H. Perkins
16 de octubre de 2020
Fantastic home-gym setup, easy to set up and use, exercises feel good, well worth the money.
Like many of us, I was forced to stop attending my beloved local gym due to the pandemic. I set up a decent home gym, with free weights, a medicine ball, workout mat and balance board, but I felt a bit stuck, and although I stayed in decent shape, I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.A friend told me I should get a Total Gym, and although I scoffed at first (“You mean the one that Chuck Norris hawks on TV?!”) I looked into it. So, I did a ton of research online, read reviews and compared features, and the Total Gym brand did seem legit. I settled on this Total Gym model as the perfect balance between price and functionality. I’m a small woman, 63 years old, and my goals are overall fitness, toning, weight loss and health. I am not looking to build bulk, and the “limited” range of 6 resistance levels - other models offer more - is sufficient for me. I live alone, but using leverage and gravity, I was able to get the heavy box through the house down the stairs to my basement workout area. Unboxing was fairly straightforward. (I will say, be SURE to remove all the packing materials. There are some stealthy bits of cardboard I didn’t find at first.) Set up was easy. The Total Gym comes with a set-up guide, exercise guide and wall poster showing all the major exercises. It took me a couple of days to get the hang of using it, but after that’s was off and running. Exercises are effective and the Gym moves smoothly. I’ve always enjoyed working out, but now I can’t wait to get downstairs every morning and hit the Gym. Exercises in booklet and on poster are well described and easy to follow, and the workouts feel good. Accessories are easy to install and take off. The Total Gym also comes with a workout DVD and subscription to online videos, but I haven’t used either of those, so can’t speak to that aspect of this package. One thing I added to my order was a set of interlocking 24”x24” floor mats to place under the gym, as I’d read thy have a tendency to scoot around on hard surfaces if you don’t place mats under them. I recommend plastic/rubber mats it you are using your Gym on a hard surface. My whole setup takes up a space around 10’x4’ - and at just under $350.00, the gym and mats together were less than my yearly gym membership. For fun, community and support I hope to go back to my local gym when I can, but for now the Total Gym is a fantastic alternative. Read moreVer másVer menos
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