Health and Wellness: The Can't Miss Black Friday Investments

Multifunctional Smith Machines: The Best All-around Investments

We're firm believers that fitness equipment and activities of all kinds can produce outsized returns. However, multifunctional training machines do so most efficiently and are arguably the best health and wellbeing investments you can make.

The M1: Classic Multifunctionality

The M1 is a classic multifunctional Smith Machine, offering free weight, cable pulley, and bodyweight movement functionality. If you have a favorite workout in mind (or just love working a particular exercise), the chances are very good that you'll be able to perform it on the M1.

In the last year, the M1 was updated to improve safety (linear bearings to promote smooth movement and rack stability) and exercise variability (11 Smith Machine height settings; 12 free weight rack settings). It's multiple package options ensure that you have the weight bench and barbell you need to start lifting right away.

The Buffalo: Enhanced Full Body Training

The Buffalo has a lot in common with the M1, but has a few tricks up its sleeve you'll appreciate if you've got a thing for leg training. With one attachment, you can instantly transform your multifunctional Smith Machine into a legitimate vertical leg press machine.

Standing under 7 feet high, the Buffalo is a solid investment if your garage or basement has a lower ceiling. It is one of the most compact, all-in-one training machine options out there.

The M2: Next Gen Functionality

If you're a more adventurous investor, take a step into the future of home gym training with the M2. Despite offering more refined features than the M1, its dual weight stacks or 3D Smith Machine capabilities are what really set it apart from just about any machine on the market.

Would you rather enjoy ease of changing the weight with a single pin or executing movements like biceps curls in your Smith Machine? We know it's tough to decide…that's why the M2 Pro 3D lets you do both. You'll be hard-pressed to find anything else like it.

The BPC06: A Commercial-Grade Experience

One of the biggest monetary investments you can make is cancelling your monthly gym membership. However, despite the savings of hundreds, if not thousands of dollars every year (not to mention the countless hours of saved time) it can be hard to give up the commercial-grade equipment quality.

Thankfully, with the BPC06, you can bring this quality home with you.

With 260 pounds of adjustable weight (130 from each stack), adjusting resistance and even exercises is a seamless process. Besides the aesthetic appeal of its sleek design, its rear main frame is equipped with 6 storage sleeves and 2 barbell storage tubes, making the BPC06 the ultimate space saver.

The leg press attachment and multi-grip pull-up bar provide contrasts: the ability to go heavy on vertical leg presses and unlimited upper body bodyweight functionality.

If investing in a well-rounded physique is the right move, this is the machine to invest in.

Lower Body Machines: Niche Diamonds in the Rough

If you're all set with gear to work your upper body, congratulations. You get to skip directly to more niche, but more fun investments…most notably the leg extension, leg curl, and leg press machines.

After all, a high-yielding health investment always includes a "don't skip leg day" clause!

The Gazelle: The Premium Leg Day Machine

The good news is, the Gazelle transforms leg day from something you have to do into something you want to do.

With 3-in-1 functionality, allowing you to perform leg presses, hack squats, and calf raises, it stands out among the masses of "one-trick pony" lower body machines. With a couple of simple pin adjustments, you can easily change the angle of each exercise to better tone your most desired muscles or perform an entirely different movement.

An investment in the Gazelle is also an investment in safety. It's innovative 4-level height limiter lets you set the movement range you are most comfortable with. Considering that the load capacity tops out at 2000 pounds, you can rest assured that you're staying safe while you're getting really strong.

The PLC01: Optimized Niche Training

The well-defined quad is undoubtedly the most desired leg aesthetic. The easiest way to attain this beautiful muscle? The classic leg extension exercise.

With the PLC01, you not only get a dedicated leg extension machine, but also a leg curl machine. Something has to balance out those toned quads and well-defined hamstrings are exactly the muscles to do it.

Strengthening the hamstrings represents a major investment ligament and joint protection. If you're interested in keeping mobile well into your older years, regular leg curling is a can't miss investment in your future.

The BLP01: The Affordable 3-in-1 Machine

The BLP01 is a slightly more basic version of the Gazelle that doesn't cost quite as much as the more premium leg press/hack squat machine offering. Its weight capacity isn't as high and its cushions aren't as plush, but its multiple lockout positions and overbuilt steel foot pedals ensure an equally safe and stable lifting experience.

Adding a 320-pound bumper plate set to the mix (for the BLP01 or for any of these machines) is a no-brainer investment. You're going to be getting a lot stronger; it makes sense to have the weights you need to grow with.

Health and Wellness: "Can't Miss" Investments

We may be biased, but we think the Gazelle is more interesting than a tactical pen.

We also think the BPC06 is more intriguing than a "Mystery Box" and the M1 is a better Black Friday couple's item than "him and her" toothbrushes.

More importantly, these items are objectively better investments, particularly if you're interested in prioritizing your health and overall wellbeing.

This is the year to maximize your ROI; any of the options we've discussed today will ensure that you do so!