Yeah - Went in to Torpedo7 over the weekend to just see what the quality of some of their stuff was like, and they don't even have floor models of most of the stuff they have online.

IRT the spotter bars, I did get into the habit of benching without collars so that in the event I did fail, I would be able to slide the weights off (as I got into the habit of going to the gym at hours where there would be no-one else - though that never happened). Would eventually like to get a full Power Rack, but that's obviously quite a significant investment, and I'd like to start off a little bit smaller than that :)

Interesting with the carpet. You didn't notice any "Pot holes" forming in the carpet where your feet were always landing during lifts?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense with benching. I was always hesitant to try for 1-rep maxes alone at home without some kind of safety. It did feel like I sometimes didn't push myself as hard as I could. I don't really do any weightlifting any more, even though I probably should.

Honestly I don't remember, it was quite a few years ago in a different house. I eventually upgraded to something more like this in the garage.