Westside Bench 2.0

Rogue’s Westside Bench 2.0 is a dedicated, freestanding bench press station built to Louis Simmons’ Westside Barbell spacing – 1” on-center holes up the front and back uprights for micro-tuning J-cup and pin/pipe heights, useful for accommodating-resistance work (band pegs), pin presses, and isometric holds. It’s built from 2x3” 11-gauge steel with a 7-gauge steel spine reinforcing the pad, rated to 1000+ lb, and version 2.0 switched to a bolt-together design (0.625” hardware) that ships via parcel instead of freight. It comes standard with Infinity J-cups and a removable pin/pipe safety set; buyers choose between the standard foam pad or the wider, thicker Thompson Fat Pad, and can add bolt-on spotter decks as an accessory.

GymRadar’s ten owner reviews put build quality at a perfect 5/5, but value at a comparatively low 3.6/5 – the recurring complaint isn’t quality, it’s that a single-purpose bench “seems pretty superfluous” for anyone who already owns a power rack with an attached bench, and several reviewers frame it as more of a commercial-gym or dedicated-powerlifter piece than a space-efficient home-gym pick. Independent video reviewers who used the earlier Infinity-series/1.0 generation (2.0’s changes are limited to the bolt-together frame and an added steel spine, so the bench-feel critiques carry over) are more enthusiastic, calling it one of the best dedicated benches available, with one flagging that the band-peg holes don’t hold tension well and can let a loaded band slip off.