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A Metal Rod with 100 uses!

Advantages: Lots of other uses, Holds a large amount of weight for its size
Disadvantages: Expensive for a metal rod. Requires alot of other components

I bought the York 5ft Bar from a sports store at home, about a year ago after I had a huge sudden desire to start working out, and it sort of worked, just not quite as well as I planned, but my small failure is not the point of this review! =) Specifications The bar is 5ft (152cm) long, and weighs just about 7kg including the 2 spinlocks (you need to know that because no site EVER tells you). It has a 125kg Max limit, and is a made of steel with ...
...you are able to fit weights is around 8 – 10 inches (no site tells you this either!). The diameter of the bar is 1 inch (nor this), so don’t go buying the Olympic 2inch lumen weights! A bit about usage The 5ft bar is generally used for pressing motions, like the bench press, or for dead lifts. Other variations are used but other types of bars are of better fit. A large area is very useful for this especially as it is a long bar, and when moved around ...

mark.p 08.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of York Spinlock Bar

Cheap way to BIGGER muscles - Not a scam.. promise!

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Small chipping occurs

...change. Whatever your reason, the York Disc is perfect. Information The disc comes in a black colour in several different weight categories 0.5kg 1.25kg 2.5kg 5kg 10kg 15kg 20kg 25kg Packaging is in a box with each weight disc wrapped in a plastic bag, unsealed. As for the durability, they are good, although i haven’t put it completely to the test by dropping them several stories, however, for normal daily use, they are great. One small issue that ...
...for the 2 inch thick Olympic weights bar. So do just check So in my opinion, the York cast iron discs are just great. I wouldn’t choose any other under the same conditions or price, durability and ease of use. One to recommend to those looking to start buying. ...

mark.p 13.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of York Standard Cast Iron Disc

JML Iron Gym a fantastic product

Advantages: Easy to use, durable, visible results in a short time and Safe
Disadvantages: Not easy to store away

...have bought this year! JML Iron Gym comes with easy to assemble instructions and takes literally 5mins to assemble. Iron gym fits onto almost every door frame in the house and with its foam handles and contact points it leaves no marks, no damage and wont put stress on the door frame! I have been using iron gym for about 3 months now and the results have been great i have put on 1 1/2 stone in muscle weight. The iron gym comes in an easy to carry ...
...that tells you how to use it, what types of exercises to do with it, how often to use it and it even has an information booklet about nutrition and what to eat to get the best results from using it. The iron gym has one small flaw and that is that you cannot easily dismantle it for storage which means its in the way alot of the time, but what i have done is left it on the door frame of the spare room right nex to the bathroom. Which means that everytime ...

scottuk06 13.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of JML Iron Gym

Soultaers review on the Weight Bench

Advantages: Great for working on your chest, arms and legs.
Disadvantages: I cant really work on any other part of your body

I started weight lifting 3 years ago. I originally never worked on my chest because i thought i didnt need. Oh my God i was proven wrong. Realising i have big arms and shoulders and no chest just made me feel really silly. So i put my set of Dumbells down and started using the weights bench. At first i couldnt lift much, on average i could lift 50kg. After using the bench for a while i started feeling the burn in my chest that i was supposed to ...
...Now my chest is alot bigger and i dont feel stupid anymore for having one part of my body bigger than the rest. This bench is also good for working on your arms as you can do curls aswell. You can even work on your legs. A bench like this and a set of Dumbells is all you need for your body building life style. Just remember to always have someone spot you, theres nothing worse than not being able to life a certain weight. Trust me, every now and ...

SoulTaker 18.06.2009 · Read full review

Review of Marcy MCB568 Deluxe Standard Weight Bench

The Bar with 100 Grips!

Advantages: Works many muscles, comfortable, very much worth the money
Disadvantages: Possibly hard to store

...uses and exercises The York close grip tri/curl combi bar is one aimed towards working the triceps and biceps in the arm (for those that aren’t sure, biceps are in front and used for closing the distance between the wrist and shoulder, and triceps are on the back and are used to open the distance between the wrist and shoulder). The varying grips allow one to lift weights with different hand positions enabling the targeting of different muscles whilst ...
...Bicep curl Variations – Under hand grip, over rotated wrist grip, over hand grip, hammer grip, open grip, closed grip Tricep extension Variations – Hammer grip, under hand grip, over hand grip, closed grip, open grip. These are the normal exercises used with this bar (or this is generally what I do) The other muscles that can be worked are the deltoids, and upper muscles of the back like the trapezius. If you use this bar for other exercises like ...

mark.p 10.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of York Close Grip Tri/Curl Combi Bar