How to Use an Everlast Door Gym
The Everlast Door Gym helps you perform multiple exercises with one simple piece of inexpensive equipment. Made of stretchable cables with four handles, it attaches to various sizes of doors, and you can adjust the tension to fit your needs. Because it is so compact, you can use it at home, in the office or in a hotel room. You can use an Everlast Door Gym to do a variety of exercises for less than $50.
Instructions
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Mount to the top and bottom of a door frame to perform upper-body workouts. When the Everlast Door Gym is mounted, you can perform shoulder, back and chest workouts, such as chest presses, overhead presses and shoulder raises. These exercises can be done seated or standing.
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Use an Everlast Door Gym to do various Pilates moves, such as the "hundred." Lie on the floor, facing the door. Place the palms of your hands inside two of the handles and begin pumping your arms to do the hundred. To challenge yourself, you can sit up with one or both legs extended.
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Perform biceps and triceps curls with this door gym. Stand at a distance according to the amount of tension you want from the Everlast Door Gym and do biceps curl repetitions. Facing the door, you can lean forward and do single arm and double arm triceps curls.
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Work the legs with this piece of equipment by placing your feet in two handles. Make sure that the handles of the Everlast Door Gym are comfortable to avoid injury. You can do both front leg raises and back leg raises with this piece of equipment. For a challenge, you can complete a combination upper- and lower-body workout by holding the handles and doing squats.
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Practice a kickboxing cardio workout with the Everlast Door Gym. Holding onto the handles of the door gym, you can do a variety of kickboxing moves, combining cardio and strength training into one routine.
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Tips & Warnings
To get an understanding of all the different exercises you can do with this simple piece of equipment if you've never used it before, you can purchase a workout kit. In addition to the apparatus, the kit contains a manual that demonstrates the wide variety of exercises you can perform with the Everlast Door Gym.