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I was cruising the liquidation auctions for sporting equipment when I spotted this new weightlifting bench and rack.  It’s new, not salvaged or return, but I didn’t recognize it as a Body Solid or Weider, so I did a quick search and found out it from “Weight Spotter” a company founded by an avid lifter Gary Cormier.

Cool design. If you fail on your final rep, you can set the bar down on the “Weight Spotter” bar in the front.

From the Weightspotter.com website:

The Weight Spotter is always there to help minimize the risk of serious injury. When that ‘ one last rep’ turns out to be ‘one rep too many’ and you can’t get the bar back up on the rack, the Weight Spotter is there. Simply roll the bar forward and the Weight Spotter will do the rest! The bar and weights ride up and away and held safely with our engineered spring-return safety locks freeing you from a potentially dangerous, crushing injury. The exclusive design of the Weight Spotter puts the safety rails close enough without interfering with your workout.

Designed for the most common lifting practices: incline and flat presses, the Weight Spotter Silver Series is designed for Olympic 7 foot bars and weights up to 250 lbs.

This is available NOW at an internet-site home gym auction so you might have to outbid other people, however, if you are the only bidder you will nab this up for $100!

I do not recommend you pay for shipping – this weighs too much to pay freight charges, but if you live near Lawrence, Massachusetts, or New England thereabouts, and have been looking for a new rack and weightlifting bench, check it out. Paying $100 at auction is a good deal considering it costs $299 plus shipping at the official website of weightspotter.com.

This unit is available through the weekend at Liquidation.com. The auction closes 17 July 2010. This could be a one-off auction, but it is usual for companies to sell a lot more units in up-coming auctions.  You can sign up for free at liquidation.com and get free emails alerting you to home gym equipment, treadmills, stationary bikes, resistance bands, and a lot of other stuff.

The Best Mix and Match System Ever

by Andrew Cheyne

Interval fitness training is by far the best workout you can do for your body. It combines strength and cardio into one intense action packed workout. But one thing you may not think about is the ability to mix and match through interval fitness training.

Just think about it, interval fitness training is nothing more then a bunch of exercises thrown together in 30 second to 1-minute stretches. After a couple exercises are complete you simply let your body catch up and repeat the session.

For that reason you can actually mix and match a bunch of exercises together. Think about it, make a list of exercises that you like, now make a list of exercises that are challenging to you. This works best if you have at least 10 in each list.

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by Andrew Cheyne

Combining Interval training with strength training is a form of training that has been coined turbulence training. Getting all the necessities in one workout so that you get your workout done quickly with a ton of intensity. Often you can have a fantastic workout completed within 45 minutes.

Start your workout with a 5 minute bodyweight warm up. The warm up is not an option it is as much a part of the workout as any other part. After the warm up is complete, move on to the muscle building part of the workout. This will last for approx 20 minute. You can train with barbells or dumbbells or even more bodyweight training. Just one real rule here; no using cheesy equipment. We are looking for intensity, don’t waste your time by slacking on the strength training.

Once done the strength training portion we head straight into the interval fitness portion of the workout. By combining your workout like this you make the most of your time. Getting the most out of your workout and getting in and out of the gym in the least amount of time. No need to spend hours doing cardio, or working out every day of the week.

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by Fara Kearnes

Using your own bodyweight instead of plates, the Chuck Norris Total Gym is an easy to use, quick to set up, all inclusive body conditioning gym.


Designed exclusively for home users, the total gym helps you burn calories as well as workout every area of the body. Just like the TV infomercial says, it only takes a few minutes (we suggest at least 20 minutes) to get a solid workout. Do it daily, or 3 or 4 times a week and you’ll never have to pay for a gym membership to a health club or rec center again!

Unlike the Bowflex gym, or a number of other home gyms from Weider, BodyCraft, BodySolid, and all the rest – THIS GYM COMES COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED.

That’s right. You don’t have to put together all the nuts and bolts and plates and seats and all the rest like other gyms require. A home gym can take as long as 6 hours or more to assemble which is why the Chuck Norris Total Gym is ideal for many people who are not handy with a wrench and screwdriver, and just want to set up a small home gym without a lot of fuss.

The gym concept is a glideboard that rolls along rails. You sit, lay, or kneel on the board and pull on the pulleys. The more you pull down on the pulley the more the glideboard, with you on it, slides on the rail. Use the seat flat, inclined, or declined to hit all the muscles groups.

Your bodyweight acts as the resistance, but you aren’t lifting you full weight. For example, you can set the incline/decline to feel like you are lifting just 4% of your respective body weight, or go as high as 60% of your bodyweight at the top setting.

If you have been wanting to buy a Pilates trainer but couldn’t afford one, the Chuck Norris Total Gym is the next best thing. It’s an ideal concept for combining strength training along with cardiovascular training. A workout chart is included in the purchase so you able to get started right away.

Check out the Total Gym® Home Fitness Equipment, endorsed by Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley, at the official website. They have inexpensive glideboards starting at $199, and have other models priced at $400, $600, and the high end gym at $1200.

Don’t Miss! They are so sure you’ll love this gym that they have a cool offer: Try Total Gym® for 30 days for $1 – that’s One Dollar. With free shipping, it’s a no-brainer. Get the gym. Get fit. Get right.

by Anthony Wakefield

If you’re just starting to work towards the goal of losing belly fat you may be feeling slightly intimidated. There is so much information out there about different approaches to weight loss that you may not even know where to start! Fortunately, if you remember a few key steps, you can be well on your way to results. Below is a five week schedule that introduces a new element to a successful plan to lose belly fat. If you can add each element at the week indicated, you’ll be on your way to success.

Week #1: Increase Your Vegetable Intake.

For week one of this belly fat loss program, the first thing you’re going to do is focus on increasing your vegetable intake. For this week, start each meal off by eating at least two cups of vegetables first. While it may seem weird to eat this first and then move on to the rest of your meal, you would be surprised at how many calories you’ll save. Once you get used to eating so many vegetables and lower amounts of other foods, then you can start mixing your meal together as usual again. Remember a starter salad will also count in this case.

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