I did a lot of comparison before I ordered the Xpress Pro, it's a great unit very well build almost Swiss quality, was very well pack and no parts missing, it's took me 2 days to put it together, I am a good handymen so I think it's alot of work for The Novise to put the gym together.

I have lifted weights any way you can, free weights, cable stacks, and nautilus machines. All of them have their advantages and disadvantages. I have owned a home gym(a soloflex machine, a good machine because of the iron plate adaptability, up to 400 lbs)and I have also been a member of a good gym. I stopped using free weights because of lower back problems(loading and unloading plates puts direct stress on the lower back). In the gym I used nautilus machines mostly and cable stacks.