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Total Gym - FIT Home Fitness Folding Full Body Workout Exercise Equipment Machine - Black
Average customer rating
4.7
(1,775 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 1,775 reviews
5 Stars
1,462
4 Stars
223
3 Stars
45
2 Stars
19
1 Star
26
96%of customers recommend this product.
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1,524 out of
1,587)
Customer Reviews for Total Gym - FIT Home Fitness Folding Full Body Workout Exercise Equipment Machine - Black
Customer Rating
5
Getting In To Better Shape
on January 1, 2014
Posted by: Anonymous
from Gig Harbor, WA
Verified Purchase:No
Love my new Total Gym Fit. I do wish I had watched the unpacking video first. Hey, I'm a guy and we don't read instructions! Once set up the beginner video was great and I look forward to advancing as I use it daily as part of my workout routine. I'm only on day two but I feel it and it feels good! I suspect I'll look like Chuck Norris by year's end. But don't tell him or he'll come over and kick my butt. Oh! I do expect my wife to look like Christie Brinkley by then too but don't tell her I said that!
Pros: Strengthens, Easy To Set Up, Comfortable, Sturdy, Easy To Use, Quiet
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: MandyS
from St. Louis, MO, United States
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
I already had an XLS...which I love & have used for several years. I decided
to upgrade & gift my XLS to my parents.
I was so impressed by the FIT! I knew I would love it because of my experience with the XLS. But the FIT way surpassed my expectations. The glide system is so smooth and the additional levels are very helpful. I have to be careful with joint shock because of my back. The glide board is so smooth...there was virtually no joint stress whatsoever. I am so glad I decided to upgrade. Total Gym always puts out a great product in my opinion. But they out did themselves with the FIT. I love the wider range if motion as well...it is very effective & comfortable to use.
to upgrade & gift my XLS to my parents.
I was so impressed by the FIT! I knew I would love it because of my experience with the XLS. But the FIT way surpassed my expectations. The glide system is so smooth and the additional levels are very helpful. I have to be careful with joint shock because of my back. The glide board is so smooth...there was virtually no joint stress whatsoever. I am so glad I decided to upgrade. Total Gym always puts out a great product in my opinion. But they out did themselves with the FIT. I love the wider range if motion as well...it is very effective & comfortable to use.
Just as a side note for some reason on this survey when it asks about cons...once I scrolled through the options to look at them. It made me choose one. There are no cons for me. So please disregard that section of my review.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Angelo
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have been using the total gym for 2x a week, roughly about 20mins each time. I am impressed with the type of workouts, however, I am knocking off one star due to an occasional issue of the sliding board getting knocked off its track and me having to re-center it prior to starting another exercise. Also, for the leg exercises, I am not that impressed due to not being able to get a good inner thigh stretch. The leg harness doesn't fit well with people with wide feet so I had trouble using the pulley system. While I feel it is beneficial for other parts of the body, the legs (other than squats or exercises that do not require the additional equipment) are not. I would recommend the company to improve its accessories for people that have wide feet and better cables for the inner thigh workout.
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Posted by: MaryMelton
from Belfast, ME, United States
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
I was a little skeptical about how easy it would be to put together and use but it was! Love the different settings which I can adjust to make it as easy or as difficult as I want it to be. It comes with tons of exercise suggestions and the work out tapes are fun and they make time go by fast. You won't be disappointed if you purchase it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Just do it!
on June 27, 2018
Posted by: Mrs Cap
from Toledo, OH, USA
Gender:Female
We purchased this approx 1 month ago. My husband is a former fitness instructor and works out at a health club 3x week. He bought this mainly for me as I don't care for going to the health club. Let me just say that I am very impressed with this machine! It is very easy and QUICK to change the intensity level, add on the ab crunch attachment, etc. I also need to mention that the operation of this is so SMOOTH. I look with a very critical eye for imperfections in the machine, operation of it etc. I can honestly say that there are NONE. My husband is very impressed and uses this machine several times a week, too. He has replaced 2 of his health club workouts with this machine. (Just can't let go of the last one as we still pay a membership fee).
I am happy we opted for this model as I don't feel there were enough levels of intensity on the lower cost machine. We do level 12 for some exercises. We move from one exercise to the next with just a few seconds rest and it does get your heart rate up there.
This machine has inspired us to turn a spare room into a workout room. Do yourself a favor and invest in your health!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Sanman bk12
from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have been involved in weight training since I was sixteen years old. I'll be fifty -six in July, so we're talking forty years of experience here. I have trained on everything from at-home barbells, dumbbells, benches and squat racks to commercial gyms, of which I am still a member ( my first gym membership was in 1982 at Lou Ferrigno's gym in Brooklyn, N.Y.) I purchased the Total Gym for a number of reasons. Although the gym I belong to is not far, I often do not have the time to get there. It can also be busy and cause me to delay or alter my planned workout. Also, I have a very physical job and my body has taken quite a beating over the past twenty years. I needed something that would be easy on my joints and that I could use at home, especially for those times when I couldn't make it to the gym but would still deliver the results that I'm after. Well, I'm pleased to say that the Total Gym totally delivers. It gives me as intense a workout or an even MORE intense workout than just about anything I use at the gym. I have always trained on the heavy side and was a little concerned the resistance on the Total Gym might not be adequate. Boy was I wrong. This machine kicks my butt each time! I just want to conclude by saying how pleased I am with this product. It's versatility and convenience really can't be beat. Congratulations on a truly great piece of fitness equipment and thank you for making it affordable as well. I'm a Total Fan!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Greg S
from Midwest
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I'm middle aged, and love to lift weights. It seems like every time I get in a regular routine (with free weights), I injure myself and it derails my momentum. The Total Gym is helping me to maintain proper form, and thus prevents injury. I'm doing the SMART training--it is incredible, and I'm getting great results. Anyway, all of the instructions are clear, and it was easy to set up. I wish it was a little easier to fold up, though--not bad, but because of the space I'm using, I need to fold it up each time. That said, it take up very little space when folded, and for what it is, it is pretty convenient.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Anonymous
from Hawaii
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
This is a very good piece of exercise equipment that has mostly met my expectations. It's kinda/sorta close to living up to its name. The only area where it fails quite badly and disappointed me quite badly, is doing chest exercises. Because the pulleys are located so low relative to my arms for chest press and flies, most of the work is done by my shoulders. I also knew TG wasn't the best for quads and calves, but I already knew that before I made my purchase. Squats can be challenging doing one leg at a time, at highest incline and with some weights added. Hamstrings can be worked VERY well, with the wing attachment. Calves aren't the best, but okay on the TG. But otherwise, the TG is downright awesome for everything else! My shoulders get an AWESOME pump, and I can do bicep curls and tricep kickbacks with a similar feeling to using free weights. My back and lats also get a great pump from the TG.
So overall, it is a good machine. Please design future Total Gyms so that the pulleys can be adjusted higher, perhaps independent of the glideboard rails. That way, I'm actually working the chest muscles on presses and flies. If I'm not mistaken, this feature is on the GTS model. Why not make it like that for the less expensive models like the Fit and XLS? That's one glaring fault. I'm sure there will be some engineering challenges, but it will be worth it!
It would also be better if there are holes in the glideboard at both ends, like with the XLS model, so that a weight bar can go through at the top, and not just at the bottom. That will come in very handy sometimes.
So overall, pretty decent exercise equipment!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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