About 90% of my knowledge has come from here so luckily I think I've made good decisions but I was thinking of some of the stuff I or family have spent money on and I recall my father buying this when I was younger:
SO what garbage have you owned over the years?
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08-01-2018, 07:24 AM #1Registered User
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Let's have some fun: Post garbage equipment you or family have had over the years
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08-01-2018, 10:13 AM #2Registered User
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cwcmac, LMAO!!! I had that exact same DP piece and was gonna mention it (actually the seat pad was the cheap red material like the back pad portion so mine was probably a different model of the same piece)...I actually had to get rid of it a few weeks back from the attic to make room for other stuff when preparing a new extra room up there (it was all torn up and duct taped and mostly broken apart anyway and of course I never use it.
I also have a Huffy stationary cardio bike up there that's probably from the 70s (might take a picture if it's even worth the effort for these cheap products lol...although I still like that bike from a sentimental stand point of keeping some past stuff).
Another dishonorable mention would be the plastic gadget you put your feet in and it got a spring with handles for working the shoulders and traps...think that's lying around somewhere collecting dust too.
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08-01-2018, 10:33 AM #3Registered User
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Originally Posted by Deep-Voiced-One
Lol...I had a Tony Little exersice bike that ROCKED ! And a DP band resistance bench..It was a MEGA hypertrophy machine...
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08-02-2018, 11:28 AM #4Registered User
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Was it this one, the MegaFlex? That was my first lifting equipment.Originally Posted by Asjogren
When a 50 lb band broke it was literally garbage as I couldn't get replacements.
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08-02-2018, 03:46 PM #5Registered User
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Lol..I didn’t have the pec fly on mine..I guess I had the cheap version!Originally Posted by bisonp
Was it this one, the MegaFlex? That was my first lifting equipment.
When a 50 lb band broke it was literally garbage as I couldn't get replacements.
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08-05-2018, 09:54 AM #6Reminds me of the soloflex... that was my first piece...Originally Posted by bisonp
Was it this one, the MegaFlex? That was my first lifting equipment.
When a 50 lb band broke it was literally garbage as I couldn't get replacements.[]---[] Equipment Crew Member No.10
Rack, bench, and weights, ftw.
Back from hiatus, again.
Currently getting my joints and tendons acclimated to training, again.
Unilateral Birmingham hip resurfacing recipient. Ask me about hip pain.
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08-05-2018, 10:18 AM #7Lifting Vicariously
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I wonder if my parents still have their old Nordic Track ski thing...
Domicron's Basement Gym and Fun House
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08-06-2018, 07:42 AM #8Registered User
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Soloflex was my second piece. Yeah, I'm a slow learner. To be fair, the online weightlifting community wasn't what it is today.Originally Posted by AaronCF
I had one of those too, mainly because my parents had had one. For its day, in the 80's and early 90's, it actually wasn't bad. Well built and definitely capable of delivering a good cardio workout. I wouldn't call them junk, when taken in context. They did take a bit more coordination than what some people could muster though.Originally Posted by Domicron
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08-06-2018, 11:50 AM #9Registered User
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We had a Sears version of the band resistance bench, chest fly, leg stepper combo...definitely grew my tree trunk legs off of that machine, even got some cardio in from the sweat of adrenaline of hoping the fraying band attached to the ummm sturdy pin lock mechanism wouldn't snap and knock me out...double health benefit!Originally Posted by Asjogren
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08-06-2018, 11:56 AM #10
I’ve got some 70/80s bench press/fly/leg curl thing in the attic. My dad gave me his old one in 7th grade.
That’s where it all started. Not a clue what I was doing but I’ll be damned if I didn’t have the best chest in highschool.
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08-06-2018, 02:49 PM #11Registered User
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I had the BULLWORKER during my teens (1980s). It wasn't total garbage though... better than the Bowflex, IMO.
I did get a decent workout and gained a bit of strength by following the routine on their chart. It helped me till I got into college and got access to a proper gym.
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08-06-2018, 04:08 PM #12Registered User
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Lol, yes back in the mid 70's I had a Bullworker, wasn't it called Isometric training?, I can't say it did me a lot of good.Originally Posted by arkaa
Then the epiphany, I saw Arnie, Franco and co in Pumping Iron and joint the local weightlifting club.
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