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Phoenix 99226 Power Pro Olympic Bench | 
| Brand: Phoenix
Category: Sports
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $207.27
You Save: $142.72 (41%)
New (3) from $207.27
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 31417
Shipping Weight (lbs): 138
Dimensions (in): 88 x 60 x 83
MPN: Phoenix Power Pro Olympic Bench (99226)
Model: 99226
UPC: 667725992265
EAN: 0667725992265
ASIN: B000LG3SOI
Release Date: August 3, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Full Olympic-size bench with incline, decline, and flat bench positions | | • | Comes with leg lift, lat tower, and preacher curl attachments | | • | Heavy-duty 3-inch steel frame built for stability and long life | | • | Built-in squat rack in the rear; 3 Olympic weight plate adapters and spring clips | | • | Measures 88 x 83 x 60 inches (W x H x D); 1-year frame warranty |
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Product Description
- Heavy-duty 3.0 inch steel uprights and main frame
- Full Olympic size, not a "cheater." Uprights are 42" apart on inside dimensions
- Adjustable uprights and seat back includes decline position
- Deluxe Lat Tower and Arm Curl included - great value!
- Leg lift with Curl Bar attachment
- Built in squat rack in rear
- Built in storage stands for Preacher Curl and Lat Tower
- 3 Olympic weight plate adapters and spring clips included
- Weight bar and plates not included
- Maximum tested weight limit is 250 pounds. Product is not recommended or guaranteed for use by users that surpass this limit.
Amazon.com Product Description
Tired of heading to the gym for weight workouts? Turn to the Power Pro Olympic bench from Phoenix Health & Fitness, a full Olympic-size bench that offers incline, decline, and flat bench positions. The Power Pro is not a "cheater" by any definition, with uprights that measure 42 inches apart on the inside for serious stability. The bench is also extremely versatile, with deluxe lat tower and arm curl attachments, along with a leg lift station with its own curl bar. As a result, you can work out virtually any muscle group in the comfort of your own home. And thanks to the heavy-duty 3-inch steel uprights and main frame, you needn't worry about the bench buckling to the pressure any time soon. In fact, the Power Pro is tested to the following weight limits: 300 pounds for the bench, 400 pounds for the uprights, and 150 pounds for the leg lift and lat tower (the bench isn't recommended or guaranteed for use over these limits). Other details include a built-in squat rack in the rear, three Olympic weight plate adapters and spring clips, and adjustable uprights that conform to multiple uses. The Power Pro, which measures 88 by 83 by 60 inches (W x H x D), also carries a 90-day warranty on labor and a one-year warranty on the frame. Specifications: - Heavy duty, 3.0 inch steel uprights and main frame
- Full Olympic size; uprights are 42" apart on inside dimensions
- Adjustable uprights and seat back includes decline position
- Deluxe Lat Tower and Arm Curl included
- Leg Lift with Curl Bar attachment
- Built-in squat rack in rear
- Built-in storage stands for Preacher Curl and Lat Tower
- Three Olympic weight plate adapters and spring clips included
- Dimensions: 88" L x 60" W x 83" H (mounted on bench)
About Phoenix Health & Fitness
Established in 1998 as a wholesale distributor of fitness equipment, Phoenix Health & Fitness offers a complete line of high-quality exercise equipment to the in-home and light commercial markets. Working with a state-of-the-art computer system, the company can offer "just in time" delivery and other critical services while living up to its standards of reliability, consistency, honesty, and urgency. Phoenix Health & Fitness develops many of its new concepts and products in conjunction with its sister company, Reflex Design, and enjoys a reputation for delivering quality products in a timely manner.
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| Customer Reviews:
 great bench October 22, 2008
This bench works good and doesn't take up a lot of space. I'm 5'11, 170lb, and it isn't small like a previous reviewer said that it's not made for taller people, it works well for me. The only complaint is the time it took me to put it together was a long time and tedious. But if I can figure it out eventually anyone could. The other small problem is that the lat bar is pretty high in the air and hits my ceiling when you have to take it out if you want to store it in the back of the bench or if you want to use the preacher curl. I have it in a regular room in an apartment so that could be why. (The lat bar isn't hitting the ceiling when it is in place and you are using it, only when u have to lift it out)But this is a Great bench with great features!
Very Heavy Duty January 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great bench. Its everything in the description and more. You need a little time to put it together, but well worth the cost..
 Ok for price if you're not too tall. October 24, 2005
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
For the price this low-end home gym is generally able to do the things I wanted a cheap home gym to do. However, there are a few issues you need to consider before buying it. The biggest issue is ergonometric - this unit is not designed to be used by anyone over perhaps 5'10" or 5'11". I'm 6'1" and this creates problems for me. I have to find work-arounds to use a unit designed for people smaller than me. The problem is that form is very important when doing the exercises (when you don't pay attention to form, you either reduce the effectiveness of the exercise or risk injury) and finding work-arounds sometimes compromises your form during the exercise.
There are also a few quality issues but these were not entirely unexpected considering the price of the unit. It would have been nice if the bench padding were a little better but its adequate. The two most annoying quality issues involve the plate bars (the bars that hold the weights). This first issue was with the plate bar on the lat tower (cable) unit. It wasn't level. This means the weights keep trying to fall off one side as you put them on. The second issue is also with the plate bars. The unit is designed to accommodate standard plates (small holes in the middle) or Olympic plates (big holes in the middle). A "sleeve" is included with the unit that slips over the standard size plate bar that enables one to use Olympic plates (big holes). However the outer diameter of the sleeve is slightly smaller than standard Olympic size so an Olympic size spring collar (to hold the weights on the bar) is too big and doesn't work. I went down to Home Depot and bought wood clamps to hold the plates in place. Kind of a pain but functional (just another work-around). If you buy this unit you probably want to go with standard plates (small hole) rather than Olympic plates (big hole).
So I put this at 4 stars because for this price you really can't expect too much and it generally delivers what I expected a cheap home gym unit to do - with the one caveat: persons over 5'10" should try to find a home gym designed for taller people. Since only 5% of the US population is over 6 feet tall manufacturers tend to design for smaller people. If you're tall, good luck on that search.
Follow-up note. At this time of the writing above this unit was sold by several vendors on Amazon so its worth comparing the pricing. When I say above that this unit is OK "for the price" means the price I paid for it not the price necessarily listed here now. At the current price (on 7/7/07) I would only list it as 2 stars but could not see how to change the star rating.
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