Golds Gym Chest Expander

Advantages: Very well built, sturdy, uses own body weight
Disadvantages: Quite heavy, big and bulky

...simple if you know what you are doing. It is one of those things, that once you have set it up once, you will always know how to do it. ********************ABOUT THE GYM******************** This home gym, allows you to do a multiple amount of exercises. This means you can work on lots of areas. the areas you can work on are: *Leg work, thigh work, calf work *Arm work, triceps biceps *Bottom work, hip work *Shoulder work *Upper and lower back work *Chest work *Abdominal work The manuals that you get with it, are very useful. They use plain, understandable english. The set up instructions are very easy to follow. I managed it first time. You also get an exercise booklet. This provides *Program routines, for beginners, intermediates and advance workouts. *Basic fitness instructions *Circuit training... Read review

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Advantages: versitility of use
Disadvantages: cost

...I have one of these and there great, I haven't writen this but this is for general information only, just to say, this can be as hard as you want it to be, but in the saying no pain no gain, and lots of people have never heard of it. There is a totally new strength training station, a totally different fitness machine setting a new standard in the exercise industry - the Total Gym 1000. One Look and you'll realize that this is no ordinary exercise product. With over 60 proven routine exercises, effortless changeovers, solid steel construction and a revolutionary design, the Total Gym is the one piece of equipment that replaces and entire gym. Total gym is unlike any strength machine on the market today! Constructed of solid steel, Total Gym comes fully assembled right out of the box. It sets up in seconds and is so uniquely... Read review

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Advantages: Can be as good as a Weights-Gym/Multi-Gym for building/training Upper Body and Mid-Section
Disadvantages: Not as effective for Lower Body as it is for Upper Body, Not that easy to 'Fold-Away' every time you use it

...BACKGROUND I am 37 years of age. 5 years back I used to be Super-Fit .... and I mean SUPER-FIT!!! I went to the gym and used free-weights, machines + cardio around 4 to 5 times a week (sometimes more than that!). I weighed a whisker under 13 Stone at 6'0 Feet tall and had only about 8% Bodyfat. What does that mean to the lay-person? Well I guess it means .... six-pack, taut, toned, and all over body wicked muscle definition ... etc. etc. Dammit! I looked good (if I may say so myself!) ... and I damn well knew it! So what happened afterwards (i.e. in the past 5 years) ??? Well, I got married, had kids, worked crazy hours till "silly O'Clock" and basically just let myself go.....ever so slightly .... I'm sure you've heard of this happening before - and it may have happened to you yourself! Having other responsibilities I just couldn... Read review

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