Costco: Nautilus Olympic Folding Bench (rack/Bench/Bars/Weights/attachments) for $150 - $250 *Super Nova Volcano Hot!*

Learned about it from the bodybuilding forums:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=785890

Really awesome price. It can do regular/incline/decline benches (i think like 5 or 6 angles). It comes with: 45 pound olympic bar, 5 pound EZ curl bar, 200 pounds in weights, bar clips, preacher curl attachment, leg curl attachment, J hooks (you can hook them to the back of the rack to do squats!), spotters, rack, and bench. The bench folds up and saves lots of space.

This is an awesome deal because the olympic bar and weights are worth about $180 by themselves.

The setup looks like this bench here: http://www.bigfitness.com/powbensys.html but it's MUCH cheaper and includes all the extra stuff.

I think the price varies (i got it for $180, some other guy in the bodybuilding forum got it for $250, but i think the price has been going down since then).

Edit: here's a bench that looks almost identical except it has a different color for the bench itself and doesn't have all the accessories: http://www.Amazon.com/gp/product/B000E158AM/102-4985795-6088115?v=glance&n=3375251

I just came from there and was looking at it because I was looking into gettin one... What a coincidence. It was still $250 at the one in Chino Hills, CA. From the posts on that body building site, it's a good price even at $250. Gonna try out the other local Costco's tomorrow.

Nice find.
How does it fold up?

The spotting bars will save your life... good deal

Can you buy things at costco if you are not a member, or do they give any trial memberships for a day? Finally does anyone know if the box for the bench will fit in the backseat of a car? Thanks, Rob

RobDMB said: Can you buy things at costco if you are not a member, or do they give any trial memberships for a day? Finally does anyone know if the box for the bench will fit in the backseat of a car? Thanks, Rob

You got to be a member, and you'll probably need a station wagon or an suv to put it in a vehicle. I have a vovlo s80 sedan (a fairly large car) and i needed a uhaul van to tranport it.

snwoman said: REALY GOOD DEAL!
WILL CHECK MY LOCAL COSTCO TONITE~

OK LET US KNOW HOW IT GOES, OK!!!

What is the item number?

i saw this at costco 2 weeks ago and was considering purchasing one. hopefully theyll have some left when i go there on sunday.

hey, i was just at costco in sunnyvale and saw the bench but it had blue padding instead of the one from the picture. are you guys getting something that is solid black? ithink the blue makes it look a little tacky.

For those that have this, whet exactly are the plates that come with it. Are they olympic quality?

Admiral Ackbar said: For those that have this, whet exactly are the plates that come with it. Are they olympic quality?

They're standard Metal plates that you'll find at any gym and they fit onto both the olympic bar (45 lbs) and the EZ curl bar (5 lbs).

Econometrician said: Maybe this is it, scroll down to the middle of the page.

Link

That's not it. Way different color and the vertical support beams angle backwards. I edited my OP and quick summary for another product that looks almost identical to the nautilus machine.

According to the bodybuilder forum it's this bench.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E158AM/103-1568016-6174252?v=glance&n=3375251
Except instead of being black and red it's black and blue.

And it also comes with all the other stuff.

My question was also, what weights does in come with? Two 45's, 2 35's etc.

The way I see it, the bench is probably average street for what's on Amazon. $300-$350. The weights and two bars are probably worth another $250 street. And the accessories for leg curls and etc are $100. So we're loking at about $700-$800 worth of stuff for $200-$250. And that's from Online prices, not counting shipping.

is there a compatible lat pulldown attachment for this bench?

Is this the one that you were talking about at Sams club

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=116995

Online price is about $450 (including shipping) - is it cheaper in the store?

I just picked one up, maybe 5 left at King of Prussia, PA for $250.
Comes with 2-45s, 2-25s, 4-10s, 4-5s, 2-2.5s - also 4 clips.
Fold up feature is nice. Typo on the first page of assembly instructions, they mean 3/4" bolts, not 1". Other than that, no problems, as long as you are strong enough to carry it away (comes in 5 manageable boxes), and your fatwallet econo-car can handle the weight.

Edit - looks almost identical to the Amazon picture.

very HOT deal...was just wondering, are you able do back/shoulder workouts?

checked Gburg, MD. There was one left but the box was completely torn up. I went there early Thurs, so it is probably sold out. GL to others.

Dedham, MA had 8+ sets at $249.97, I checked the Avon, MA and they had it at 199.97. I bought one and there was a minimum of 4 sets left as of 11:30AM. Going out the door the manager saw the set commented on what a great price it was. Now if only I can find an amazing deal on weight training knowledge and motivation.

snowairg said: dealbreakerx said: Does anyone know if you can there is somewhere you can store the curl bar AND olympic bar on the back of the bench at the same time?

Yes, it has spots for both bars to hold them vertically / standing up at the same time.

Thanks, I thought I saw that in some of the pics I was looking at, I just didn't think it would be able to hold the olympic bar. I figured the other little bar in the back was to store the plates. BTW, is there a storage for ALL the plates in the back?

So does anyone know the height and length of the bench when it's folded up?