!#8# 5 Basic Total Gym Exercises to Get You Started

Purchasing a Total Gym can be one of the best buys of your life. However, deciding how to get started with your Total Gym exercises can be a bit tough. Spending just fifteen to twenty minutes per day three to four times per week with your new Total Gym will help you begin to see the results you desire from this product. You will find you have a new energy and a new patience with exercising. Most models offer more than sixty possible exercise combinations to get you started. The included exercise video and booklet can help you develop a program with your equipment to get started. You might also try some of these exercises.

Total Gym Exercises - Combos to Get You Moving

1. To focus on your lower abs, upper back, and lower back, try a twister. This exercise starts by sitting at the top of the board, pulley in hand. Using both arms at your maximum level of resistance, pull from one side to the other. Repeat ten times.

2. To focus on your shoulders, upper back, triceps, and lower abs, try an arm pullover. Lying on your board with your knees pulled to your lower body, grab the pulley with both hands. Pull yourself toward the top of the board. Repeat this exercise ten times.

3. To focus on your calves, hamstrings, lower abs, and upper abs, try a leg pull. Lay at the bottom of the board with your legs toward the top. Hook your legs in the pulley, and using only your leg muscles, pull yourself toward the top of the machine. Repeat this exercise ten times.

4. To focus on your upper back, trapezius, and biceps, try an seated row. Begin this exercise by sitting at the top of your board, your arms locked into the pulleys. Pull your entire body, using your arms, toward the top of the machine. Repeat this exercise ten times.

5. Start by sitting at the bottom of the board facing the top of the machine with your legs straight on the board. Grab the handles and let gravity pull your hands toward the bottom of your body. Slowly sit up, all the while maintaining the curve in your lower back. Repeat this ten to fifteen times.