What is Reddit's opinion of Stamina 1690 Power Tower?

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Damn you just missed it. It was this one. I saw it before going to work at $40. Only 4 left when I went.

Edit: It's 44 dollars with 33 shipping with another seller.

I'm in a 630 square foot apartment and bought a PT Power Tower. Doesn't take up much space in the corner of the living room and it's so much better than any doorway pull up bar. Stamina 1690 Power Tower

some people are happy with this also:

power tower, amazon.com

I was looking for one just like you. But in the end I just bought one of these. https://www.amazon.com/Stamina-1690-Power-Tower/dp/B015EPIQWY

Worth it. Especially on cold or rainy days when you don't want to workout outside.

In my experience, the hardest part of losing weight is diet, and the hardest part of dieting is not recognizing hunger.

The human body loves food and we love eating. Unless I'm absolutely full, if you put some salty fries in front of me, I'm going to want to eat them. Not because my body actually needs it, but because my body wants it.

Dieting means training yourself to recognize that difference. Are you reaching for another spoonful because you like the taste of the food, or because you actually need it?

It's harder early on because your body is used to a certain level of consumption and will send signals when you don't hit that level because it wants to maintain your current resource reserves, while you (as a person) want to deplete your current reserves.

As for working out. Resistance training (weight lifting, etc.) is one of the absolute best ways to get your body in shape and keep it there. However, it is very difficult and arguably counterproductive (especially for someone in your position) to try to build muscle mass while also cutting your calorie intake.

You will be very hungry after your workouts and you will likely overeat. Another potential pitfall is if you quit working out but maintain your "workout" diet.

My suggestion is devoting yourself to body-weight exercises at home if there are hurdles keeping you from a regular gym routine (such as not having a routine), focus on your dieting, then change gears to muscle building once you feel like you're in control of your body.

Some body-weight exercises are very hard to do at home if you don't have specialized equipment. But if you have a floor, you can do pushups. And a pullup station will fit in most places (this is the one I use at home).

When starting with these exercises (especially pullups), don't be discouraged if you can't even do one. Everyone starts somewhere. The way you build your strength is to treat it as an eccentric exercise. In the case of pullups, what you would do is grab the bar, jump a bit (while you're holding it), then try to lower yourself as slowly as possible.

Eventually you get to the point where you can hold yourself up. That's when you move on to trying to pull yourself up, and you go from there.

Edit to add: When Arnold Schwarznegger was asked what his most recommended exercise would be (no weights or machines), his answer was "Chin ups, no question."

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