MARCY Olympic Weight Bench With Preacher Curl

-Muy facil de armar , tiene un manual que a simple vista se entiende.
-Se siente muy resistente, aunque el banco se mueve una vez sentado se queda estable
-Importante el tamaño de la barra , la mia apenas entro pues mide 123 cm de camisa a camisa (donde van los discos) el ancho total del aparato es justo de 120 cm incluido los postes, por lo que si la barra es mas grande en el tubo (sin las camisas) si entra sin problema. En mi caso fue muy justo.
-Tiene muy buen diseño y versatilidad como gimnasio en casa, tambien tiene esos adaptadores para meter discos olimpicos o estandar
-Con respecto a los limites de peso , en caso de llegar a rebasarlos lo modificare y listo.
-De lo que me mas me gusto fueron los soporte para poner la barra para hacer sentadilla
-El unico pero podria ser los cojines y tapas plasticas que no estan del todo fijas pero se pueden fijar con pegamento en dado caso , no me afecta en nada.
Por el momento estoy a gusto , llevo ya varias semanas usandolo a diario.

I’m going to cover all the important aspects of this product (assembly and build quality, use, complaints/who this might not be for) to hopefully help you come to an informed decision. But TL;DR, a great product I highly recommend, especially if you’re just starting out. If this review is helpful please rate it so!

Assembly: Putting this product together takes a bit of time, but nothing ridiculous. I had help putting it together and would recommend having someone help you if you could, it makes it a lot easier to have one person holding some parts as you tighten and fit the pieces together. Took us just over an hour to build. Build quality is great, seriously did not expect something so sturdy for this price. The cushions and foam pads feel great too. There shouldn’t be any wobbling so long as you’ve tightened everything properly and built it on level ground. After prolonged use (several months) you’ll notice some dings and scratches from the weights, but nothing major aside from that. Just make sure you tighten it as recommend every couple months of use. Also, I have gotten a couple cuts and scrapes while using this, but mostly due to my own carelessness (be careful with the plastic that fits at the end of the foam pads haha).

Use: Using this is great. The adjustable bench works very well in the inclined, flat and declined positions (there are footpads to hold you in place during declined benching). I’ve benched ~200 lbs on it with no worries, while someone was sitting on the bench with me. Squatting feels good on this as well (I’d recommend leaving the bench in the declined position while squatting to make sure you get full range of motion), with the adjustable pads meaning most people at any height should be fine using it. The preacher curl/leg extension attachment is fine. It’s only rated for 100 lbs which isn’t too much, but you can just compensate by performing more reps. Plus considering most products in a similar price point don’t have this attachment, or they’re rated for less, I consider it a nice bonus to have. For hamstring curls, finding a position that feels right for you does take some playing around, but once you’ve got a position you’re comfortable in, it works well. If you’ve got long dumbells like me (20 inch adjustable), some exercises can be awkward, but again only a mild complaint that you should be able to work around. So for the most part unless you’re quite an experienced lifter (squatting/benching 3 plates or more) this product will work quite well for you.

Complaints: These are all pretty minor and nitpicky, but issues I’ve run into nonetheless.
-The plastic end comes off the foam pads and they start sliding off, especially during leg extensions, sometimes annoying having to put it back in between sets
-The pin holding in the preacher curl bar is quite short, never had it come off mid rep but something you have to keep in the back of your mind to make sure you’re not curling at an angles so it doesn’t come loose
-The foam pads get bent out of shape pretty easily, not a major problem as they still function, mostly just aesthetic
As for who might have problems with this, I can say, I’ve had people in all height and weight classes use it with little complaints. If you are below 6 ft you should have no issues whatsoever for the main bench or the preacher curl/leg extension. A 5 ft 2 friend used it and had trouble unracking and re racking the weight for squats so you might want to put some sturdy surface underneath to stand on. A 6 ft 2 friend used it and complained leg extensions and hamstring curls were a bit uncomfortable, but not too major. A 220 lbs friend used it with no complaints.

Now a few final tips I have. Keeping the preacher curl attachment on you can use it as back support for seated tricep extensions. When benching, roll the barbell forwards, then set yourself up under the bar and unrack it to make sure the hooks don’t get in the way. Same with squatting.

Overall I highly, highly recommend this. It’s one of the cheapest yet highest quality ways I’ve seen to build a full home gym setup. Having this along with a barbell and some dumbells, you can complete a full body program with ease. I’ve had good experiences when I had to contact customer support with a question as well. For nearly everyone, I think this will be a perfect setup. However, if you’re very advanced, very tall, or very heavy, I’d recommend getting a full rack setup. Won’t be cheap but you may have some issues with this product at that point.

Thank you for reading, again please rate if you found this helpful 🙂

Package arrived a day early! The bench obviously needs to be assembled, but it is pretty simple and the instructiins are pretty good. Once assembled, the bench is sturdy and works great. The leg extension and two weight storage posts can fit regular sized weight plates (small hole) or olympic plates (big hole). There’s a sleve that fits over the post so it will fit both sizes.

The seat (Bench) pads themselves look amazing. They also have an attractive red embroidered logo. Very classy looking. The entire bench (seat & back) unit slides on the main rail. There is a nice spring liaded threaded pin to lock in the position you want. There are a total of 5 sliding pisitions to lock the seat into. The seat back is adjustable at 4 levels. 1 decline, 1 level, and 2 incline positions. The seat base is adjustable at 3 positions. 1 level, and 2 inclined. Now…… that means when combining the the three adjustable areas, there’s still only one decline position, but multiple incline angles can be achieved. The seat will sit almost straight upright, and the adjustability of the base cusion will keep you locked in and NOT sliding off the cusion. Lol.

Nothing about this bench looks cheap, but the bench cusions look top notch.

The preacher curl pad is large enough for both elbows at the same time comfortably and can be adjusted up and down at 4 intervals. The curl handle is a nice addition allowing you to use the same plates for curls.

The leg extension arm can be locked in place (for doing crunches) or free floating for doing sitting leg extensions or standing leg curls or side hip extensions. The curl bar is held on with a single pin so can be easily removed for doing the leg exercises.

While doing bench presses, there is the normal bar rest up top as well as a smaller (spotter) bar rest below. Setting this lower bar rest in the second hole seems to be the best setting. It’s the “oh poop” rest for when you can’t quite get out that last rep. Though an actual living breathing spotter is best. There are a total of 5 positions to be shared between the two bar rests (2 on each side L/R) the diamond plating on the front of the post looks cool, but also helps keep the post from being dented. The multiple holes (bar rest positions) makes it easy to get the bar at a comfortable height at any incline level.

There is a squat bar rest as well. I wouldn’t call it a true squat rack, as you’ve got to take a few steps back from the bench before actually squating, but it does rest the bar at the right hieght making squating possible. The squat bar rest can be set at 2 heights, aproximately 4 inches apart.

Well that’s it in a nutshell. The bench is sturdy, durable, and looks great.