It gets a 50/50 ‘on the fence’ review from me..three years later – GinSing – USA
Bottom line is, if someone asked me if I would ‘recommend’, I would pause and struggle. Well…I wouldn’t NOT recommend..afterall, I do sweat in a hurry; it does get your heart going; it doesn’t take up much space; it is built well; it does give you a few variations of usage. Unfortunately, I can’t comment on what results I get because I don’t USE IT enough to really know. By the same token, I cannot comment on anything mechanical either, for the same reason.
We all have our own reasons for NOT using something and certainly most can relate to having fitness equipment that collects dust, or clothes! So when friends or family members ask me why I don’t use mine, other than all the personal excuses, the reasons are this:
I find that I have to be so careful how I walk and how I place each and every step I make on this machine, or it occasionally twists my knee around. I cannot explain it in writing, but it’s so frequent that it does this that I spend all my time concentrating on walking so that I’m unaffected! If I don’t, I have had it jerk my knee, my ankles and it of course affects everything on up – back, hips, etc.
It doesn’t seem to make any difference whether I use the treadles, or lock them together to use as treadmill. In fact, when I use the treadles, I find that i have to walk with somewhat of a straddle to give equal weight proportion to the motion otherwise your motion is something equivalent to walking with one high heel shoe on and one off. So, the very way that you step manipulates the treadles.
All this completely takes away from enjoying the use of the machine and it becomes a chore for me. I have other things I want to concentrate on than each and every step I make, and being so cautious! I mean, who wants that?!
Funny, I have read every review and every comment and don’t see anyone else mentioning these things and I’m not sure why not. My sister and a friend jumped on my machine and they could completely see what I was talking about. Is it just my machine? I don’t know. I purchased mine directly from Bowflex and paid a bundle more than this price showing on Amazon, btw!
Again, it isn’t that I DON’T recommend this item, but for me, anyway, I would probably get more enjoyment, more usage, and therefore greater results, for FAR LESS money using something else.
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