When you want to buy a home fitness gym one of the first decisions you need to make is whether to buy one that uses free weights or a machine that uses cables, rods or other means of resistance. Which one you choose will depend on your goals for fitness and exercise. If you’re aiming to build up your muscles and are very serious about this you will need to go for a free weight machine. If on the other hand your aim is for overall fitness and general toning of the muscles then the resistance gym machines will give you a wider range of exercises and help with overall fitness. Resistance machines overall are much easier to use and to change from one exercise to another, or to change resistance. Free weight machines are definitely harder to change weights as they need to be added or removed from bars.

Band Resistance Machines

Band resistance machine like Bandflex, Bowflex and Soloflex use either plastic rods or rubber bands for resistance. They are an alternative to free weight-based machines that are easier to use and also offer a wide range of exercises like the other types of resistance machines. They have a number of advantages including being easy-to-use and easy to adjust and change the resistance. They have a wide range of different exercises available and take up less space than most free weight machines. However although they are better for muscle buildup than the other types of resistance machines they are still not as good as the free weight machines. Very often the motion is difficult to control and somewhat jerky. They also tend to be expensive. Overall they are great for overall fitness and general muscle building but still not right if you are a very serious bodybuilder looking to build up great deal of muscle mass.