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Royalty

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Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« on: January 30, 2016, 09:19:49 AM »
A little rusty, but it looks like it was built to last. I'd like to see Funk51 paint the frame gold.

Guy on craigslist wants $80 for it
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2016, 09:23:49 AM »
I love the heavy duty thick steel beams holding it together.
The actual bench looks narrow enough to do proper flys as well.

The gym I  just joined has a few pcs of old school equipment like this with new paint.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2016, 10:23:18 AM »
Our gym has just replaced most of the dumbel benches with wide backed models, total shit... Why anyone would design them like that is beyond me.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2016, 10:51:01 AM »
Fuck I bet the weight capacity is measured in tons
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2016, 11:02:52 AM »
Quote from: Royalty on January 30, 2016, 09:19:49 AM
A little rusty, but it looks like it was built to last. I'd like to see Funk51 paint the frame gold.

Guy on craigslist wants $80 for it

nice bench a little clean up and you have a nice piece...definitely worth 80 bucks .
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2016, 11:04:57 AM »
Quote from: bass generator on January 30, 2016, 10:51:01 AM
Fuck I bet the weight capacity is measured in tons
this is how ed jubinville used to test his equipment...who else had an elephant heading up quality control.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2016, 11:16:20 AM »
The rack is too narrow. No good for loading and unloading weight.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2016, 11:17:18 AM »
Quote from: Nick Danger on January 30, 2016, 11:16:20 AM
The rack is too narrow. No good for loading and unloading weight.

Was thinking the same thing....never liked that positioning.  The arms were too close to where I'd put my hands.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2016, 11:19:06 AM »
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2016, 11:25:59 AM »
Worse comes to worst, and it feels too narrow, find a angle grinder or portable bandsaw, and cut the uprights off. For $80, it would still make a great rack bench even if it needs to get modified.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2016, 11:42:12 AM »
Quote from: BB on January 30, 2016, 11:25:59 AM
Worse comes to worst, and it feels too narrow, find a angle grinder or portable bandsaw, and cut the uprights off. For $80, it would still make a great rack bench even if it needs to get modified.

Good point, the bench is solid.

But it looks like the uprights can just be taken out.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2016, 12:17:14 PM »
I noticed that Arnold often benched pressed on benches that had the narrow uprights
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2016, 03:37:24 PM »
That bench looks like a piece of shit.

I would buy this one instead.

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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2016, 04:21:13 PM »
Every bench used to have narrow uprights. That way you didn't have to worry about your hands slipping out and being right in line with the catchers when it was time to re rack the weight. You can also see exactly where the catchers are with narrow uprights rather than having to look left and right and fuck about when you're holding 300 lbs and benching alone.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2016, 04:42:55 PM »
Quote from: funk51 on January 30, 2016, 11:04:57 AM
this is how ed jubinville used to test his equipment...who else had an elephant heading up quality control.

I didn't.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2016, 03:04:09 AM »
Quote from: Brass Balls on January 30, 2016, 03:37:24 PM
That bench looks like a piece of shit.

I would buy this one instead.


Gimmick trash, here is some real training
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2016, 03:04:41 AM »
No worth a penny over $79.99...
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2016, 03:37:20 AM »
Hell no.  That's someone's garage project for sure.  You want to trust your life to his welds on those pins?  Doesn't look like he sent them through both walls of the upright, so who knows if he even sent it through to bang into the the back wall of the upright.  No thanks.


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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2016, 03:51:54 AM »
Quote from: Royalty on January 30, 2016, 09:19:49 AM
A little rusty, but it looks like it was built to last. I'd like to see Funk51 paint the frame gold.

Guy on craigslist wants $80 for it

When I had a small gym, I had an older style heavy duty olympic style bench press.  Pretty cool

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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2016, 04:07:42 AM »
Quote from: Brass Balls on January 30, 2016, 03:37:24 PM
That bench looks like a piece of shit.

I would buy this one instead.



Great looking bench, going to copy that design with the same size box section when I move house and set up my home gym, just need to find a woman or a fag who can stitch and upholser the pad bit
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2016, 06:13:07 AM »
Johnny Falcon has a bench press on his porch he's not using and you're going to buy it?
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funk51

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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2016, 06:24:40 AM »
how much would you pay to be let loose in there and get to keep all you can carry in one trip ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???.. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #22 on: January 31, 2016, 06:26:23 AM »
Quote from: funk51 on January 31, 2016, 06:24:40 AM
how much would you pay to be let loose in there and get to keep all you can carry in one trip ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???.. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

lol, I'd hate when moving day came around for that
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #23 on: January 31, 2016, 06:31:19 AM »
Quote from: funk51 on January 31, 2016, 06:24:40 AM
how much would you pay to be let loose in there and get to keep all you can carry in one trip ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???.. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

I'm not sure I could carry them all, but I want all the Intek DB pairs from 130 and up.
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Re: Old fashioned, heavy-duty Bench
« Reply #24 on: January 31, 2016, 02:06:10 PM »
first gold's gym bench... :o :o :o :o
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