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Inspire Fitness BL1 Home Gym | Uses Your Body Weight as Resistance

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The Inspire Fitness BL1 Home Gym has a heavy-duty 2” by 4” oval 11 gauge tubular steel frame and features 2000 lb tensile strength cables, fiberglass reinforced nylon pulleys, 18” revolving curl bar, 48” steel lat bar, press arm, leg extension/curl bar, and a padded bench with adjustable seat and backrest.

The BL1 body lift uses your body weight as resistance and is adjustable from 10% to 150% of your total body weight.  Thus, you can easily select your required resistance level with the user-friendly one-handed adjustment slide lever.

The Inspire Fitness BL1 Home Gym offers the ability to perform over 30 strength training exercises. With this in mind, you can work all your body’s major muscles, including your abs, back, chest, arms, shoulders, and legs.

The BL1 body lift is a fitness machine intended for home use (a lifetime residential warranty). It came out in 2014, so it has been around for a while. It has its pluses and minuses, and in this review, I’ll try to cover them all.

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Valor Fitness BE-11 Smith Machine | Perfect Addition to any Gym

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If uncomplicated is what you’re looking for, then the Valor Fitness BE-11 Smith Machine is a perfect option. The BE-11 is a pure Smith Machine: No half-cage, racking, and worldly attachments.
Although simple, it’s also heavy-duty, very sturdy, and has all the features you’d expect of a suitable Smith Machine.

The 30 lb knurled bar runs smoothly on the reverse-pitched guide rods via linear ball bearings. These are well-made and work perfectly no matter how much weight you have loaded up. The safety latches are solid steel and lockout at 14 different points along the frame. Additional safety latches and springs can be set separately at any height.

A Smith machine with a track and linear bearings is ideal for bench presses, military presses, shrugs, squats, curls, lunges, etc. The bottom of the track even features safety springs to catch the bar if you drop it, which stops the bar from hitting your feet and the plates from smashing into the ground.

Another useful little feature of this Smith Machine is that it uses either standard 1″ plates or Olympic plates (with 2″ holes). If you want to use Olympic plates, it has sleeves that fit the bar and storage pegs. Although these aren’t the highest quality (the plastic end caps can tend to pop off), they do their job just fine.

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Marcy MWM-990 Home Gym | Perform 30 Gym-Quality Exercises

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The Marcy MWM-990 Home Gym comes with multi-position high and low pulleys. They connect to a 150 lb adjustable selectorized weight stacking system that offers smooth and controlled body exercises without loading and unloading weight plates.

The Marcy MWM-990’s upper pulley targets your core while performing ab crunches, and you can control the resistance by adjusting the selectorized weight stack. The high and low pulleys allow for both upper and lower body exercises. In addition, the Marcy MWM-990’s overhead lat station helps work the back, while the adjustable preacher curl pad helps tone your abs and triceps.

The Marcy MWM-990’s dual-function Leg Developer works your lower body muscles and features foam roller pads for added comfort. In addition, it properly aligns the knee joints for valid leg extensions and leg curls.

This all-in-one home gym provides over 30+ strength training exercises for the total body. This complete gym system is constructed from heavy-duty steel and offers various functions for an entire workout. It features a 150 lb selectorized weight stack, a dual-functioning press arm, an adjustable preacher curl bicep pad, and comfortable roller pads.

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PowerLine PLM180X Lat Machine | A New You Is Within Reach

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The Powerline PLM180X Lat Machine by Body-Solid is a free-weight lat machine explicitly designed to perform upper body exercises such as triceps press-down, upright rows, lat pulldowns, seated rows, and others. The machine’s design allows you to perform a broad range of motions through full extension and contraction.

It has a heavy-gauge steel construction, which gives it robust and sturdy support as you exercise. The wide-grip bar features super-comfortable hand grips on the ends, though it can still be gripped comfortably anywhere along the bar without issue. It’s perfect for those with long or shorter arms and has a patented nylon bushing in the pulleys, allowing smooth operation.

The PowerLine PLM180X is not too heavy, weighing 69 lbs (324 kg). The seat supplied with the machine measures 14 x 2.5 inches and is made of durable vinyl material. Also, the seat is not adjustable; however, you can easily remove it for more room.

The PLM180X Lat machine has three main accessories: the lat pulldown bar, the low row bar, and the cable extension for a low pulley. There are two pulleys at the top as well. In addition, the machine includes 8-inch (dual position) foam rollers to help you maintain a secure and firm grip.

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Powerline BSG10X Home Gym | Perfect for Building Strength

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The Powerline BSG10X Home Gym is a resourceful weight stack home gym for those beginning to play with this type of exercise equipment. With this in mind, the Powerline BSG10X is reasonably priced, offering a fair number of exercises and weight stack resistance.

Additionally, the Powerline BSG10X features 40+ exercises, an adequate number of options considering the price paid. Unfortunately, the Powerline BSG10X maxes out at 160 lbs resistance, making it a little weak for strength trainers looking to reach the “next level.”

The compact Powerline BSG10X Home Gym sports a stable platform and multiple seat adjustments accommodating all shapes and sizes. The home gym base feels firm, and the trainer’s confidence shows in limited 10-year coverage on the frame. In addition, the 11-gauge mainframe construction assures maximum strength, function, and durability.

A typical customer complaint regarding fitness equipment is the time and energy required to assemble a trainer upon shipment. If you can relate, you will appreciate that the  Powerline BSG10X is 90% pre-assembled upon delivery and ready to use after installing nine bolts.

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