For the busy professional and/or parent who loves to work out at the gym, a personal home gym has always been a great option.  For years, homeowners have cleared out their garage or basement to make room for a piece of strength equipment that will get them results like the smith machine, strength circuit or functional trainer at the gym.  Space, ceiling height, and the overall strength training experience are often times the greatest challenges for the homeowner who purchases strength equipment for their home.  In my 20 plus years of selling fitness equipment, I believe there is one personal … Continue reading The Cybex PG 400 Multi Gym – A Best in Class Fitness Machine

According to WebMd (www.webmd.com) the definition of flexibility in fitness is “the ability to move joints through a range of motion.”  For most exercisers, flexibility training takes a back seat to more popular forms of training such as cardio, strength, and sports conditioning training.  However, without flexibility in fitness, performance goals for running, bench press, catching a fly ball, or even tying your shoes can be much harder to achieve.  Incorporating flexibility into your exercise routine is a positive step to a healthier you. For years, Precor Fitness has manufactured a compact stretching bench called the Precor Stretch Trainer.  This … Continue reading The Precor Stretch Trainer – Flexibility Training Done Right

The Precor AMT is a machine that works the heart and lungs as well as strengthens and tones the body.  “AMT” stands for Adaptive Motion Trainer.  The Precor name is one of the most prestigious in the fitness equipment industry and has been for as at least as long as I have been in it (going on 25 years).  They make commercial and home fitness equipment and are consistently rated in the top 5 in terms of quality, manufacturing, and results for both home and commercial fitness equipment. The Precor AMT is in the category of elliptical cross trainer because … Continue reading The Precor AMT – Adaptive Motion Trainer – Gets You Fitness Results

Inversion Therapy is often defined as hanging upside or at an inverted angle while being suspended or hanging by the ankles, lower leg, or feet for therapeutic purposes.  Those therapeutic purposes may include stretching or decompressing the spine or spinal traction in some cases.  There are a number of forms of inversion therapy, with gravity boots and inversion tables being two of the more common methods.  Inversion tables give the user much more range of starting points and are typically easier to use for a wider range of the population. An inversion table, like the Health Gear model shown in … Continue reading Inversion Therapy with the Health Gear Inversion Table