A great home multi gym

Advantages: Great value for money, plenty of weights
Disadvantages: Takes a while to build, inability to add additional weights

...use it would be. I had been looking at getting back to a gym but never got around to it. The decision was made to buy a multi-gym. ****Choosing the correct multi-gym*** There are many home multi-gyms in the market and I was at a total loss what to get. There are a few questions that need to be answered such as What are my goals? How much weight is required to achieve this? (determines the size of the weight stack) What exercises do I need to do to achieve my goals? How much am I willing to spend? How much room have I got available. Once the type of gym has been narrowed down it is then important to look at manufacturers, such as York, Weider, Marcy, Powerline, V-Fit to name but a few. I found this process an arduous task and decided to ask someone who knows. I discussed my requirements with a chap at Fitness Superstore who...

yackers1 03.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Weider Pro 5500 Home Multi Gym

MY WEIDER PRO 3000

Advantages: LOOKS GREAT, GOOD WARRANTY, GOOD WEIGHT STACK
Disadvantages: you have to change the weight resistance for every exercise

...THE WEIDER PRO 3000 MULTI GYM ----------------------------------------------------------- Right decided to get fit and buy a Multigym after searching the web for the awhile i found the weider pro series what first caught my eye was the colour red black and white much more atractive than all the other multi gyms i had been seeing after looking further into the weider pro series i found the 3000 was the best model for me so great i had found my multigym paid for it and waited for the delivery, Finally about a week later i received it so great lets put it together after opening the box i soon realized i had bit off more than i could chew it looked like a mammoth task so i got stuck in after and 2 hours or so and some help from my brother things started to come together nicely the instructions were very helpful they include a step by...

leedsleeds 25.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Weider Pro 3000 Multi-Gym

Exercise That's Bad For Your Health!!!!

Advantages: Whenever You Want It's There
Disadvantages: Hard To Assemble and Dangerous

...I am like most people in the fact I like to keep fit and look as good as I possibly can and to help me along with this I bought the Weider 8515 Multi Gym because of being at home with five children it can be very hard to find the time to get down to my local gym and at just £299.00 I thought I was really getting a good bargain. I ordered the Gym from a home shopping catalogue and was very disappointed at having to wait a whole 5 weeks for delivery but eventually it arrived. Below I will take you through my experience of this Gym in a step by step process and include all the features you need to know about it and what I found good and bad about it, this will hopefully provide you with enough information to make an informed purchasing decision. Setting Up -------------- The Gym itself arrived to me in what seemed like a hundred...

bazzaoleary77 26.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Weider 8515 Crosstraining Gym

Little Tikes Junior Activity Gym

Advantages: sturdy, strong, robust, attractive, compact
Disadvantages: difficult to assemble, not as much fun as it could be

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Little Tikes Junior Activity Gym ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Most crèches or children?s play areas seem to have one of these activity gyms and they looked bright and colourful so we decided to get one for my brothers first birthday. The activity gym as shown in the picture is made up of four side panels, each with holes in for the child to climb through. There is a small bright pink slide and a blue floor, which the children can go under or climb on to go down the slide. As we unpacked the activity gym it looked relatively simple to assemble, as it was really just a case of slotting the panels together but don?t be fooled! It was not at all easy to assemble although the only consolation is that if it was that difficult to put together its going to be near impossible for it to fall apart! The brightly...

ilusvm 04.03.2005 (18.04.2009) · Read review
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Review of Little Tikes Junior Activity Gym

Gym'll fix it.

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...I understand that I have written a very similar review to this one that is actually on working out, however I would just like to now write a review on choosing a gym - as you can, in fact work out anywhere (well, within reason as I doubt the manager at Tesco would be best pleased somehow!). I have just changed gyms, I used to go to one that was on the outskirts of Plymouth (it was on the same site as the hospital that I worked in). This one I paid £27 a month for all in, so this was unlimited use of the actual gym in itself; the sauna or steam room (it was a case of either/ or for a week and then change but I never used them), and the classes that were on offer. You also got your own programme included should you wish, which I did as I had never been to a gym before. Just to mention, the £27 a month was a special rate for NHS staff...

dynamicnurse 16.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Choosing a Gym

JML Iron Gym a fantastic product

Advantages: Easy to use, durable, visible results in a short time and Safe
Disadvantages: Not easy to store away

...Firstly can i just say WOW! the iron gym is one of the best things i have bought this year! JML Iron Gym comes with easy to assemble instructions and takes literally 5mins to assemble. Iron gym fits onto almost every door frame in the house and with its foam handles and contact points it leaves no marks, no damage and wont put stress on the door frame! I have been using iron gym for about 3 months now and the results have been great i have put on 1 1/2 stone in muscle weight. The iron gym comes in an easy to carry box and as well as an ultra clear instruction manual that tells you how to use it, what types of exercises to do with it, how often to use it and it even has an information booklet about nutrition and what to eat to get the best results from using it. The iron gym has one small flaw and that is that you cannot easily...

scottuk06 13.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of JML Iron Gym

What a great gym!!

Advantages: Fun, entertaining, lasts years
Disadvantages: Uses lots of batteries

...Little Tykes have really gone to town with this kiddies gym! It has 5 different settings designed so that it will grow with the baby which is much better than all the other gyms I've seen in the shops which are just aimed at babies and don' progress yet are the same price as this one. The five settings are: A gym for tiny babies to kick at A gym for babies to play with once they're sitting up A play table suitable for babies who are able to stand up and walk around it A play table with stool for a toddler to sit on A writing table with stool for older toddlers. It sounds like it might be complicated to swap from one setting to another but it's not at all! It's really simple all you have to do is change the green stool which converts to a kick plate for the babies by just unscrewing it which is really simple to do as you...

mrbing10 15.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Little Tikes 5-in-1 Adjustable Gym

Total Gym Total Workout

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...

purebitch 23.01.2002 (28.03.2002) · Read review
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Review of Total Gym 1000

A Wheelie bad idea!!!!!! Golds Gym Exercise wheel

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: You could quite easily end up in traction!!!!! Awful, disasterous etc etc

...it. Gold?s gym however are much better at pitching this product. Here?s what they have to say about it: ?Another great alternative to stressful crunches and strenuous sit-ups. Our smooth-gliding Exercise Wheel, built from sturdy plastic, will tighten and tone arms, abs, hips, buttocks and thighs?. Features: Contoured handgrips to provide a secure, comfortable grip. Just push slowly and hold your position, before returning to the start position. The forwards and backwards movement works your abs in both directions. Stressful crunches and strenuous sit-ups? I hope they don?t use the same line when describing their abdominal roller which is designed to emulate just that!!! I?m also quite impressed by their claims that it will tone up your arms, abs, hips buttocks and thighs. Quite impressive, in fact I?m thinking about...

Logan33 11.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Golds Gym Exercise Wheel

Home gym, Sex machine, Torture device, its your choice!!!!!!

Advantages: Cheap, effective space saving solution for a home gym
Disadvantages: You may get a few raised eyebrows if they don't know what it is!!!!

...Not sure why I keep writing so many fitness reviews, but I guess I should stick to what I know about (might make some of you get fit you never know!!). Having read through my reviews, I have noticed that I tend to have concentrated on kit that has not lived up to expectations. Well this time, I?m writing about a product that definitely exceeded my expectations, namely, the Pilates Power Gym. WHAT IS IT? Well to get an understanding of the Pilates gym, you need to know what pilates is: ?Pilates focuses on the core postural muscles which help keep the body balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles.? Ok, so what makes it different from any other exercises? Well, its...

Logan33 13.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pilates Power Gym