Can I add an upper leg extention bar~ to lie on stomach (on bench) to work the hamstrings?
1004215
This is a standard weight bench for a beginner. I do not believe you can add to this equipment.
53033
You can use it, but you will have to use the 'assist' to tilt your body at more of an angle. So you would be keeping your legs straight and body straight but your body will be at more of a 45° angle. The only problem I see with this is that you are not working the same muscles. I guess you could put it on your ankle, make it really tight and keep your knees bent during the pull up. You would use your leg muscles a bit to properly benefit from the assist. As I have never tried this I do not know how it would work.Hope this helps.
199102
you can do almost anything, provided that you have strong balance and control skills... Since the power dip station hangs from a chin bar and only rests on the door frame, you would need to adapt (removable) straps to secure the station while doing rows, to prevent it from moving to the sides and backwards... Good luck
990932
You can add standard weight plates to the leg curl arm at the foot if the bench. It pivots so that you can get a few leg exercises in.
1716534
No - strictly upper body. Only leg action are bars to anchor your legs under.
44129
yes if you work hard enough. I added arm stretch/ rope to exercise upper body to the machine....
307572
Yes, you can do pull ups and chin ups, although the accompanying literature doesn't say to use the bar as a pull up bar itself. But I tried it and it's quite comfortable. Note that you can get your chin ABOVE the bar, but not OVER the bar because the door frame is in the way. You'd bump your nose and bleed on your new hardware. :)
260212
You can actually use the smith bar as a leg press if you lay on the bench. Probably not the safest way to use it but that's the way I use it! :)
954763
For glutes you want to do hamstring extensions, one leg at a time, standing up, as well as leg press (the bench comes apart, and the second piece unclips and can freely move back and forth, you sit on this and do leg press). For abdominals, you want to sit on incline bench, then and use the straps one in each hand, crossed across chest. Then do "sit-ups" on an incline. It works quite well. There are also some other things you can do to work the stomach muscles as well but I only do the exercises I listed.
1716535
Not in stock form but if you modified it you could. The leg piece is not hinged it just holds your ankles down while you do sit ups. You would have to fabricate some hearty hinges
1104417
Yes. However I use a bar previously purchased for a rowing exercise. The one that came with the set was not as comfortable though it did work.
1454017
Neck to lower back, calves and "seat", which does the gluts to some extent. Nothing really for the hamstrings.
1287657
This is kind of tricky. You're thought process is correct. I know you don't have the additional vertical space but what you can do is have another person with you and tilt the bench on its side and then lift it up slowly sliding the bench towards you as you are doing it. I hope this helps. Michael Lyons Professional Fitness Concepts
1285855
Never tried. You'd have to do them from the back and lift it over the lip keeping the bar in place. You might not be able to stand directly under the bar because of the crossbar at the bottom of the bench. I think it would work
2186521
This stretches your hamstrings. So it may help you with front splits (one leg forward one leg back), but not with side splits (both legs to sides).
1285856
No, for a few reasons. Although the bar sits at 46 1/2" H, which is debatably low, you cannot turn the uprights around. Therefore you would have to lift the bar over the back of the uprights. To do squats, you would either have to back up to the bench or approach it face first. If you back up to it, the cross bar which holds the uprights will hit the back of your ankles, and the inclined bench will jab your back. If you go face first, the inclined bench would jab your chest as you try to get underneath the bar. I personally would not attempt to so squats with this bench. Thanks.
371929
You could probably set it up to do some ab work but I haven't tried any exercises like that. It's not really designed for that. By design,the device balances your body on it and if you were to lift your upper body all the way up, it might cause you to rotate back upright unless you adjust the settings so you are not balanced.