Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 Review

Last updated on November 23rd, 2025 at 06:19 pm

If I jump in my DeLorean and fly back to 2015, there was one name in the home gym game for Adjustable Benches that had attachments. Ironmaster. Their Super Bench was THE bench for anyone looking for something that did more than adjust. Jump back to the future and the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 has been revamped in a lot of ways, but still resembles the original. What was always impressive was that their bench was a GOOD bench first, and took attachments second. Will the V2 be the same? And more importantly, can it still compete with the offerings we have today?

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Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 Overview

The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 sports a low-profile, flat frame with a detachable post-style seat. The bench pad height has been dropped to 17.2″ compared to the original, making it more IPF spec and improving leg drive in flat pressing. The entire frame is made from high-quality steel with a black powder coat finish. It’s lightweight enough to move around, even by the smallest of athletes.

The bench on its own is a fully featured adjustable bench allowing you to perform heavy barbell work, seated dumbbell military presses, and everything in between. What other benches do, this one can do as well. But it also has an absurd amount of attachments.

Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 Specs

• Brand: Ironmaster
• Made In USA: No
• Adjustment Angles: 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 85 degrees
• Dimensions: 17.2″ Height x 44″ Length x 12.25″ Width
• Pad Dimensions: 44″ x (10.25″/12.25″) x 2.5″
• Recommended Weight Capacity: 1000lb Weight Capacity in Flat Position and 600lb in Incline
• Weight: 65 lbs
• Warranty: 10 Year Warranty
• Return Window: 30 Days
• Frame Materials: 11 & 12 gauge super strong steel frame
• Assembly: Bench and most attachments ~15 Minutes

Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 Shipping & Assembly

The bench gets delivered in a single large box that is packed well without any frills. I say this in that they use tape, cardboard, Styrofoam, and some baggies as necessary. Nothing to complain about here outside of the fact that Styrofoam tends to leave a mess. Otherwise, packaging was solid, no issues with the product, you name it. And this goes for every attachment I received as well.

The instructions were pretty basic for everything except the Lat Tower. This makes sense, as even the bench took me a total of 15 minutes to unpack, assemble, and clean up. MOST of the stuff is assembled where it can be, and you only need a couple of tools to assemble.

The Lat Tower, because it is complicated, requires a bit more time, instructions, and details. Luckily they do that. It is still a step by step picture and blown out schematic referencing Washer 1 and Nut 2, opposed to some of the installation processes from the likes of Shogun and Freak Athlete where items are individually packed by step, they provide an installation video, and everything is perfectly laid out.

Installation was FAR from the worst thing I’ve ever done, but not quite the easiest/best. If this was 5 years ago, I’d put it at the top tiers. Today, a chunk of companies have stepped up their game here.

Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 Features

One of the most unique features is the bench’s adjustment column. Most benches have a ladder style adjustment mechanism, which is essentially the industry standard at this point. The nice thing with the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 concept is that you remove a lot of the girth and structure from underneath the bench, and you are still able to fit 11 angle adjustments from 0 to 85 degrees.

By not having all of that extra metal underneath, the bench becomes lighter, and you have some unique options with attachments as well as exercises. We’ll get into this in a bit, but the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 might be the most HACKED bench in the home gym community.

There are two issues I have with this style. First is that you need to use your foot AND hand to adjust it. You step on one side and it “unlocks”, and then you use your hand to adjust the angle. This adds an extra step compared to your typical ladder system.

The second is that the angle markings are also only on one side. Since you can effectively adjust the bench by either raising one side of the lever, or stepping on and lowering the other, you SHOULD be able to adjust the bench from either side. More than once I went to adjust, realized I didn’t know what angle was which because I was on the wrong side, and had to step over the bench. The majority of ladder designs are marked on both sides.

If I was choosing a bench purely on the adjustment mechanism, I’m taking a ladder style over the Ironmaster. Is it a deal breaker? Definitely not. This works, it is smooth, but it is a small quality of life detail if you adjust the bench multiple times every workout for the rest of your life.

Padding & Vinyl

They recently upgraded the vinyl on the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 and all attachments, which is a nice win. This is more like the REP Nighthawk where you get into position and STICK there. For a bench so heavily focused on an attachment ecosystem, I can understand why it took them until 2025 to change out the vinyl across the board. But I haven’t used too many pieces of equipment where I wanted a slicker vinyl, compared to a grippier one.

The Ironmaster padding is some of the softest bench padding I’ve ever felt. This can be comfortable for lighter lifters, but can be a concern for bigger athletes. My Thompson Fat Pad, as well as the majority of the other benches I’ve been using lately, have a MUCH more dense pad. This is something to consider for those in the 200+lb range trying to bench press 300+lbs on a regular basis. The more firm the bench pad, the more stable you can get.

One of the more recent upgrades that a lot of the adjustable benches have done, is moved away from the seam cover on the vinyl. For one, no seam cover means a cleaner aesthetic. And two, no seam cover means no chance of it coming off. On my Inspire SCS Bench, we have had to staple that cover back on in a few places over the years. The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 still has this cover. It so far has not shown any issues, but over time, with enough use, it is almost guaranteed to start to peel off.

Pad Width

The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 has a unique pad design where one side is wider than the other. You could potentially flip the bench around for two different athletes, giving one a wider base (larger athletes) and the other a thinner base (smaller athletes). My wife HATES the Thompson Fat Pad as she was never was able to get full range of motion. For me, it is a huge win. Makes sense, I’m probably a foot wider than she is and nearly 100lbs heavier.

The bench ranges from 10.25″ to 12.25″ wide. This means that we get the same width as the Prime Shorty at the thin section, and close to half an inch wider than the REP Nighthawk at the wide section. On paper, this gives you the best of both worlds, for multiple athletes, for a wide range of accessory movements and heavy barbell lifts.

Pad Gap

The Pad Gap discussion has been a fun one to watch over the years. Companies have fought over the “best” solution to solve the issue, either extending the back pad to where it doesn’t matter, or creating unique mechanisms to adjust the gap, or lowering the pivot point. The biggest issue with pad gap is typically for flat bench, where that gap can be exactly where your butt goes.

Ironmaster just said, nah, we are good, and never had a pad gap. Because of the way the bench uses an attachable seat for incline work, it has never had a pad gap, because it doesn’t truly have two permanently affixed pads. You gotta give it up to them on this one.

In the above picture you can see that there is a fairly prominent gap when setting up for incline work of any kind. The good news is, because there isn’t any hardware underneath it, this shouldn’t impact your ability to perform any exercise comfortably.

Aesthetics & Finishing Touches

The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 is one of the few adjustable benches I’ve owned lately that doesn’t come in an assortment of colors. You get black, and you’ll like it. Compared to benches like the REP Nighthawk and Freak Athlete ABX that have fully welded end caps on the legs, the Ironmaster still has rubber end caps. These can fall off, be scuffed, cracked, or otherwise shimmy and shake in use.

Where the REP Nighthawk again has powder-coated matching hardware throughout, the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 has basic nuts and bolts and washers that don’t match the black powdercoat. The logo on the bench is actually a high grade sticker, instead of being a laser cut emblem. The angle adjustments are laser etched instead of laser cut. Where most have added knurling to handles, we only have it on the tension knob for the attachments.

These are small details, and in the performance realm they don’t make a huge difference. But when compared side-by-side to a number of other benches on the market today, the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 is behind the competition in terms of the finer details.

Vertical Storage & Mobility

YES! Another bench with vertical storage abilities. This should be standard in all benches made for the home gym. This is executed fairly simply. They have wheels on the backside, a handle on the front, and since the ladder adjustment locks in place, we have no issues with a collapsing bench pad in movement.

Some reviewers have asked for a UHMW post of some kind, similar to the REP Nighthawk, to be added for the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 vertical storage. I don’t think this is necessary unless if you are storing your bench on concrete or some kind of abrasive flooring.

It weighs 65lbs as a barebones bench, which is well under HALF of what a bench like the Rogue Manta Ray weighs. The REP Nighthawk’s biggest claim to fame is being lighter than its predecessors at 88lbs. The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 had a good chuckle at that one. This bench is so light, I honestly typically just pick it up and carry it wherever I want it go.

At 65lbs, this bench should be easy enough to be moved around any environment by any athlete. I only have two small critiques. First is that the wheels are fairly small and aren’t the smoothest out of the benches I have used. They work, and since the bench is so light, it is actually far less of a concern than if it weighed over 100lbs, but I’d like to see some smoother spinning wheels.

And second, is that since the bench is so light, vertical storage can potentially be troublesome. It sits flat and flush, but a slight bump can knock the bench over. So if you have kids that like to climb on things, grab things, and pull things, or you have a high traffic area where you plan to store the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2, you might need to consider a wall mount of some kind or some way to support it.

Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 Performance

Ok, we covered the specs and basic build and features of the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2. But the real deal is going to be about how it performs. We’ll look at how it performs as a bench for basic barbell and dumbbell type movements, and then dig into the attachments and how it performs inside a home gym.

As A Powerlifter Bench

As a flat bench, the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 has a few strong design choices, and a couple troubling ones. The OG Super Bench was a fairly tall bench, making it difficult for shorter athletes to get their feet on the floor for flat barbell bench press. The Pro took care of that with the newer IPF height. As mentioned, they have the grippier vinyl texture so we are a step in the right direction compared to something like the Prime Shorty Bench.

The majority of adjustable benches now have a tapered front support post of some kind so that our powerlifting friends can worry about lifting the most amount of weight possible, instead of having to adjust their set-up to align with their bench. The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro has one wide and one short support post.

Mine came installed with the shorter front post being opposite of the wider padding. Not ideal for me, but likely the correct solution for an athlete like my wife. The good news is, that you can take the pad off, turn it around, and install it the other way. Yay!

Unfortunately, that shorter post is still quite a bit bigger than the majority of tapered front support posts on other adjustable benches. If you tend to tuck your feet tight to the bench, you are going to run into them, having to adjust your set-up. This is one of those, it COULD be a deal breaker for the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 being your one and only bench, or it could not matter at all. Just depends on your set-up.

Incline Seat

If you have seen any review of the Ironmaster benches before, you have seen complaints about this piece. As I mentioned, the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 doesn’t have a typical seat pad. It has an attachment that goes onto the bench for when you move from flat into incline variations. There are a couple of things to consider here.

First, is that means that every time you want to incline the bench, you need to grab and set up an attachment. This takes a few seconds, so it shouldn’t be a deal breaker, but still part of the equation. Second, is that you have no control over the angle of the seat. It goes onto the bench, forming a 90 degree angle, and that is your only option.

The struggle with the seat doing this, is that typically you want that seat to run close to parallel to the floor. So at 85 degrees, the flat seat is perfect. But at 20 and below, that can be a very aggressive seat position. If you are a fan of a shallow incline, much like John Meadows was, you might run into some uncomfortable positions here. As a comparison, the REP Nighthawk offers four different angle adjustments for the front seat (one being decline).

While you can’t control the angles, you can control where the seat is placed as Ironmaster gives you three different height options.

The three different heights open up some interesting options. At the tallest height, you can easily do prone dumbbell work and get your face up above the seat. This is similar to how the Prime Shorty Bench has the upper head rest come off. You could potentially use this for seated dumbbell overhead press as well, triceps dumbbell extensions, and other creative solutions. You then can adjust the lower two options based on the exercise and your size, to dial in for other presses and basic bench exercises. The Ironmaser is the only bench that offers multiple positions for the seat.

The other common complaint with the seat pad, is the pad size. You can see in the above picture, that the seat pad is far from the same size as the bench itself. For those of us who take up our fair share of a chair, this can be uncomfortable. I did not find any issues with stability or performance here, just a matter of it not fitting my backside. You COULD potentially retrofit the seat to be wider and match the bench itself (screenshot above has those details from my dude over on YouTube). But off the shelf, this is a common complaint.

Other Bench Stuff

The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 handled everything I tossed at it. Despite the downsides of the design of the bench for flat work, I handled a multiple plate bench press, dumbbell incline presses with 70lbs, prone dumbbell rows, and even using it as a prone bench for cable rows with my VOLTRAs. Despite it being light, the bench holds tight in all situations, and works well in a number of situations throughout the home gym.

I have had a handful of the plastic covers fall off in transport, but they easily slide back on. And while having pretty knurled handles is nice, the handle on the Ironmaster works. The padding isn’t my favorite, but that is mostly because I’m a 6ft 240lb powerlifter. If I was a more normal human being, I’d have a different opinion. In fact my wife did, she noticed how comfortable the bench was. And sometimes in a home gym environment, having something be comfortable is a nice touch.

The bench adjusts easy, it works for heavy weights and is stupidly easy to move. The few negatives for this bench, as a bench, are really only present when you compare it side by side to other options on the market. The only two items that I think could really throw this bench off in this category, are the seat pad, and the issue with the foot placement for flat barbell bench. The foot placement could warrant you owning a dedicated flat bench, which is kind of a repeat note in most of the reviews I’ve done lately for adjustable benches. And the incline seat has been noted by several people to be a complete deal breaker for them.

But the above knocks are going to strongly depend on your use, programming needs, and general build. If the above doesn’t scare you off, then let’s dig into the real stuff.

Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 Attachments

This is where the Ironmaster Super Bench PRO V2 really separates itself from the rest of the market. It supports a wide range of Ironmaster attachments that turn the bench into a fully decked out home gym. Preacher curl pad, dip bar handles, crunch sit-up attachment, chin-up bar, leg developer, hyper core attachment — the list goes on. You can also add a cable tower system or pair it with the Ironmaster dumbbell set for a compact, all-in-one setup.

Not everyone will want to dive into the full modular ecosystem, but for those with space constraints, this flexibility is unmatched. We used to be able to store the original Superbench with a handful of the attachments on the side of the garage and still park two cars in our garage. So you definitely need storage, but their system as a whole is fairly compact. I’ll reiterate, no other bench on the market has a full cable system built into it. So Ironmaster truly sits in a realm all by itself when it comes to the sheer breadth of options available.

Leg Attachment PRO for Super Bench PRO

The Leg Developer is fairly straight forward. You need to angle the bench slightly to get it to work, but this makes sense as leg curls you typically want that angle anyway. For leg extensions, this lets you kind of WEDGE IN to the pad a little and tends to solve for the starting position problem of the strength curve of most leg developers. Without the backrest we also get the possibility to experiment with some lying leg extension options.

The Leg Developer is weight rated to 225lbs. I managed to load up 300lbs for some sets and not have any issues, so I would wager that for the VAST majority of people out there, this is going to handle whatever weight you toss at it. There are some negatives with the Leg Developer though.

First, is that we have very little ability to adjust the dimensions for the athlete. It is common for me, my wife, and my daughter to use our equipment. Oddly enough, our upper and lower leg lengths aren’t the same. The only way to adjust the leg developer is by using an allen wrench and taking the rollers off entirely, changing the ONE hole adjustment available, and tightening everything again. Far from ideal. What this ended up with was that my daughter just couldn’t use it, and my wife rarely did, as it was set to my size.

Because the pad on the Ironmaster bench is so soft, I had some issues with it for leg extensions at heavier weights. It became difficult to hold myself down. A simple physics problem. With the soft pad and no handles, we get a lack of stability. That lack of stability means you have less ability to lift to your potential, and more likelihood that you are transferring tension into the ligaments instead of the muscles. I ended up regularly having to use my Gym Pin Seat Buckle and trying to grab onto the underside of the bench.

The next piece, is that the Ironmaster Leg Developer is still only plate loaded. The Prime Smart Arm, Freak Athlete ABX, REP’s upcoming Leg Developer, and the Dialed Motion Leg Developer are all cable driven. Cables are faster for loading and especially for adjustments with multiple athletes. The built in cams and the lack of the arch of plate loaded machines, typically makes the resistance more consistent throughout the range of motion. And in my experience, cable driven is much more difficult. Where I can load 300lbs for a set of leg extensions with plates, I won’t get anywhere near that with a cable.

We also ran into some problems with the angles and bolts on the Leg Developer. For leg curls, I commonly had a 45lb plate bump my leg. My wife and I both managed to have the bolt and nut run into our thighs for leg extensions because they aren’t completely flush. Both of these get solved by adjusting your set-up, but I don’t tend to like to have to adjust to a machine. I want it to adjust to me.

The Ironmaster Leg Developer works, it is in my opinion, better than no Leg Developer, and it’ll hold up to anything you toss at it. But it is essentially the same bench attachment we have seen on the market for over a decade that has been begging for an upgrade in a number of categories for the pickier of home gym enthusiasts.

On that note, I have heard that the Dialed Motion Leg Developer is supposed to work with the Super Bench Pro V2. That could potentially give this bench a nice upgrade in the Leg Developer department (and it might work for preacher curls as well).

Check the Leg Developer.

Preacher Curl Pad for SB/PRO

Who doesn’t love a good bicep pump? Preacher Curls are one of those exercises that can be difficult to mimic without the right equipment. So having a dedicated preacher curl pad is something I have personally been very excited about in the past few months.

The Ironmaster Preacher Curl pad has three different angle adjustments, giving you the ability to adjust how much of a stretch you get in the movement. This is a nice touch as different athletes might call for more or less of an angle, or it simply gives you some options to play with each week/block. The angle pin also makes it easier to store, as it MOSTLY folds in on itself. Unfortunately, while you have angle adjustments, you don’t have any height adjustments. This can be problematic for taller athletes or shorter athletes, trying to make a one-size-fits-all approach work.

The pad is shaped and molded just like any preacher pad you would find in a commercial gym. But we start to run into a couple of problems from there. First is that the bar catch on the front is both small and metal. The hooks are too small for a larger fat bar like my Bells of Steel EZ Curl Bar. Technically it holds it, but it is holding on for dear life. The straight metal means that we have metal on metal contact with any bar or attachment you have.

The good news is, my guy Greg over at Aperture Engineering recently released a cover for this. It can come in a number of colors, and you can even get one with a cut-out in the middle to accommodate cable attachments.

The other issue I ran into in use, was with dumbbells for preacher curls. The Prime Shorty has the dumbbell rack solution, the Ironmaster requires you to grab your dumbbells, sit down, get your arms in place, perform your set, and then walk that backwards. The good news is, I freaking hate dumbbell preacher curls, so I don’t personally take any points off here. But YOU might.

Overall, the preacher pad for the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 gets the job done, but has some struggles for multiple sized athletes, finishing touches, and mixing in with other equipment.

Check the Preacher Curl Attachment.

Crunch Situp Att for Super Bench/PRO

Ironmaster might just be the BEST Decline Sit-Up option on the market for a number of reasons. First is that their attachment has a handle. This makes getting into and out of infinitely easier than those without. And when you are a 240lb dude trying to hang upside down like batman and do a hard set of crunches, anything that doesn’t result in you crashing is a benefit.

Second, is that while the majority of the other benches I have used have a pretty shallow decline option, the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 could in theory be used all the way up to 85 degrees. Especially compared to something like the Bells of Steel of Buzzsaw 2.0 that has a measly 15 degree angle, the Ironmaster is in a league of its own for decline sit-ups.

I’ve said this before, this is far from my favorite core exercise. Ironmaster solved a few of my hang-ups, but it still isn’t my go-to option. But, if it is for you, this is the best out there.

Cable Tower Attachment V2/PRO

Probably the most unique bench attachment in their lineup is the Cable Tower. You can do low rows, as well as high pulley work for triceps, biceps, rows, pulldowns, and more in your gym. Since it integrates into the bench itself, the bench helps keep the tower stable regardless of the weight you use. It has integrated rollers for lat pulldowns to keep you in place and can be wheeled and stored away when done.

The Cable Tower was able to handle some heavy rows and pulldowns, amongst any other basic exercise I tossed at it. From a pure performance stance, it works. But there are some negatives here. It has a 1:1 ratio, which means if you load 100lbs, it’ll feel like 100lbs. It is rated for 250lbs, so you should be good to go for MOST everything.

First, is that the upper and lower pulleys are fixed. This means that you can’t do any exercise that pulls off center axis at all, like say a cable crossover movement. Even unilateral pulldowns can be a problem. Anything not straight up and down, is going to create an issue with drag and eventually ruin the cable.

The integrated lat pulldown rollers are, once again, not adjustable at all. So you need to be the right dimensions to fit firmly under them without coming out of the seat. You can see with Audrey above that she isn’t anywhere close to the right size for this.

The pulleys are also fixed at their upper and lower positions, meaning you can’t adjust them like a functional trainer and pull from different heights. You can use some included chain to adjust the starting position for certain exercises and smaller athletes, but you can’t pull from mid-line for rotational and anti-rotational work.

The overall range of motion for the cable travel, as well as the lat pulldown feature is more than enough. Even at my 6ft height, the below image is taken of my fully stretched lat pulldown starting position. I have nearly a full foot of reach left, which I think for all but the tallest of athletes with the longest of torsos, should be plenty.

If you take a close look, you’ll notice that the lat pulldown pulley comes off one side (the side with the bench) and the low-row pulley comes off the other side. This means that you need enough room for the bench and tower, as well as room to sit/stand on the opposite side. If you had a fixed high pulley and an adjustable pulley on the same side like the Prime Single Stack, you’d save a lot of space.

So while the bench can stow away and the Cable Tower can stow away, in use you need a about 8 feet on the low end of free space to make this work. On that note, yes, for low rows you need to fully sit down on the floor. They do provide some blocks for your feet to go against to improve your stability and strength, but I know a lot of people have a hard No-Go with sitting on the floor for rows.

No Supersets or Combinations

Because the Cable Tower uses the same plate loading posts for the high cable and the low cable, you are going to struggle to perform supersets. This isn’t a fault of the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2, just a fault of plate loaded equipment in general. You’ll be loading up one side for pulldowns, pulling a plate off for curls, putting it back on for pulldowns again, rinse and repeat.

One thing I love to do, is combine some of my fancier cable machines, with bench attachments. I used the VOLTRAs and ANCORE for bicep and triceps exercises on the Prime Shorty. I’ve combined the VOLTRA with my Hyper Pro in a number of ways. If you own the Ironmaster Cable Tower, you won’t be able to connect it to any of the other attachments with the bench. Meaning you can’t combine the cable tower with the preacher pad for cable preacher curls. You can’t combine it with the leg developer. And you likely won’t be combining it with anything else in your space.

Flooring Consideration

We owned the Cable Tower with the original Super Bench, and at that point didn’t have flooring anywhere besides the platform. I remember in use having the occasional issue with the bench sliding a bit for heavier low cable work. Basically, if you have a nice smooth garage floor, and you are pulling the cable out, it has a tendency to shift a bit. This is because the bench is so light, the tower is light, and physics does its job. So consider that based on your set-up.

On the other end of the spectrum, a more grippy flooring solution can produce issues with getting the lat tower in place. You can see above that I need to make multiple attempts to loosen it, adjust it, and finally pull it out. The same thing can happen when trying to get it set up. The rubber on the feet of the Cable Tower and the bench can drag on the rubber flooring. The only other attachment that touches the floor is the Leg Developer, and I typically put the bench at one incline too high, install the leg developer, then drop it down to the floor.

Storage For The Cable Tower

The Cable Tower is decently tall at an 86″ height. To the point where you might not be able to store it (or use it) with your garage door open and overhead. So when thinking about storage or use, make sure your layout can accommodate that.

When Ironmaster first released the Cable Tower, it was the only cable solution I knew of that could work in such a small space. Fast forward to today, and we have ultra small SMART options, as well as space saving pieces from Bells of Steel that can be upgraded with parts from Porter Phys Ed. We owned the Lat Tower for the original Super Bench, and this version feels identical. Meaning that in almost a decade, it hasn’t changed much beyond a few small tweaks.

Check the Lat Tower.

Bar Dip Handle for Super Bench/PRO

I actually didn’t get the Dip Handle from Ironmaster, but I did get one recently from the Freak Athlete ABX that fits. Yes, they use a very similar attachment port, so I was able to test this out. The Ironmaster Dip Handle has three different height adjustments, which is nice because again, people are different heights.

The handles come out at a completely straight orientation though. If we look at basically every other dip attachment on the market, from the Mutant Metals UDA, to the Rogue Matador, Rogue Velocidor, REP Drop In Options, and more, they almost always have a slight angle to them. Typically this is because most people find a roughly 45 degree angle for pressing to be a more natural shoulder and hand placement. By having them at an angle you can get much closer or much wider depending on your preference as well. So the attachment is a little behind in that regard.

I’m not the biggest fan of handles that have the rubber grips on them either. I find that after consistent use they either come loose, or tend to break down from sweat.

The Ironmaster handles can be used for Dips, which can also be slightly modified for different angles like the Rogue Velocidor by adjusting the bench angle. And if you swivel them around they can be used for a back supported leg lift. This is something I haven’t seen from any other company out there.

One additional note, is that if you are trying to do weighted dips, you MIGHT run into the angle adjustment frame of the bench with plates. So you either need to get creative with your “weight” selection, or be very careful in how you make this work. There is also no “step” or any way to get up into the dip position. You simply need to hop on up.

Overall, the Dip Handles are only $69 as of writing this, making them far cheaper than just about any of the options I mentioned above. And they will certainly get the job done. They just aren’t going to make the ranks for the best dip handles any time soon.

Chin Up Bar for Super Bench/PRO

I did not get the Chin Up Bar for the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2, mostly because I have about 3 dozens options for pull-ups in my gym. I think this is one of those items that if you plan to build your entire gym around the Super Bench, then this makes sense. Otherwise, there is no way I’m snagging this. Good for a small target audience, everyone else, myself included, no thanks.

Hyper Core Attachment

The Hyper Core Attachment is meant to give the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 three new exercises – 45 degree back extensions, QL Raises, and Reverse Hypers. There are a few negatives I see here.

For back extensions, you are very likely going to run right into the bench pad with your head. And if you don’t, it is going to be VERY difficult to load back extensions with anything but a plate. Dumbbells, barbell, even a cable set-up like we use for the Hyper Pro, would be impossible. This is a common issue with a lot of the home gym back extensions, so Ironmaster isn’t alone here. But I don’t see a good way to make progress on this consistently.

For the QL Raises, it probably works fine. I typically do these with bodyweight, even at my strength levels, so you should be good. My wife uses a small dumbbell, so I think you could get away with some kind of loading here.

The Reverse Hypers, are going to be like the Hyper Pro reverse hypers, meaning that they are NOT reverse hypers. You need a quality pendulum to load these effectively. This is simply a reverse leg lift, which is a challenging movement, but totally no way to progress. I skipped this attachment in my order because I knew on eye sight that it wasn’t going to be a winner for my space. If you are a bodyweight trainer, this might make sense. But at $260, I’d probably snag something like the NordBench.

Seated Press Pad for Super Bench/PRO

The Seated Press Pad is meant to give you a utility bench feel for movements like dumbbell shoulder presses. At $140, this is a pretty expensive attachment for essentially one exercise. You could get bye with using the bench fully upright, or even using the incline seat as the back rest pad. Neither of those is the perfect solution, but they are free with the bench.

Head Extension for Super Bench/PRO

This one is meant for the very tall athletes out there, to get a little more head support. No knock here from me, but I also think this is probably a VERY small use case. At 6ft tall, I didn’t find any need for extra length on the bench. So you would need to be a much above average dude for this one.

Nordic Pad Attachment

This was demoed at HomeGymCon in 2025, and I snagged a picture. This is meant to give you Nordic Curls on the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2. This is an early prototype, as it isn’t listed on the website yet. My general feedback is that we have no foot plate, which is less than ideal. It means we can lock in on top of our ankles, but not PRESS into anything. In a similar vein, we only have one roller. Two locks the foot into place better, typically improving strength.

The side the roller mounts to produces two potential issues. First is that because of how the bench adjusts, the roller only gives you access to flat Nordic Curls (and technically decline), no Incline Regressions. Since most athletes struggle with flat Nordics early on it took me several months to get there), this might become a dust gatherer. And second is that it attaches to the thin side of the pad, meaning that you need to squeeze your knees onto the 10.25″ pad width. The width of my knees while standing is about 12.5″ from outside edge to outside edge. So I would fit, but barely.

Attachment Storage

A big consideration for attachments, is what to do with them when not in use. Ironmaster has two solutions built for this, one being a floor model solution, and the other being a wall mounted solution. You’ll have to review what attachments you plan to snag, and the way that these work, because as you can probably tell, the Lat Tower isn’t stored on any of them (Not that I would expect it to be).

For me, I have a dedicated mass storage unit for storing most of my odds and ends. This is where the vast majority of my Ironmaster stuff is stored. The only exception is the lat tower. Some of the attachments, like the Chin-Up, are going to be a huge issue for storage. That thing is freaking tall.

Where as others, like the decline seat, seat pad, and preacher curl, are fairly easy to store. Even if you had a small shelf, you could probably get away with storing most of the attachments. The Leg Developer for example, can fairly easily storage around the Lat Tower. I could hang the seat pad on there too. And get almost everything I have for the Ironmaster in a decent 2ftx2ft dedicated space.

Regardless, I’m glad that Ironmaster has created two unique storage solutions for their growing list of attachments. You just need to figure out what will work for YOU in YOUR space.

Ironmaster Hacks

The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 and it’s cousin the OG Super Bench might have the most unique “hacks” and DIYs that I have seen. This is due to a couple of pieces. One, is that the bench has been around for so long, that it has had time for people to get creative. Two, is that with all the attachments, you can do some creative stuff. And third, potentially the most important piece, is the basic design of the bench. With how the bench pivots in the middle and has no dedicated seat, no bulky frame under it, no ladder system in the way, you have a lot of freedoms you wouldn’t have with other benches.

When I originally posted about the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 on Reddit r/HomeGym I had multiple people share this idea. They were using the bench alongside a rack and a leg roller for Nordic Curl progressions (picture above). This is actually a better solution than the attachment they demoed at HomeGymCon, but obviously requires a rack and roller.

Another really unique solution was to use the Preacher Pad to create a pseudo Reverse Hyper. They angled the bench nearly vertically, and were ready to rock.

Ironmaster reverse hyper DYI
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We’ve seen people roll the bench over the top of a rack post and do weighted dips with the VOLTRAs. I’ve connected my Preacher Curl pad for the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 to my VOLTRA for some gnarly machine preacher curl style pumps. There are a lot of creative solutions depending on your layout and needs.

I think they could open it up to more abilities if they did one of two things. Either put an attachment port on BOTH sides of the bench, or make it adjust in both directions. Both of these would let you use the attachments at different angles, allowing more options for the Nordic Curls and other possiblities.

Having both sides take an attachment, you could potentially super-set different exercises with different attachments at the same time as well. And it would allow you to potentially use either the thin or wide base with the attachment of your choice, improving one of my negative aspects with the leg developer.

Should You Buy The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2?

If I am comparing this bench, for the sake of just a bench, to all the others I have used, it ranks somewhere in the middle. I think the REP Nighthawk is a more polished, rock solid, industry standard adjustable bench with less cons, that is still mobile for multiple athletes, and comes in at basically the same price. As a basic bench, the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 works and gets the job done in all but some specific circumstances. But the design, features, and aesthetics aren’t quite keeping up compared to what is offered by the other companies in the home gym community.

The attachment line-up is bonkers for the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2. Literally no other bench can radically change the exercise options in your gym quite like this one. While Prime essentially only has curl options, REP still has no attachments at all, Ironmaster has nearly a dozen as well as their incredible adjustable dumbbell option. No other adjustable bench ecosystem can create an entire home gym from only what they offer. And they are STILL adding attachments to their lineup.

But what I noticed out the gate, and what became even more clear in use and comparison to other options side by side in my garage, is how their attachment line up hasn’t been updated beyond small changes over the past decade. Almost every piece has very little to no adjustment options for multiple athletes. The lack of cable integration for the leg developer and preacher curl, sitting on the floor for the low row, rubber grips, metal on metal contact, plastic end caps that fall off…

The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 feels like it is stuck in the past a bit. I have a unique experience in that I owned the OG way back in 2016, and I have now spent the last few months with their biggest and baddest offering. And outside of a few small tweaks, there isn’t much different. Now I will say, there is nothing wrong with the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2. And you could easily take the approach of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. The Super Bench lineup has been a staple of the home gym adjustable bench line-up for over a decade for a good reason.

The bench has stood the test of time, more so than anything else I’ve had in my gym. They keep releasing new attachments for the bench, upgrades for the dumbbells, and even new products like their IM-3000. If you buy from Ironmaster, you can be certain that you’ll be taken care of, by a company that makes quality equipment, and has done so for decades.

The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 is the right solution for 1 of 2 people

If you plan to build an entire gym around your bench and take advantage of the awesome lineup of attachments, and you need to be able to store them away easily when not in use, there is no question in my mind at all. The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 is a true one-of-a-kind. I don’t say that lightly. This is the ONLY option on the market that does this much, this well, in such a little space, at a 100% valid price, with this kind of history and proven track record behind it.

Don’t even take my word for it. When I chatted with the team for their 2025 AMA on Reddit r/HomeGym, that video got well over 2x the amount of views, and 3x the amount of comments than the other chats, all from people singing the praises of their Ironmaster equipment. The same thing when I posted my bench pics to r/HomeGym. Their is an almost cult like following for Ironmaster as a company. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. People are passionate about it, how well it works, and how well it will hold up and help you track down your goals.

If you look at a bench like the REP Nighthawk and it doesn’t give you the tingles, you don’t care about some of the fancier finishes, color options, and probably aren’t a big bad powerlifter. You want a quality bench that opens up some creative solutions in your space, is easy to move, easy to use, and will work as a one and only bench, and you might snag an attachment or two to round out your options.

Then the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 is the most mobile, most hackable, most well rounded adjustable bench for an average home gym owner I have used. And if you ever get the itch for a new attachment, they’ve got you covered.

Don’t Buy The Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 if…

If you don’t care about attachments at all, I have a hard time seeing where the Ironmaster lines up compared to the plethora of options. If you are a bigger lifter looking for only ONE bench that does it all, I think the Ironmaster falls a little short. And if you are a premium home gym enthusiast that will inspect every last detail of their equipment, I think the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 is lacking in a lot of those finishing touches.

And if you plan to deck out your gym with a lot of fancy toys like I have, the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 struggles a bit to play nicely outside of its own ecosystem without a little more effort to “hack” it. Plus the attachments aren’t up to speed with what is currently offered by some, and on the way from others.

Other Options On The Market

Buy THIS Adjustable Bench For Your Home Gym In 2025

If you are considering going a different route, or just want to see what else is out there, I have a full article dedicated to my experiences with adjustable benches. I cover a wide FAQ list of bench items, and walk through an S-Tier to F-Tier list of how I would look at and buy an adjustable bench for my own home gym.

Wrap Up

Ironmaster has been selling high quality home gym equipment for longer than I have been alive. And their continued commitment to high quality, creative solutions, is why people LOVE the equipment and the company itself. Hopefully the above write-up has helped you determine if the Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2 is the right choice for you, or not.

💲Want to buy a Ironmaster Super Bench Pro V2? Check this link for all the details.

And if you want to grab some attachments, here is the link.