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

...'t afford to be so 'selfish' as seemed necessary when I was on my personal quest to build the 'body-beautiful' for myself. Besides there were/are other rewards to be had in life - and I don't regret for a moment giving up my hard fitness/bodybuilding regime in order to have the wonderfully fulfilled life that I now have with my lovely wife and kids. It simply meant making sacrifices and giving up certain things for the things in life that I feel really mattered! SO ..... ALONG COMES THE TOTAL GYM 1000 ... In 2001 I was working many many hours to build a future for my wife and family and having realised a while before that I just didn't have the time to go to the gym after working a 12 hour day - I figured that I would need something effective enough to keep me in reasonable shape (even if not quite what I used to be!). At that time I must say... Read review

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Advantages: EXERCISE IN YOUR OWN HOME
Disadvantages: IF YOU ARE FAIRLY FIT MIGHT BE BORING TO BEGIN WITH

...to take some time off work and spend it with my new Toy. So….. was the wait worth it. Lets go for a resounding YES. Being somewhat of a couch potato (used to be fit earlier in life but once those extra pounds start creeping on……) I had thought that maybe the wii fit was the way to go. No having to go to the gym which always seems to be full of slimmer, more enthusiastic people. No having to shower with strangers (you can't help but look!). The hubby, of course, was very negative - no way could a toy help anyone get fit - total waste of money, yada., yada. As soon as I could get it out of the box I set it up. Very easy to do with clear instructions. Within minutes you are ready to go. The wii fit gives you 4 options. Yoga, Muscle, Balance, Aerobic. There is also a 'Favourites' which automatically records the exercises you do the most... Read review

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

...I have owned the Total Gym 1000, for about a year now. The reason why, is because I was channel shopping, and it looked good. It caught my eye, so I watched the programme, and then decided that for £150, you couldn't go wrong. I am a little impulsive like that. You can do all sorts of exercises on it, so why bother paying to go to a gym, and use lots of machines, when this one does it all? ********************SETTING UP*********************** The setting up of this machine, is not terribly difficult, but it is a little tricky. Basically it all folds out, and fixes together, with really pick metal clips. On removing it from the box, it is all flat packed. You need to take the sliding board aways, while you set up the frame. Then attatch the sliding board, on it's rollers. It is quite difficult to explain, but it is fairly... Read review

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Advantages: *
Disadvantages: *

...Workout ~ I have only tried a few of these but they seem to really work. They are difficult but the trainer is there to copy and you can view a tutorial before you start. Again, you are told if you are doing well (i.e. not moving too much, not enough etc) ~ Fit Cash ~ Every time you complete an exercise on any of the sections you get some minutes to add into your fit cash box. This may be 1 minute or 10 minutes depending on what you do. The minutes add up per day as well as an overall total and as you earn the minutes you open more features. If you complete 30 minutes in one day, a message comes on the screen congratulating you. Also, if you've been using it for too long (even if it's not in one go) it suggests that you have a break. The main disadvantage of the Wii Fit is the amount of information that it keeps repeating... Read review

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Advantages: Brake parts insured for life of car
Disadvantages: Very poor workmanship

...... I was wrong !! I received a call saying that my car had failed it's MOT on the brakes. They enquired if I'd had any work done on them recently. When I said "yes", they said "Was it at Kwik Fit by any chance ?" A lucky guess, or previous experience ? The rear brakes had not been adjusted properly, so the shoes were braking and releasing at different times. They also commented that the handbrake was dangerously loose, and the wheel balancing was out by some margin ! The total cost of the new work (including the MOT and Service fee... £290 !!!). ***UPDATE 04/10/04*** I received a letter from Kwik-Fit after having read this review. They apologised that they had not been in touch sooner, but had not received the letter I sent. The matter is now being looked into.*** ***UPDATE 17/10/04*** After a phone conversation with a very... Read review

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Advantages: Get Fit
Disadvantages: COST Customer Service

...My partner and I have been a member of our local Total Fitness Gym for more that 4 years now. At first the gym was newly opened and so all the facilities were clean and brand new and working. There is a large gym area with a weights area and a women only gym. The machine are new and they do have modern equipment. There is a large 50m swimming pool, which you have to wear one of those silly hats for. A hydrotherapy pool, which as beds under the water which you sit on and feel bubbles against your skin. Steam room, Sauna and Solarium. Sun beds which cost from £1 per minute to use. There is also a cafe area. Which really put me off my workout, to smell fried chips when your working up a sweat, regularly made me feel sick. Now, overtime machines stop working, showers are out of order for weeks on end, steam rooms and Saunas... Read review

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