Total Gym 3000

There are a lot of different home fitness infomercial products that you see advertised on television. One of the most popular products in the last 5 or 10 years has been the Total Gym line of products. The Total Gym 3000 is a midrange product and is probably the most popular model of all of them.

The infomercials themselves are quite notable because they feature celebrities Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley. Both of these two celebrities have been longtime endorsers of the products. In fact, the spot in the commercials helped reignite their celebrity status a bit.

Enough about the commercial, does the product work?

Unlike a lot of products advertised on TV, the Total Gym 3000 does seem to work. The product itself is based on real actual fitness principles, and you can even find it in some rehabilitation clinics. The overall idea of the product is to use gravity as a force of resistance.

When using the machine you slide up and down on a board and push or pull yourself up, using your own body weight and gravity as a form of resistance. This is incredibly effective, because not only can you vary your resistance, but it also doesn't overload your muscles in the same way that free weights can. That will help you avoid injuries.

Another interesting feature of this machine is that it is very versatile. There are many different exercises. Something like 70 or more that you can do on this machine. That means that you shouldn't get bored doing the same motions over and over again. Also, the machine lets you work both your upper and lower body, which not all other fitness machines do.