As some of you may or may not know, fatpanda is in danger of becoming extinct

. All that will remain are the Giant Pandas !

I have had numerous issues to deal with the past few years, including - being made homeless, losing job, tearing rotators, and unfortunately eating was my comfort through the difficult times

I basically made the choice to give up working out, reading studies etc, and focus on getting a new job, house, etc. Things are now going well again, and while I'm not doing my dream job, nor making the millions various getbiggers are accustomed to. I now have an income that pays my rent, and puts food in my belly. So while i wait for various wheels to click which will allow me to put the rest of my masterplan for getting a profitable, intellectually stimulating and rewarding career. I have been able to focus on perfecting my physique.
Since 1st of June i have been dieting very hard to get back in shape. So far i have lost 56lbs and am currently sitting at a reasonable but certainly improvable 224lbs. The weight loss has slowed somewhat of late, but since i was focused solely on fat loss, with little regard to muscle mass. I felt i needed cardio to really get the last but of weight off, before returning to the weights i love to lift.
Today i got the 1s piece of my new home gym delivered - well i should rephrase that.
i just carried the 1st piece of my new home gym up 3 flights of stairs, as the delivery guy turned upon is own, with no one to help him lift it from the truck

it weighed 150kg/330lbs

not only that but the cunt had me at the bottom doing most of the work

i thought i was having a heart attack.
i think he was a polish immigrant, clearly being hired for cheap eastern European labour.
anyway, got a great elliptical Nordic track machine the cx 650

next on the agenda is a good heavy duty bench. i was thinking of the ironmaster super bench. only I'll be getting it shipped from America as in the UK it is £350/$577 +p&p while in America it's only $250

robbing bastards

anyone here got this bench ? how good is it?
Also those weights look good, for the locking mechanism - does anyone here use them and can they fit standard round 1" hole plates too?