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Poll: Do you own any big, heavy exercise equipment like today's treadmill?
  • 8.4% - Yes, and it changed my life! 134
  • 30.4% - Yes, and it gathers dust. 485
  • 10.1% - Not any more. 161
  • 15.4% - No, but I would like to! 245
  • 35.7% - No. I either exercise somewhere else or not at all. 570
1595 votes

Well, how do you fare compared to the Zeitgeist? Chat up your fellow wooters and let us know how lame this poll was or what obvious choices we missed. For example: Was this poll a) STUPID, b) DUMB, c) POINTLESS or d) ALL OF THE ABOVE?

PocketBrain


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What if it changed my life as it gathered dust? Alright, I'm packing to move soon, so it is buried a little bit under stuff, but I have it situated so I can watch movies/tv on my computer while I pedal that bike-to-nowhere.

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epicsatyr


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Reto fitness ftw!

olperfesser


quality posts: 2 Private Messages olperfesser

Changed my life - not really. Developing diabetes changed my life. Using the treadmill (that was mostly used as a clothes hanger for 5 years) for 30 minutes, 3 times a week, for the last two years, helped bring my weight down to the normal range.
Now if it would help me get abs and biceps...

ptucker2


quality posts: 1 Private Messages ptucker2

I guess I technically own a weight bench and all the accompanying bars, weights, clamps, and attachments. Unfortunately, all of that stuff is located at my parents house until I either sell it or get a house or apartment big enough to accommodate the stress and size of all the stuff.

For now I'm perfectly happy using my work gym. All the standards: treadmills, ellipticals, bikes, rowing machines, weight machines, cables, and free weights. Then a few non standards: group exercise rooms, basketball courts, racquetball courts, and a pool. The gym is probably the best perk of my job.

That having been said - Anyone interested in an old set of weights? Sold to the highest offer. Pick up only.

neminem


quality posts: 0 Private Messages neminem

I miss my not-sucky DDR pad. It broke, I replaced it with one I thought would be just as good, but turns out not so much. The new one kinda sucks. (The old one was, of course, made by RedOctane, which no longer exists.)

So, that was my exercise equipment. Wasn't particularly heavy, though. Not even if you include the xbox. Maybe if you also include the tv.

hippie1981


quality posts: 0 Private Messages hippie1981

Gathering dust...my elliptical is shoved in a closet and has been there probably for a year straight. I just find exercise to be so completely boring. If I could watch tv while using it, that'd be nice, but the thing is so noisy while in use that i have to blast the volume on the tv to ungodly levels to hear over it. I think after the new year I will put the elliptical up for sale on Craigslist.

prfesser


quality posts: 2 Private Messages prfesser

I have a set of dumb-bells, or dead weights, as I like to think of them. They're my in-laws, and I've been dragging their butts around for 40 years.

michaelyu33


quality posts: 0 Private Messages michaelyu33

I bought this Smoothie last summer. It's been a pain on the a$$$ after I jogged a couple of times. It squeaked every time since then. I tried everything. It's not smooth at allllllll.

MichXelle


quality posts: 18 Private Messages MichXelle

I have one for well over 10 years in excellent working condition. 5 of us used it for some time. Now it's occasionally used by 1 person in the home. It's a semi-dust collector in the basement.

msnancystone


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Yes owning a high end Nordic Track I ended up having a heart attack .... that's what happens when you are competitive and try to beat your own score on a daily basis.