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Total Gym....

nana59 — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:44:50 GMT

Even watching Kirsten exercising for an hour....and the discounted price of this machine...can't get me motivated to work out......I think I'm allergic to physical activity!!

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Nightowlz — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:01:06 GMT

LOL!!! I feel like that sometimes. If you find some type of exercise you are my likely to stick with it.

I bought myself a fibit & started walking more. I now walk 4+ miles per day 6 days per week. I have more energy plus feel better.

I bought the Pilates Chair Q sells 2-3 yrs ago & have been using it ever since. I feel better after using it. I stand up straighter & notice it when I'm walking. I'm not slouching like I was when I sit in a chair. I also have a recumbent bike. I can watch TV while using it or my Pilates Chair.

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tends2dogs — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:06:21 GMT

I probably used ours half a dozen times. I sold it at a garage sale.......couldn't help the guy get it in his car fast enough. Lost $$$$ big time. Same story for several other pieces of equipment. We still have a huge piece that has weights hooked to it......I don't even know what it is called. It is great for hanging clothes on LOL.

We walk for our exercise. Living life is our exercise.....cheaper and WAY more fun!

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Mz iMac — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:43:36 GMT

@tends2dogs wrote:
We still have a huge piece that has weights hooked to it......I don't even know what it is called. It is great for hanging clothes on LOL.

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this is my nic — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:05:44 GMT

I have a Total Gym, my cat loves to lay on the padded seat/back support.

On the other hand, I hate to exercise! My d-i-l had this contraption and wasn't using it, so I took it. Ha! The joke is we get our exercise clearing the cobwebs out of the way just to get to our exercise room!

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suzyQ3 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:49:00 GMT

@tends2dogs wrote:
I probably used ours half a dozen times. I sold it at a garage sale.......couldn't help the guy get it in his car fast enough. Lost $$$$ big time. Same story for several other pieces of equipment. We still have a huge piece that has weights hooked to it......I don't even know what it is called. It is great for hanging clothes on LOL.

We walk for our exercise. Living life is our exercise.....cheaper and WAY more fun!

@tends2dogs, some people thrive on exercise of some kind and others just can't get into it. For the latter especially, I think that barring physical or weather limitatons, walking is far more appealing and more doable than some big contraption.

One other change in mindset can help the more sedentary: Don't try to economize your movements. Don't look for the closest parking space; don't bemoan having to upstairs or downstairs again. Little things add up.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 04:31:13 GMT

@tends2dogs wrote:
I probably used ours half a dozen times. I sold it at a garage sale.......couldn't help the guy get it in his car fast enough. Lost $$$$ big time. Same story for several other pieces of equipment. We still have a huge piece that has weights hooked to it......I don't even know what it is called. It is great for hanging clothes on LOL.

We walk for our exercise. Living life is our exercise.....cheaper and WAY more fun!

@tends2dogs. You think you took a loss on your Total Gym? I GAVE mine to my plumber. All he had to do is admire it and it was his.

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tends2dogs — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 15:52:07 GMT

@suzyQ3 I like your kind of thinking!

@Kachina624 too funny!!

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Bird mama — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 16:39:50 GMT

I've got mine listed on the Facebook Marketplace If this thing doesn't move soon, I'm taking it to 5 star pawn

The videos that came with mine irritated me. Clearly they were edited to remove the set up between reps. Either that or the instructors were going from one set up machine to another. It was hard to keep a rhythm when I had to stop the DVD, set up the machine the way the instructor had it and then resume.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 17:47:14 GMT

Exersizing isn't in my genes...lol You can't fight genetics...lol I walk for 30-40 minutes most days of the but I've given up any hope that I'll ever do more than that. I'm closer to 60 than I am to 50 and the women I know who do exersize are not any healthier or in any better shape than I am. My days of buying exersize equipement....are over. My walking gives me the cv benefits I need.

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Sadiesadie — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 17:56:19 GMT

Well, I love mine. Have had it for almost 20 years. Used it off and on the first few but in the last 10 or so I’ve been consistent. Still do some free weights, floor exercises, stretching and also walk every other morning.

Man, if I didn’t do that I’d be a real roly poly. It's gotten to be a real habit so easier to do it than not.

i do understand about not wanting to exercise. There are mornings I don’t wanna but a habit is a habit.

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hckynut — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 07:05:59 GMT

@nana59,

My friend, we are complete opposites. When I am healthy, which I have been now for going on 18 months, I can't get "unmotivated" to working out. Do some sort of workout every day of the week. There is no feeling that compares to me being healthy and very physically fit, just ain't one!

Everything I do in my daily life is easier, both physically and mentally. While I may be chronologically old, physiologically, sociologically, and psychologically, I am still a much younger man.

Yes, all from never losing my motivation, even through many very serious times. I love "using it" while I am still able, and don't ever want to be a person that says: "If only I would have yada, yada, yada"!

hckynut(john)

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Sadiesadie — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:54:46 GMT

@hckynut: John, I so agree with you. I never exercised growing up. No sports. Just never thought of it.

My husband and I have been married 45 years and when we met he was a runner and worked out with weights besides being drop dead gorgeous. Women's heads would turn when he walked by.

I took up running because of vanity. He was much prettier than me and I could see the future if I didn’t do something. He never pushed me or made me feel like I was out of shape. I wasn't at that time.

ran for a year but hated it it. Not me. Not built for running. Bought a stationary bike which I used for quite a while but got tired of that. Got a rowing machine. Nope, hated it.

Bought a treadmill. Used it half heartedly for over a year but hated it. Pilates machine. It was ok but still didn't feel right.

Finally found the sweet spot with the Total Gym but as I said, still not consistent enough, no way was I going to get rid of it though.

Years progressed and I am now 73 so it's been a necessity to keep the muscles and bones strong going into older age. My bone scan says I’ve got the bones of a 24 year old! I was so pleasantly surprised.

About a month ago while walking the dog early morning I was watching some bats flying around feeding and caught the toe of my shoe on uneven asphalt and down I went on my right hip. Bounced up and no after injury. THAT'S now why I continue. Mother had awful osteoporosis so no desire to have that happen.

Husband still works out faithfully and consistently.

Regarding the total gym, if I ever would have had to pull it out and fold it up after every use, I never would have continued. That sucker is HEAVY!!