Adidas HIIT Adjustable Deck Bench Review

The Adidas HIIT Deck is not a conventional weight bench, and understanding that is the key to it. It is a moulded plastic deck that adjusts through flat, incline and decline, flips over to work as an aerobic step, and has integrated storage, over 20 setups in one unit. For HIIT, step work, dumbbell training and core, it is genuinely versatile and, with a 150kg user limit, reassuringly stable.

What it is not is a barbell bench. The plastic construction and low, wide shape are built for conditioning, not loaded pressing. If your training is circuits, dumbbells and cardio, it is a clever one-piece tool. If your goal is to press heavy, a steel FID bench does that job better for less, and this is the wrong buy.

The appeal is doing several jobs from one unit. As a bench it inclines for dumbbell shoulder and upper-chest work and declines for sit-ups and lower-chest. Flipped over, it is an aerobic step for cardio and HIIT. The deck sits low and wide, which makes it stable for dynamic conditioning work where a narrow bench would feel tippy, and the integrated storage keeps bands and light weights tidy.

For someone whose training is varied, think dumbbell circuits, bodyweight work, step cardio and core, that one-piece flexibility is the point. It replaces a step, a light bench and a storage tray, and it looks tidy enough to leave out. The 20-plus setup options are marketing shorthand for a genuinely wide range of angles and uses.

This is the honest limit. The deck is moulded plastic, not a welded steel frame, and it sits low and wide rather than at standard bench height and width. That is ideal for conditioning and fine for dumbbells, but it is not designed to be loaded with a barbell and pressed near your max, where you need the rigidity and height of a steel bench.

The surface is also firm with little padding, so long heavy pressing sets are less comfortable than on a 50mm-padded bench. None of this is a flaw in what the deck is for; it is simply the wrong tool for barbell strength work. Buy it for what it does well, and buy a steel bench if pressing is your priority.

At around £179 it is the most expensive of our three benches, and it is plastic, which gives some buyers pause. The way to judge it is by what you will use. If you genuinely want the deck, step and bench functions and will use the conditioning side, the versatility and the Adidas finish can justify the price.

If you are really after a lifting bench, it is poor value: the UFC Folding FID presses better, loads heavier and costs around £110, and even the budget Pro Fitness is a truer bench for less. So the value verdict depends entirely on whether you are buying a conditioning tool or a lifting bench.

Great for

• HIIT, step and conditioning training at home
• Dumbbell circuits, core and accessory work
• Anyone who wants bench, step and storage in one tidy unit
• Varied, lower-load training rather than heavy lifting

Not for

• Barbell bench pressing or heavy strength work
• Long, heavy pressing sets where padding matters
• Anyone who just wants a lifting bench (the UFC or Pro Fitness are better value)
• Buyers who balk at paying £179 for a plastic deck

The Adidas HIIT Deck is a versatile conditioning tool, not a lifting bench, and it should be judged on that. For HIIT, step work, dumbbell circuits and core it is a clever, stable, tidy one-piece unit with a high 150kg user limit, and if that is your training it earns its place. But it is plastic, firm, and expensive at £179, and it is not built for barbell pressing. If your goal is to lift, the UFC Folding FID is a better bench for less, and the Pro Fitness is the budget option. Match the tool to your training and it is clear which you need.