If you are thinking of buying a new home gym, then a functional trainer is an excellent new style of home gym to choose. Functional trainers are a new breed of home gym that have several advantages over your classic home gyms. These advantages mean you will use them and get more exercise. That's why you would buy one in the first place, right?
The 1st Advantage: Simple Design.
They are simple, by design. Whether you're starting a new exercise program, or you've been exercising for years, you can quickly figure out how to use a functional trainer.
Exercise machines often look intimidating. Although a brand-new exerciser will need some guidance along their new path, most will find a functional trainer to be more self-explanatory than older home gyms.
You can start with a few basic exercises. There is often a chart, demonstrating basic exercises, which either comes with the equipment or is glued to it. After you feel comfortable using the machine, you can quickly add more exercises to your work-out.
The 2nd Advantage: Compact Size.
Unlike their predecessors, the simpler design of today's functional trainers makes them more compact. They take up less space in your home.
But don't let their smaller size fool you. You can actually do more exercises with them than with many traditional home gyms. Most home gym models are designed to do just a few 'standard' exercises like leg curls, ab crunches, and chest or shoulder presses. The functional trainer allows you to do more exercises in a smaller space.
The 3rd Advantage: Versatility.
The handles, and the cable-height settings, are the two elements that give functional trainers great versatility. You attach your handle to the cable. This allows you to lift the weight stack.
You can use a variety of different handles. Each will work your muscles slightly differently. For example, you use a wider grip using your Lat bar than your soft-grip handle. You can collect many different handles and create more options, or you can stick to using just a few handles and still have hundreds of options.
The height setting for the cable also gives you more exercise options. If you set the cable down low, you will probably use an ankle strap for leg exercises. You can also keep it low for shoulder, back, and arm exercises. You can set the cable high and work the same muscles in their opposite directions for a totally different work-out!
The 4th Advantage: Price.
No lies here: you probably won't find a good functional trainer for under a thousand dollars. But compare this to older home gyms and see the value.
Most home gyms will cost you the same amount. But you can do fewer exercises on the classic home gyms, compared to the more versatile functional trainers. Same cost, more exercises. So, obviously, the trainers are the better value.
If this is your first purchase of a home gym, or your first 'real' investment in exercise equipment, then you'll enjoy owning a functional trainer.
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Price : $349.54
