Why not consider multigyms if you're looking for a good all round strength-training workout system you can use at home?

Multigyms are designed to work all the body's muscle groups and help you develop your overall strength.

It's just as important for women as it is for men to concentrate part of their fitness programme on strength training, because building up muscle isn't only for action heroes, it's important for everybody.

Your muscles are what hold together your body's framework, so developing muscle can have a positive impact on your posture, and also help to prevent injury by making your body more resilient. What's more, it's your muscles that burn the energy your body creates from calories, so the more muscle you have, the more calories you can burn off.

Home multigyms enable you to do a huge variety of exercises for the different muscle groups. The core elements included on most machines are the chest press, leg curl and extension, and the seated rowing machine. It's also possible to buy add-ons and adaptations to enable other ranges of exercises. They can be fairly bulky pieces of equipment, so they're not ideal if you don't have a lot of space at home. But for those that do have the room for it, this is one machine that could save you a lot of money on gym membership.

Two key things to remember if you decide to buy this piece of equipment:

Make sure there's enough room in your home not only for the machine itself, but also to give yourself space to move around it.
Always test the machine out before you buy, to check that it will meet all your needs.