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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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Customer Reviews for Total Gym - FIT Home Fitness Folding Full Body Workout Exercise Equipment Machine - Black
Posted by: Ray Sh
from Austin, Texas
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have always had a high regard for Chuck Norris, and have seen the ads for years. I finally decided to put my commitment where my passion is! Commitment is really too strong of a word--accepting an invitation to physical enjoyment and better health is more like it! I am in my mid 60's, and spent a life dedicated to the physical sciences. With this type of background, I couldn't help but admire the way the Total Gym (FIT, was my option) is constructed and operates. With free weights, you are limited to operating in only one dimension: up and down. Gravity dictates that. With the Total Gym, the pulleys allow you to oppose the resistance of your own weight by selecting any angle you choose. Infinite versatility. What's more, with free weights you have way too many opportunities to "cheat"--are you moving your back while doing arm curls, like I was? With the Total Gym engineering system, you can't. It keeps you honest. Here's another benefit--when I first received my Total Gym, I had just tweaked my back. I did that while lifting the 50 pound rock I was using for exercise (my grand daughter weighs 50 pounds, and loves to be picked up and lifted. soo....). Anyway, I was only comfortable exercising at level 3. But boy, I could do that, and stretch my back, and gain strength and flexibility.. now I am at level 6, and feeling great! Only after this episode, did I learn that Chuck Norris (who submitted 22 blackbelts in one day, word has it!!) originally started with the Total Gym for...rehab! He had a rotator cuff injury. Folks, do the math. Invest in the Total Gym model that works for you, and your family... and compare the price to joining a gym. For one year. And please believe me.. if the other models measure up to the FIT, they will last a LOT longer than a year! Best investment I made since I invited my beloved daughter home, to give birth to my grand daughter. Who now weighs 50 pounds... but I've already said that. But now my back is in great shape, and I am ready for her!! God bless the inventors of this machine. Buy it. You won't be sorry.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Robert and Holly Brown
from Harlem, GA
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
My wife and I have had our Total Gym for a couple of weeks and so far it’s exceeded my expectations. I’ve seen them advertised for years but didn’t think it was anything but a glorified rowing machine. If you put in the effort this is a very good and complete workout.
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Posted by: GloriaD
from California
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
Love how it is easy to use and its versatility. However, the material on the bench is beginning to wrinkle; and I have had it for less than a month. Bummer!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Natalie 1545
from Michigan
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
I wish I would have purchased this years ago. I love the versatility and ease of use. You can follow the exercise cards that are provided or just get on and do whatever comes natural. This is a piece of equipment that would benefit a wide range of people, those that are just starting out or those that are already in great shape.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Finally fell in love with my Total Gym Fit
on September 1, 2014
Posted by: Hoonay
from Castle Rock, CO, United States
Gender:Female
If I were gung-ho about working out I wouldn't be fat, so ordering something that I could use in my home didn't guarantee that I WOULD use it and this was no exception. It took a couple of weeks for me to warm up to my Fit (I had SO much trouble unfolding/folding that it turned me away initially). I finally found my flow and that part is a breeze now (thankfully) even if I don't look pretty doing it.
As for the exercises, some of the workouts are so short that I'll sometimes do 2 or even 3 on the same day. The Ab Crunch series is BRUTAL, however, and I love it for maybe every third day as a stand-alone.
Another one that left me sore was the 6 to 8 Minute Workout, but I'd done two that day so maybe that's why? Plus have I mentioned how VERY out of shape I am? I work long days sitting a desk and then I watch TV...until now.
In a few weeks of trying various disks, I have YET to have one say, "Okay, you'll need to attach your leg pulley" so if that's an add-on, you can maybe skip it.
I consider this to be a sound investment. At 5'6" and 160lbs I have a ways to go before I'm bikini-ready, but this will get me there and then some. I've yet to find a routine that I'm doing regularly but every day I'm doing something and that's more than what I was doing before.
There's this really cool move where you sit at the top of the board with your feet on the pulley cord (some sort of leg abductor?).... I want to find THAT disk.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: TY Gunzs
from North Augusta, SC, United States
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have had my total gym for about a month now it does just what it says.It came ready to use the workout plans are great and I am seeing results already.I am so glad I decided to purchase it.Thanks Chuck.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: KileyJo
from Kansas
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
My parents got this for me as a gift as I’d been talking about getting an excercise machine for myself. I had been wanting a total gym for a couple years. I love the double resistance on this total gym and that you can add so many features & moves (including weights if you want more resistance). I get lost when I do my workouts. Do 3 different moves at a time, 3 sets of 10 reps each. And I just get in a zone while listening to my headphones not even paying attention to the time. Wind up working out for at least an hour without realizing it. And am so sore for a couple days but it’s a feel good sore. Makes you know you had an awesome workout.
The ONLY constructive criticism would be the squat stand makes loud popping noises as it’s hollow and while using the ankle straps and leg pulley that goes with those, that is pretty loud. Sounds like something is rubbing but still can’t figure that out. Other than that not too noisy at all : )
The ONLY constructive criticism would be the squat stand makes loud popping noises as it’s hollow and while using the ankle straps and leg pulley that goes with those, that is pretty loud. Sounds like something is rubbing but still can’t figure that out. Other than that not too noisy at all : )
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Andrewl
from South Jordan, UT
Verified Purchase:Yes
This is the most amazing exercise equipment I have ever bought!! I am able to get a GREAT workout done in 30 minutes or less. You literally stay in one position for 3 to 4 exercises between each move, so the workout is very time efficient and works your muscles so good. It is incredible how smooth the machine is while performing every exercise. Very High quality. I am 51 years old, ex-athlete and currently very out of shape. The total gym is the best equipment I have ever used at home and quite frankly, much better and easier to use than going to the local gym and trying to figure out which of the 250 plus machines I need to use to get the same quality work out, but even if I did, it would take much longer than 30 minutes. I have had the Total gym for almost a month, and actually get excited when it is workout day and know that the total gym will get me back to where I want to be condition wise. I have always wanted a total gym but was afraid I would buy one and it would end up sitting around like so many other machines. But that is NOT the case and I wish I would have bought one sooooo many years ago. Sorry for the long review, but I Love the total gym!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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