Leg Shaper Fitness Equipment

I love overstock,I hated this product. It is akward to use. Where to place your feet is unsteady. It is hard to maintain your balance. If you buy this product get the one that has a stand for balance.

Based on the price I thought this would be a junky plastic piece of fitness equipment like any of the ones sold on late night infomercials. But it's pretty great. It comes fully assembled and is very solid (metal frame, doesn't move around, solid foot grips with treads, fits under a bed). It's a lot harder than it looks and left me feeling kind of sore in that outer thigh problem region leg lifts never seem to touch. If you do it long enough you can get some cardio out of it too. The effort of balancing during the motion is probably good for core strength too. * Although it is low impact I don't think this would be a good item for elderly people or people with really bad knees. It's kind of hard on your legs and you need to be fairly strong to get enough repetitions out of it to make it worthwhile.

This machine seems to provide an effective workout, but is somewhat awkward to use. Unless you have a chair or handle bar from another machine for support it is hard on your joints. I did just get it, so maybe I still have to get used to it and build the muscles needed to use it effectively.

I purchased this leg shaper because I have been wanting to purchase the Leg Magic unit. The Leg Magic unit sells for over 100.00 and this unit for a little more then 50.00. The machines do the same thing with the exception of the Leg Magic has a handle. I worked with this machine for over 30 days about 2-3 times a week and did not have any positive results. No firming, no inches lost. I would have returned it earlier than the 30 days but because of the weight of it, it would not be cost effective. Maybe it takes longer to see results???? Not sure, but I would not purchase something like this again and I am glad I did not purchase the more pricey Leg Magic.