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Multi-Gyms

Complete an entire full-body workout in one sitting on just one machine with a Commercial Multi-Gym from Fitness Superstore! Staples in gyms and health clubs worldwide, Multi-Gyms are designed to take up minimal space and are safe to use, meaning you don’t need a partner or ‘spotter’ with you when training.

The Benefits of Commercial Multi Gyms

Multi Gyms keep improving in quality, sophistication and the options that are available. While still not as popular as lifting Free Weights, commercial use has grown by 80 percent since 1987, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association. This increase in multi gym use has attracted new manufacturers to the market, giving the consumer more opportunities than ever before to find a system that perfectly fits user’s needs. Unfortunately, it also makes the search for the perfect multi gym that much more difficult.

A little research before venturing out to the fitness equipment stores could save you a lot of time in the long run.

The Multi Stack Multi-Gyms are the old standbys of the gym industry and consist of blocks or disks of weights attached to a lever or pulley system. Changing the amount you lift is easy - you just move a pin in the weight stack or add another plate in plate-loading models.

Using a weight-stack gym machine has several advantages. Weight stacks give you a point of reference; non-weight-stack models may turn them off because of their different feel. They also let you know exactly how much you are lifting. Many non-weight-stack multi gyms make you guess at the amount, making it difficult to track progress. Be advised though that lifting 100lbs on one multigym machine may not feel the same as lifting the same amount on another.

The different pulley systems on the various models often cause the actual amount you are lifting to vary slightly. Many of the manufacturers have transformed their multi gyms in the past few years to address this. Changes include protective shrouds over the weight, ergonomically sound seats, the ability to accommodate large differences in body size and easier changes from one weight to another.

Manufacturers have also refined the pulley and cable systems to reduce noise and improve smoothness. They have tried to reduce the floor space multi gyms occupy without compromising the number of features as well.