strength training

Inspire Fitness FT1 Functional Trainer | Complete Freedom of Movement

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The Inspire Fitness FT1 functional trainer comes standard with dual 165 lb weight stacks. The weight stack consists of 15 plates, 10 lbs (4.5 kg) each, while the top stopper plate also weighs 10 lbs (4.5 kg) and 2 x 5 lbs (2.26 kg) add-ons. That’s 165 lb per side (or 82.5 lb of functional resistance per stack). However, you can purchase an extra 50 pounds per side.

Each stack has its own fully adjustable pulley. Moreover, each side has 30 different starting positions, giving you many freedom and customization options for your workouts. Furthermore, each pulley also swivels 180 degrees freely, allowing you to perform your movements at any angle.

The Inspire Fitness FT1 for functional training gives you complete freedom of movement in any direction or plane while performing weight resistance exercises. These free exercises will enable you to move the way your body naturally moves. In addition, many freestanding exercises incorporate core, secondary, and stabilizing muscles, giving you a more efficient workout.

The Inspire FT1 is an excellent training machine for athletes interested in sport-specific exercise movements or people looking to strengthen their overall bodies, increase stamina and coordination, or lose weight.

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Powerline PSM1442XS Smith Machine Package | Rapid Results

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The Powerline PSM1442XS Smith Machine by Body-Solid is ideal for upper and lower-body workouts. It has various accessories such as a workout bench, pec station, leg developer station, lat row station, and preacher curl station. Moreover, it enables you to work out your different muscle groups.

The Body-Solid Powerline Smith Machine uses four 2″ x 2″ 12 gauge steel pillars to support and guide the patented Super-Glide carriage during your most vigorous sets. In addition, it comes with 14 lockout positions, and adjustable safeties assure the ultimate lifter safety while striving for more significant muscle gains.

The Powerline PSM1442XS Smith Machine Package combines freeweight power with safety and control. Push your limits and make faster gains than you can imagine without needing a spotter. The Powerline PSM1442XS Smith Machine has been building better bodies for decades and can get you where you want to be… More significant, Faster, and Stronger.

The PSM1442XS is an absolute powerhouse that is often imitated but never duplicated. It’s a sophisticated combination of free-weight power, resistance, safety, and control. So no matter which muscles you’re working on, the Powerline PSM1442XS Smith machine has an answer.

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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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Body-Solid GPR378P4 Pro Power Rack | For Extreme Workouts

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The Body-Solid GPR378P4 Pro Power Rack Package is a perfect option for home users who want to build muscles and get in better shape. Unlike other home gyms like Bowflex, which use a power rod resistance system.

Instead, the Body-Solid GPR378P4 uses a power rack system, which is much simpler and straightforward than other gyms in a similar price range. It offers enough features and a workout area to perform intense exercises with easy mobility.

You won’t get bored using the Power Rack in your daily routine. These great features, combined with long-term durability and robust strength, make the Body-Solid GPR378P4 Power Rack Package one of my recommended buys for 2019.

The Body-Solid GPR378P4 Power Rack Package includes a Power Rack, a lat attachment with its weight stack, a heavy bench, a dip attachment, a preacher curl station, and a leg developer for the bench. However, this package does not include a squat bar with Olympic plates.

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