Charles Glass Gob Pad – Premium Weight Lifting Pad for Free Weights, Bench Exercises, and Chest Press Support

An absolute must for your bench or machine. The videos don’t lie, it hurts that much. Only problem I have run into is that the strap is ripping the seam open. It’s going to have to be wrapped in gorilla tape. The pad is hard and supportive and very good quality. Best workouts I’ve had in years. Spend the money and hit the muscles youve been meaning too with lighter weight and greater concentration.

I found this after watching a video on YouTube, and I wish I had it years ago. Chest has always been the hardest muscle for me to grow. I’d hit bench, incline, flyes… but by the end of the workout, my shoulders and triceps were smoked—and my chest barely felt worked. It was frustrating and honestly made me dread chest day.Since using the Charles Glass Gob Pad, my chest workouts have improved 100 fold. I could finally feel the right stretch and contraction in every rep. After the first few sessions, I was sore in places I’d never hit before. I’m finally seeing size and shape come in, especially in my upper chest. It’s helped me isolate the muscle like never before.The best part? It’s easy to use. I just throw it on any bench—flat or incline—line it up with my upper back, and press or fly like normal. It’s super lightweight and fits right in my gym bag. I use it with dumbbell presses, machine presses, and even cables.Other people at the gym have noticed too—I’ve gotten questions about it more than once.

If you intend to utilize this for those Hammer Strength chest press machines and you’re 6’+ tall, do NOT get the 4.0 variant. It makes it hard for your hands and body to “contort” correctly to grasp the handles without discomfort, because it takes too much space behind your scapulas and limits your freedom of movement. The 2.0 is too small. The 3.0 is just right, despite the product description for the 4.0 saying it’s recommended for tall people.In short: get the 3.0 version if you’re unsure of what to buy and you’re tall. It will suffice on 99% of exercises and machines.Overall, the product has been great in helping me achieve that coveted stretch on the machines. That said, I do not recommend using it on the standard Hammer Strength chest press machine—use it on the incline and decline variant for your shoulders’ sake. You don’t want to hurt your coracoid processes.Some people say to get the cheaper EAS1OOPE variant of this. I don’t recommend this, because that product slips and slides too much, even if taut against the seat. It has no friction and will be very annoying and lead to serious instability on chest press machines and other exercises.

A1 product. Salute to the owner!

The back is high quality and works great.

I've used this on both free weight barbell and machine movements. It takes some getting used to but is sort of uncomfortable. A folded towel always worked fine for me

I like the pad and I feel like I am getting more contraction in the muscles when i use it however I do worry about hurting myself. I really wish (and I can't stress this enough) there were instructions on how to use the pad with the form and technique with. A nice little pamphelet would have been awesome with this. As it stands now, I guess on how to use it correctly. Overall no complaints about the padding or the size. It doesn't stay in place perfect, but it does well enough to use it. Plus I end up having to change the position of it quite alot to get it to fit underneath my shoulder blades perfectly. So in summary, I wish there were more directions on different excercises you could use with it, with demonstrations of where to put the pad exactly, and the form . But Im still using it and overall pretty happy with the purchase even though it is over priced.

Amazing product design by GOB Charles Glass!