incline pressing. My current bench is 21 inches off the ground and I am 5 feet 4, so I feel it may be a bit difficult to unrack the weight in the cage. If anyone has pictures of how would any of these benches look in an inclined position in a power cage that would be great? The reason I ask for pictures is that I live in New Zealand and these benches can be only purchased online.
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02-20-2017, 03:32 PM #1
Bench reccomendations for incline bench in a powercage
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02-20-2017, 03:48 PM #2
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It's almost impossible to recommend a bench for incline within your rack if we don't know what kind of rack you own. Some benches simply won't work well inclined in some racks due to the location of the rear feet, bench frame design, and the placement of the rack's lower rear crossbar. Some benches can straddle this crossbar, some can't. Some racks are offset enough in the rear to work with just about any bench.
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02-20-2017, 03:51 PM #3
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02-21-2017, 12:56 PM #10
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I agree with Daniel on flipping the bench around, but you may also consider the Bodycraft F320 for ultimate rack compatibility. Good pads, a little taller @ 19", but during incline the seat lowers down pretty close to the ground which was nice. I owned both the original and newer versions, just too tall in the flat positions for my liking (there are work arounds for that).
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