Three Exercise Machines You Might Overlook at Your Gym

If you belong to a gym then you know you have a plethora of fitness equipment to choose from. Sometimes with so many choices you get so overwhelmed that you just stick to what you know best and never really venture outside of your comfort zone to use anything new.

I ran into this same issue until I met a guy there that told me about a few different machines to give a try to, like the pull up machine, which was ok, but not my favorite. It is a machine where you do pull ups but if you do not have the strength to do a pull up this machine assists by using weight to push you up over the bar. I was never a big fan of pull ups to begin with but this machine definitely helps increase strength in that area.

Another machine, well it's not really a machine but more so a "station", is the T-bar row. This is where you straddle a long bar, kind of like a bench press bar, putting weights on one end and then pull the weight side of the bar towards your chest. It is a good affective machine and routine for working those back muscles. I really like the T-Bar row. I always feel like I am hitting those back muscles really well.

A third machine is the free weight, seated calf raise machine. You sit down and this bar lies across your thighs just above your knees. You then use your calf muscles to raise and lower the bar. You can add as much weight as you would like as it is a free weight machine which I like better then the nautilus one. This exercise movement really hits those calves.

So there you have three machines your gym probably has that you might not consider since you like the good old fashioned exercises you are used to. Give them a try you just might like them.

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