by youareoriginal

Created on: July 27, 2009   Last Updated: July 28, 2009

Buying a weight bench instead of a gym is one decision you will have to make for yourself. The Gold Gym XR45 is equipment that you can buy if you decide on a weight bench. The Gold Gym XR45 is 76 inches deep, while it is 65 inches high and has a width of 38 inches. You also need extra height to lift the lat bar on Gold Gym XR45 if you want to lift it off the holder, as well as room for the legs when you are on the extension. It restricts maximum user weight to 300 pounds.

The most disappointing thing about Gold Gym XR45 is the short warranty. It is just 90 days and seems inadequate because the cables and pulleys on such equipment are always vulnerable. Its weight of 200 pounds means that it is shaky if you are using weights that are heavier. The Gold Gym XR45 uses a cable and stack system. The weights are pulled by cables attached to the stack that you have chosen by putting the pin at the desired position.

The eight weight plates on the Gold Gym XR45 give a total weight of 210 pounds which may not be enough for the avid gym enthusiast. Chest press and chest fly are one unit and the change is made when you turn the chest press around. You can use the chest fly for upper back work. Sitting backward on Gold Gym XR45 to do the chest fly is not very comfortable.

While the seat padding on Gold Gym XR45 is comfortable the fixed position, which is upright, does not allow any versatility to do bench work with weights. There are other things you can do and forget about the incline, but you have to consider this when you are buying the machine.

You can do 15 exercises with the high pulley while the low pulley will allow 40. This claim by the makers of Gold Gym XR45 may sound a bit far fetched as quite a few exercises are really the same as another in the list. The preacher pad is comfortable for doing the preacher curls. The leg developer has 4 rolls to exercise the front thighs, glutes, hamstrings and upper thighs or hip flexors. A leg extension may be a bit cramped on this machine because of the bar length, but it still gives you all the exercises needed for your muscles. Ankle straps are provided to exercise your legs for low pulley work.

The lat bar can be used for exercising the back and to work the triceps, but putting it on low pulley will help you to exercise the biceps. Putting together the Gold Gym XR45 may cost you money and this can add to the total price of this equipment.

For its price Gold Gym XR45 does a lot and allows you to exercise every muscle though the lack of seat adjustment can be a turn off. If you have not worked regularly in a gym and cannot compare machines, you may find this a good buy. The short warranty period is also something that needs to be looked at before you buy it.

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