hi been looking at argos and noticed this, does it look any good?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3026438/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+fitness%7C9555568/c_2/2%7Ccat_9555568%7CHome+gym+equipment%7C9555649/c_3/3%7Ccat_9555649%7CWeight+lifting+and+exercise+benches%7C9555650.htm

ORIGINAL: pikeman121

hi been looking at argos and noticed this, does it look any good?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3026438/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+fitness%7C9555568/c_2/2%7Ccat_9555568%7CHome+gym+equipment%7C9555649/c_3/3%7Ccat_9555649%7CWeight+lifting+and+exercise+benches%7C9555650.htm

i used to have one good for beginer training, gym is better tho.

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ORIGINAL: pikeman121

hi been looking at argos and noticed this, does it look any good?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3026438/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+fitness%7C9555568/c_2/2%7Ccat_9555568%7CHome+gym+equipment%7C9555649/c_3/3%7Ccat_9555649%7CWeight+lifting+and+exercise+benches%7C9555650.htm

i used to have one good for beginer training, gym is better tho.

thanks col nice to see you back why beginners? i dont have access to the gym but have been getting some good gains without but just thought this would be good? does it not go heavy enough

cheers mate, been working abit.
id be scared it would break if i was benching 100kg lol. and the lat pull down i dont think you could put enough weight on. same with the leg extension. it is a good cheap bench tho.
how come you dont have access to a gym?

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cheers mate, been working abit.
id be scared it would break if i was benching 100kg lol. and the lat pull down i dont think you could put enough weight on. same with the leg extension. it is a good cheap bench tho.
how come you dont have access to a gym?

cheers but i dont think ill be benching 100kg yet im only at 46kg for 3x8 but was at 20 when started about 3-4months back cant get there as im at college and no transport other than bike but that would be funny after leg day

ORIGINAL: pikeman121

ORIGINAL: beefycol

cheers mate, been working abit.
id be scared it would break if i was benching 100kg lol. and the lat pull down i dont think you could put enough weight on. same with the leg extension. it is a good cheap bench tho.
how come you dont have access to a gym?

cheers but i dont think ill be benching 100kg yet im only at 46kg for 3x8 but was at 20 when started about 3-4months back cant get there as im at college and no transport other than bike but that would be funny after leg day

dont your college have a gym? my old one did i used to go to that and do a bit at home. that bench would be ok for that weight.

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dont your college have a gym? my old one did i used to go to that and do a bit at home. that bench would be ok for that weight.

dont think so col ill try get dad to buy the bench i read how people prefer free weights to machines , does this use free weights and will it make any difference?

free weights use balance muscles to keep form propley, with machines it isolates the muscle and it dont use balance muscles.
i personaly use machines and free weights, so one week ill do flys with dumbells then the next on the machine.
worth going to the sports centre at your college seeing if they got a gym, it only cost us 5pound for a year

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ORIGINAL: beefycol

free weights use balance muscles to keep form propley, with machines it isolates the muscle and it dont use balance muscles.
i personaly use machines and free weights, so one week ill do flys with dumbells then the next on the machine.
worth going to the sports centre at your college seeing if they got a gym, it only cost us 5pound for a year

thats a good price i will try find out about college gym is there any advantage to using balance muscles? do they get bigger with them?

ORIGINAL: pikeman121

ORIGINAL: beefycol

free weights use balance muscles to keep form propley, with machines it isolates the muscle and it dont use balance muscles.
i personaly use machines and free weights, so one week ill do flys with dumbells then the next on the machine.
worth going to the sports centre at your college seeing if they got a gym, it only cost us 5pound for a year

thats a good price i will try find out about college gym is there any advantage to using balance muscles? do they get bigger with them?

yeah there be advantage, be putting more stress on your muscle, but on the machin i find i can lift more weight

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thanks for help col got the bench built up now, dont like the flies attachment so removed them but like everythin else

ORIGINAL: pikeman121

thanks for help col got the bench built up now, dont like the flies attachment so removed them but like everythin else

i didnt like them things either hope the bench see you some good workouts

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hi col any ideas how i could strap my self down for the lat pull down bar? when i put the weights on i need a lot to make it hard to pull down but when i do i pull my self up

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hi col any ideas how i could strap my self down for the lat pull down bar? when i put the weights on i need a lot to make it hard to pull down but when i do i pull my self up

haha, erm, usly on lat pull down machines at the gym you have somethin to put your knees under.
what you could try is rapping your legs round the front leg if you know what i mean, or sit normal one leg either side, strap your self down to the bench using a belt or two
im not sure how much weight them cables can take should say, if i was you i would get my form right, do each rep slow, and at the half way point hold it for a few seconds, wider the grip usaly harder it is

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cheers col will try a belt or something
is this how to do them properly http://www.coopersguns.com/videos/exercise-encyclopedia/lats/lat-pull-down/

yes his form is very good, im not sure if you be able to stack weight on that much that why i say do it slower and hold at half way point, you will feel it more.
try not swing your body back much, sometimes i dont at all when doing it slow and hold, feel it really burn

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brilliant will let you know how it goes