Here s a great question I recently addressed:

I m a personal trainer from Los Angeles and I just disagree with your belief that bodyweight exercises are better or far more effective that free weights or machines. I ve had tremendous success with my clients using free weights and machines. What evidence do you have that leads you to believe that bodyweight exercises are better than free weights or machines?

First of all thank you for your question and I m glad that you take the time to read the information I write about. Secondly I ve never said that bodyweight exercises are better than free weight or machine training. The truth is that I ve used bodyweight training,

free weight training (barbells & dumbbells), machine training, medicine balls, exercise bands and much more to help myself and the people I work with improve. Each one merely represents a tool I have available. One saying I go by is: Tools not Rules . I try to learn as much as I can about each system of exercises because one never knows when one will need it.

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If you go to any major gym or health club like 24 Hour Fitness, Bally’s, the YMCA, or even Gold’s Gym, you are going to see many elliptical exercise machines all over the gym. Elliptical fitness machines are quickly becoming the hottest trend in fitness today. Whether it’s at the gym or in the home, these machines are dominating the fitness industry today. It’s no wonder why either, elliptical fitness machines give you a great cardiovascular workout along with toning your muscles and providing several other conditioning exercises.

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Throughout the years, the quest to achieve a healthier body, mind and spirit has extended to the kind of exercise equipment you use. Why drag yourself to the local gym for a workout when you can bring the same convenience and results of Bally s or Gold s Gym to the comforts of your own home? A treadmill makes a great addition to a household, one that the entire family can get use from. It not only gets the heart pumping, tones and strengthens the body, but also is a great tool for weight loss.

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