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| Bowflex SelectTech Adjustable Bench Series 3.1 | 
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| Brand: Bowflex
Category: Sports
List Price: $179.00
Buy New: $139.00
You Save: $40.00 (22%)
New (2) from $139.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 768
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 69
Dimensions (in): 40 x 17 x 10.5
MPN: 7001015
Model: Bowflex SelectTech Adjustable Bench 3.1
UPC: 000000000000
EAN: 0708447155733
ASIN: B000BH7CB2
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Transform any space into a personal free weight fitness center | | • | Adjusts to four different positions for over 30 different exercises | | • | Comes with a removable leg hold-down brace for added decline position support | | • | Corrects posture and stabilizes positioning for a safe, muscle-building free-weight workout | | • | 15-year warranty on frame; one-year warranty on upholstery |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Get more out of your workout using Bowflex SelectTech free weights with the 3.1 Series adjustable bench. It adjusts to four different positions for workout versatility--over 30 different exercises. It enables you to do more exercises to get the body you want and ensures proper posture so that you can maximize your results. It's the perfect way to transform your space into a personal fitness center. This bench is also great for correcting posture and stabilizing your positioning for a safe, muscle-building free-weight workout. It's built-strong to last with heavy-duty commercial quality steel and durable upholstery. It comes standard with a removable leg hold-down brace for added decline position support. It wheels away for easy storage and measures 26 by 20 by 56 inches (W x H x L). Assembly is required. Specifications: - Dimensions: 56" L x 26" W x 20" H (142.25 L x 66 W x 51 H cm)
- Adjusts to four different positions
- Corrects posture and stabilizes positioning for a safe, muscle-building free weight workout
- Can be used with more than 30 exercises
- Comes standard with a removable leg hold-down brace for added decline position support
About Utility Benches
Despite the competition from trendy new fitness inventions, free-weight lifting continues to be a popular option for home strength training. Free weights offer a special benefit in strength training because they promote quicker strength gains. Free weights also work a larger number of muscles than resistance machines, which tend to focus on isolated muscles. Specially-designed adjustable pads, grips, and bars help limit and guide movements to minimize the possibility of muscle or joint damage. Plus, from a single utility bench, a vast number of exercises can be performed. Whether it is focusing on the abdomen, arms, chest, or any other muscle group, a utility bench can help you maximize your strength training goals while minimizing your risk of personal injury. Manufacturer's Warranty
15-year warranty on frame, one-year warranty on upholstery
Product Description
Bowflex Bench Adjustable 3.1 Series Transform your workout space.It adds workout variety. It ensures proper posture so that you can maximize your results. It also enables you to do more exercises to get the body you want. The Bowflex Bench Adjustable 3.1
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Solid Bench November 18, 2008
Good solid bench. Very sturdy and easy assemble and easy to adjust. The only complaint I have is the seat, it is a little over sized but I got used to it.
Good all purpose bench November 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Solid construction and all the holes line up when putting it together. Took me about an hour while watching tv to assemble it. This bench has various positions: Incline; flat; 45 degree; and 90 degree angles. Also, it comes with a leg attachment (that's removable) which comes in handy doing incline crunches and lifting yourself up after a tough set of incline bench presses. The leg attachment tends to feel a bit cramped up front there but only guys with really long legs will be unhappy. Overall, a solid piece of equipment at a good price.
As advertised... September 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nothing real special here. It does exactly as it says it will. It's a fairly tight fit for my legs to get between the pads and the bench, but it's not bad. Sturdy construction, easy to put together; my wife and I got it ready out of the box in about 20-30 minutes at most. Easy to move around.
 Great bench, Great Price September 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This bench is really nice. I am not a hardcore lifter or anything like that, I bought a set of the SelectTech Dumbbells from the Bowflex site to go along with the bench. Although it's brand new to me, it seems solid and should work perfectly for the dumbbell workouts I want to do.
It went together easily - it took me about 30-40 minutes with a couple interruptions. I used a magnetic parts tray much like this one:
Advanced Tool Design Model ATD-8760 Stainless Steel Round Magnetic Parts Tray
and found this indispensable for building this will all the bolts and washers. A very helpful item to have if you assemble anything like this.
My only gripe with the assembly involved putting on the seat. I found myself in some strange positions having to turn an allen wrench in a very tight space. It would be helpful if the manufacturer could attach that one piece. The back rest was easy, the seat took a little more contortion work.
Overall, great bench and I am look forward to really using it with my Bowflex dumbbells and stand.
Update: I have been using the bench for the last week and it is fantastic and sturdy. Easy to maneuver and it looks nice. Priced right it's a winner!
Nice and sturdy for you big guys August 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My biggest question when buying a bench or any piece of exercise equipment is, "Will it be big enough for me?" At 6-3 255, this can be a problem. Seems exercise companies these days think only small people work out!
I bought this along with the 552 dumbbells and stand. I found that this bench, just like the stand was much easier to assemble than some reviews say. The only part I had trouble with was putting the seat on, which can be explained by my body size. I'm sure there is a better way to do it, but I just picked it up and sat it on a table and put the seat on that way, instead of laying in the floor, cursing the little guy that decided to make this seat require me being under it to install the seat.
Trust me, that is part of the fun!
All of the instructions were clear, and it really wasn't that much that needed to be assembled. The parts as packaged, the seat, the back rest pad, the front stabilizer, the rear stabilizer and the rest was assembled. Well except the leg hold downs, which only requires sliding a pin and bar through a hole and putting the pads on each side.
You bolt the main part to the rear stabilizer, then the front stabilizer, bolt the back pad and seat on and that is it.
For a few measurements, and why I am more than impressed with this bench.
The seat at its widest point is 15 inches wide, at the front (under your thighs in incline) and 12 inches wide at its most narrow point. The back rest is also 12 inches wide. The back rest is nearly 3 inches thick and the seat is a little over 3 inches thick.
The material used in the frame is very sturdy. It says 300 pound user with 300 pounds of weights, can be supported and I believe it. The construction and design itself is excellent.
What I did was pull the stand in front of the leg end of the bench. It is narrow enough to fit that way, with the stand and dumbbells right in front of you when you sit down.
The incline is also very easy to use. You just slide the bar (that you can see in the picture) it has wheels on the bar and each setting has a gate/wall that the wheels stop at. That is it. No more pulling pins out, turning hex wrenches, or anything like that.
Mainly what I am saying is that I am an old school lifter that is used to narrow benches that require work to adjust during the workouts, this bench takes all of that extra work out of it and it looks nice as well.
Looks aren't a big deal, but trying to convince my wife that I really need this bench in the garage, near her artwork, made the looks matter!
I also have reviews of the stand and dumbbells up, so check those out too. I'm very pleased with all 3 and recommend each of them as highly as possible.
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