A total of 12 reviews of this product on Reddit.
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The titan bench is the same design as the bench sold at Dicks Sporting and if you search Amazon, CAP re-branded it as well if you want reviews, I personally have never used them: https://www.amazon.com/CAP-Barbell-Deluxe-Utility-Weight/dp/B00HGCJZEC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494288540&sr=8-1&keywords=cap+adjustable+weight+bench
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Yup, pretty much. The main thing is the ability to freely adjust the incline. You want a bench that has multiple incline settings so that you can pick and choose the exact angle because most incline benches will overshoot the angle for incline db chest pressing (About 30 degrees). A good example is something like this.
Decline is less important. If you can find a good bench with it, great, but it’s not necessary. 30 degree angle for incline benching and good upright support for seated shoulder pressing is the main thing we’re looking for.
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Yeah, some areas just never seem to have good stuff. Good luck with your search, if you remember I’d be interested to see what bench you end up with (I’m in the market for a bench upgrade with a similar budget). I was looking at this one, mostly because it looks more like a commercial grade bench, which is what I want. – https://www.amazon.com/CAP-Barbell-Deluxe-Utility-Weight/dp/B00HGCJZEC/ref=s9_simh_gw_g200_i5_r?_encoding=UTF8
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CAP Barbell Deluxe Utility Bench
I’m around 205lb benching 215lb at the moment and this bench has a max weight of 500lb when on the flat position. I don’t think I’m going to hit a 300+ bench that soon but I’m worried about I have less than 100lb to go before my bench doesn’t support it. Any other benches in Canada that won’t destroy my wallet?
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I managed to find this one at Academy. When I went there, I was mainly going for a flat bench, but then I saw this beauty at clearance price. I got it for 59.99. I highly recommend this bench.
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Bench:
Bar:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083R4NDB6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_T46Q8AJ5TVN384EZ02XZ
Have owned both before and been quite happy with them. My flat bench is good for much more weight so I’ll probably use it for regular bench and then this for incline work, seated press, and curls.
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Thanks for your help man, I ended up ordering the:
– Bells Of Steel Rack which I will hopefully have soon.
-a Torque F5 machine I found for a great price on kijiji which I already set up. Great functional trainer for a few hundred bucks with a ton of attachments. Very smooth!
–2×45, 2×35, 4×25, 6×10,4×5,4×2.5 from Fitness Avenue along with their entry 7ft bar and honestly so far so good.
–dumbbell bars
-A bunch of Horse mats and
-a Cap bench which is scheduled to arrive on August 12th
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I want to buy this bench, it is less than $140, but no decline, looks solid: http://www.amazon.com/CAP-Barbell-Deluxe-Utility-Bench/dp/B00HGCJZEC?ie=UTF8&keywords=cap%20bench&qid=1465478485&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
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Cap looks good, but it doesn’t look like it declines:
http://www.amazon.com/CAP-Barbell-Deluxe-Utility-Bench/dp/B00HGCJZEC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462393565&sr=8-1&keywords=cap+bench
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Appreciate the comments guys. After some hours of research, I’ve decided that a separate bench/BB uprights are indeed the way to go.
Through reviews/recommendations these two have caught my eye, any comments on them?
CAP Barbell Deluxe Utility Bench – Like the 90 angle and adjustable seat, but reviews state the seat/back gap is big and sometimes back doesn’t align straight with seat when assembled.
Body-Solid Powerline Folding Bench – Seems small, but supposedly handles 500lbs.
Gave up on leg attachment due to comments, no big deal.
As for uprights, these Valor ones look good, even though /u/Fugazification said to stay away from this brand. Idk now…
$300 or slightly more isn’t bad either.
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I’m not posting this to hate on you at all so please don’t take it that way, but there is a difference between doing it and doing it right. I wouldn’t feel safe doing squats with that rack, and having worked with non-Olympic stuff in the past, even the difference between it and crappy olympic stuff is huge.
OP said $600, and that’s about right. You could get the following all with free shipping, though you will pay sales tax on the Dick’s stuff:
Fitness Gear Half Rack – $350, sometimes on sale for $300
Fitness Gear 300lb Olympic weight set – $250, sometimes on sale for $200
With the stuff you suggest, you’re going to end up paying for everything twice if you get strong eventually, which is going to end up costing way more in the long run. Yes, the barbell isn’t the best and will need to be replaced if you start lifting anything over 300lbs on the regular, but there isn’t much of a better way to get that much iron that cheap anywhere aside from Craigslist, and even that is luck of the draw.
On a positive though, if you decide it’s not for you, the going rate for a squat rack on CL is still in the $300 range, and weights sell at around $0.70/lb, so you could conceivably sell it all and make back 70-80% of your initial outlay.
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perhaps this bench
Cap Utility Bench – $160
