3 Reasons Why Multi-Station Gyms Are Underutilised

Author: Aussie Fitness   Date Posted:20 June 2018 

Multi-station training equipment saw popularity during the 90s, and offered countless home fitness enthusiasts with a way to avoid cluttering their home gyms with bulky equipment. With multi-stations, home gym owners were able to fit out their workout spaces with cables or pulley weight systems that allowed for a variety of specific exercises.

Space saving is an important factor to consider, if you are looking for a convenient way to work out from home. This could suggest that multi-station equipment wouldn’t be as effective or useful in a commercial gym. Even if space saving isn’t among your priorities, there are plenty of benefits that come with having an available multi-station at the gym.

Working Warm-Ups

No matter how intensive or specific a training routine can be, a multi-station provides the ability for a person to quickly warm-up with a variety of exercises. With a multi-station, a person’s warm-up can take place in the same area of the gym where they do their exercises in. Having an easy way to increase the amount of weight used in exercise makes the multi-station a welcome sight that most gym goers have come to get used to seeing.

Less Waiting, More Training
There are many ways to train a muscle, and having a good variety of equipment in your gym means fewer people waiting around to do the same exercise. A multi-station can feature various additions when it comes to how its weight pulleys are used. Depending on what exercise is being performed, a multi-station is sure to complement your gym’s free weights section in many valuable ways.

Getting Specific or Creative

Multi stations can complement a variety of training options that free weights like dumbbells and kettlebells provide. They are good for allowing all types of gym-goers with a way to cover their fundamental exercises. However, even the most seasoned athletes in a gym can benefit from a multi-station. Especially with how a multi station’s cable systems can provide a degree of free-ranging movement that helps a person increase their repertoire of exercises.