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Combat Sports and Martial Arts: Disciplines, Differences and What Each One Needs From Your Facility

Combat Sports and Martial Arts: Disciplines, Differences and What Each One Needs From Your Facility
A club operator guide to the main combat sports and martial arts: how they differ, what each demands in flooring, cage or mat space, and how to choose.
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Lexco LPS-103 Chest Press: What It Adds to a Commercial Gym

Lexco LPS-103 chest press with five level handle adjustment
A guided pressing path, an adjustable seat and a selectorised stack: how the Lexco LPS-103 chest press is set up, used and positioned in a commercial room.
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Lexco LPS-102F Pulldown Machine: A Guide for Gym Operators

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The Lexco LPS-102F is a selectorised pulldown station for the back, shoulders and arms, built for continuous use in a commercial facility. This guide covers its build and features, the benefits it delivers to members, how to coach it on the floor, and how it compares with related stations.
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Lexco LPS-102 lat pulldown machine: technique, muscles and specification

Lexco LPS-102 lat pulldown with seven position thigh pad
The Lexco LPS-102 lat pulldown is a selectorised back and arm station for commercial floors. Muscles worked, correct technique, grip variations, how to programme it and what to check before ordering.
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Lexco LPS-101 Butterfly Machine: A Specification Guide for Clubs

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The Lexco LPS-101 is a selectorised butterfly, or pec deck, built for continuous club use: a 260 kg frame, an eleven-step backrest, seven-step handle adjustment and a ten-position gas-assisted seat. Here is what it does on a gym floor, where it belongs in the layout, and what it costs.
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Which Muscles Does the Lat Pulldown Machine Work?

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The lat pulldown loads the latissimus dorsi first, with the trapezius, rhomboids, posterior deltoids and biceps assisting. Here is how to use and specify the station.
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Chest Press Machine: Which Muscles Does It Work?

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The chest press machine loads the pectoralis major as prime mover, with the anterior deltoid and triceps assisting. What it trains, how to set it up and what to look for when specifying one.
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Which muscle does the arm extension machine work?

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The arm extension machine isolates the triceps, the muscle that extends the forearm at the elbow. Correct technique, programming and how to specify the station.
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Which Muscles Does the Arm Curl Machine Work?

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The arm curl machine trains the elbow flexors: biceps brachii, brachialis and brachioradialis. What it isolates, what it does not, and how to specify one.
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Which Muscles Does the Adductor Machine Work?

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The adductor machine targets the inner thigh adductors and recruits the hip and glute muscles with them. What to combine it with, how to warm up, and where to place it on the floor.
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Which Muscles Does the Abductor Machine Work?

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The hip abduction machine loads the gluteal muscles, not the inner thigh. What it trains, how to set it up correctly, and how to specify it for a commercial floor.
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Which Gym Machines Slim the Legs Without Building Bulk?

Which Gym Machines Slim the Legs Without Building Bulk?
Which machines tone the legs without adding bulk: cross trainers, inclined treadmills, recumbent bikes and the leg press at light load. Reps and programming.
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Functional training and CrossFit equipment: everything you need to know

Functional training and CrossFit equipment: everything you need to know
Functional equipment falls into four families: rigs and structures, free weights, conditioning accessories and non motorised cardio. Together they take up little fixed footprint and free the open floor that functional work depends on, provided the flooring can take dropped loads.
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Bodytone FC4S V2 Multi-Station Gym: A Complete Strength Unit

Bodytone FC4S V2 Multi-Station Gym: A Complete Strength Unit
A professional four-station multi-gym that concentrates a full strength circuit into a single frame, and how to judge whether it fits your facility.
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Which Gym Machine to Choose: A Guide by Training Goal

Which Gym Machine to Choose: A Guide by Training Goal
Which strength and cardio stations to specify by muscle group and training goal, and how supervision level and floor area shape the equipment list.
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Strength Training: The Questions Your Members Ask Most, Answered

Strength Training: The Questions Your Members Ask Most, Answered
A reference sheet for gym operators and coaching teams: the questions members ask most often about strength training, answered plainly and consistently, from training frequency and session length to core work, walking, nutrition and what each answer implies for the equipment on your floor.
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Back training machines for a professional strength floor

Back training machines for a professional strength floor
Vertical pulling, horizontal pulling and lumbar extension recruit different muscles. How to cover all three families when specifying a commercial strength floor.
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Incline Bench Press: The Complete Guide for Commercial Gyms

Incline Bench Press: The Complete Guide for Commercial Gyms
The incline bench preferentially recruits the clavicular head of the pectoralis major, between 30 and 45 degrees of incline. Beyond that range the work shifts towards the anterior deltoid. A multi-position adjustable bench covers those angles with a single station.
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How to Equip a Glute Training Area: Racks, Machines and Floor Space

How to Equip a Glute Training Area: Racks, Machines and Floor Space
Glute training is one of the most consistent demands on a gym floor. Here is the equipment it needs, the space it takes, and how to programme it once installed.
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Leg Training in a Commercial Gym: The Programme Members Want and the Equipment It Needs

Leg Training in a Commercial Gym: The Programme Members Want and the Equipment It Needs
The five lower-body movement patterns a commercial floor has to cover, the machines that deliver them and how to size a leg area for your membership.
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Outdoor Gym and Calisthenics Modules: A Practical Guide for Public Spaces

Outdoor Gym and Calisthenics Modules: A Practical Guide for Public Spaces
Outdoor gym and calisthenics modules combine body-weight apparatus and adjustable resistance stations in open-access public space. What they contain, which standards apply and how to specify one.
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Selectorised Seated Leg Curl Machine: A Buyer Guide

Selectorised Seated Leg Curl Machine: A Buyer Guide
The hamstrings are the most under-trained muscle group on most commercial strength floors. A selectorised seated leg curl machine is the simplest way to fix that. This guide covers what the station does, how to set it up, how it compares with plate-loaded and prone alternatives, and how to programme it.
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Selectorised Leg Extension Machine: Everything You Need to Know

Selectorised Leg Extension Machine: Everything You Need to Know
How the selectorised leg extension works, what it trains, how to set the seat and knee axis correctly, and what an operator should check before specifying one for a commercial floor.
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Guided-Load Squat and Calf Machine: Everything You Need to Know

Guided-Load Squat and Calf Machine: Everything You Need to Know
What the guided-load squat and calf machine does, which muscles it loads and how to specify it for a commercial gym floor.
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