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Why Weight? By Lisa A. Leonard ACE CPT What increases metabolism? Builds denser bones, reinforces ligaments and tendons and keeps you looking young and healthy? If you guessed strength training, you guessed right. Strength training has long been considered a male dominant pursuit. Historically, free weight equipment has been made according to the specifications of the users, large framed men. Due to the increased recognition that weight training has gained as an anti-aging, bone- building panacea for individuals of both sexes, manufacturers have begun to design unique equipment for females. Savage has put together a wonderful fabric covered weight bench and build- your- own dumbbells. The unit comes with 4 - 5lbs plates in navy                                                        4 - 3lbs. plates in fuchsia                                                        8 - 1lbs. plates in teal                                                        2 - Foam padded dumbbell handles The package allows you to create 8 different combinations of pairs of dumbbells:               2 lbs/4lbs/6lbs/8lbs/10lbs/12lbs/14lbs/18lbs. The weights can easily be organized under the bench, in a built-in weight plate rack. This makes the equipment adaptable to your living environment, without being unsightly. The plates are fingernail friendly, each one has a grooved lip that makes picking them up easier. The padded handles keep potential calluses at bay. The package comes complete with an illustrated exercise manual that takes the guesswork out of your strength training routine. You can tone and tighten triceps, biceps, chest and thighs all in the privacy of your own living space. Bodytrends.com offers this for $329.00. Click here to buy Go Figure 40 . The Savage Go Figure is also available in a 60 lbs. version at: Go Figure 60 . This unit has a lower body attachment to work the butt, legs & thighs. The cable exercise adapter and the Go Figure"! Padded Ankle strap enable you to tone and slim these difficult to reduce areas.