From bench to table and back again

Advantages: convertible
Disadvantages: none

...Every year at half term we take the wooden garden furniture in , so last week into the conservatory went the garden bench. It will stay here until we get the summer here. June time we take our picnic bench /table out of hibernation from the conservatory. We position it on the patio and celebrate the summer by sitting on it while consuming a cup of tea. We have a picnic table that converts to a garden bench, or the other way round. It is a wooden one just like the picture. We have owned this bench for about 15 years now. The bench / table that we have is still in good order. The wood may be a looking a little older. I expect it will eventually decay. I think it is made of pine wood. This picnic table looks like ones you get in pub gardens although the ones in pubs do not fold up into a bench. The simple mechanism...

mumsymary 08.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Garden Bench Company Convertible Garden Bench

A weights bench that doesn't wobble!!!!! Atlast!!!!!!

Advantages: stable and versatile....did I mention stable (Its excellent)
Disadvantages: A bit costly, the weights you will need are expensive.

...This is the best bench out there for the money, offering versality of exercise but being one of the sturdiest benches I have used. FUNCTIONALITY Adjusts from decline, flat, incline, and full upright position Now this for me is a really improtant aspect of the bench as the ability for the bench in particular to decline is an important aspect of weight training that is not offered by other benches. Most benches will operate from flat, through to fully upright. This covers most exercises from bench pressing to arm (bicep curls etc) and shoulder work (shoulders press). However with the introduction of the decline, it provides the opportunity to do decline presses and/or decline butterfly's (bench pressing on the decline) This is particularly useful to be able to develope the muscles in the lower pectorial's (in the chest...

Logan33 22.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of York Olympic Combo Bench

Decent beginners weights bench

Advantages: easy to assemble
Disadvantages: the design could be improved

...During my gap year from sixth form to university I got a job as a lifeguard at the local sports centre and as a consequence spent a lot of time in the gym. I puchased a york 6605 weights bench so I could workout at home instead of travelling to and from the gym on my days off. It was reasonably straightforward to assemble and at first I was delighted with it. However, after using it a few times I began to notice the design faults. Firstly, when doing leg curls, especially quadricep raises it was hurting my shins, I don't think it was designed with tall people in mind (im 6ft 1'). Because of this I had to place something on the seat to elevate my vertical position. The second problem was the bench press. This was fine when performing flat or decline bench presses, but when performing incline ones it is very hard to lift the weights off...

beanie8844 07.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of York 6605 Bench

Work it baby Work it on my bench.

Advantages: Comfortable strong and rigid
Disadvantages: Price

...When it comes to weight training and handling free weights, it is always best to do it supervised if you are a novice. It is also best to get some tuition. However, one thing you will soon learn is that there are only so many exercises you can do standing up or sitting down. Soon you will need to perhorm chest presses or shoulder raises in a lying or sitting position. You may even want to start exercising your legs. So what you need is a bench. What better bench that one that has been around for years, is proven,adjustable, sturdy and downright popular. So this is the main reasoning behind my York Weights bench purchase. York make a variety of weights benches from the basic rigid one piece bench, right up to the full adjustable, multi functional benches with weights supplied. My bench is somewhere in the middle and costs £120...

andycharger 01.08.2002 · Read review
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Review of York 9300 Enforcer Bench

Light and Sound Hammer Bench

Advantages: Great for co-ordination
Disadvantages: The base of the hammer can be pushed into the mouth

...This review is on the Early Learning Centre (ELC) Bench and Hammer Set. I have just had a batch of ELC toys that I put forward as product proposals agreed, so this is the first of many! ****Description**** The bench, pegs and hammer in this set are all plastic. The bench has total length of 30cm and height of 12 cm, which I find really good ? my house has no room left for larger toys! One side is completely blue and the other side is green. There are four pegs in the bench, each one a different shape and colour. There is an orange square, a red hexagon, a purple triangle and a pink circle. The hammer has a total length of 14cm and has rubber stoppers at each end so that when it is bangs it does not do too much damage (or make too much noise!). The base of the hammer gets wider as it goes down, this is a safety measure to try...

jens25 21.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Early Learning Centre Light and Sound Hammer Bench

Bench Bag Lady!

Advantages: Find out what secrets I have in my bag!
Disadvantages: You might not care what is in my bag!

...I have seen so many people write a review for this, so now its my turn. ***MY BAG** My bag in a green/khaki coloured canvas bag made my bench and has a front pocket along the whole of the front and has bench in yellow bold writing on the front pocket. It also has 2 handles so you can carry it over the shoulder or just hole it in your hands. I got this from ebay for a bargain price of £6.00! ***THE FRONT POCKET*** I have the following in the front pocket: * Silver bracelet wrapped in some white tissue paper which I bought from Essential today whilst on my lunch, it cost £3.99 and is different to what I'd normally wear but its cute! * 17 Eye Liner Pencil in White, this helps to make my eyes stand out, and I only normally wear this when I go clubbing. * 17 Perfect definition Eye Liner pencil in black, this is incase I smudge my...

kiss_me2070 05.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of What's in my bag?

An empty bench in Soho Square

Advantages: A good collection, with some priceless 'new' tracks
Disadvantages: six versions of one song!

...and not feel so hopeless I want arms that never held me to pull me to my senses And wrap themselves around me" 2. SOHO SQUARE - co written with Mark E Nevin This is a sad, gentle song about being alone, and thinking back to a time when the loneliness really hurt, and how things got easier to cope with and carry on. "An empty bench in Soho Square, If you'd have come you'd have found me there But you never did 'cos you don't care, and I'm so sorry baby I don't mind loneliness too much, but when I met you I was touched And that was good enough for me, but do we always have to be sorry?" In 2001, a bench was placed by the southern entrance to London's Soho Square as a memorial to Kirsty, to commemorate this most poignant of songs. This makes the hairs stand up on my neck! "But one day you'll be waiting there, come summertime in...

little_red_hen 24.06.2006 (01.02.2007) · Read review
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Review of Titanic Days [Remastered] - Kirsty MacColl

!!<<>>!!

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...

riccardo_milesaleno 25.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of York Body Gym

Decent board for new weight lifters

Advantages: Good bench for beginners, Sturdy, Stood the test of time, Potential for many exercises
Disadvantages: Problems occur with heavy weights (n/a for beginners), Fairly expensive

...Having started weight lifting 4 years ago I am pretty experienced in benches, exercises and what is needed to build muscle successfully. The York DB5 bench is a pretty good bench for beginners as the multi-usage means you can start your weight lifting career in your leisure at home or wherever you decide to keep the bench! Personally when I bought it I stuck it straight in the garage and used it in all weathers including cold temperatures, rain, heat, snow and it has still only rusted marginally despite these conditions. It caters for the following: Flat Bench for Pec, chest & arm exercises. ? good for these as a solid technique can be used for each while using the bench. Concentration curls (for arm) are fairly hard to do because of the shape of the bench, but still do-able. Helps if you are taller than 6ft! Incline Bench...

srtom 02.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of York DB5 Bench

Not very stable under a heavy load

Advantages: good for the beginner
Disadvantages: not very stable once you hit the heavy loads.

...I recently bought a york 6605 bench, and I was not too impressed about how stable it was, so I returned it. The connection between the bit where the barbell sits and the other part where you lie on was not very good. I'm still trying to think how an earth it could cope with the 200kg or whatever the limit is. My friend who help me to assemble the bench, and that took time believe me, even said "Is it safe?, I don't think so." The older bench they used to make, I reckon is much more stable, but this bench can't hold as much as the 6605, it does'nt fold and you can't do the leg curls on it. Once you start hitting the heavy weights I don't recommend this bench, eventhough it has a 200 kg limit on the bench press. But I would recommend it if you are just starting a weight training program, and don't lift heavy weights. Can anyone...

zero 10.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of York 6605 Bench