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No. I had an old rug I put under it, but it does not come with its own mat.

No, it does not come with a mat.

Nope, no mat. But you can get by without one. If you have hard floors, it has rubber covers on all edges. If you have carpet, it works fine. May be a little more stable on a mat, but I use it just fine without.

The machine has a padded exercise table, but not a separate mat. The padded table is comfortable.

No it does not. You will have to supply your own. But who needs it. I have mine on a plywood floor!!

fully extend the legs. The pin on the back on the silver left tube needs to be pulled out and then pull the foot pad portion out. (all slides inside...)

You have to pull out on the mid ball pin and slide the gray framing out of the black framing. Mine gave me a bit of a way to go as well. Lay your machine on it's side and it works easier.

I hope after a couple of months you have figured this out. If not, there is a knob underneath the bench. First, pull out the knob, then pull the bar attached to the knob either up or down while holding the silver pole that the bench slides on.

Hi, I bet you've figured it out by now, but basically you have to release that little knob that's sort of underneath it and then extend the bottom part. I had to call tech support, and even at that I didn't get how to do it. My friend figured it out.

Did you extend it out all the way?
It extends out for about 5 - 6 feet
when mine is extended fully then I
get the full effect of the slide
Hope this helps

The wedges are so it won't slide during assembly and shipping... Remove the plastic peices... lol

On a flat and hard surface it seems to be stable enough, but on a soft thick carpet it tends to sway a little.

It seems stable to me. I have not noticed any side to side wobble as I'm using it.

I have not had it wobble on me or flip yet (I have had it for two months). I am 5'10" and weigh 190

Very stable.

i'm 5'6 185# i've sat on the side and done exer. ,( at the third notch from the top) put my feet up and hooked them ,to do sit ups and had no motion, or that i was in trouble of tipping over

this gym is very sturdy. if you misuse it then perhaps one may end up on the floor. the maker of this product wouldn't sell a gym that would flip over.

You can feel a difference with just one of the cords in use. The cords are well made and not flimsy.

There are four cords
You can attach one or all four -
Depending on how much resistance you want
They are not flimsy- the cords
reminds me of the bungee cords

to areadya 10. there are 4 bungee cords on the end of the board you hook them on and they give you more resistance. you should have them too.

What cords are you talking about? My gym came with only the attached pulleys.

Yes, they make it much harder. I've had it almost a month now and still haven't even gotten to use them yet! You have 4 cords, and can use on 1, or 2, 3, or all 4. But you are going to wait a while before you are strong enough for this! LOL!

The cords add resistance to it. And no there is no power cord.

It's relatively easy to put into storage mode, which is how it arrives. But, it is 79 pounds, so for me... it's going to stay up.

Yes, it's easily collapsible, but it's still a pretty large piece of equipment, even collapsed. Will probably fit under bed easily though. It will collapse completely by pulling one pin. You may also have to compress the bench if you have stretched it out for taller users. Still, very simple to collapse and reopen.

I haven't taken mine down because I use it everyday, but, my husband says it is collapsible and can be put away.

Except for the foot plate and the handles, nothing comes off. One end flattens like an ironing board, and that is easy to do since gravity helps. The other end has to be pushed in while pulling a tension knob, and that is quite difficult without help.

It collapses just like a Total Gym. If trying to slide under a bed, you may have to first remove the footrest but it removes very easily. No other parts would have to be taken off to store in tight areas.

All you need to do is pull the pins out of the handle bar and the foot bar. Taking those two off it collapses into a fairly compact piece.

Not specifically, no. But moving around on the machine to get into various positions does work your abs somewhat.

Yes, there are several exercises that allow you to work and tone your ab muscles.

Although I feel it more in my back and arms, depending on the position, I feel it a lot in my stomach.

oh yeah...this machine works every part of your body...refer to the poster sent with machine

Depends...

They won't suggest it, but I hang upside-down putting my feet in between the pull up bar area and lying on my back to do sit ups on the incline, works if you can do it. I also will hang from the pull up bars, back against it (normal) and do leg lifts with shoes for lower abs. Side to side obliques are possible with a slanted side sit, one side at a time. Also, I do pull downs, lying on back, pulling the cables down from over head, past chest, then push down and crunch, those work upper abs pretty solid.

I was a male gymnast through college, if those abs don't work just crank V-ups on the floor till you cant breath.

yes, it does

three bolts attach the front "foot". two spring loaded pins release the telescoping main track and the front leg.

NO! I had issues! Stillnnot sure if it is right!

Easy to assemble. In case the pins do not easily fit in the head assembly, simply rotate 180 degrees, or try switching the pins around.

3 bolts/4 pins very easy to assemble less than 5 minutes

yes this machine is very simple to put together had no problem at all

very easy...use 2 people to make it easier to open it up

there is no workout video but there is a wall chart.

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No.

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No, but it comes with a chart of 100 different exercises.

Way better than the total gym. A friend has one and the TBW 5000 is way more sturdy for half the price.

I can't compare this to a total gym as i've never owned one, but i am impressed with how well-built the weider machine is. I've owned alot of weider products and NEVER had a problem with any of them. The quality is very good on the Weider and I think it is a machine that will last.

This machine glides well but it is not quiet but not overly noisy either. You may have to bump the volume on your TV up a notch. I don't know much about the quality of TG but I can tell you that this machine is made very well and is extremely sturdy.

this is sturdy. the wheels look like they will hold up.they are black. they look like the ones that are on the $1000 tg. the cheaper tg have the white plastic wheels .not good. they do break.it rolls pretty smooth. just a little noisy but not bad at all .this machine is very good quality. does the same but less expensive.

The cords are very, very sturdy. I'm not sure what the wheels are made of. They sort of look like they're plastic, but if you tap them with your nail, it doesn't 'sound' plastic. The edges don't give indication of them being plastic. Personally, I don't think that you would be disappointed with this model. I think that the overall loudness of the operation depends on the user.

one adjustable crescent wrench for three bolts will do the job to attach one foot.

9/16 socket or wrench is all you need

just a wrench for 3 bolts. Exactly 13mm or equiv. A vice grip or regular wrench may work.

socket wrench is best, otherwise just a wrench.

there are only 3 bolts w/lock nuts to put on the leg. so you need a metric wrench . it is really almost fully assembled. pull the leg extension out on the bottom.put your squat stand on it w/pins . at the top put your pull up bar w/pin .easy .get on it and have fun.