Free weight home gyms are home gyms that come with separate weight plats that offer resistance and a free range of motion.
This gym set is used for strength training purposes to increase body muscle mass and strength.
There are an increasing number of people buying a free weight home gym for the many benefits it offers. Most important, it lets you work out in private, without having to wait to use any gym equipment.
The gym is open 24 hours a day, so you can use it when you want. You just have to pay once to buy the equipment, and don’t have any monthly fees to pay after it. And of course, you save on travel time as you just have to walk to your home gym to use your free weights home gym set.
First time users should be careful
Free weight home gyms are however not meant for the first time or inexperienced user. A better option for them is a machine home gym with cables, rods and built in weight stacks for resistance.
The reason for this is that these machines guide you through the right range of motion while exercising, and thus minimizes the chances of your sustaining any injury while using the home gym.
In case of free weight home gyms, you have to exercise control over the range of motion as there is no machine guiding you. The absence of this machine gives a greater chance of making errors in form and sustaining injury.
However experienced weight lifters experience improved results with a free weight home gym as when used properly, the gym helps develop a greater range of muscles and improves ligament and tendon strength.
Available features
The basic free weights home gym today offer limited upper body workouts while the more advanced ones provide a full body workouts. These gym sets offer several exercise options that include leg extensions, inner and outer thigh exercises, rowing and pull-downs.
If you have limited space, or if only one person will be using the gym at a time, then a single station free weight home gym is best for you. However if you plan to work out with a family member, it is better to opt for a multi-station free weight home gym to accommodate both of you at a time.
Of the many free weight home gyms in the market, some don’t include weights. In such cases you have to buy weight plates separately and load and unload them when you change exercises. Though this may offer some benefits, it consumes more time than just changing the pin in built-in weight stacks.
No matter how well equipped your free weight home gym is, it will be of no use to developing your body unless you put in your share of efforts. If required, you can add some motivational aids like a TV and DVD player or music system to play your favorite music and wall charts with exercise suggestions to change your workouts. If possible, you could also arrange for intermittent training sessions with a personal trainer to reap maximum benefits from your workouts.
