Exercise bench with deep passthrough insets

An exercise bench, comprising:

• a frame having a head-end and a tail-end, the frame extending lengthwise between the head-end and the tail-end and having a top side and a bottom side;
• one or more head-end legs extending downward from the bottom side of the head-end of the frame, the one or more head-end legs collectively establishing a head-end base at least as wide as the frame;
• one or more tail-end legs extending downward from the bottom side of the tail-end of the frame, the one or more tail-end legs collectively establishing a tail-end base at least as wide as the frame, the one or more tail-end legs forming a base that is angled inward toward the frame to avoid interference with feet or legs of a user during seated or lying exercises;
• and
• a user-support platform supported by the top side of the frame and having:
• i) a solid base member extending lengthwise from the head-end to the tail-end of the frame and being generally rectangular, and
• ii) a flexible resilient pad disposed on the solid base member and configured in a substantially similar shape as the solid base member;
• wherein both the solid base member and the flexible resilient pad define first and second through-cutouts formed opposite one another along opposing sides of the user-support platform, each through-cutout extending entirely through both the solid base member and the flexible resilient pad to define an open lateral void and located within a region of the user-support platform that would align with shoulder blades of a user lying against the user-support platform,
• wherein the first and second through-cutouts each have a depth sufficient to allow an entire shoulder blade of the user to move below a plane of remaining portions of the user-support platform during full-range chest and deltoid exercises, thereby allowing the user to have unencumbered mobility of shoulder blades of the user while the user was lying against the user-support platform while a spine of the user remains centrally supported by a portion of the user-support platform between the first and second through-cutouts,
• wherein the frame supports only a central portion of the user-support platform between the first and second through-cutouts such that no frame member underlies the first and second through-cutouts, such that the first and second through-cutouts provide unobstructed motion of arms, legs, or bands of the user during seated or supine exercises,
• wherein the exercise bench further comprises attachment members affixed to at least one of the one or more head-end legs or the one or more tail-end legs and configured to receive an exercise accessory or resistance band, and
• wherein the one or more head-end legs and the one or more tail-end legs are height-adjustable to maintain a knee angle not greater than ninety degrees when the user is seated on the user-support platform.