Selectorized Weight Training Equipment Offers Options for All Users

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[Photo courtesy of Precor]
[Photo courtesy of Precor]

CrossFit hit the strength training landscape with such meteoric force that it produced a new era of sorts — one emphasizing simple free weights, battle ropes and plyo boxes, suspension and other forms of bodyweight resistance, and adding a competitive element to fitness rarely seen outside the Olympic Games. Could this possibly relegate selectorized strength training to extinction? Would specialized pieces of equipment dotting fitness floors for more than a half-century resemble mere fossils?

Nothing could be further from reality. Selectorized strength equipment's staying power is forged in its unmatched ability to offer something for everyone. "Designed to appeal to and benefit users at all levels — from young to old and novice to professional — pin-select machines are non-intimidating, easy to use and biomechanically precise," says Mike Kelly, vice president of sales at TRUE Fitness. "For these reasons, training on selectorized equipment has been an integral part of strength programming for decades."
 

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