The Gold’s Home Gym GS 2500 is one of the better home gyms on the market. It is has a reasonable price tag. Home gyms are great for people that cannot get to the gym on a regular basis. Home gyms offer the privacy of your own home. The ability to work around your schedule and not have to worry about gym hours is a huge benefit. This home gym weighs about 150 pounds, not including the 150 pound weight stack. It measures approximately 5 ½ feet wide, 6 ½ feet tall, and 6 ½ feet long. It is fairly compact making it ideal for small areas. The gym has 4 cables and 1 weight stack. There are several different Gold's Home gym designs to choose from. Some of the gyms offer more weight resistance and added features like a rowing station. Additional weight benches can be purchased as well.
The Gold’s Home gym GS 2500 has 5 stations. This single home gym offers up to 65 exercises. Each station works a specific muscle group. The Gold’s Home gym has a low pulley station, a high pulley station, a 4 pad leg station and a standing squat station. The gym offers 150 lb resistance on the weight stack. The seat height is adjustable, as well as the ankle and arm straps, and the lat bar. The standing squat station provides and excellent work out for the quads, hamstrings, calves and the gluts. The high and low pulley systems provide an invigorating workout for the chest, back, and arm areas. The pulleys come with ankle straps and allow for a more intense workout for your legs. The multi position lat bar is ideal for your back, shoulder and leg workouts.
This particular home gym is geared more towards beginners, and not somebody looking for a heavy lifting workout. A chart with different exercises is provided. The chart shows which muscles will be worked while performing specific exercises.
One of the most common complaints on the home gym is the set up. You can pay to have somebody set up the gym for you.