OT: Home Gym, what do YOU have? Options

[Scott Carlberg]

Now that I'm gainfully employed again, I'd like to get a home-gym, and while
free-weights & bench seem to be the cheapest way to go, I was wondering....


Does anyone have any experience with the CrossBar by Weider?
http://www.crossbarfitness.com/crossbar/index.html

or their Platinum version,
http://www.platinumcrossbar.com/platinum/6...0/splitter.html


Anyone using anything else?

tia

[mike_the_man]

I agree with Brad. I find it really hard to exercise at home. Too much other stuff to do, and I get distracted pretty easily. I prefer to go to a gym. As far as weight training equipment, I prefer free weights. Get a few bar bells, a bench press bar, a decent selection of weight, and a good bench. You have way more different exercises you can do, and in my opinion, you get a better work out. With free weights, you work the stabilzer muscles, as well as the target muscles. Those fancy systems may look cool, but they're pretty expensive, and not as useful as a good set of weights.