Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Best Equipment?

teacherjoe
teacherjoe
Posts: 3
Joined: 2006/07/28
Canada
2006/07/29, 09:11 AM
Hey everyone Im new,

Im giong to start buying some things for my home gym but I dont know whats best out there to get. I could get a regular bench or spend a bit more and get a sit down gym with the chest press, legs and pull down bar. Is it worth the extra $$ to get a good set like that? or am I better off just getting a bench.

Any help would help!
Joe
ecle5c
ecle5c
Posts: 1,312
Joined: 2003/07/10
United States
2006/07/30, 10:58 PM
I would recommend starting off with a barbell and a decent stack of weights. You can do most exercises with just this. After that, some dumbbells are great also, especially ones that are interchangeable.

I personally don't like machine type weights, they limit the range of motion and don't recruit as many stabilizer muscles. You can accomplish most workouts with a barbell/dumbbells