The Bench Press That Won’t Kill You If The Bar Falls

When I go to the gym, I generally do my workout alone. Having a partner means I have to constantly talk to them and not listen to music. It also means that if they finish earlier and I want to keep going, I have to cut my workout short because he’s done. One the 3 most annoying words you can hear at a gym is “Spot me, bro.” This can come from your workout partner, or some guy that put too much weight on the bar and isn’t sure he can do enough reps before his muscles give out. You always do it to be a nice guy and to prevent someone getting hurt, but you’d rather not. Now, this annoying gym cliche could be soon coming to an end. Introducing: The Maxx Bench.

It’s an invention like this that makes just about every gym rat jealous because it looks so simple of an idea. When the weight becomes too much, and you’re alone, you have to do this weight teeter totter motion where you push the weight to one side while risking injury, but this eliminates that and lets you push as hard as you can without worry of dropping it on your chest.

The Maxx Bench Kickstarter has already met its $50,000 goal, but here is what they are implementing to make sure everything is even safer:

“MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY: We are confident in our world class manufacturing team. They have a proven track record for quality and on time delivery with large scale production and assembly. We will work together to seamlessly transition from prototype to production.

FULFILLMENT: Often times while releasing new products, issues arise that could cause delays. Back ordered parts and manufacturing failure can occur. To minimize the possibility of these setbacks, we are entering the production stage with a proven team. Back-up suppliers and manufacturers are already in place for all components. Any unforeseen obstacles that arise during the process will be handled by our internal product experts and our external manufacturing professionals.

Please support our effort in making gyms around the world safer and allowing people to become stronger than ever before. Press Your Limits on a Maxx Bench!”

You can find out more about the Maxx Press over at the Kickstarter page. Meanwhile, I will go to my gym and be even more terrifying of the freeweight bench press. It’s basically lifting rocks 100,000 years ago technology at this point.

(Via Maxx Press Kickstarter)

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