Posted: 8/6/2013 3:51:48 AM EDT
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My family is interested in a tread climber, looking for actual experience before I pull the trigger on a 3K machine. That would buy a lot of ammo.
Thanks, OPS |
Damn I could get an Eleiko bar and competition plates and still have about $1,200 left over. $400 for a squat rack, ~$200 for a bar to do other lifts with (fyi you go to hell if you put an Eleiko bar in a squat rack). $200-400 to build a kickass pullup bar and a little left over to build a platform and a few other odds and ends. 
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I've spent most my life buying used equipment from Play It Again Sports I couldn't images spending 3k on a single purpose machine. I've used tread climbers before, fun and all but I never considered it a main workout out. It was something I did at the end of a workout for fun.
I would spend that kind of money on a Hack Squat machine though if I just for some reason had extra money laying around. I'd buy a good, I mean real good squat rack or power lifting cage, a solid bar or 2 and about 500lbs in assorted iron plates (unless you want to oly lift the get some bumpers). Then I'd probably get dumbbell sets from 15lbs up to 100lbs. Oh, and a really good bench with a total capacity around 1000lbs. Beware of most shitty home benches, there total weight capacity is usually only around 400lbs... Not too great for a 200lb male benching 200lbs... But hey that's just me 
ETA: http://www.treadclimber.com/bowflex-treadclimber-us/products.jsp Oh never mind the comment about using a tread climber before.... I was thinking of something else... ETA: http://hiconsumption.com/2012/09/treadwall-treadmill-climbing-rock-wall/ This is what I thought you were talking about, this I've used and what my comments were geared towards. That said, yeah I wouldn't spend 100 bucks on a tread climber personally much better ways to workout. Hell, get an 18" box, slap on a heavy pack and do some step ups for an hour 
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I have one and use it 30 min. 6 times a week. It gets my heart rate up better than a tread mill.
I would rather hike but the tread climber is handy. I bought mine used off Craigslist for $750 like new with a few close hanger marks on it. I like it but not for $3k. |