Powerline PFT100 Functional Trainer | Train The Way You Move

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The Powerline PFT100 Functional Trainer by Body-Solid is a budget-friendly home unit that offers the same exercise variety and flexibility as the cable machines you find at your local gym. In addition, this trainer has dual-weight stacks, fully adjustable pulleys, and a pull-up bar.

The PFT100 has a durable steel frame. It consists of 2 independent towers that connect through the rear and a straight pull-up bar in the front. Each tower has its own 160 lb weight stack with its pulley. Therefore, you can do exercises using only one pulley (tricep extensions) and activities using both simultaneously (cable crossovers).

Remember that the pulleys give you a mechanical advantage- meaning that 160 lb doesn’t feel like 160 lb when lifted on the pulley system. It’s at a 2:1 ratio, so 160 lb on this system is only 80 lb of resistance, which is typical for functional trainers.

Each pulley on the PFT100 is fully adjustable vertically, allowing you to choose any 1 of 20 different starting positions (the positions are spaced out 3.2″ from each other). With this many positions, you shouldn’t have problems performing any exercise comfortably.

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Reebok Jet 300 Folding Treadmill | Will it Fulfill Your Fitness Needs?

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The Reebok Jet 300 folding treadmill comes equipped with a 2.5 hp motor, 20″ x 59″ (51 cm x 150 cm) oversized running area, 15 levels of electronic incline, and 27 different workouts. With a motor and deck this size, the Jet 300 is suitable for most runners regardless of height, and with a max user weight of 308 lbs (140 kg), it will cater to most family environments.

Jet Airpods provide cushioning as seen on the other Jet series machines, and, true to form, the running experience is a good one. Again, not too hard to jolt and shock the bones but not too soft and bouncy, meaning that you get a soft landing and a good launch at the same time.

The console features a bright blue LED display. LEDs make it easy to see the screen more or less, regardless of ambient light conditions. In addition, the feedback is for time, speed, distance, pulse/calories, and incline is all nicely separated, each set having its window, which makes for rapid and easy reading of the stats while you’re running.

There are 27 different workout modes with plenty of preset workouts, as well as the ability to design and program your personalized activities. Inputting your workouts isn’t tricky, but if you can’t be bothered with all that, you can start running in manual mode and adjust the real-time settings during your run.

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Sunny SF-RW5866 Water Rowing Machine | Challenges Your Endurance

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Challenge your muscular and cardiovascular endurance with the Sunny SF-RW5866 Water Rowing Machine. Enjoy maximum stability when you strap your feet onto the adjustable foot pads. Position the leveling endcaps before using the water rower to keep the water row machine stable across home surfaces.

The aluminum build of the 48″ slide rail ensures a sturdy and quiet experience during your workout. The rail, which folds upright to save space when stored, has a maximum user weight capacity of up to 265 lbs (120 kg)—tilt and roll out of the way for storage, no need for heavy lifting or muscle strain. In addition, the wheels at the front of the rower allow the user to move it around with ease.

Pull the belt-drive and elastic rope mechanism with each stroke on the SF-RW5866 to push four blades through the water tank. Four blades move more water than the standard two, creating more progressive resistance per stroke. Gain even more control over the water rowing resistance by adjusting the water tank level.

Check the battery-powered fitness console to track your time, distance, stroke count, and calories burned during each workout session. After your workout, you can fold the aluminum slide rail upright to save space. Then, use the front-facing transportation wheels to move the machine across several home surfaces.

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WaterRower Natural Rowing Machine | Smooth, Natural, and Quiet

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The WaterRower Natural Rowing Machine with S4 Monitor is one of the most aesthetically pleasing rowers on the market. It is also one of the best-performing ones! It is part of the “Natural” series of WaterRowers, due to its solid Ash Wood and stained Honey Oak construction material.

It uses a “water flywheel” or paddles suspended in a water tank to provide the rower’s resistance. Therefore, this is called ‘variable’ resistance because there are no “adjustments” to feel more resistance, row faster, and feel less resistance, row slower.

In addition to determining resistance based on your rowing intensity, you can further adjust the rowing experience by adding or subtracting water from the water tank. The more water you add, the “heavier” the rowing will feel (like rowing a boat with passengers). The less water you have, the “lighter” the rowing will feel (like rowing by yourself).

The WaterRower Natural Rowing Machine provides one of the best resistance any water rowing machine offers. Therefore, it is difficult to find any complaints about WaterRower resistance. It is smooth, durable, and relatively quiet. Plus, it closely mimics the resistance felt while rowing on the water!

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Sunny ASUNA 7700 Treadmill | High Performance Cardio Trainer

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The Sunny ASUNA 7700 Treadmill from Sunny Health & Fitness is the best manual treadmill for running and more intense workouts. HIIT and Tabata enthusiasts love it. At 167 lbs., with transport wheels and a soft-drop system, this unit is portable and compact—with a fold-up length of 27.5 inches. Surprisingly, it has a very high user weight capacity of 440 lbs.

The ASUNA 7700 has two heavy-duty magnetic flywheels at the front that give a smooth ride with eight different resistance levels—you can control the resistance by a gear shift that is easy to reach the user’s right side. Also, the incline is adjustable in 1-degree gradients from 10 to 14 degrees.

Even as it has no fitness console, it does have a rubber gripping surface to hold an iPad/tablet—many users might prefer this. Furthermore, the handrails— made of sweat-resistant, grip-able material—are extensive to allow eight different holding positions.

With the ASUNA 7700, you can walk/run forward, backward, and sideways—you can even do a series of squats on it. In addition, you can do sled-push/drive movements. You can also do climbing exercises—with the hands-on floor, pushing with legs, or hands walking on the treadmill, with feet on the floor.

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