We have all seen Lat machines at some time, even if we did not realize it. No home gym would be complete without this piece of equipment, although I hotly debated this until about six months ago. I have a home gym and some other exercise equipment, like almost every other thing available, and I thought I had the complete set up until a friend told me about the benefits of a lat machine.

At first I thought he was joking, so I took him into my fitness area, notice it is not just a fitness room, because all of my exercise equipment fills three good sized rooms. My friend was not impressed, and told me that without a lat machine I would never get the results I was looking for. Well, that stuck in my head, and for the next month I worked out twice as much, determined to prove him wrong. Finally, I arrived home to find a lat machine in my living room. Apparently my friend brought his over for me to use for two months, just so he could get his point across. I decided to give it a try, I thought what the heck, I will try almost anything once, sometimes twice if it is not too painful, like skydiving and snorkeling. Within three weeks I could feel a tightness and muscles that working out for over a year could not create. When my friend came to get his lat machine back I did not want to give it up. Within a week, I was at the sports store picking out a lat machine of my own. Although my new one is much better than the old one I was using, and I never have to worry about separation anxiety because this one is mine and I never have to part from it.