A weight bench has many uses and is very versatile when building a home gym. It is perhaps the most important piece of equipment for your home gym due to its versatility. Think of the number and types of exercises you can do on a weight bench. The bench is really the standard for any homemade or garage gym. It has been so for decades since bodybuilding, strength training, and weight lifting has been popular and commercialized.
A weight bench is perfect with free weight compound exercises. These include deadlifts, military press, shoulder press, squat, front squat, and db rows. You can do all these exercises either on or beside a bench. If a bench is fitted into a full-sized power cage or power rack (both open and closed or walk-in), you can do all types of squats and deadlifts. These include single legged weighted squats, single legged squats with body weight, rack deadlift, stiff leg deadlift, suitcase dead, dimel deads, front squat, sissy squats, hack squats, and regular squatting versions with the barbell in the back of your upper traps and lower neck. That's ten different exercises right there.
Pair the weight bench with a dip station and you can get a full body workout with the opportunity to do dozens and dozens of different exercises. These exercises will give you a comprehensive resistance workout to gain muscle and strength. You'll gain lots of it. So if you're looking into building a home gym today, the first piece of equipment you should look at are weight benches. You can't lose with this. Who can forget about the popular bench press. Step into a gym and the first thing you might likely see is a person doing bench presses on a bench. This exercise is ubiquitous and you see it everywhere. It starts with the weight bench.
