The mustache is gone. Pay your respects in the comments...RIP 😔

For all the garage gym guys who workout in wintry environments, when you get cold just set your bench on fire.

Seems like you're trying your best not to say *this is a dumbass bench that costs way too much goddamn money*

Versatile bench, use it to exercise and use it to chop steaks

So for $250 they can't give smooth splinter free corners on bare wood or powder coating or deburring the bare steel. But hey the logo looks good, so it's a good Bench overall? I'm confused.....

The old man has lost it with this one.

I'm a metal fabricator by trade and I would never send anything out of my shop in a bare steel finish. At least rattle-can a flat black finish on it, but for the price it should be powder coated. Leave the patina for the old barbells.

are you out of focus or im going blind?

I was just looking at their rack. Holy crap. I will never think Rogue is expensive again.

I like the idea of the wooden bench, but damn, for that price you'd want a solid piece of hardwood with a proper full seal over it and something to prevent rust on the frame.

Arent you going to slide if you use leg drive?

I stole one of these from my local bus stop

WayFair sells this bench for $165.99. And finish is better.

Just because it’s unique doesn’t make it useful!

- Texas Strength Systems doesn't have a good manufacturing reputation. Requiring affiliates use this package for their equipment ties them to this manufacturer.Having the bottom of the wood be unfinished and provide splinters is a testament to their workmanship. - Please use more leg drive to see if there's any grip on the wood. The standard assumption is that there will be a large increase in slippage, but this wasn't discussed. - Two inches missing from a standard bench provides a less stable platform from which to bench. It may not feel like an issue at light weights but will become a concern at heavier ones. These are some of the concerns people have about this product. To force this product on all affiliates is, IMO irresponsible.

So.....it works better as a cutting board. Got it. Any chance we see the Rogue combo rack? Looks like a beast.

Ok everyone, I’m going to decipher the coded message Coop was trying to tell us thru that convoluted video, “IT’S A TOTALLY OVERPRICED POS, SO DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY”. You’re welcome, Coop.

I could make that bench in my garage for less.

I like it but the price is ridiculous.

Wouldn’t your sweat corroded the wood after time? Is there a clear coat to protect the wood?

I did this with an old school bench. Wife's mums a teacher and she had an old bench with the foam ripping and the ply wood underneath breaking. I just bought a slab of wood, I made the bench extra thick because I like being able to dig in the bench an not feel like I'm over the sides. I have a new foam one. Which I use now. But the wood one is great and still use it for box squats and step ups.

Having built a bench before with a 2x12, I know why this thing is 10 inches. More than that and it becomes really uncomfortable. I'll be there's a 12 inch and an 11 inch prototype hiding somewhere. :)

Coop jumps back and forth between it's a great peice of equipment but, don't buy it. He likes it more than he thought but, it's way overpriced and prefers a padded bench. Sounds like he is hesitant to go against Mark.

I would buy it IF it was 1 inch wider, rounded edges, wrapped with some kind of sweat proof grip fabric, use feet of steel square tubing instead of angle and at least grind it and clear coat it.

Spotter arms on that solo bench press! Great review as always Coop.

This bench just tells you to stay away from any SS equipment.

*...I’ll be making mine out of Balsa Wood‼️* any requests?

what if you have your body measured and the wood gets precisely carved with slight slopes to stabilize the spine point of contact and the head

the Untamed Strength new IPF rules vid came to mind - for the Bench press there will be no arch, the lifter will be strapped to a board :)

I like the idea. I think I'd still have a little inbedded head padding (almost like on a llyo box) and not leave the legs raw though.

Where is the AB-5100 review Coop? Ya killin me

I'm going to make one, 12" wide with adjustable legs you can use for step ups. What are the dimensions please.

Nice bro, can you review the ss barbell?

I like Rip (being similar to my personality) and believe in his Starting Strength system, but this bench...........no.

A live edge slab with some apoxy and dovetails would look cool as a bench if your going this route.

Got your very own thread on the Starting Strength forum under Rippetoe Q@A. Might want to read it...

Are you sure, the affiliate gyms are required to use this equipment? I went to one not too long ago and they didn't have any SS equipment presumably because they had been operating since before the equipment had been made available. Pretty sure it's just the starting strength gyms, which are not open yet and are not the same as the affiliate gyms, that are going to be using this equipment.

Some angle iron and a trip to Lowe’s so yup I’m good.

Which model of bumper plates are those in the background?

From what I understand, these will be in the new franchised Starting Strength gyms, complete with $300+ per month memberships.

Go to local hardware store(lowes, home depot) and get a solid 12 foot 2x12 cut in half solid bench same thing 15 bucks lol

Review more of the starting strength gear!

I want to know more about those plates Coop. ETA on production?

Its appeal comes from the primitive aspect.

I'm going to make my own bench with wood and it's going to be less expensive for the same result (even better, who knows ?)

The bench is made of oak, not redwood.

The starting strength “fanboy” bench! Only cost an arm and a leg from tetanus!

The materials them selves that make the bench don’t even add up to close to 50$ and it’s made poorly but the price tag is 240...

redwood is cheap and easily available at big box stores, and steel. prob hundred bucks on the expensive side of pricing but prob less.

Nice review!How thick is the block?Anybody knows?

Do a comparison between the SS Bench vs the Rogue Thompson Fat Pad Bench

Dude, is your camera's focus is broken?

How much should I bench for my age?

How did you get those Arnold plates???

That's oak, not redwood. Obviously, Coop doesn't respect wood.

Coop, you’re amazing. Best channel on KZfaq!!! Would love to try this bad boy out!

Personally, I bench on a stack of fence boards glued together... 🤣

May you rest in pieces you beautiful beautiful luscious mustache...you will not be forgotten.

I can go to my local wood supplier and make this bench myself! lol

I could rebuild a carburetor on that thing.

I found the same bench at Bed Beyond and Beyond.

Keep in mind, IPF & USPL is 12"+/-...not 10" wide.

I don’t need a pad for squats, I imagine I could do the same for bench

I hate that you get to own a pair of those Arnold plates and I dont. I know they were a scrap pair but that is just not fair. I like wood things.

This is stupid. This feels like a massive prank that rip and some other channels are in on.

Going to go get my Grandmothers cutting board and duct tape it to some metal posts....It should work...right?

If you want to look hardcore, then maybe... "I bench on a butcher block!" btw, i think my eyes are going.... you looked blurry.

I think you were way to easy on this bench. It's like the excessive Rippetoe hating has went exactly the opposite way. For Mark to suggest that this bench is designed in any way, to improve the marketplace is crazy. If the 'stable surface' is the thing, why not buy some boards and literally lay them on the floor like you would a fatpad for floorpresses? This thing is the Starting Strength version of the "X3 Bar" lol

RED OAK!

The Arnold Plates........show off!

crossfitters can use it for box jumps

That's oak. Not redwood.

Dammit Coop, it’s red oak not redwood. Those are two totally different woods.

I miss the stash already u.u

I'm building it for 60 euros.

Coop . . . Oak is not going to "shape to your body." ;)

Why would you pay a Premium for a bench, which you would normally make, when you are too poor to buy one . Watson makes gym equipment and furniture which looks like a power rack

Lol lemme put a bench in the middle of my family room Coop. Come on now. The idea of the wood bench is fine, but the execution is absolutely dreadful and should be about a third of the cost. No coating for the steel is a joke as is not sealing the wood correctly. Just a cash grab to rip off those that have a starting strength affiliate gym. I feel, while you admitted you wouldn't buy one and it is overpriced, you painted this bench and Rippetoe in far too positive of a light for what he is doing giving his affiliate gyms sub-par equipment for increased cost.

Take it back Coop - It's not Redwood!

That's not redwood.

Coop, I call HOTB. Hard -on-the-body.

If you want a wooden bench just build one for less than 50$

The wood may form to your body over time? What are you talking about? Haha

Red oak, not redwood.

They said it wooden sell.

Rippetoe like the feel of a firm wood on his backside.

Good review...terrible product.

Chief called, he said this ain't it.

Press F for the mustache

Nice crossfit bench.

So, a more narrow bench for more instability and shoulder injury. Also a slick piece of wood you slide on, makes sense. All designed by a guy with a sub 400lb bench, like most starting strength followers lol

The starting strength bench is an overpriced novelty item, s are their c-channel racks. I can print the specs and take them to Eckles' machine shop, here in my hometown, and have that same rack for 1/3 the price. Maybe I should get my dad, a retired tool and die engineer, to start building racks and other equipment. There seem to be plenty of people ready to pay ridiculous prices for equipment that, to be honest, is terrible quality. I showed him the welds on the most popular rack that is made in the USA and he was not impressed, at all, by the welds. He did think some of the wright equipment/elitefts equipment looked ok.

I think the price is for the logo. Especially for the fan boys. I call that exploitation but if your dumb enough to pay it.... that’s your choice.

Don't waste your money on this. Rep fitness makes a much better one for less money.

Your only paying for the name. I rather make my own bench out of wood with a 2x10 top. It will be way cheaper.

Love Rip, but wouldn't buy the bench either.

If it wasn't 250 bucks I wood buy it;)

240$ for something you could make yourself for 25-50$????wtf. What a RIP, heh

Are you going to review the Starting Strength power rack? Basically C channel with steel bolts all over it.

Looks like something I could build myself.....SMH...