Weider Push Up Stands

The good thing about these Weider push-up stands is the angled bar, which feels better doing regular push-ups than a straight bar. This is also very helpful if you are doing easy push-ups on your knees.

Unfortunately, they are only fair quality, and don''t seem very durable. While the bars are steel tubing, the bases are actually just hollow black and gray plastic shells. If you weigh over two hundred pounds, I think the bases might crack after a while, especially where the ends of the steel tubes press into the plastic. The bases are also smooth on the bottom with no gripping surface, so the hard plastic surface will slide on a smooth floor. They are O.K. on carpeting or a gym mat.

The foam pads on the steel tubes are not dense, so they don''t give much cushioning for your hands. It helps to use padded weightlifting gloves.

The problem is that the stands I got didn''t fit together properly because of design and quality control problems.

The stands had deep grinding marks inside the holes in two of the bases, where the manufacturer apparently tried to correct moulding problems in the plastic. I initially thought that the stands had been used, but the replacement set I received was just like the first.

To assemble the stands, you need to push the ends of the steel bars into the plastic bases and secure them with threaded T-screws that thread into the bars. However none of the holes lined up properly on mine, so the shoulders of the T-screws wouldn''t fit into the holes in the bases. I was eventually able to get the second set of stands put together by filing down the ends of the bars slightly. You also need to use some grease on the bars to get them to slide in or they shear off the plastic gripping ribs moulded inside the holes.

All this may have just have been quality control problems in one lot, so you can take a chance if the price is low and you just want some light duty stands.

Dont buy these. They are garbage!!! They have nothing on the bases to keep them from sliding!!! The grey plastice you see on the bases falls off constantly. VERY LOW QUALITY PRODUCT!!!

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If you are looking for the cheapest efficient pushup bars, then you have considered the right ones. These pushup bars can handle 300 lbs, which is what i started out at in january 2012. I''ve since then lost weight, I am at 220, and these pushup bars are still going strong since January. I use them with p90x, and they have yet to let me down. Only reason it gets a 4 star rating is that it slides on hard floors, they have plastic bases, and they aren''t that aesthetically pleasing. Monday is chest and back again, and these bars will still hold up when I use them then. If they break I will revise my review, but I don''t see that happening anytime soon.

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I purchased these (actually got the wrong item) after getting wrist problems doing regular push-ups. Overall, i''d say these are pretty good. I like the angle to the bar also and a few weeks of these and my wrists feel good even on the floor again. The construction is overall good with the steel tube and the plastic is adequate. The only drawback is the base is slippy. I tried these on a wooden floor and almost ate wood. They work fine with a yoga/exercise mat or carpet under them

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I purchased these as my first set of push up bars. I have wrist issues and was unable to do push ups using the ground as the base. I have to say I am highly satisfied with the product. I only use them on carpeting so I can''t comment about hardwood floors but I used them for P90X and they worked flawlessly. True, it took a little to put them together but they haven''t failed me yet and I''ve used them (on average every other day) for the last 3-4 months. They were $8.00 when I purchased them and I am still happy with money spent. To compare, I am only about 145 lbs so I also cannot comment about their durability in the 200lb range.