Dr. Squat - Dr. Fred Hatfield

When the sport of powerlifting was born in 1964, there had to be some rules made. The first president of the International Powerlifting Federation, Clay Patterson, decided that bench press benches had to be made according to the rules in the interest of promoting standardization in the fledgling sport.

Nowadays all benches are made to conform to the rules of powerlifting.  But here’s the REAL news. See, because everyone makes powerlifting benches according to the same rules, 1) everyone’s benches are indistinguishable from one another, and 2) NONE is made for athletes outside the sport of powerlifting!

Check out these features on the SportStrength Benches:

• Revolutionary walk-through design -- no more skinned up shins, and no more strained backs and unsafe spotting from having to lean over the lifter!
• Fully adjustable / removable spotter rails for both safety and partial movement training
• Fully adjustable height bar saddle for short or tall athletes
• The optional plate racks are attached to the back of the uprights...right where a lot of wasted gym floor space used to be! This is obviously the handiest place possible to store weights that are to be used for bench pressing.

By the way, we HIGHLY recommend that our spotter rails be a standard feature on all SportStrength bench press benches you purchase. Why? SAFETY in the weight room is ALWAYS the right thing to do!

Simply put, folks, this is clearly the CADILLAC of all bench press machines!