York Fitness 13 in 1 Utility Bench

Having read the previous reviews (which vary from 'wow this is brilliant' to 'you need a team of engineers to use this thing') I was a little hesitant - but I'm so glad I bought it! This is going to improve my home workouts immensely.Main things I love:- It folds so flat, so very easily. I immediately found a simple place to store it even in my horribly overcrowded home- So many variations of position - a proper decline setting? Hyperextensions? Less than £100?! I even found a couple of uses that aren't in the manual...- Very solidly built for the price point and a useful length (though I am female, 5' 9" and only weigh 60kg-ish, it feels like it could handle a heck of a lot more than I'm capable of throwing at it)- Simple to use - this does have the caveat that if you are not a mechanically inclined kind of person it may be trickier as the instructions are possibly not the best designed, but once you get the basic principles it really is not hard. Contrary to the manual it really doesn't need to be laid on its side to adjust either - the simple incline/decline positions are the work of moments, and even the more complicated hyperextension setup takes less than a minute.The only mild annoyance was that it came without the means to put the ankle support on (unless you have super strong fingers - the locknut defeated me). However, digging out a set of spanners wasn't too hard and it didn't take long to get going. All in all I have to say this is my best home gym purchase to date, and I'm really looking forward to using it for a long time to come.

Look around. Seriously. Shop about. I can tell you for nothing that you're not going to find a weight bench which is such good quality at such a good price.The York Hyper Bench is a very sturdy, stable bit of kit. I've never yet felt unstable or uncomfortable when I'm benching my max on it. And the added beauty of this piece of equipment is that it adjusts to all of those different positions. Incline? Pull a couple of pins and you're there. Seated? Pull a couple of pins and you're there. Preachers? Pull a couple of pins and you're there. Decline?... Well, you know the drill by now.Don't listen to the naysayers who are whining on about how "difficult" it is to go from one setting to the other. Seriously... if you've owned this for more than a couple of weeks, it becomes second nature adjusting it to the setting which you want and it won't interupt your work-out at all. You don't need to tip it on it's side or it's end. Granted, you'll have to go down on one knee to adjust the pins (and probably hold one of the legs as you do it) but if you can't bend over to do that, what are you doing owning a workout bench in the first place?So, sturdy, stable, easy to adjust. Have I mentioned the quality? It can't be faulted. Nicely stitched, nicely padded and very comfortable. I'd have had no problem paying a lot more for mine than I actually did.I highly recommend it.

For the casual user this is perfect! Ive been benching for 25 years & work at a gym, but wanted something for the home that i could fold up, (as it turns out i keep it in the garden under a waterproof cover).Its a well made bench, solid and comfortable, its a bit of a faff moving it up and down and sliding the pins in & out, there is not a lot of wiggle room with the pin holes, so it requires a firm hand, plus you have to hold the bench to prevent it from collapsing whilst moving the pins to a different hole. If the bench is flat and you want to move it to incline you must move both upper bench and seat pins, but its not a big deal, you soon get used to having to do this.For the price, this bench is a bargain, no its not as smooth to transition the bench up and down, but this bench is for home use and therefore its not going to be as good as the commercial ones that you will see at the health clubs & gyms, those ones are left out all the time and do not require folding up and putting away. The padding is firm and bench secure, at no point have i felt like its going to collapse on me and could easily handle heavy dumbbell pressing, I'm currently only benching lightly with 16kg TNP Hexa Hex dumbbells (£50 from Amazon) but will be buying heavier ones over time.Im 6"2 and 90kg, and fir this bench just fine, feet tuck in under the foot pads snuggly. Those foot roll pads are a tad wobbly and foam pads can slide off easy if you pull them, but thats not gonna be a problem whilst benching.Id have to problem in recommending this bench for home use, does a great job!!