Bought myself a standard bench, 5' standard bar and 200 lbs of weight for 250 dollars

[jamesovercome]

Stop giving advice, you're ignorant as **** with your dumb **** standard weight plates and your fisher price weight bench.

[deadwoodgregg]

OP, the "advice" that you offer in this thread that YOU created is an excellent way to get some noob hurt. Plain and simple. There is no safety built into the equipment that you describe. Tempted to neg you but you have no reputation to take away.


The GIFS posted are hilarious.........nice job!!

[rocketdan9]

OP, the "advice" that you offer in this thread that YOU created is an excellent way to get some noob hurt. Plain and simple. There is no safety built into the equipment that you describe. Tempted to neg you but you have no reputation to take away.


The GIFS posted are hilarious.........nice job!!

I never indicated "my advice" was for a noobs only. And one of your "vets" here just outdid himself by stating to buy an olympic bench when i clearly indicated that there is limited space. I guess the term "meathead" unfortunately is not a myth.

I already put up the link to the bench and the description is there. The limits are listed (330 pounds user and 550 pounds bar + weight) plus it goes overboard by stating, "not flimsy like some other bench press units". I've also tested it in the store. Unless it can't live up to it's description i guess its a lawsuit waiting to happen. Amstaff is a smaller company with a strong reputation here so i'm not worried

I'm not sure how much more i can clarify my situation and purchase without neg feedback here. There are tons of threads with questions about std bench and bars and there are reasons why these type of "population" are interested. Again i rather buy commercial gym stuff if i had the choice, but with my circumstances i'm pleasently surprised with what i got. If anyone else wants to follow than thats up to them

[deadwoodgregg]

I am not sure but I think this is what the OP has..


http://www.fitnessavenue.ca/item.php?id=476


I really don't care what the weight capacities are for the bench, but rather that there are no safety spotters to catch the weight on a failed lift attempt.

[matrix563]

there are no safety spotters to catch the weight on a failed lift attempt.

c'mon deadwood, its obvious he is going to catch the weight with his face





op won't be posting for awhile, he also did a flip out the window:

[rocketdan9]

c'mon deadwood, its obvious he is going to catch the weight with his face





op won't be posting for awhile, he also did a flip out the window:

Nice profile. A 31 year old who has a brain of a 15 year old but a head size of ogre. Where is your neck man??

[matrix563]

Where is your neck man??

obviously safer than yours since i have lots of things to catch the bar, unlike your setup .

[jellodirt]

Can you post pictures?

[Stasher1]

Nice profile. A 31 year old who has a brain of a 15 year old but a head size of ogre. Where is your neck man??

Awww, somebody's upset and lashing out.

[ProtienandIron]

Nice profile. A 31 year old who has a brain of a 15 year old but a head size of ogre. Where is your neck man??

Its always funny when a no avi, red, ph****tt decides to attack someones profile.

[rocketdan9]

Its always funny when a no avi, red, ph****tt decides to attack someones profile.

Hey is this your bipolar self coming out or british hospitality??

I'm just defending myself. Tired of rude people. Alot of you folks need to relax and mature up , forum or not. I appreciate those that don't agree with me but reply like an adult

[anthongy817]

Wasted a few minutes of my life reading this thread. Should have stopped after finishing the OP...

[rocketdan9]

Can you post pictures?

yup

[ProtienandIron]

yup

On a serious note, you could have fit about three full size power racks in that area pictured. Look what one guy on here manages to cram into a small space....

[rocketdan9]

On a serious note, you could have fit about three full size power racks in that area pictured. Look what one guy on here manages to cram into a small space....

thats your opinion. The space is not as generous as you think. And the one you recommend would make me have to get rid of everything else in the room and the cage would go literally wall to wall. I couldn't fit in nor be able to take out the bench easily.

Again i know what i got. Its nothing professional nor anything crazy like some of you guys have. Its basic of basic compact gym. But also you can push quite a good amount of weight doing basic exercises. Its better than not working out

[DrStriation]

LMAO I lost it towards the end, you are so serious LOL dude you are wasting your time

[DrStriation]

Its better than not working out

Trust me, you are better off not working out, find another hobby and return to lifting when you are ready and mature

I'm still chuckling from your original post lol

[RacerJ]

The space is not as generous as you think. And the one you recommend would make me have to get rid of everything else in the room and the cage would go literally wall to wall. I couldn't fit in

While that may be true for the power rack ProtienandIron posted (I'm not sure of it's measurements), it's not true for other power racks. Your bench is 21”W x 40”L and your barbell is 60" so, that's 40"L x 60"W. A Powerline power rack is 46"W x 44"L which would be 4" longer than your bench. Your bench is also pulled away a noticeable distance from your wall. Your pictures have also excluded a large portion of the room in question (which hides a lot of information) and, the angles of the pictures introduce skewed perspective due to foreshortening (which makes everything looked more cramped than it probably is). It's one thing to not want a power rack but, it's quite another to keep saying one won't fit when basic math shows that it will.

It doesn't have safety bars to protect you, and there is no reason to lose control if you can't push to the extreme anyways.

You can fail any given lift at any given point as a result of numerous variables that have nothing to do with the maximum weight limit of the hardware which can cause someone to lose control (as well as reaching "failure" prematurely). You don't need to "push to the extreme" to run into trouble on a lift. People are free to choose and accept the risk factors they are comfortable with but, they shouldn't act like they don't exist . . .

[rocketdan9]

While that may be true for the power rack ProtienandIron posted (I'm not sure of it's measurements), it's not true for other power racks. Your bench is 21”W x 40”L and your barbell is 60" so, that's 40"L x 60"W. A Powerline power rack is 46"W x 44"L which would be 4" longer than your bench. Your bench is also pulled away a noticeable distance from your wall. Your pictures have also excluded a large portion of the room in question (which hides a lot of information) and, the angles of the pictures introduce skewed perspective due to foreshortening (which makes everything looked more cramped than it probably is). It's one thing to not want a power rack but, it's quite another to keep saying one won't fit when basic math shows that it will.




You can fail any given lift at any given point as a result of numerous variables that have nothing to do with the maximum weight limit of the hardware which can cause someone to lose control (as well as reaching "failure" prematurely). You don't need to "push to the extreme" to run into trouble on a lift. People are free to choose and accept the risk factors they are comfortable with but, they shouldn't act like they don't exist . . .

fair points . But I will try to upload the full size of the room, to prove how cramped it is. I can't afford 4 inches in length because that would crash into my thin office table. Even without the table it would almost touch the other side of the den wall.

And i know there are hazards to working out, even without pushing the extremes. But i'm comfortable with the risks. Its no different than going to a gym and seeing people bench press one or two 45 plates on each side without a spotter.

[AttyGuy]

fair points . But I will try to upload the full size of the room, to prove how cramped it is. I can't afford 4 inches in length because that would crash into my thin office table. Even without the table it would almost touch the other side of the den wall.

And i know there are hazards to working out, even without pushing the extremes. But i'm comfortable with the risks. Its no different than going to a gym and seeing people bench press one or two 45 plates on each side without a spotter.

And so do you, OP. So do you. . . .

[Detrus]

You can't squat with that bench right? Cheapo squat stands would have been a better buy.

[BloodType3R]

Carry on, OP.

[rocketdan9]

Carry on, OP.

Why are you showing me an embarressing clip of yourself??

What kind of joke picture is that you got on your profile. Next time do everyone a favor and wear a shirt

[Stasher1]

Why are you showing me an embarressing clip of yourself??

What kind of joke picture is that you got on your profile. Next time do everyone a favor and wear a shirt

Weak. What are you, eight years old? What's next, are you going to tell him that your dad can beat up his dad?

You're pathetic. You're just making yourself look like a bigger loser with every post.

[robosphere]

Orange Triad. /end thread

[Vmango]

Thread of the month.....and it has been a good month.

[rocketdan9]

Weak. What are you, eight years old? What's next, are you going to tell him that your dad can beat up his dad?

You're pathetic. You're just making yourself look like a bigger loser with every post.

why don't put on attack on those others who have started crap in the first place?? i'm just stooping to their level that's all

[BloodType3R]

Orange Triad. /end thread

I do quite enjoy my multi with joint, digestion and, immune support.

[rlundregan]

There are a few things that I am guessing the OP is not aware of....first, a lot of us got a power rack, a decent bench, and a 300 lb Olympic set for around $300 total by buying used on Craigslist.

Second, OP seems to think that a standard barbell will hold a lot of weight. I can understand that, a lot of guys with Olympic bars don't understand the difference between static and dynamic load capacities. OP, just to be clear, your standard bar can probably only hold 200 lbs or perhaps slightly more before it starts to bend permanently, and I am talking static load here. A lot of guys can bench that much pretty easily, much less squat or deadlift.

Third, and most importantly, without having some sort of spotters in place, it is very easy to get seriously hurt on a failed lift. Just FYI, there are people who die from failing while bench pressing--the bar lands on their neck. As noted above, a power rack really does not take much more space than a bench press, even a standard one.

I'm not trying to attack you, I just have concerns for the safety of noobs who might come across this post.

[owasM]

I'm not trying to attack you, I just have concerns for the safety of noobs who might come across this post.

exactly why this thread should be left to die