We got a new weight bench for our home gym, a little upgrade as the new weight bench is of commercial grade.
And so.........Singapore Home Gym always enjoy setting up home gyms, shifting the furniture here and there and of course, we always opt for self assembly for all our fitness gym equipments. And of course other than enjoying the assembling process, very important point to note is that it is usually cheaper if you opt for self assembly instead of "Installation Provided" service.
So here we go, this post will take you through the process of assembling the new weight bench.
The weight bench came as the main bench on its own, wrapped up and the preacher curls and leg attachment separately.
The main weight bench is already ready for use, however the preacher curls and legs attachments need abit of effort to assemble it. With the tool box, we are ready to go.....
The preacher curls and leg extension attachment are two very useful attachment for the weight bench. It allows you to perform more variety of exercises like Bicep curls, leg extension and leg curls.
The Preacher curl attachment can be directly attached to the weight bench for use.
Looking from the back.....
The assembling of the weight bench is a fairly simple job, and its allows you to save the installation fee, so why not?
Not forgetting the weight bench that we have used for years in our home gym, here's a comaprision between the two.
The main difference between the two weight bench is that the new weight bench does not have the barbell support. And yes, the barbell support is a very important feature of the weight bench. But of course, by getting a new weight bench without the barbell support, we need to couple it with either a squat rack or a power cage for use to perform exercises such as barbell bench press. By reading our previous posts and this post, one can compare and consider of which type of weight bench to get.
Singapore Home Gym's recommendation is, if you have the space and budget, and you are getting a power cage or squat rack, get the weight bench without barbell support. However, if you have a budget and do not have a large space area for your home gym, get the weight bench with barbell support. The weight bench with barbell support allows you to perform barbell bench press without the need to purchase other rakcs or power cages. Therefore, when setting up a home gym, it is very important to decide how much space you have, what are the equipments you will be getting and your budget for the home gym.
We will be posting a review of the weight bench in our future post. So Stay tune!!!
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