The Total Gym does seem to offer a full body workout. Because a person is able to keep constantly moving during the workout, the Total Gym burns calories as …show more content…
The components of physical fitness are endurance, flexibility, strength, speed, and body composition. The Total Gym seems to work on the flexibility and strength components the most. The machine, however, does not seem to work on the speed component of physical fitness as a person would use the machine at the speed at which he or she chooses and there is nothing on the machine that measures the speed at which the exercise is performed. It does have the potential to improve endurance if a person were to increase the time of use on the machine by using a clock. In addition, body composition can be improved by the toning features of the machine, however, one may need to incorporate other exercises to sufficiently improve this facet of physical fitness. Thus, in my opinion, the Total Gym is best used by incorporating it into a workout at home to do some mild strength training and toning