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Originally Posted by manveet  How much was it for?
My mom just gave me a call in office after visiting two stores. She says that Chinese/Taiwanese Brands are available for 30-35K. On the other hand, Lodhi Sports which advertises every week in Delhi Times has European Models at around 45K for similar features. They definitely LOOK better - as per her.
Is the Brand/Country of Origin that important or are all of them basically the same. |
Mine is a manual model. It ran to just a bit over 10K. Dunno the model no., duh! The entry-level motorized model was about 22K if I'm not mistaken. Basic model with no tilt/incline, and not so powerful motor. The next one was just below 30K, with (motorised?) tilt/incline and programmable work-out presets.
I guess the main thing with these machines is the build-quality, and in the case of the motorised model the electronics also. I'm sure you'll find good European brands for 25-30K above. Your yellow pages and the classified columns should help. Maybe even your local gym guy would have some contacts.
I have a pretty good setup at home: dumbbells, weight-plates upto 50Kg, bars for the barbells, an e-z bar, a chinning bar (DIY) and a dipping (parallel) bar (DIY), a flye machine (DIY again with pulleys and stuff), an incline-press bench (DIY), a regular bench and various other bits and pieces that I'd DIYed. (I used to be really serious back in my college days). The problem is that I haven't used any of this for the past 6 years
. Most of it has been moved to the junk room by my Mom who hates seeing the stuff cluttering my room (and my not using any of it). What I'm coming to is you'll most likely keep-up with your regime if you allot a time outside your home for it. Stay at home, and you most likely be posting/reading TBHP during your workout time
(If you're like the lazy @$$ I am).
A good thing about this thread is that it has made me think about the good old days, and now I'm going to get back to exercising regularly. Only now I have to wake up early...