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Strength training is hot right now, and the evidence behind its vital importance continues to mount. Whether it is to combat the otherwise inevitable loss of muscle mass due to ageing, counter the effects of osteoporosis and loss of bone density, to function better in life and recreational activities, or to look better and feel better about ourselves, more and more people are using weights and resistance. I have been covering participant sports and fitness for a long time, have a fairly elaborate home gym, have used a lot of different gyms around the world, and frequently try new equipment (my last fitness story here at Forbes was on a world-class immersive workout and hiking retreat). My new go-to home strength training setup is the Speediance Gym Monster 2, a big-time interactive AI home gym in a small, affordable package.
Why Strength Train?
Every day the news seems to be full of stories on how to live longer and better and why experts increasingly think strength training is a key part of that equation—or the key part. Recent blockbuster bestsellers like Outlive by Dr. Peter Attia have put strength training on equal footing—or even more important than—aerobic exercise and nutrition as vital to our long-term health. Just last week, the New York Times ran an article about longevity expert Dr. Eric Topol’s new book, Super Agers, and asked the doctor for five tips for ageing well. Number One? “Take up strength training.” All forms of exercise are recommended to combat risks of cancer, depression, diabetes and overall mortality, “but even Dr. Topol was surprised to learn that strength training in particular can significantly lower your risks.” A cited meta-analysis of studies found that just an hour of resistance training a week lowered subject’s mortality risk by a stunning 25%.
About The Speediance Gym Monster 2
The Gym Monster 2 offers dozens of popular weight lifting exercises such as chest presses.
Speediance Gym Monster 2
Why the Gym Monster 2? First off, it takes the place of many machines and hardware that would normally take up a lot more space. I used to have a multi-station “compact” home gym with weight racks that took up more than twice as much space and could not be moved out of the way, yet offered far fewer exercises. But that’s just the physical part. It also comes with a full built in training regimen and classes at a price that cannot be beat—free. It is an interactive trainer, meaning it is fully loaded with video classes led by trainers who create many structured workouts and demonstrate proper form for every exercise, and it tracks how you do each exercise, from power to resistance to range of motion.
It uses digital magnetic resistance, with a motor creating pull on the cables, so there are no bulky and potentially dangerous metal weight plates. It packs a huge number of possible exercises into a very small footprint that I keep in our smallest guest bedroom—and still have room for guests. The base platform which stabilizes it and connects the cables for half the exercises even folds up out of the way when not in use. When working out, the Gym Monster 2 occupies less than twenty square feet, but when folded, more like three. It’s also easy to move.
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