Identify This Equipment?

[C5VetteLS1]

Hey all, this thing is at a yard sale just a few blocks from my house. What is it & what do you do with it?



Second question: This cheapo Rower is at the same yard sale for $25.00. Is their any value to working out with it?
Thanks

[TKDC1970]

[QUOTE=C5VetteLS1;526851183]Hey all, this thing is at a yard sale just a few blocks from my house. What is it & what do you do with it?



Second question: This cheapo Rower is at the same yard sale for $25.00. Is their any value to working out with it?
Thanks

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Looks like a crunch or sit-up bench in the first picture. If it was sturdy I'd get it...but then I've already been through five different sit-up benches including the one I have now. I've never really had a problem re-selling them for a little profit each time.

I'd skip the rower-personally-but I'd guess if depends on how it feels when you're on it. Good Luck.

[buffbrown21]

The first is a situp bench. I am looking for something like that right now, actually.

I had a rower like that in high school. I enjoyed it at the time, but its vastly inferior to the concept 2 rowers (and other things like schwinn airdyne, etc). I would pass unless you just want something different to do to burn calories.

[C5VetteLS1]

Looks like a crunch or sit-up bench in the first picture. If it was sturdy I'd get it...but then I've already been through five different sit-up benches including the one I have now. I've never really had a problem re-selling them for a little profit each time.

I'd skip the rower-personally-but I'd guess if depends on how it feels when you're on it. Good Luck.

The first is a situp bench. I am looking for something like that right now, actually.

I had a rower like that in high school. I enjoyed it at the time, but its vastly inferior to the concept 2 rowers (and other things like schwinn airdyne, etc). I would pass unless you just want something different to do to burn calories.

I see, it's just configured wrong in the pic & should be configured like this one. I think I'll go back and reconfigure it and try it out. Looks like it would be pretty effective, especially if holding a weight plate to your chest. WTF, it's only $5.00.

Many thanks guys!

[animalfan]

i'd buy that ab bench for $5, and like others have said, it the rower is decent feeling it's cheap enough to play with.

[AFXC1]

If the Ab Board Bench is stable enough, buy it, because $5 is obviously one hellavu deal. In my eyes it doesn't look like it can capacitate much weight but that I can not definately determine without trying it.

The rower looks fine, but I personally have issues with pneumatic-resistance training equipment...they're, for a lack of words, inferior, in my opinion.

[C5VetteLS1]

i'd buy that ab bench for $5, and like others have said, it the rower is decent feeling it's cheap enough to play with.

If the Ab Board Bench is stable enough, buy it, because $5 is obviously one hellavu deal. In my eyes it doesn't look like it can capacitate much weight but that I can not definately determine without trying it.

The rower looks fine, but I personally have issues with piston-resistance training equipment...they're, for a lack of words, inferior, in my opinion.

Thanks guys, I'll cruise by in the morning to see if it's still there. If so, I'll have a closer look and test them out to see if either would be of any use to me. I appreciate the help!

[Essexlad]

Thanks guys, I'll cruise by in the morning to see if it's still there. If so, I'll have a closer look and test them out to see if either would be of any use to me. I appreciate the help!

I have a really cheap and nasty sit up board I've had for 10 years now, and has been used 1-3 times a week every week. There's nothing that can go wrong with them, and chances are it'll fold up or collapse easily so they don't take up much space. One of the better purchases I've ever made. If you don't have one, for $5 why not!

Can't say I'm too keen on pneumatic rowers, they break pretty easily in my experience. Better than nothing for cardio though.