Proform Recoil Home Gym Information
The Proform Recoil Home Gym is easy to use with many options, such as changing pulley height, circuit training exercises and upper and lower body workouts. It easily fits into corners or folds up to be put underneath beds or in storage. It is affordable, starting at $300, and similar to other home gym systems.
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History
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Icon Health and Fitness, the company which makes the Proform Recoil Home Gym, has had an interesting past. The company behind Proform Fitness products began by producing kitchenware, tableware and marble products in the 1970s. The company briefly manufactured wood stoves before making trampolines and turning to the world of fitness. They began to make treadmills and home gyms. The companies Proform, Welso and Weider merged together and created Icon Health and Fitness. The company has grown to include names such as NordicTrack, HealthRider, Epic and Reebok.
Features
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The features of the Proform Recoil Home Gym include 240 pounds of maximum resistance, a useful exercise chart to help you tone your muscles and an exercise DVD to mimic and learn new techniques. It also has options allowing you to have low pulleys or a high pulley used as a "4-roll leg developer." It also provides a five-year limited warranty, which applies to in-home use.
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Description
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The Proform Recoil Home Gym is similar to Bowflex machines in the sense that it has circuit training exercises. The term "circuit training" means that you can target different areas of the body quickly and easily by changing the pulley height. The exercising options of the Proform Recoil Home Gym allow you to raise your heart rate into its target zone while toning major muscles in your body. The strength training abilities of the machine help you burn calories quickly.
High Pulleys
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The Proform Recoil Home Gym consists of a series of pulleys. One set of pulleys is the high pulleys. High pulleys work the arms, biceps, deltoids, triceps, shoulders, latissimi dorsi and the upper body. The high pulleys on the Proform Recoil Home Gym allow you to perform 15 athletic and gym club exercises.
Low Pulleys
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The low pulleys on the Proform Recoil Home Gym allow you to perform 40 exercises. These pulleys work the legs, knees, ankles, hips, hamstrings, quadriceps, buttocks and lower body.
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