Decent beginners weight bench (York Weight Bench)

Member Name: Beanie8844

Product:	York Weight Bench
Date:	16/09/08 (121 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: easy to assemble

Disadvantages: the design could be improved

During my gap year from sixth form to university I got a job as a lifeguard at the local sports centre and as a consequence spent a lot of time in the gym. I puchased a york 6605 weights bench so I could workout at home instead of travelling to and from the gym on my days off. It was reasonably straightforward to assemble and at first I was delighted with it. However, after using it a few times I began to notice the design faults. Firstly, when doing leg curls, especially quadricep raises it was hurting my shins, I don't think it was designed with tall people in mind (im 6ft 1'). Because of this I had to place something on the seat to elevate my vertical position. The second problem was the bench press. This was fine when performing flat or decline bench presses, but when performing incline ones it is very hard to lift the weights off of the stand for the first time because they appera to be too close to the back rest. It is therefore almost impossible to perform an incline bench press without a spotter; although this is probably adviseable anyway.

Apart from these two limitations it is a decent product, however I would only recommend using light to medium weights upto 100kg. I've had the York 6605 for 3 and a half years now and still use it, but maybe not as often as I should.

Thanks for reading.
(This review is also posted on Ciao under the same name).

Summary: an ok weights bench for beginners