Valor Fitness Adjustable Decline & Flat Bench – 14-Position Weight Bench for Weightlifting, Ab Crunch, Core Training & Home Gym Strength Workouts

This product is so well made it is like something you would find in a gym. The biggest complaints are the assembly instructions. As my wife will tell you I am no "handy man", but I really had very little problem putting it together. The instructions are a one page diagram. I will give it to Valor they are the masters of being concise (short & sweet). I had a good laugh after reading the reviews and looking at this one page diagram. Just look at the diagram as puzzle crossing off each number as you progress. Make sure you review the nuts and bolts diagram. It makes sense after a while. Again the construction is commercial grade. I did no see the metal dust some reviewers complained about. The delivered product is heavy and UPS beat the hell out the box but there was no internal damage. I can strongly recommend this product.

I have to say that I am very impressed with this bench. If you have ever worked out in any of the major gyms in the U.S. this bench will be what you are used to working out on. It has a nice steep decline that rivals the two extreem decline benches in the third section of Gold's Gym out in Venice Beach California. This extreem decline will help me to enhance the definition in the lower pecs as well as give my inversion table a break when doing abdominal work. Using the bench from the opposite end will give me a solid as well as stable base for going Glute-bridges. I have no worries of this bench being able to support my bodyweight of about 200 pounds plus 200 in dumbbells or 405 in barbell weight. Not pictured are the wheels which will make moving it around a much easier task. I would reccommend this bench to anyone putting together a home based gym.There are two reasons that I knocked a star off of the rating for this bench. For one there is a fine bead like substance that appears to be maybe a by-product of the welding or machining of the bench. My advice is to unpackage this bench outside if you don't want these metal filings or beads in your workout environment. Especially if you have carpet as I can see where it would leave stains. Number two, the instructions are basically non-existent. There is a blow-up schematic and a part count but that is pretty much it. Once you wrap your mind around how it functions you will be good to go. Just lay all of your parts out in the order shown on the blow-up and start brining it together.

One of the best ab benches on the market (and trust me there aren't many out there unless you are willing to spend thousands)This bench is sturdy, strong and official. You will not be disappointed. And for the price that you are getting it for, its a steal. My wife purchased this for my birthday and I will use it everyday like is my birthday!!!!!

I selected this bench based on extensive search, reading reviews and my own experience of doing fitness for decades. When I got the item, several things were exactly as those already described in other reviews: 1) eight nuts among ten those listed in the Manual were absent, but eventually were found to be not needed; 2) metal parts in the box were very dirty and a lot of rusty metal powder was persistently coming out of the parts holes 3) the bench leather-like cover looks weak and not long-lasting, indeed, upon first using, it started to "bubble"... In addition, I found that the part with padded parts (to fix feet during exercising) wobbles inside the main frame upon assembling - so I need yet to figure out how to fix it. In addition, one plastic part was missed in the package, and I still have to get it from the manufacturer. But the major disappointment was when during the assembling, the holes drilled in metal frame and in the bench, to connect them to each other, were not coinciding. Finally, upon applying efforts, I was able to match them... The guidance for assembling is not clear at all, so basically you need to apply your own experience and wits to figure out how to assemble it. An advice for assembling - the part #23 (Adjustment Sleeve) needs to be positioned outwards the bench center, but not inwards it (and also relatively the part #31, Front Shaft) - as it shown in the Manual, in many Photos found in Google (though in YouTube video it is shown right) - otherwise adjustment of the bench hight would be problematic. The bench decline angle is good, and it looks like it can be further increased upon putting some platform under the base front legs. Anyway, upon assembling, the bench looks to be well-constructed...

I read all these reviews, and this bench is awesome. Maybe they changed up the manufacturing, but there is no messy powder coating or anything like that at all. Very simple clean install. Anyone who has ever put together a bench knows now to expect a detailed step by step instruction. The diagram included is perfect and assembly was simple and easy. Very sturdy bench. I’ve already bought another Valor brand rack.

Just recieved this today....I was so excited that I stayed up to 12 AM pitting it together. It is SOLID and built like a tank. Has a commercial feel to it. I am glad I pulled the trigger on it. It will make a great investment to my garage gym for years to come!

LARGE BEARING MISSING. ONE OF THE LARGE BEARINGS WAS NOT IN THE BOX. THE SMALLER BEARINGS WERE HELD IN POSITION WITH A STRING TIE. THE STRING TIE WAS CUT AND A BEARING REMOVED. THE PARTS CONTAINER WAS TORN OPEN AND PARTS WERE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE BOX. THIS MISSING BEARING WAS INTENTIONAL. THE STRING TIE WAS GONE AND SO WAS A BEARING.

It's very strong and balanced. I use it for both abdominal exercises and as a decline bench lifting weights. Please note: there is a weight capacity on this bench. I've had no issues with this bench, it's great. Valor Fitness has some really great products. I own three of them so far, no issues with those either.