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You don’t have to break the world record to stay in shape

7.11.2018

Translation: Eva Francis

Deadlifts are in fashion. I'm one of many who performs this exercise on a reguar basis. Having said that, I’m nowhere near Eddie Hall’s world record of lifting incredible 500 kg of weight. I lift away quite merrily with 40 kg – that’s including the bar.

The strongest man in the world is from Stoke-on-Trent in England and is called Eddie Hall. He’s the world record deadlift holder, lifting 500 kg. That’s five hundred kilograms! Five hundr... okay, I'll calm down right away. That's about as much as a full-grown horse. And this is what lifting 500 kg looks like (by the way, please don’t try this at home or in the gym):

Probably the strongest man at Digitec Galaxus comes from Rorschach and is called Dominik Bärlocher. His personal deadlift record is almighty 250 kilograms. That's the weight of a lion. This makes my 40 kilos look a bit pathetic. 40 kg is the weight of my 11-year-old great-niece. But who cares, I can slowly work towards lifting a lion – at home and without having to endure the despicable looks of guys like Hall and Bärlocher in the gym. Do you feel the same as I do? If so, Gorilla Sports's weight bench is your ideal piece of home gym equipment. Provided, of course, that you have room for such a training station.

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Gorilla Sports Weight bench power station & barbell set

It's almost impossible to squeeze more functions into such a small space. This weight bench lets you perform a large number of exercises for shoulders, chest, arms, abdomen, legs and back.

To train your chest, it's equipped with a barbell rack for bench press – both straight and diagonal – as well as all you need to perform butterfly exercises. The adjustable bench, combined with the leg curler attachment, is also suitable for sit-ups. The integrated dip bars and the cable pull through train your triceps; the bicep bench trains your biceps. Equipped with a leg curler, this training station is also great to exercise the front and back of your thighs.

What's more, you can perform all the exercises that require a bench (either flat or folded), and any other variations you come up with yourself. This training station doesn't include a lat pulldown tower, but with the cable pull through gives you alternative options – for example, by leaning over the bicep bench from the front and pulling the weights on the cable pull through towards you from the back.

You don't want your ambitious workout to harm your tendons and joints. For this reason, the Gorilla weight bench offers many options to adapt and adjust it to your physique. The bench comes with two integrated stands on the back that allow you to store elements (leg curler, bicep bench) when you're not using them.

For more detailed information on the included accessories, please refer to the product description.

All that’s left now is to go and lift that 🤬 barbell.

From teenager to lion. Can I do it? Follow my profile to find out.

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Patrick Bardelli

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Patrick.Bardelli@digitecgalaxus.ch

From radio journalist to product tester and storyteller, jogger to gravel bike novice and fitness enthusiast with barbells and dumbbells. I'm excited to see where the journey'll take me next.

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