The Challenge: Does Total Gym Really Work?

Okay, so I am a busy mom of two preschoolers (or rather, I am a mom of two BUSY preschoolers!) so I find it difficult to maintain the kind of work out routine that I held in the past. I have fond memories of my single days when life could literally revolve around trips to the gym. I was in shape and enjoyed working out. I could actually enter a 10k race and finish it.

That was one husband and two children ago. For awhile I had a gym membership that worked for me and I was on my way back into good health. But then we moved and the gym no longer was a convenient possibility for me. So here I am, desperately needing some sort of routine that will work for a tired mom. Cue the Total Gym commercial.

I was flipping through the satellite guide the other night and saw that an advertising spot was on for the Total Gym. Now, we had picked one up second hand for my husband years ago, but I never used it. I started watching about the product and they claim you just need to do it 10 minutes a day. Now exactly what the results are supposed to be was not spelled out, but there was fine print about having to eat a healthy diet if you wanted to lose weight.

But back to the point - 10 minutes. I thought it's one thing to not want to bundle up the kids in winter time and drive 20 minutes to the gym so you can workout for an hour. (that was why it didn't last once I moved!) You eat up half of your day just getting your workout in. But if all I have to do is can't find 10 minutes a day then I am just being plain lazy NOT to give this a try.

So, the challenge is on, and I will let you know how it goes. I am going to do 10 minutes a day for 60 days. I will find out if this is the perfect workout tool for busy moms and you can have an unbiased, unpaid review of this product.