CleanGrip™ - Wide Bench Pads

CleanGrip™ is REP’s proprietary bench upholstery — a denser, grippier vinyl than the standard cover REP used to ship. The extra friction comes from four things working together: the base material, a specific surface imprint, a proprietary treatment, and (just as important) the absence of the perforations older pads used for grip. Skipping the holes means chalk, sweat, and dust have nowhere to collect the way they did on perforated pads, while the imprint and treatment still deliver serious hold — reviewers consistently rank it alongside (or above) premium third-party covers like the Rogue Thompson Fat Pad.

This listing is the wide cut of that pad — about 14” across versus the 11-12” standard width — sized to sit under broader shoulders, cut shoulder hang-off, and let you simulate a floor-press bar path without lying on the floor. It ships as a bench-specific replacement (no new hardware needed, reuse what’s on your bench) for REP’s AB-5200 2.0 Adjustable Bench and BlackWing Adjustable Bench, plus the AB-3000 2.0 and AB-4100, at prices that vary by bench and by whether you add the matching wide seat pad (roughly $64-$100). Two REP-vs-REP conflicts are worth flagging before you order: REP’s own Bench Guide page lists FB-5000 as getting only the standard-width CleanGrip pad, while this product’s own bench dropdown also sells an FB-5000 wide variant — that’s unresolved, so confirm directly with REP if you’re outfitting an FB-5000. Separately, the original AB-3000 1.0 and the 2.0 take different wide pads, and this listing’s dropdown only covers the 2.0.

The upside case is real: REP’s own review base sits at 4.9/5 across all 89 reviews with 99% recommending it, and independent reviewers back that up on grip quality. The honest limits: REP markets it as wiping clean “with a rag,” but at least one detailed bench review found the sticky surface is a genuine dust-and-lint magnet that needs actual cleaner, not a dry wipe. Some owners also report the extra width crowding J-hooks on incline in narrower racks, and the matching wide seat pad can feel oversized once you’re past the first couple of incline notches — a few solve that by pairing a wide back pad with a standard-width seat pad instead. And because it’s 14” wide, it isn’t competition-legal under IPF width rules, unlike REP’s standard pad.