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Cable Crossover machine?

seanlivo

New member
I'm looking at buying a cable cross over machine for my home gym I was looking at the following:

CABLE CROSSOVER

or

Functional Trainer

size is no really big issue (have double bay garage) I was leaning more towards the first one. The main exercise I want to do is cable flys and looking for some suggestions or comments first.

Thanks
 
A good bar, a good cage, KB's, bands, bumpers.

You'd have yourself a pretty porn set up then mate.
 
If you want to do flyes you can use DBs.

About a zillionth of the cost and more versatile. Should be able to get some lighter ones cheap on ebay
 
With all that nice equipment you have you want to spend over 1k just to do cable crossovers...
You Mad ????
 
With all that nice equipment you have you want to spend over 1k just to do cable crossovers...
You Mad ????

well there are other movements.. plus I don't have a decent place to do pull-ups and the wife wants to start doing weights but doesn't really want to do free weights..
 
I've got a MMPR, bars and flat bench.
Whist they are the commercial version, I couldn't recommend the gear enough.
 
I would like to get a seat that can go to 90 degree for shoulder press cant seem to find many that go from flat to 90 degree
 
Iam going to say a cable machine is prob one of the best if not the best machines...only for the fact that you can do sooooooo many diff exercises.
 
Jay Cutler does cable flys

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Standard newbie response right there. Just because a 'pro' does something doesn't mean its what a beginner should be doing/getting best results from.
 
Cable crossovers have a place in bodybuilding but really I wouldnt go out and buy a cable machine purely for that.

Like I said though if your looking at using it for a number of exercises then its prob one of the best machines u can get.
 
FORCE USA Functional Trainer F-FT - Selectorised Gym Equipment - Norse Fitness Equipment Western Australia (WA)

I have this one. Didn't pay that price though. I love it and find that I use it to do all those annoying exercises that I need to do to stay ballanced and healthy. I really missed it when it was in storage when moving house, suprisingly all those little pains came back when I wasn't using it to my prehab stuff.
Good buy in my opinion if you have the spare cash after a power rack, bar, bumpers & stuff.
 
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