Sticking to a diet plan. Lets see what happened. Look how high thats going. Think i need to lose a couple pounds here. Yeah, it looks like youre starting at about 186. Yikes. My stomach is obviously a concern. My arms are a disaster. Id like to tone them up. Basically, my problem areas are my gut and my outer thighs. I was at my best about four years ago,nd then i quit smoking. So i havent been able to lose that quittingsmoking weight that i gained. Id like to lose it from my belly and my legs. My problem areas are my stomach and my legs my thighs. What do you think of that . I think its a little high. Im hoping to lose about 15 pounds, to gain a bunch of muscle, and to be bikinibodyready. Stay tuned to see the results of our first week of the total gym challenge. I started calling myself the fat guy. I was unhealthy, i wasnt fit, because i was fat. I got to 360 pnds over 53 years of not really taking care of myself. I started noticing a difference almost right away with the total gym. The total gym has helped me so much because its so easy to use. Its right there. I can do a hard workout, an easy workout. I can do an onthego workout. It works into my day. The people that dont know me do not believe that i was 360 pounds. This was me at 360 pounds. I keep this photo around to remind me of how heavy i was and how i felt. But im not that person anymore. Im this person. Thank you, total gym. You know, ive been doing the martial arts now for 54 years, the total gym for almost 40 years. And you wonder, why have i been doing it that long . Do i do it because i have to . No. I do it because i like it. I enjoy keeping myself in shape. I enjoy looking good. I enjoy being able to do the things that many men my age cannot do. This helps develop my power and my punch. When you hit here, that takes a lot of impact on your wrist and your forearms, so you have to develop that strength, and thats what the total gym does. Now if i wanted to develop the power in my shoulders, triceps, my forearms, my wrists, heres the one that i use for that. Notice, when i do this, how its working my gut at the same time. Im strengthening my abs as im doing the pullovers that are working on my shoulders, tris, forearms, and wrists. And thats what is so incredible about the total gym, is that it works the whole body at the same time, and thats why i can be able to throw these techniques with power, without causing injury. Hyah like that one. And thats why i can keep doing into my 70s. Hi. Im rebecca joseph. After my pregnancy, i gained a lot of weight. A trainer actually recommend thtotal gym to me and told me how easy it would be. And he said it was the only athome gym that he recommended. I just loved how easy it was. I could just jump on it and get started right away. Right off. People were like, i cannot believe you just had aaby. Ive lost 35 pounds on the total gym, and ive kept it off for six years. So, it was definitely a testimony to me that this thing works and its wonderful. I wanted to show how easy it total gym. And then as you come around, youre tightening everything. I feel it on, like, just all right here. Okay, ryan, can you tell me, where are you feeling this . The more i tighten my abs, in my shoulders. I really feel it, actually. One . In my chest, in my back. Try this. This is the perfect one for blue jeans. I feel it a little bit on the oh, i can see youve got it now. Youre in the groove. Yeah. I feel it. I see your muscle really working there. You feel that . I do its getting whoo my traps and my upper abs. Changing the position of your hands gis you a different workout. It gets the back of your arm. Yes. Isnt that great . I love it. How do you think this compares to what you usually use . Oh, this is great. The resistance is smooth. I also can change the direction of the machine. I also can change the range of motion. Its great. Stay tuned to see the results of our first week of the total gym challenge. Hi. My name jimmy brown. And ive been working on the total gym for two years now. And these pictures were made before i started working out with total gym. And this one was made after i had been working with total gym for one year. This is a typical workout that im doing. Do some pullovers. Working out on the tal gym is more like having fun than it is working. Chest fly. I like it becae its compact and easy to use, and it makes me feel better about myself. My names jimmy brown, and im 72 years old. I use the total gym because it works. Heres what people were saying after the first week of the total gym challenge. So, here we are, combining strength and cardio, working the quadriceps, the front of those thighs, working your buttocks, getting into that nice, deep low squat. And because youre moving constantly, burning mega amounts of calories. Well, im out of breath, sweating. Felt really good. Yeah, well see results after this kind of a workout, for sure. You have to. Workouts like that cant help to get results. Got my heart rate up fast, and i was able to keep my heart rate up the entire workout, so it was great. None of my pants fit me anymore, which is great, so i have to go out and buy all new so, after one week, shopping spree. My core is tighter. I feel fabulous. Total gym really lives up to the name. Your whole body gets worked out. I am gonna get my bikini body. And i know its because of the weight training that we can do with the pullups, the chinups, the squats. Total gym is a machine that activates the muscles to get the results. Coming up, more of the total gym challenge. Total gym really lives up to the name. These are the before photos. Im gonna show them to you cause i dont like looking at them. [ chuckles ] actually, when i got to my highest weight, i didnt even want my picture taken. I was motivated to start losing weight because i just i didnt feel good. Knew i had to do something, so i found the total gym. Once i found the total gym, i begged my husband to get it. [ laughs ] within months, i started seeing a big difference. Between that and changing my diet around, eating healthy, i lost the weight. It just started melting off. I train about three times a week. Such a variety. So many things so many Different Things you can do on this just by changing the angle. I dont miss the gym at all. Im in my 50s. A lot of people dont believe that. [ laughs ] i feel like im in my 30s again. My name is darla rogers, and i have lost 60 pound using the total gy this is a great tri exercise. Pull in straight down. This works on the section of the tris. Then ill turn my hand over and work on another area of my tris. Now, whats great about this machine, i dt have to get off. Now i can work on my back. So, ill do 25 of these, and then ill switch, palm down, and then do 25 more of these. Those are two of my favorite exercises. Male announcer now, for the first time, you can replace an entire gym full of equipment that does it all. Your total gym comes fully assembled. Just open it up, and youre ready to begin. Female announcer and this structional dvd gives you complete programs for beginning, intermediate, and advanced workouts. And right now, youll also receive john carleos dvd with his amazing 6 to 8minuteaday total gym workout. And as a special bonus, youll also receive trainer todd durkins threedvd series. Todd will motivate you to increase your strength, stamina, and energy, raise your metabolism, and burn fat, whatever your fitness level. These videos will help you get into the best shape of your life faster and easier than you ever imagined possible. Male announcer with total gym, you can work your major muscle groups simultaneously to get a totalbody workout in a fraction of the time you could with circuit training or free weights. Female announcer anyone can use the total gym, regardless of age or fitness level, because your own body weight provides the resistance. You simply raise the incline to increase resistance and lower it to reduce resistance. More reps at the lower incline slenderizes, firms, and tones male announcer while fewer reps at the higher inclines are ideal for bodybuilding. Female announcer and look at this when youre finished with your workout, just fold it up and slide it under a bed, up closet. Male announcer and when you call, dont forget to ask about the allnew, revolutionary ab crunch accessory. Femalannouncer the total gym is built to last, and it comes with a warranty. Male announcer and n you can try the total gym absolutely riskfree. If youre not delighted, you can return it for a full refund. I dropped a dress size in just the first month, and i think i lost 10 pounds that very first month. Now ive lost 80 pounds, and and a half. With the total gym, ive lost 175 pounds. I weighed 360 pounds. I was unhealthy. I lost 150 pounds in a year. Was a size 12, and i went down to a size 5 6. I bought the total gym realizing i needed to get in shape and get fit. The total gym gives me the workout that i need to be in the shape im in, to keep the weight loss down. Ive lost 35 pounds on the total gym, and ive kept it off for six years. People ask me, how did you lose the weight . And my simple answer is, its easy. You just get yourself a total gym. Since the total gym, i lost 100 pounds. Lost almost a whole person. I lost 100 pounds, and that is an amazing feeling. Coming up, more of the total m challenge. Over the last 20 years, seeing patients in my office, ive seen an overwhelming problem with obesity. I decided i was going to try to attack it through exercise and nutritio thats when i found the total gym. The total gym provided cost efficiency and ease of use, and these are two things that i patients would be looking for. I wanted to put together something that would be realistic for the average patient, so what i did was a 3day, 20minute workout. The average person said, that they could do. So, we started on august 18th. I weighed 173. And over the threemonth course, utilizing just the total gym as my workout, i successfully lost the 20 pounds. To think that i could achieve, in three days a week, through 20minute workouts, what i was doing six days a week in an hour and a half. Once i saw the results, i knew that this was something i needed to recommend to my patients. I wanted them to feel as good as i felt. We live here on this amazing ranch. Were older parents. We have two incredible children. Theres so many things to do out here, we want to be active in their life. And because of the total gym, were able to do just that. The total gym helps keep me in condition enough to be able to do the physical labor around the ranch that i do. Favorite ones is the straight out to he. Its like doing a bench press, except whats good about this here is youve got to maintain your core as youre doing this, keeping your back straight. Thats gonna help you bale some hay. [ laughing ] oh, yeah. [ laughs ] this one here works on everything in the upper body. Also, lets do the tris. This one here, too, is very important tri exercise. Right here. How about curls . So, its really fun, because ive been doing the total gym now for almost 20 years. Can you believe that . Im telling im giving away my age. When i work out in my martial arts, this really helps me with my punching power. Boy, that im working up a sweat. [ laughs ] this is good. And you know whats really neat, huh . Uhhuh. Is that we have fun. Well, if it wasnt fun, you wouldnt do it all the time. Thats right. And then a lot of people tell me ask me am i too old to the thing is, youre never too old. When i first started using the total gym, i noticed how much better i felt, how much stronger that i felt. Ive lost two pants sizes. I lost 10 pounds. I love the total gym. And the reason i love the total gym is because its so easy to use the total gym. A lot of people my age dont exercise. They dont want to exercise. It doesnt matter. Im 62, and it makes me feel so much better. So, it seems like every dress nowadays is sleeveless. And if you want to have youthful arms, and arms that look fit and toned, you got to work them. Total gym is the perfect antiager. You can do so many exercises for your upper arms without ever having to pick up a barbell or you just flow along. Sometimes its as simple as changing the position of your wrist. This is a great one for my triceps, but im also feeling it in my stomach. Now, come on, what other kind of machine can you work your upper body and your lower body, all at the same time . Total gym. [ laughs ] stay tuned to see the total gym challenge. Very exciting workout. Looking forward to seeing the results at the end whats gonna happen. When i look at those pictures, i cant believe its me, and i cant believe i let myself get there. I was 285 pounds. I was very lethargic, fat, overweight, and just plain old, in my opinion, disgusting. People ask me, how did you lose the weight . And how do you keep so toned . And my simple answer is, its easy. You just get yourself a it. 12 to 15 minutes a day on a these jeans are size 44, and these are the jeans i used to fit in before i started using the total m. Since the total gym, im now a size 32. I lost 100 pounds. Thank you, total gym. Lets return to the total gym challenge. As a trainer, ive never seen such phenomenal results. I really like that, being on the one machine, i was able to go back and forth between the strength and the cardio witht dropping my heart rate at all. So, i found that it was a really highcalorieburning, very exciting workout. I liked that, if it was too intense, you could kind of back off a little bit. So it wasnt like if you go for a typical run, where its the same crazy level of intensity the whole time. You can sort of really adjust it for your personal level. So that was great. Its really motivating to sort of be able to keep up with the rest of the group. Total gym really lives up to the name. Your whole body gets worked out. Its very efficient for folks that have busy lifestyles. You can get a fabulous workout in 40 minutes that would probably normally take you a couple hours. Every time i go on the machine, i get better and better. Looking forward to seeing the results at the end whats gonna happen. All right, guys, we started off with our cardio warmup. Then, we went to squats, innerthigh squats, tippytoe squats, plyometric squats. Then, we just worked out upper body chinups, pullups. Does it get more fun, guys . No no [ laughs ] stay tuned, and well see the results of the total gym challenge. I cant believe the results i got. So, these are the new arms. [ cellphone rings ] hello . Hey, suzy. Hi. Do you want to go to the gym . I cant. I am so busy. One of the biggest excuses people give for why they dont work out is time. Thats what makes the total gym so great. Not only does it save you time by giving you a complete workout in as little as six to eight minutes, but the convenience of having it in your home means youll really use it. Now u can work out and still that convenience and flexibility is what guarantees success and results. Ready to go . Yeah. Let me get my jacket. Suzy, how do you stay in such greashape without ever going to the gym . Just lucky, i guess. Male announcer now, for the first time, you can replace an entire gym full of eipment with the one piece of equipment that does it all. Your total gym comes fully assembled. Just open it up, and youre ready to begin. Female announcer and this instructional dvd gives you complete programs for beginning, intermediate, and advanced workouts. And right now, youll also receive john carleos dvd with his amazing 6 to 8minuteaday total gym workout. And as a special bonus, youll also receive trainer todd durkins threedvd series. Todd will motivate you to increase your strength, stamina, and energy, raise your metabolism, and burn fat, whatever your fitness level. These videos will help you get into the best shape of your life faster and easier than you ever imagined possible. Male announcer with total gym, you can work your major muscle groups totalbody workout in a fraction of the time you could with circuit training or free weights. Female announcer anyone can use the total gym, regardless of age or fitness level, because your own body weight provides the resistance. You simply raise the incline to increase resistance and lower it to reduce resistance. More reps at the lower incline slenderizes, firms, and tones for that longer, leaner look. Male announcer while fewer reps at the higher inclines are ideal for bodybuilding. Female announcer and look at this when youre finished with your workout, just fold it up and slide it under a bed, up against a wall, or into a closet. Male announcer and when you call, dont forget to ask about the allnew, revolutionary ab cruncaccessory. Female announcer the total gym is built to last, and it comes with a warranty. Male announcer and now you can try the total gym absolutely riskfree. Youre not delighted, you can return it for a full refund. Now introducing our newest total gym the total gym fit. Its sleek, new design includes a new ergonomic bench for maximum comfort and support. It also offers twice as many resistance levels, giving you while still providing the same great total gym results. Oh, wow. This is. [ chuckles ] this picture is from a week prior to using the total gym. When i first started using the total gym, my coworkers they noticed a difference and they noticed that i was actually losing the weight and i was getting smaller. And they wanted to know what my secret was. And i told them i didnt have a secret, that i was using the total gym. Prior to starting the total gym, my first goal was i wanted to complete a marathon. Another goal of mine was to be able to fit into my size5 jeans, which ive been able to. If i can do it, anyone can do it. My name is gena nelson, and ive lost 55 pounds using the total gym. This is my son dakota. So, anyway, dakota and i are gonna work on some of the exercises that helped him in his martial arts and his gymnastics training. This is one of the tricep exercises, where we bend in and push out. And this has helped strengthen dakotas triceps to get him to be able to excel in many of the routines that he has to do in gymnastics. Then now, from here, lets work on our lats. This is a great lat exercise. Lets do our biceps. This ones a great exercise, too. Helps dakotas gymnastics and martialart competition. From here, pull here, and then back. Twist and back. The total gym has helped me excel in my martial arts and also in my gymnastics. And it has also doubled my doubled your strength, huh . Well, the main thing is, its fun, isnt it . Wow. [ chuckles ] thats good. Dont ask me to do it. [ laughs ] there are so many things to love about the total gym. I love the fact that i can work my upper body and my lower body. And this is really fun. And if you want to have youthful arms, and arms that look fit and toned, you got to work them. And, boy, does this ever work your triceps. Come right up here. Work your shoulders, your chest. And thats why i love my total gym, because i can do so many arm exercises while just sitting here in the same position. Im gonna try and add a little crunch. Do little pulses. I mean, come on. How many machines can do that . Stay tuned, and well see the results of the total gym challenge. So, these are the new arms. I look at pictures of myself like this, and i didnt like what i saw. Made me sad. It made me think, you know, what happened . And how did i get to this point . I bought the total gym realizing i needed to get in shape, get fit, and get my life back. Im a busy mom with three children and limited time. With the total gym, i can take 10 to 15 minutes, and its right here in my house i can go down and get that workout and get back to my life. I feel fabulous. I feel so strong and able to do things that i havent ever been able to do. My nam