Walk into any gym and you’ll be met with a sea of weight machines. With so many options, it’s easy for even the most seasoned lifters to feel overwhelmed. Between the dozen gym machines that claim to ...

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If you're not familiar with gym machines, you may be more au fait with free weights, such as barbells, dumbbells and kettlebells. Praised for their versatility and do-anywhere-anytime quality, free ...

If you want to get stronger, some kind of resistance training is the way to go. So when you walk into the gym, should you start loading plates onto a barbell or should you just walk up to the first ...

I have room for one or the other in my home 'gym' - either a functional trainer or a standard style home gym type machine. I already have a very nice elliptical (for me) and treadmill (for the wife).

I have a personal theory about working out, but I don't know if it's valid anywhere but in my own mind. When I see all these gym machines for working out muscles in ways that don't happen in nature, I ...