The one thing I hadn’t figured into my timeline for gym construction was the assembly of the incline bench. I spent half an hour on it so far, then realized that I would need Charlie’s help to fasten one large piece to another. He is working at home, so he wasn’t immediately available.
Unlike many things I have put together, this one actually taped the various hardware to a piece of cardboard and labeled each piece. Sadly I misunderstood that the label referred to the piece over, not under the label. I figured that out when a set of bolts was clearly too small to hold the pieces together. Fortunately I realized as I started to pull the tape off the parts that the labels were coming off also. So now I am just poking little holes to pull out the necessary items. The instructions are clear, just very lengthy.
I went back to read the description of the bench on the website. Frequently buyers touted the “ease of assembly.” Perhaps they were speaking comparatively. It is easier than IKEA projects, but that isn’t saying much! When the bench is ready, the weights await. Of course they came in a 50 pound package, and I had to carry the plates downstairs to the “gym” a few at a time.
At least I am getting a workout preparing a space to have a workout.
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That is amusing that you’re getting a workout putting things together.
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Good thing I already had some strength.
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Goodness, sounds like hard work
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It was absurd. My gym friend said her bench came nearly assembled. I picked the wrong one.
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Oh dear
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I remembering buying weights for someone for Christmas. The stored loaded the box I. The car, but I had to open the box and carry them in one by one.
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My approach too.
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I’m really bad at assembling things. 👀
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The little house better be prebuilt.
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😂 that’s an excellent point! 🤣
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You might have built an ironing board if you’d carried on!
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It would have been a good idea if I didn’t hate to iron. In fact when I married Charlie I told him I didn’t know how to iron!
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Nothing is ever easy!
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Paying someone at the store seems pretty easy at this point!
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Haha! Yes, it does.
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Two words that always strike fear into my heart! ‘Self-Assembly’. I imagine the staff at the company falling about laughing as they picture me trying to assemble anything.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That would be a good phobia for your psychopathic character in “Fear!”
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I’m impressed! But you’re going to need a rest before the first official workout at this rate!
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My thoughts exactly.
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Good for you. Keep at it. I walk 1-2 miles each morning then do push-ups. Feels great!
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I couldn’t even do push ups as a kid. But I am getting longer with planks.
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Planks is good. Any resistance exercise is good for you for muscles/joints. Keep at it.
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Thanks.
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One more thing, I bet you could do 5 push-ups. Then 10, and a couple of times a day. I bet you can.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I better start with one.
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One is a good place to start. Starting is the biggest obstacles.
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For sure.
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Oh, speaking of which, I am not so good at following instructions when it comes to assembling things like that.
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Especially if the instructions make no sense since I don’t read Chinese.
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Assembly is never as easy as the website or instructions infer, Elizabeth. My son has one of these exercise benches but, fortunately, my husband put it together. I am not very patient with that sort of thing and am better know for my experimentation than for ever reading a manual.
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Thank heavens my husband came to my aid before I chucked the thing.
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assembly instructions are created by someone who has never assembled anything!
I bought an appliance recently that I assumed was ready2use but no, it needed the wheels attached. The instruction leaflet was just plain shocking, some hastily drawn pictures that made no sense, one photograph that wasn’t even helpful…I finally remembered I had one already of similar notion (but came assembled) so then I took the parts to said appliance, and worked out how it all went!
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The dehumidifier had cleverly hidden the caster feet inside the tank to hold water. Not exactly an intuitive place to find them!
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How’s it going??
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Finally done and in use.
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