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Re: {OT} Anybody have experience with Weight machines?
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:44:24 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
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>I'm looking for a weight/fitness machine to put in my soon-to-be empty
>basement.
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>Now, there's some cheesy Band Thingy at Wal*Mart for about $249, with all
>the constraints on my time this may be the best thing, since I may only be
>able to get to it 20-30 minutes a day or so. The one saving factor about
>this is that it has a rowing device, which I plan to spend the majority of
>my time on it doing, at least for the beginning.
>
>But, when you consider a membership at a health club costs about $6-700 a
>year, I am willing to spend a little more. Sears has a unit on sale for
>$399, but I can't tell much about it. $500 is the max, but actually more
>than I want to spend. Yeah, I know, you get what you pay for...[/color]
From what I've seen, the multi-purpose machines they sell for the home
just aren't very good. You might be better off just buying an exercise
cycle. Schwinn has some good ones that will stand up to using them and
won't cause any injuries.
A lot of the exercise equipment seems to be designed for people who
will use it twice and then stick it in the garage. :-)
An exercise bike will give you a good cardio workout. If you want more
that that, you're probably better off joining a club.
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