Total Gym 1000

Scott Andrew Birdby Scott Andrew Bird | May 24, 2006
Filed in Bodyweight , Reviews , Weekly summary


Total Gym 1000With the jetlag associated with moving through a dozen timezones in less than two days comes a strong desire to do any sort of strength training available - even at odd times. As it'll be a few weeks before I again find myself with a rack at my disposal, I'm giving my dad's Total Gym 1000 a bit of a test.

If you haven't seen the Total Gym (usually on TV as an infomercial squeezed between various ab machines), it looks similar to an incline bench with a sliding pad, and cables + pulleys to move the pad up and down the guides. Although plates can be added via an optional accessory, the standard for most of the Total Gym machines is body weight.

This machine blends the cardio and strength training components, and seems like a great way of maintaining (or developing in my case) a good level of GPP. As the angle of the slide is adjustable, it's also an excellent way of building up to handstand pushups. Fun stuff.



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