Functional Trainers, Jungle Gyms, & Multi Gyms

Functional Trainers -  Functional Trainers, sometimes called cable gyms, were designed to bridge the gap between Classic Strength Training and Sports Training. For example a baseball player could adjust the adjustable pulley to a medium height to work a certain muscle group to improve his swing.

Cable workout Vs. Barbell Workout – In a Cable Workout the muscle is in a constant tension mode, not allowing the use of momentum to help lift the weight.  Advanced users like doing cable workouts because that can isolate muscle groups better and add extra development in Bicep, Triceps, Back, & Shoulder muscles.

Functional Trainers have Full Range Of Motion as in Free weights, working both the core muscles and stabilizer muscles for better results. 

One big advantage over Free Weights is a Functional Trainer is a lot safer to use especially if you working out without a spotter and the selectorized weight system cuts the workout time by about half. 

Jungle Gyms – Like the functional trainer, a Jungle Gym uses cables for a lot of exercise stations but also selectorized. Also looks like a Cable Cross-Over on Steriods.  A Jungle Gym is quite a bit larger then a Functional Trainer but allows multiple users to workout at the same time, depending on the number of weight stacks it has, some as many as 8. A Jungle Gym has upper body exercises like a functional trainer but also can have lower body stations like a leg press, or seated row.  Some larger gyms opt to have 2 of the same often used stations like a Chest Press, Triceps, or Lat Pulldowns.

Multi Gyms – Multi Gyms are a great way to save Money, Time, and Space. They offer multiple exercise stations in one small frame. Most home Multi Gyms come with one weight stack for a single user, but commercial Multi
Gyms come with at least 2 weight stacks and up to 8 so more users can workout at the same time. Cybex, Precor, Life Fitness, BodyMaster, & Paramount are just a few manufacturers that make excellent Multi Gyms. 

The down-fall with less expensive Multi Gyms is that they sacrifice Bio Mechanics for space and profit.  Also look for good quality cables and pulleys it makes a huge difference in the comfort and performance of your workout.

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