Home Gyms

The category of home gyms

Home gyms, in the traditional sense of the word are complex and heavy machines that offer a garden variety of strength training exercises. However, due to so many items and models hitting the market, this category has grown rather much, now including smaller and far simpler devices that target different parts of the body.

But although the category of home gyms is vast and rich, all items have something in common – they usually target several muscle groups at once, providing a more complex workout, or a series of isolation exercises.

Some home gyms are designed to tackle your abs, while other your chest, shoulders and back. You’ll also find home gyms that focus primarily on the lower body, offering a number, if not dozens of different leg exercises.

Home gyms replace an entire garage worth of equipment

If you have a single multi-purpose machine in your home, it can easily replace a decent chunk of fitness equipment. Pulleys can usually replace a ton of bars, barbells and weights, and multi-functional weight benches can easily become an all-in-one upper body strength training station.

These machines focus primarily on resistance training, providing more weight for isolated muscle group exercises so that you can target each part of your body and achieve growth. Home gyms are also practical because they allow for incremental progress, usually through careful and gradual weight addition, or resistance increase.

Choosing the right home gym

If you are concerned with your upper body strength progression, then check the benches and the pulleys to get the maximum out of your workout. If, however, you are not a fan of weight training and would rather use more portable resistance training home gyms, then perhaps consider the ab rollers, the resistance training kits and the sets of resistance training bands.

Our staff has reviewed in detail some of the most popular models on the market, from manufacturers such as Marcy, Finish Line, Total Gym, XMark Fitness, Merax, Vanswe, CAP, Weider, GoFit and many others. We update the list of recommended products on regular basis, so make sure to come back every now and then or bookmark this page for convenience.