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Having own weight machine at home is very good for you if you do not have much time. Before making a purchase, be sure to consider whether or not the machine you are looking at will help you to achieve your long term fitness goals.

One of the most important questions to keep in mind when choosing a weight machine is to determine what range of weights is available for lifting in the machine. Often, weight machines that are designed for home use have a relatively small range. For example, they may offer a range of weights from 10 to 100 pounds. While this may initially seem acceptable, there are many people who may be able to easily perform specific exercises with more than 100 pounds. If you are one of these people, a weight machine such as this could be useless to use.

Being fit, healthy, and flexible is not always easy.  It takes regular exercise and eating a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables. In addition, any exercise program that you choose such as push-ups stretches, jogging or walking takes discipline.

The same discipline applies to using fitness equipment. If you are the type of person that prefers using fitness equipment for your exercise routines, here are few tips to consider before purchasing.

Do not believe what you see and hear. You will need to assess whether all the advertised claims are true. Fitness equipment will claim for example, that you will lose will lose several pounds off their weight in as little as seven days or that you will decrease your pants size in one month.  

To lose weight in seven days or decrease a pant size in such short time is nearly impossible, even with the assistance of dietary supplements. Be skeptical about claims that say you will be able to burn a tremendous amount of fat in a specific area of your body, such as the hips, thighs, waist just by applying a specific type of ointment or lotion, etc. 

The only sure way to burn fat is by changing what you eat and exercise. Before and after pictures of people who claim that they were able to lose weight because of using such and such equipments may or may not be true. If ever they are, their experience is purely personal and that is no assurance that your unique body weight, body make-up will also undergo the same change they went through.

It is also always advisable to read the fine print, whether it be fitness equipment or anything else. Though you believe that the fitness equipment you are planning to purchase is a good one, reading the fine print really would not hurt as it may say that you also have to decrease your calorie intake and not just rely on what the machine could do for you.

There are advertising statements that say you could pay off the fitness equipment in a number of easy payments or by paying a mere thirty-nine ninety-five a month. Do not forget to inquire about shipping and handling costs and include that in your calculation. In addition, add-on the required sales tax, delivery fees, set-up fees. Know all the details before you purchase. 

It is best that you consider asking about details on their thirty-day money back guarantee. Though this sounds good to you as the consumer, it may or may not actually be a good deal, if for example you are going to return the item. You may actually end up paying large shipping cost, return to stock costs, etc.

Make sure you contact their customer service hotline. The customer service hot line should have a toll-free number as well as a customer service representative in case you have problems with your fitness equipment. As stated above, to be fit, healthy and flexible takes more than just fitness equipment. It will take discipline to exercise and a healthy diet.