Serious Lifting Bench by Powerblock

[Jetigen]

I am starting this thread to archive available information about the Serious Lifting Bench by Powerblock. I took a snapshot of their webstore and tweaked a bit to show all information about this bench. I've also made a couple of bench images from the product pictures on their site for easy viewing.

I understood the Powerblock owner used to design equipment for Cybex and Parabody. Read the story below.

The bench is rated for 1,000 lbs. Built with 3" x 3" 11 ga square tubing and weighs 100 lbs.

It's 16.5" high, 56.5" long and 22" wide at the widest part.

It has 6 back pad positions and 2 seat positions and inclines at 30, 45, 60, 70 and 85 degrees.

It comes with front wheels and small back bottom part which is good for accommodating legs on the ground when benching.

It sells for $699.

http://www.powerblock.com/prod_comme...ftingbench.php

[AttyGuy]

Srs. . . .

[jshpark]

Srs. . . .

That looks pretty great though. I was unaware of that bench. I was surprised by the quality of the old white PB bench when I had one. The sweet spot bench height for me is 18-19" so I don't have to adjust my rack safety height.. I can't justify spending that much for a bench though.

[Cleveland33]

serious bench is serious

[2MoreRepz]

[jtaliani]

That is a great looking bench with some solid specs. It's great to see a robust FI bench that is only 16.5" high. As always, I'm on spread with you

[thedickus]

Wow, that has everything I like in a bench. It's low to the ground. I do a lot of dumbbell presses and getting them into position on a taller bench gets to be a pain. I love the ladder style supports, not a fan of the pop pins. I've had them freeze up and I've had them not hold before. I like that it hits 30 degrees on the incline. IMO this is ideal for incline presses. The lack of the true 90 degree isn't a big deal for me. I like that there's no contour to the bench, just straight angles. I like cross bench dumbbell pullovers and prefer a straight bench. My favorite feature is that there's no front feet sticking out past the bench. This really makes putting dumbbells into position much easier for me.
Now if I could just catch them on a going out of business liquidation sale I'd be set. I just don't think I could ever justify to myself spending $700 on a bench. Well I could to myself, but not to my wife.

Repped.

[SuperBison]

Thanks for the informations!
Didn't know too much about this bench!

[ProtienandIron]

Good looking bench.

[ProtienandIron]

Would plough serious bench/10

[morebarbell]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=152648103

[Jetigen]

Wow, that has everything I like in a bench. It's low to the ground. I do a lot of dumbbell presses and getting them into position on a taller bench gets to be a pain. I love the ladder style supports, not a fan of the pop pins. I've had them freeze up and I've had them not hold before. I like that it hits 30 degrees on the incline. IMO this is ideal for incline presses. The lack of the true 90 degree isn't a big deal for me. I like that there's no contour to the bench, just straight angles. I like cross bench dumbbell pullovers and prefer a straight bench. My favorite feature is that there's no front feet sticking out past the bench. This really makes putting dumbbells into position much easier for me.
Now if I could just catch them on a going out of business liquidation sale I'd be set. I just don't think I could ever justify to myself spending $700 on a bench. Well I could to myself, but not to my wife.

Good points. I also like that this bench has a modern feel to it despite being old-schoolish in design. For some reason Panatta equipment come to mind.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=152648103

Didn't know about your thread. My main purpose was to archive as much detail about this bench as possible. In case Powerblock stops making it.

[-aesop-]

This is pretty nice looking.

[morebarbell]

I think the bench fits somewhere between the $600 Sorinex No Problem bench and the $949 Sorinex 0-90 bench

http://store.sorinex.com/np-bench-p/onw-3.htm
http://store.sorinex.com/0-90-degree...ch-p/onw-1.htm

Didn't know about your thread. My main purpose was to archive as much detail...

No worries. But what is the purpose of "archiving" when people rarely if ever actually do a search of the archives?

It's limited and some photos and links aren't always available but Internet Archive has some old versions of websites archived. Here's the link for the powerblock archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/powerblock.com

[Jetigen]

But what is the purpose of "archiving" when people rarely if ever actually do a search of the archives?

For later use. This forum is like a storage tank. I know many users upload their images to sites like Flikr, etc and just embed pictures. I purposely upload pictures to the forum when doing reviews. Hate reading a review with pictures missing. I hope bb.com doesn't disappear.

[Detrus]

looks serious. But are those hooks serious enough? They look a bit thin.

[-aesop-]

I'd trust them as much as the tabs used to hold the backrest in place on the Sorinex, Pendlay and Rogue 0-90 benches.

[morebarbell]

I think the hooks are a step up over the tabs. The hooks are probably laser cut and should have closer tolerances than pieces of bent metal welded to a frame.

I'd bet the bench is rock solid. It's actually on my short list of benches but my actual purchase will probably depend on what's available on Craigslist.

Similar hooks are also used on the $949 Sorinex bench as well as other high end commercial benches such as Power-Lift and Hammer Strength.
http://store.sorinex.com/0-90-degree...ch-p/onw-1.htm

[qaz123]

I owned a serious lifting systems hack squat it was beautiful.