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For some people, choosing a home based gym is like buying a car. There are compact home gym's, mid-sized home gym's and even the luxury options that require quite a bit of space but give you the ability to cross your arms and smugly tell your friends about your new home gym, "That there piece of fitness equipment is the exact same model you pay $100 a month to wait in line to use over at the gym in town."

How can you possibly navigate through the myriad options available without losing your mind? Unlike cars, where you can slip into the driver's seat, pull out onto the highway and take it for a comfortable spin, the right gym equipment requires more than a short sit-down to determine whether it is worth the investment. There is budget to consider, space, the type of workouts you'll be performing, and many other factors that will contribute to the choice between a $50 weight bench with some adjustable dumbbells and a cheap jump rope or a thousand dollar beauty that takes up the corner of your new "gym room or personal training studio" and has more exercises available than you have hours to try them out.

The best place to start sorting through your options is usually located in one your pockets - your wallet. Just as someone with a $10,000 budget isn't going to stroll onto a luxury car lot to seriously consider making a purchase, the type of equipment you will consider for home or commercial use will vary depending on the cash you have ready to spend. If you only have a few dollars to spend on fitness equipment, for example, you'll spend your time comparing inexpensive items like medicine balls, Swiss balls, ab swing, cheap dumbbells and perhaps a weight bench or step platform that can be tucked away in the corner. Those with a larger budget and more space will obviously begin to consider more elaborate fitness equipment that provides additional options and exercises.

At the lowest level of investment, your options are push-ups, sit-ups, and attending free prosperity seminars until your financial situation changes.
Increase your budget a bit more ($20 - $100) to allow for a variety of options. For resistance training, you can consider light weight dumbbells, cheap weight bench, and even resistance bands. You can also grab one of those popular Swiss balls. These are great to store fully inflated in the corner of a room on your main level so that even if you're not serious about working out, your guests think you do.

Consider throwing a few hundred at your passion for fitness in the comfort of your own home, and now you can start considering more serious gym equipment that ranges from weight benches that adjust to incline and decline, a serious set of dumbbells (and maybe even weight racks to stack them on), or some of the newer systems that allow for a dozen or so exercises and then fold conveniently into a flat shape that often ends up forgotten and lost in the closet behind the tangle of work clothes and shoes.

A budget in the thousands is required to move into more of the top quality (and effective) gym equipment. This includes the weight machines that allow you to use cables, leg press, and heave large amounts of weights without the fear of it suddenly crashing and causing injury. This gym equipment can provide more exercise variety and is often more durable and has more safety features. It does require a little extra space, however.

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