Home Gyms - Ab Crunch
Machines - Smith Machines
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Body Solid Home Gym
Body Solid P1 Powerline Home Gym
The Body Solid P1 offers exceptional range of motion and full adjustability for
any size user. Ergonomically correct, multi-grip press arm system that delivers
deep and effective muscle interaction for chest, incline and shoulder press
movements. Fully adjustable Leg Extension / Leg Curl Station comfortably fits
any size user. Included cable attachments mean a versatile machine that enables
you to perform lat pull downs, triceps press downs, biceps curls, resistance
abdominal crunches and dozens more exercises. Mid row handles enable you to
achieve an exhilarating mid and lower back workout.
BigFitness Price: $999.00
Gold's Gym XR 30
Golds Gym Powerflex
The all-new Gold's Gym® Power Flex™ features three muscle-peaking gravity
resistance workout stations you would expect to find only in a health club. And
it's fully loaded with more standard resistance than any home gym on television.
The Automatic Resistance Control lets you change resistance on the fly, with the
touch of a button, so you can work out faster and more efficiently.
Workout Warehouse Price: $999.00
Home Gyms - Weider Home Gym - Weider Gym Equipment
Weight System: Weider The Max Strength System
Build muscle and lose weight fast with the Max. Featuring 240 lbs. of hard-core
resistance through the Compound Resistance System, or CRS™ for short, the Max
can accommodate any user. CRS™ also allows for a full range of motion for
maximum strength-training results. With the Quick-Change Resistance™ system, you
can easily move from five to 240 lbs. of resistance in order to get to the next
exercise quickly.
Workout Warehouse Price: $499.00
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Powerline Ab Crunch Machine
Body Solid Commercial Roman Chair
Fitness professionals worldwide recognize the Roman Chair / Back Hyperextension
for its unsurpassed development of the abdominal, lower back, glute and
hamstrings. Thick, double-stitched DuraFirm(tm)pads and over-sized 8" foam
rollers provide comfort and support.
BigFitness Price: $349.00
The Big Ab Crunch Machine
Ab Crunch Machine
The Big Ab Crunch Machine is one of the most popular home ab crunch machines on
the market. It is the perfect new machine for anyone working to achieve
powerful, tight abdominal muscles! Smooth moving mechanisms, and solid
workmanship isolate abdominal muscles for a complete workout.
BigFitness Price: $248.99
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Smith Machine
Body Solid Smith Machine - Linear Bearing
The Body Solid Series 7 Smith Machine. Set to a 7-degree reversed pitch, the
Series 7 allows natural upper and lower body movements for maximum muscle
interaction; a feature not found in the traditional Smith Machine. User safety
is provided by 20 crossmember lock-out points that are accessible with a simple
15-degree rotation of the bar.
BigFitness Price: $1,189.99
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Message from Donna
E. Shalala
Secretary of Health and Human Services
The United States has led the world in understanding and promoting the benefits
of physical activity. In the 1950s, we launched the first national effort to
encourage young Americans to be physically active, with a strong emphasis on
participation in team sports. In the 1970s, we embarked on a national effort to
educate Americans about the cardiovascular benefits of vigorous activity, such
as running and playing basketball. And in the 1980s and 1990s, we made
breakthrough findings about the health benefits of moderate-intensity
activities, such as walking, gardening, and dancing.
Now, with the publication of this first Surgeon General's report on physical
activity and health, which I commissioned in 1994, we are poised to take another
bold step forward. This landmark review of the research on physical activity and
health - the most comprehensive ever - has the potential to catalyze a new
physical activity and fitness movement in the United States. It is a work of
real significance, on par with the Surgeon General's historic first report on
smoking and health published in 1964.
This report is a passport to good health for all Americans. Its key finding is
that people of all ages can improve the quality of their lives through a
lifelong practice of moderate physical activity. You don't have to be training
for the Boston Marathon to derive real health benefits from physical activity. A
regular, preferably daily regimen of at least 30-45 minutes of brisk walking,
bicycling, or even working around the house or yard will reduce your risks of
developing coronary heart disease, hypertension, colon cancer, and diabetes. And
if you're already doing that, you should consider picking up the pace: this
report says that people who are already physically active will benefit even more
by increasing the intensity or duration of their activity.
This watershed report comes not a moment too soon. We have found that 60 percent
- well over half - of Americans are not regularly active. Worse yet, 25 percent
of Americans are not active at all. For young people - the future of our country
- physical activity declines dramatically during adolescence. These are
dangerous trends. We need to turn them around quickly, for the health of our
citizens and our country.
We will do so only with a massive national commitment - beginning now, on the
eve of the Centennial Olympic Games, with a true fitness Dream Team drawing on
the many forms of leadership that make up our great democratic society. Families
need to weave physical activity into the fabric of their daily lives. Health
professionals, in addition to being role models for healthy behaviors, need to
encourage their patients to get out of their chairs and start fitness programs
tailored to their individual needs. Businesses need to learn from what has
worked in the past and promote worksite fitness, an easy option for workers.
Community leaders need to reexamine whether enough resources have been devoted
to the maintenance of parks, playgrounds, community centers, and physical
education. Schools and universities need to reintroduce daily, quality physical
activity as a key component of a comprehensive education. And the media and
entertainment industries need to use their vast creative abilities to show all
Americans that physical activity is healthful and fun - in other words, that it
is attractive, maybe even glamorous!
We Americans always find the will to change when change is needed. I believe we
can team up to create a new physical activity movement in this country. In doing
so, we will save precious resources, precious futures, and precious lives. The
time for action - and activity - is now.
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