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Advice on home gyms

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blondeguy:
Dumbells and are great because you also workout your stabilizer muscles and will generally get more muscle tone.  Machines are more precise in the muscle groups they target.

1voice:
Over the years I have tried several systems... Power Rider, Solo Flex, Bow Flex, and Total Gym.

While my wife likes the Power Rider I have to say for strength and total fitness the Solo Flex and Total Gym are my favorites with the Total Gym giving me the best workout I have had since I belonged to a health spa.

The total gym is very pricey but what is cool about it is you can add free weights, try it for a month to see if you like it, and the fact that they will set you up on a easy pay and take it out of your checking account monthly with no interest.

If you belong to a health spa and are paying monthly dues the Total Gym will pay for itself after a year.

happyharry:
You won't run into the danger of becoming "bulky" since muscles don't build up overnight. It takes months and months, so you won't wake up one day and scream "oh my god, I'm way too bulky! What do I do?!" ;)
So you can easily monitor and control your progress.

Since you don't want to do serious bodybuilding and you just want to maintain what you have and get a little firmer, I suggest doing something simple, such as self-resistance workouts (no equipment needed here).

Check out this interesting site on self-resistance workouts: http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/shenandoah/OBB/OBB.html

Harry

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