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Question: What type of home gym should I buy?
Question Description:
I’m hoping you can help resolve a disagreement I’ve been having with some people at the gym. Because of work pressures I plan to cancel my gym membership and buy a bodyweight type home gym like the Total Gym (www.totalgym.com) or Bodyrail (www.bodyrail.co.uk). The guys at the gym think I’m mad for doing this because they claim these bodyweight type gyms are gimmicks. They think that anything other than iron plates is a gimmick. Why can’t you use your own bodyweight instead of lumps of iron? Will your body know the difference? It’s ok for people to use pull-ups, chin-ups, dips, leg lifts etc, which all use your bodyweight as resistance, and yet when a product comes along that lets you use the same type of resistance for bicep curls, tricep extensions, shoulder presses, etc it’s considered a gimmick. Without spending a fortune, I’d like to buy an exercise machine that has the safety of a machine but with the benefits of free weights.
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Answer#1: it really depends on what outcome your looking for... if you wanna bulk up then stick to the iron weights and do it the old fashioned way, but otherwise anything you choose will benifit you. it's personal preference really.
Answer#2: New BowFlex with weird circular resistance plate thingy.
Answer#3: A not so soft bed where u can do sit-up, a polished ceramic floor where u can do push-up, a carpet (if u wan) to do skipping. Except u cant swim at home, but swimming is the best exercise one can do. Yr body will look proportion if u swim frequently per week. And swimming is also a great way to distress oneself. I used to swim 10 km/wk in last yr. And i think u can do it too, only if u r committed to it.
Answer#4: I was going to say the total gym. It is popular and tends to work but I like my Billy Blanks Boot Camp workout. They are more effective than any exercises I know.
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