Bayou Fitness Total Trainer DLX Home Gym
The Bayou Total Trainer is not in the same class as multi-station gyms but it does fill a niche in many home gyms. In many respects it is similar to the more well know Total Gym sold on TV but it sets itself apart and offers excellent value.
Bayou Total Trainer bills itself as "...the SAFEST, EASIEST, and MOST EFFECTIVE way to get into the BEST shape of your life! Let Bayou Total Trainer help you achieve the RESULTS you desire in the privacy of your own home. Just 20 to 30 minutes a day, three times per week, will give you the results you have always wanted."
Several strong claims are made there. The easiest and most effective way to get in shape depends in large measure on what your current condition and health situation is. But it does to the job it was designed to do in an extremely good manner.
The Total Trainer DLX permits you to set the level of resistance to any of 10 so you lift anywhere from 4% to 69% of your body weight. It is recommended that you start on the low end and increase the resistance as your strength and conditioning improves.
The Power Bar allows you to add standard free weights to the Total Trainer. Advanced users often add weight to increase the resistance while performing exercises such as leg squats, calf raises, etc. The Weights Are Not Included
Many home gyms of the body weight type have only 6 levels of resistance but with the Total Trainer configuration you can push this up to 10. This is possible because the resistance rail is 44" high. At level 10, the maximum resistance level, you will be lifting 69% of your body weight before adding additional weight to the Power Bar.
The Total Trainer includes several useful attachments including a Heavy Duty Leg Press Board. This attachment is used for leg squats, calf raises and many other exercises.
Another included attachment is the Pull-up Push-up Bar which is used for an assortment of exercises including: pull-ups, chin-ups, shoulder press, behind neck press and push-ups.
If you want to get the Total Trainer out of the way it folds and rolls for easy storage. The procedure is straight forward and uncomplicated making Total Trainer easy to fold up in a matter of seconds so it can be rolled away for trouble free storage.
A word of caution. If you are over 6' 2"m this is not the trainer for you. Other Bayou Trainers that would be more suitable and can accommodate people up to 6' 7" are the Advanced DLX, DLX-II or DLX-III.
The DLX is shipped fully assembled and has a shipping weight of 93 pounds.
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