Once you’ve mastered an incline press-up, you’re ready to move on to doing regular press-ups, where you’ll be controlling more of your bodyweight. We spoke to Tayo Awoderu, online coach and calisthenics trainer for Steel Warriors, who provided a few reasons for building muscle with just your bodyweight. There’s also a pad gap of about 2 inches, which you’re always going to have on an adjustable bench unless you have the REP Fitness AB-5000 Zero Gap Adjustable Bench.

He’s been able to progress with Nordic curls because the machine can be used at three angles—15, 30 and 45—which is not something you see in many Nordic benches. You may be able to push the same muscle group close to failure with calisthenic exercises, it’s just the resistance tends to be lower and more muscles are involved. It uses high-quality steel, including 4-gauge steel for the side plates and 8-gauge steel on the foot plate (the lower the number, the stronger the steel), which is enough to give the construction a 4.Calisthenics is a form of fitness which utilises gravity and bodyweight leverage to challenge your fitness level. Then we’ll compare the JX Bench with another impressive entry-level bench thats been around a few years, the Gymenist Weight bench. The construction and comfort are solid, but this is something you’d find in a home gym and never in a commercial gym setting.

The JX 600LB Capacity Weight Bench is JX Fitness’s new version of their very popular dumbbell bench. If you’re looking for the best weight bench for your home gym, the first step is deciding if you need an adjustable bench, or a flat utility bench. Alright, you can’t do a bench press on the Shogun NORD-EX but you can use it to strengthen your posterior chain. In addition to all of the specs we listed, the REP FB-5000 also comes in a variety of colors to match your rack.Certified personal trainer and home gym owner Nicole Davis felt pretty stable on this bench whether she was using it as a flat or incline bench, and the lockpin system gave us peace of mind that it wasn’t going to budge on her. The back extension ranges between 35 and 55 degrees and remains stable when used for weighted back extensions.