Skepticism is Natural with all As Seen on TV Products
The Total Gym should be no exception. With slick celebrity marketing with Chuck Norris and Christy Brinkley on numerous advertisements, the Total Gym may push the "too good to be true" button for some people.
The good news is the Total Gym is far from a fitness gimmick and turns out to be a legitimate resistance training machine which happens to fit at home and requires only your body weight for resistance.
Total Gym gets Core Results
Since Total Gym Exercises use your body weight for resistance, many exercises require you to use your core muscles.
This is beneficial because you will not only work the targeted muscles for each exercise, but you will work your core muscles.
Working the core muscles is not only good for tightening your mid section but also to improve the efficiency in which you perform activities of daily living (i.e. walking, stepping, twisting) and all functional movements.
How the Total Gym Works
There are a few different models of the Total Gym ranging from the bare bones 2000 to the well equipped XLS (with more attachments/options) to the commercial grade EFI GTS. All versions of the Total Gym work on the same premise.
There is a vertical base at the top with 2 rails which rest in one of many grooves within the base. The rails provide a very low friction ramp to hold the bench which is where you either sit or lie.
Each groove on the base allows you to set the resistance by varying the angle of the bench. If you are sitting on the bench, the higher it is, the higher percentage of your body weight you will be lifting with each repetition.
Cables and a pulley attach to adjustable handles which are connected to the vertical base. A foot plate for squats is one of the many optional attachments for the Total Gym.
Each push, pull, fly or twisting motion you perform with the cables or holding on to the handles moves the resistance which happens to be a selected percentage of your body weight.
Who can Benefit from Using the Total Gym ?... Anyone with Body Composition Related Goals
If you are one of millions of people in this world looking to lose weight, tone up, or build muscle the Total Gym can help you achieve your goals. This holds true for beginner, novice and advanced exercisers.
The Total Gym provides enough resistance and variety of exercises to be a potent stimulus for body composition change. Since body composition is largely dependant upon nutrition you can.
An
Overview Of The Total GymŪ Exercises
Christie
Brinkley's Five Favorite Total Gym Exercises
We
hope you enjoyed these intro videos. The more advanced videos are
below.
Keep Fit
& Have Fun...
The
Fit Tipz Team email: Contact @ Fit-Tipz.com
Special Offer
For Our Readers:
We've Put Together The Best
Chin-Up
Training Book Available... and It's Yours Free.
Simply
fill
in your email address below so we know where to send your copy
immediately!
Working
Out With The Total Gym
Total Gym
Eccentric One Arm Pull-ups Lats Superset
Total Gym
Single Leg Squats - Iso Squat - Thighs Hamstrings
Total Gym
Chest Flies - Best Chest Exercises Fit Training
