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Bowflex SelectTech Adjustable Bench Series 3.1 | 
| Brand: Bowflex
Category: Sports
List Price: $199.00
Buy New: $156.66
as of 7/31/2010 03:53 CDT details
You Save: $42.34 (21%)
New (3) from $156.66
Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 4054
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 63
Dimensions (in): 40 x 17 x 10.5
MPN: 7001015
Model: Bowflex SelectTech Adjustable Bench 3.1
UPC: 708447155986
EAN: 0708447155986
ASIN: B000BH7CB2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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Product Description
The BowFlex® 3.1 SelectTech Dumbell Bench adjusts to four different positions allowing you to perform over 30 different exercises. It comes with a removable leg hold-down brace and wheels away for easy storage.
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
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 44
 A must for anyone who works out at home! May 18, 2010
Derek R. Maffitt
Received product quickly and in great condition, very sturdy and comfortable great quality bench. You can do just about any work out on it from bench press, incline press, decline press, sit ups, military press... to much to name.
 Almost the perfect at home bench May 10, 2010
Sean T. Mcelwaney (Gambrills, MD United States)
For someone with a limited amount of space that's trying to avoid monthly gym membership fees a good weight bench is key and overall the SelectTech 3.1 is a great bench. It's very sturdy and when assembled properly I've never encountered a time when it felt unsturdy. The detachable leg bar is a great addition as well. Also, at the price you'd be hard pressed to find a better bench for the money. All that being said, the SelectTech 3.1 bench has just a few small things that keep it from being perfect.
The first of my issues with the 3.1 may or may not be a personal preference, but I feel that the incline position needs a little work. For incline dumbbell presses the incline position feels as though it's a little bit too high to get the exercise just right. it feels as though the bench is at about 40-45 degrees in the incline position which seems to put a bit too much focus on the shoulders rather than the chest for incline press, also it would be nice if the seat would move up at an angle to enable the lifter to have the seat and back portion of the bench at a 90 degree angle as it is at the gym. The leg bar does a decent job at holding the lifter in place, but there are times when I feel like I'm sliding out off the bench when doing incline lifts and an adjustable seat would fix this perfectly, perhaps this is one of the reasons Bowflex offers the Bowflex SelectTech Adjustable Bench Series 5.1 which I might have considered buying had I have known the incline issue that I'd have.
My second issue was actually fixable with a little ingenuity. The bar that holds the seatback in place has two plastic caps on it presumably so that the seat doesn't clang loudly when the position is changed. The caps are actually a little too big for the metal cylinder that they are on. Initially these plastic caps fell off regularly which became frustrating when I had to stop my workout to put them back on. I gave it some thought and eventually I put some velcro tape (the fuzzy part) around the metal cylinders to make the plastic caps fit tighter and ever since then I haven't had a problem.
Overall, definitely a great at home bench, but if you're picky on your incline like I am you may want to take a look at the 5.1.
Great for home workouts April 5, 2010
Marc (USA)
If you have some weights and need a bench this is a good choice. It's easy to put together and still looks new after over a year of very regular use. It's pretty light and has a positive, neutral, and negative incline. No cons that I can think of.
Im Diggin this April 4, 2010
James Moore (USA)
Good strong durable comfortable bench but be careful with the 2 black endcaps on the part that supports the bench when your switching positions DONT PUT THEM ON LEAVE THEM OFF, mines came half way off while attempting to bench press and the bench fell down to the decline position, almost broke my arms CAREFUL
Great product! January 13, 2010
Patrick (Raynham, MA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently have been dying to get back into my gym routine. Having moved up to New England, the closest gym location wasn't as close as I had hoped with the snow and all. So I have been doing some crazy googling about the Bowflex SelecTech products. I chanced it and called Bowflex sales department, and I was able to purchase the 3.1 Weight Bench, 552 dumbell set, and the weight stand for the shown discounted price with free shipping on all items! I made sure to speak with the supervisor and confirm with me that the shipping has been waived. Ended up costing me $730.00USD for all 3 products. I'll post a video of the unboxing and setup once I get it in.
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