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- From: fs@cs.tulane.edu (Frank Silbermann)
- Subject: Fitness Machines
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.181300.28015@cs.tulane.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:13:00 GMT
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- I used to use Nautilus machines at a health club.
- Nowadays I have neither the money for membership
- nor the travel/dress/undress/wait-in-line time to spare.
- So I'm looking into home strength-training machines.
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- Some of these use weight-stacks, some thick rubber bands,
- and others use things that look like automobile shock-absorbers
- for the resistance. Any opinion on which approach is best/worst?
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- My own inclination is to avoid the weight-stacks
- as being less safe with small children in the house.
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- The shock absorber type machines (e.g. Trimax & Nordic Track Gold)
- are pretty expensive, except for one brand that didn't offer
- a full range of exercises.
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- I believe competition will drive the prices down before long,
- and/or lead to significant product improvements.
- Therefore, to test my working-out resolve I am considering
- a cheap $300 Sears rubber band model while I wait for
- the really good machines to become affordable.
- How good are these cheaper models?
-
- (I value performance and convenience, and won't mind
- that much if it breaks three years from now).
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- Frank Silbermann fs@cs.tulane.edu
- Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana USA
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