York ETS Pro Style Barbell Rack

Advantages: Good set of weights, comes with a excercise planner
Disadvantages: Badly made Locking collars

...A while back, about 1 year ago I decided to buy some York weights, 30kilos to be exact. I got home and unpacked the weights, read the instructions on how to piece the whole lot together then started using them. The set comes complete with: 2 Dumbell bars 2 Outer Barbell Collars 6 Vinyl Locking Dumbell collars 2 plastic Dumbell sleeves 6 x 1” Round internal Caps 2 x 4.5kg Vinyl disks 6 x 2.3kg Vinyl disks 4 x 1.1kg Vinyl disks 2 Training charts This was all very well but the Locking collars, which were made of Vinyl were a serious design flaw, two of them broke at the nut because they were so feebly made. Although these are very good weights, at a good price and I have been able to make good use of them that design flaw should have been considered before distribution took place. The total cost of the weights was £19 at Argos... Read review

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Advantages: Easily accessible, friendly and a good selection of classes
Disadvantages: Small and hot

...and cycling machines in it. This area is covered by a number of wall mounted screens showing music, news and comedy channels from Sky television. There are various water and Lucozade machines scattered around the gym for those that require refreshment. Behind the array of Cardio Vascular machines is an area dedicated to resistance machines to target every major muscle group and beside this is the free weights area which is quite well equipped apart from the fact there is no rack of barbells. There is room for substitution though with the bench press barbell or the EZ curl bar. Towards the rear of the gym there is another studio area dedicated to a class called spin which is basically a class of bikes. This area is not for the faint hearted, in fact if you wish to either take your CV to a higher level or you want to burn some fat quickly... Read review

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Advantages: Can support 200kg so good for the big guys.
Disadvantages: Butterfly wings get in the way.

...The York Folding bench is an incline bench which can be easily adjusted to give 4 different angles of back rest, It also has a detachable leg extension attachment which is great for doing leg curls. It has 2 safety hooks for the barbell bench press which is a must if you are working out on your own and don't have a spotter. It has 2 butterfly attachment which just get in the way and nobody ever really uses them. The maximum total weight it supports is 200kg including body weight so it is good for the heavy lifters. My opinion on the bench is: I think it is really good its durable and comfortable, it can be easily folded up to hide away in a corner. I have had a lot of use out of mine and its still going strong. Its very sturdy and is built with thick metal tubing. Its defiantly worth the wile buying it, it costs around 89.99 and here... Read review

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