• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    one of those all-in-one $2,000+ fancy machines that mounts on your wall.

    Actually about $4000 to start, plus the cost of the weight plates, bars (I prefer Ivanko), Iron Grip dumbbell sets, and so on.

    In almost all cases, it’s cheaper to have a gym membership at a decent hardcore gym.

    There are a lot of things you simply can’t do with bodyweight alone. And you can’t do it with just a couple kettlebells and adjustable dumbbells either. Having a lot of strength and muscle mass when you’re young is a very strong predictor of health in old age, since past the age of about 40, people just start losing mass and strength; the more you have before that, the better off you are.