GMWD Seal Row Bench Review (Prone Row Bench)

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GMWD Seal Row Bench Review (Prone Row Bench)  ➡️ Check out the GMWD Seal Row Bench https://ShreddedDad.com/SealRowBench  ➡️ GMWD Seal Row Bench Review https://shreddeddad.com/gmwd-seal-row-bench/  ➡️ Go to https://ShreddedDad.com for garage gym equipment reviews and discounts  -- GMWD Prone Row Bench Specs —  Seal row bench dimensions:  62"L x 55"W x 37"H  Pad dimensions:  54"L x 11" W,  2" thick  Weight capacity:  1500 lbs  J-cups:  Two heights lined with hard plastic  Band pegs:  Two detachable band pegs for accommodating resistance  -- Muscles Worked On Seal Row Bench --  Middle back muscles:  Traps, rhomboids  Posterior delts  Lats  -- Other seal row bench options --  Rogue seal row bench & bar https://shreddeddad.com/roguesealrow  -- Seal Row Bars --  Titan seal row bar https://shreddeddad.com/titansealrow  -- Seal Row Bar Alternatives --  If you don't want to spend on a seal row bar, here are some alternative handles/grips that can be attached to a regular barbell  Angles 90 grips video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0dcOE8Mhb8 Angles 90 written review https://shreddeddad.com/angles-90-grippers/  Kensui Swissies video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R8qGjAL-8U Kensui Swissies written review https://shreddeddad.com/kensui-swissies/  -- Chapters --  0:00 GMWD Seal Row Bench Review 0:38 Specs 0:51 Features 3:10 Seal Row Bar Alternatives 3:58 Pros & Cons 5:30 Where to Buy  -- Garage Gym Ideas https://shreddeddad.com/garage-gym-ideas  Discount Gym Equipment https://shreddeddad.com/discount-gym-equipment  Gym Hacks https://shreddeddad.com/gym-hacks/  DIY Gym Equipment https://shreddeddad.com/diy-gym-equipment  Home Gym Organization Ideas https://shreddeddad.com/home-gym-organization  Rogue boneyard https://shreddeddad.com/rogue-boneyard  Rogue Fitness Coupon Code https://shreddeddad.com/rogue-fitness-coupon  ---  #homegym #garagegym   https://vimeo.com/851018140  https://youtu.be/YRDP0Oy1TR8  GMWD Seal Row Bench Review (Prone Row Bench)

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00:00Hey, what's up guys? Jose here, ShreddedDad.com. In today's video, I'm reviewing the GMWD Seal Row

00:04Bench. And as you can tell, this thing is way taller than a regular weight bench, and there's

00:08a reason for that. Whenever you do seal rows, you want to make sure you have enough space on the

00:13bottom so that your weight plates aren't touching the floor whenever you get a good stretch at the

00:17bottom of the exercise. That's the reason this thing is 37 inches in height. Now, this thing is

00:23going to take up a lot more space than I usually like in my garage gym. As you can see, I have a

00:27lot of things on the wall. I like to get stuff off the floor. And this is something that's actually

00:32going to take up a lot of space. So if you don't have a lot of space in your garage gym, then this

00:36may not be an option for you. This thing is 62 inches long by 55 inches wide, 37 inches in height.

00:43So it is going to take up some space. If you have the space for it, then why the hell not? This thing

00:47is awesome to isolate the upper back and the middle back muscles. So I'm going to start right here at

00:52the top with the padding area. The pad here is 54 inches long, 11 inches wide, and about two inches

00:58in thickness. So it's very comfortable. Whenever I lay down here face down, I have weight pulling down

01:02on me. It feels good on my chest. The padding itself, it's firm, but at the same time, it gives a little

01:07bit whenever I push down on it. And the upholstery is very nice. It doesn't wrinkle at all. And the

01:12stitching is very well made. Now, right at the bottom of the pad here, right at the bottom of the frame

01:17here, there's a piece of hard plastic that's there for a reason. And the reason for that

01:20is so that whenever I bring my bar up to the bottom of the pad here or the frame, it's not

01:26making metal on metal contacts. And my bar is protected. And then the frame of the bench is

01:31also protected. So that's a good thing that I like that they put on there. Gives protection to both

01:35pieces of equipment. So if anything happens, it'll hit that plastic and there's no damage to either

01:39piece of equipment. Now here at the front, you have a pair of J-cups on each side. You got two here,

01:44two on the other side, one's taller than the other one. And the reason for that is to accommodate people

01:48of different heights. So somebody that's taller, has longer limbs can use the bottom one. Somebody

01:53that's shorter can use the top part here. Now this here is made of hard plastic and it's screwed on

01:58to the frame here. Here's what the front feet look like. You have an anti-slip rubber cover on this

02:02side, rubber cover on the other side, and then a band peg right in the middle. Now this thing I think

02:07they should improve on just because anytime I move the bench, one of these is going to pop out. It just

02:12slips out. Again, nothing major, but it's just annoying to have to put it back in all the time

02:17anytime I move it. So if you want to get something like this, you want to make sure you keep it in a

02:21more permanent location so you don't have to deal with moving it all the time and these things popping

02:25out. Now right in between the rubber covers, you have a band peg. Now this thing has a pin,

02:31so it's removable. I can remove it, I can put it back in, and then I can pin it down and it's not going

02:37anywhere. Now the whole point behind the band peg is to use resistance bands. You connect them here,

02:42connect them to your bar, and then you can use accommodating resistance for the exercises,

02:47making them harder at the top of the movement. Now on the other side of the bench, you have one

02:51leg. So this thing has a triangular design. One leg on the back, two legs on the front. Now you have

02:56weight horns here. The weight horns are there for two reasons. Number one, the obvious would be to put

03:00weight plates on there so that adds more stability to the bench. You can also use that as storage.

03:05Then also you can use that as a step to hop onto the top of the bench. Ideally, when using a seal roll

03:10bench, you want to use a seal roll bar. And the reason for that is because that bar has an angle

03:15or camber to it that helps you to prevent hitting the bottom of the bench and also gives you a better

03:19contraction in the back muscles. So it'll look similar to this. Of course, this is not a seal roll

03:25bar, but it will have a camber. Now I use this one over here. This is the exponent edge curl bar.

03:30It has a camber. So what I do is I use that to my advantage to prevent the bar from hitting the bottom

03:36of the bench. Now, if you don't have a bar with a camber, there's other workarounds to it. You can

03:41use something like the Ken Sui Swizzies to attach it to the bar, and then you can pull a little bit

03:46further without hitting the bottom of the bench. Or another option would be to use the Angles 90

03:51handles. So you have those options if you don't want to buy a seal roll bar and you just have a

03:56straight barbell. So now I'll give you my pros and cons. I'll start with the cons. Number one con for me

04:00is that this is going to take up a lot of room in a garage gym setting. This is 62 inches long,

04:0555 inches wide, and 37 inches in height. So in a garage gym setting where there's limited space,

04:11this is going to be an isolation machine that's going to take up a lot of room. Number two con

04:16is that I can't do, I really can't do anything heavy with dumbbells on this. And the reason for that

04:21is because I won't be able to reach the dumbbells because this thing is so high. So this is only going

04:26to be mainly for barbells. A few exercises that I can do with dumbbells would be maybe reverse flies,

04:32but that would be with very light dumbbells where I can hop on the bench without having to reach down

04:36for the dumbbells. So those are my two cons. Now let's go to the pros. Number one pro is that this

04:41is a great isolation machine for the upper and middle back muscles. So if you have the space for

04:45it, you can use a bar, really hit the upper and middle back area really, really well. Won't allow

04:51you to cheat because everything is being done by your back muscles. Number two pro for me would be that

04:56the padding is very comfortable. So even when I have a lot of weight and my chest is pinned to the

05:01bench here to the pad, it feels very comfortable. I don't feel like I'm like I'm being pressed on

05:05real hard. So the two inch padding here is very comfortable. And then you have the ability to use

05:11bands to use accommodating resistance. So it'll make the exercise more challenging, but at the same

05:16time it changes it up. So you're not just doing weights with the same resistance with the resistance band

05:22there. You have the ability to pull on the resistance band adding more challenge to the exercise. So

05:27that's my review on the GMWD Seal Row Bench. If you have the space for it, it's a great bench to isolate

05:32the upper and middle back muscles. Very comfortable padding. You have the ability to add bands to it

05:37to add accommodating resistance. But if you're in a garage gym, this is going to eat up a lot of your

05:42space, so it might not be worth it. If you want to learn more about it, I'll leave a link below this

05:46video. That link is shreddeddad.com forward slash seal row bench. For more home gym equipment reviews in

05:52discounts, don't forget to visit my website shreddeddad.com. Hit the like button if you like this

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06:01miss the latest uploads. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.

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