Home gyms – to build muscle or just to keep in shape

Home gyms come in a variety of shapes and sizes and it’s important that you do your due diligence in choosing the best home gym your house. If you have a special room set aside for a gym, then you will be out of fit more equipment into that room but you still need to take into account things like the weight of the home gym and its dimensions. For example, is your ceiling high enough to take the gym? Is your floor strong enough to take a heavy weight stack that some home gyms come with.

For those who need lighter home gyms, Bowflex have created a series of Bowflex home gyms that use an innovative rod system to generate the “weights” you will be “lifting”.  These home gyms are excellent for those people that might not have a floor capable of holding a weight stack  body weight.

For those who can fit a gym with a weight stack there is a huge range to choose from, from basic home gyms to professional machines dedicated to certain body parts.

In the table above you can see the ratings and reviews given to the home gyms that we’ve reviewed on this site. Also feel free to add your own rating and review at the end of any home gym that we have on the site, and your rating scores will be taken into account in the overall rating that we give each home gym.

Bio Force 1.7 Home Gym Review

Home gym equipment is typically big, clumsy and immovable. That creates a problem for the average person. It’s hard enough if you live in an average size home to make space for such a cumbersome piece of equipment, but for anyone in an apartment, condominium or mobile home, forget it. It just isn’t feasible to [...]

Powerline BSG10X Home Gym, Short Assembly, 160lb Weight Stack Review

So often, people truly want to find a way to get in shape, and exercise daily, but they can’t afford a long-term gym membership, don’t have time to drive to a gym, or their schedule won’t allow them to get to a gym on time. At those times, they often start to think about getting [...]

Total Gym 1800 Club Review

When I was asked to write a review about the Total Gym 1800 Club I was excited. I wanted to write this review because I not only own, and use this machine, but I believe in it. The Total Gym system is unlike any ordinary stationary gym you have ever used. More Than Just a [...]

Body Solid EXM3000LPS Double Stack Home Gym Review

Are you ready for a serious workout, but don’t want to have to spend time in traffic, or cram the time into your already busy schedule? Then the Body Solid EXM3000LPS Double Stack Home Gym is just the machine for you. This impressive, heavy-duty steel gym will give even the most dedicated athlete the workout [...]

BodyCraft Galena Pro Home Gym

Space can be the biggest obstacle people face when they decide to look into a home gym. Floor space in most homes, even of average size, is usually at a premium, so where do you put a monstrous piece of gym equipment full of metal, cables, and weight slabs? Most multi-station home gyms, which provide [...]

Bowflex Revolution FT Home Gym Review

The first thing you probably thought of after you decided you need a home gym is “where the heck am I going to put it?” Unless you live in a mansion, room has to be an issue for anyone thinking about a home gym. The Bowflex Revolution FT Home Gym makes it easy to bring [...]

Marcy Diamond Elite Smith System with Linear Bearings Review

Stability is a huge issue when it comes to large gym equipment. Most in-home gyms are quite large, and wobbling, or shaking is simply not acceptable. The Marcy Diamond Elite Smith System with Linear Bearings is developed to provide excellent stability. It’s off the floor designs provides contact strength points. That allows the machine’s weight [...]

Body Solid G10B Bi-Angular Home Gym Review

There are few new approaches when it comes to strength training machines. As opposed to free weights, these machines provide a very rigid direction for various exercises. That makes them very effective since it is hard to do a movement wrong. However, the Body Solid G10B Bi-Angular Home Gym does provide one extra benefit that [...]

Body Solid G5S Weight Stack Home Gym Machine Review

Planning your home gym doesn’t have to be a frustrating chore. There are so many different types of strength training gyms available, that it may be difficult to choose. However, if you keep a few things in mind it will help you narrow down your choices. If you need a great setup that doesn’t take [...]

Body Solid EXM4000S Triple Stack Home Gym Review

If you are struggling with extra inches, or want to tone up sagging muscles you can join a gym and drive every day to work out in a crowded room, or you can bring all of the benefits of a health club right to your own home. There are many advantages of owning your own [...]

Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar – Extreme Edition Review

Did you ever notice how something that is really strong has the word Iron in the title? Like, Iron Chef? Okay, I’m not talking food here; I’m talking about the Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar – Extreme Edition, although, if you’ve ever seen Iron Chef, you’ll get the comparison. This piece of equipment [...]

Total Gym XLS Review

Wellness is definitely today’s talk of the town which is typical of every year at this time…most times really. Like everyone else, I’m on the lose-weight-and-get-fit bandwagon which is why I’ve been researching different weight loss and workout products. The Total Gym XLS is one that I was curious about mostly because I think a [...]

Bowflex Blaze Home Gym Review

I’ve gotta admit that I was a little intimidated by the Bowflex Blaze Home Gym upon first sight. It just looks so high tech and, well, busy! After more research I’ve come to realize that while the Bowflex Blaze is definitely high tech and a state-of-the-art little piece of workout machinery, it’s also easy to [...]

Bowflex SelectTech 552 Dumbbells Review

It seems that we’re always looking to lose a few pounds or wanting to tone up, bulk up or slim down and I’m no exception. With some pretty hefty goals as far as my body’s shape and size goes, I have been researching my butt off in search of weight loss and exercise products that [...]

Weider Total Body Works 5000 Review

I use to live in a small apartment in Madrid.  To be honest, there wasn’t enough room to swing a cat, so had I found the Weider Total Body Works 5000 back then, I would have saved a lot of money on the gym fees.  Now, I am not a body builder and this gym [...]

Bowflex PR1000 Review

The Bowflex PR1000 home gym (model number: 100141) is a popular choice amongst fitness fans that want a weights system at home, but there is one negative that I want to tell you about.  First, let’s have a look at what this home gym can do. The Bowflex series of home gyms (which includes the [...]

Bowflex PR3000 Review

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The Bowflex PR3000 Home gym is the big brother of the Bowflex PR1000 system.  The Bowflex PR1000 got rave reviews from most users, but one of its failings was the 210lb maximum resistance that could not be upgraded. Can the Bowflex PR3000 fix that limitation? The Bowflex Home Gyms use a patented “Bowflex Power Rod” [...]