Before You Purchase Your Home Gym Consider These Factors

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With the New Year come and gone, the vow of a better body sits at the top of the list for a New Year’s resolution. Your options are to either join a gym or invest in your own equipment. If you are choosing to invest in your own home gym and you decide on a universal workout machine, (one that encompasses multiple machines for different body parts all within one system), then there are some very important factors that you need to be aware of before your final purchasing decision. To me, these factors are deal breakers when faced with the tough choice of which machine best suits my needs.

When choosing a machine, you need to ensure you choose one with a good range of motion. By range of motion, I mean you are able to press the equipment all the way forward or upward and all the way down or back with extra room allowed for extended flexing and stretching of your muscles. An example of poor range of motion would be the chest press or fly. After you press your selected weight forward or upward, you should be able to come back down past your beginning position for added stretch to the muscle you are training. If the machine clanks to a stop before you are in a good stretched position, then this piece of equipment is not for you.

Another factor to consider in your home system is the smoothness of the weights or cables when pressing or lowering the weight. The weights should not catch or grab when being pressed or lowered. If using cable, the cable line should be smooth and taught at all times.

Nothing can put a damper on your workout any faster than to have poor equipment. If you have to continually stop to see why your weights are grabbing, clanking or not feeling smooth, its takes away the momentum of your workout. Generally, better quality machines do run a little higher on price but, in this case, you get what you pay for.

I can with confidence recommend any of the Body Solid gym equipment from bigfitness.net. Most gyms carry Body Solid and it is now also available for use in personal home gyms. If you are interested in viewing their products at wholesale prices, then Big Fitness.net is the place to go. Just remember, you get what you pay for and no piece of equipment will get you in shape without your motivation to use it. How do you envision your body for the New Year?

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