Product Description

The Red XL uses the power of core rotation and resistance to slim, sculpt and strengthen your core & midsection without having to do another back breaking crunch or sit up ever again!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4501 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Fitness Quest
• Model: 17900-4
• Released on: 2007-03-12
• Dimensions: 15.75" h x 18.75" w x 32.00" l, 17.00 pounds

Features

• Seated ab strengthener with comfortable padded seat and handles
• Uses power of core rotation and resistance to tone ab and oblique muscles
• Offers up to 80 pounds of additional Torsion Max resistance for better toning
• Heavy-duty steel construction; supports up to 24 different exercises
• Includes workout DVD and nutrition program; folds up for easy storage

Amazon.com Product Description
Sculpt and strengthen your core and midsection without doing another back-breaking crunch or sit-up with the Red XL Exerciser. Every workout starts on a deep padded seat with comfort handles. Once you're seated, you simply use the power of core rotation and resistance to tone your abdominal and oblique muscles. As your strength and conditioning improves, you can add up to 80 pounds of Torsion Max resistance to make your workouts even more challenging. Made of heavy-duty steel, the Red XL comes with a workout DVD and nutrition program and supports up to 24 different exercises. It also folds up for easy storage.

Customer Reviews

The swivel broke within 10 minutes
My 125# wife used the thing for no more than 10 minutes before the swivel broke on the bottom. I thought no problem with the warranty. I called and called and finally got put on hold for over an hour. Then when it went thru they were now closed and please call back. I tried a couple more days and never got thru. I have since decided to redesign the broken part and try it again. I might as well. The rest of the parts look pretty sturdy but the most loaded part is cheap plastic. I would never recommend this item to anyone in its current form. They will not be around very long with the quality of this product.

I already gave this thing an appropriately bad review -once-. I want my 'helpful' votes back!
Apparently they have enough clout to make the bad reviews disappear...ok, try try again: Ninety Percent of the benefit that you might get from this machine is from lifting your feet off of the floor. The twisting may feel somewhat strenuous, but it's because of the tension created by your feet/legs being lifted up , not the twisting itself. In other words; you don't need this machine, you don't need anything, just sit anywhere with your feet suspended off of the floor. A little twist wouldn't hurt.....got a swivel chair? That's all this thing is, and not a very good one.

Great way to burn 400 calories while watching TV
This is an inexpensive machine and when you get it you can see why.
Still probably worth the money if you actually use it while watching tv.
For people who essentially want the machine to show up and the weight to come off might hate it as might those who think feeling the burn is the only way to go but I think its the best way to burn about 400 calories while watching a single tv show without killing your back.
You can sustain the zero resistance level twist for an hour straight and break a light sweat, lo level cardio. At that rate (as a tummy toning cardio machine - for which it is excellent!!!) you can burn between 7 and 9 calories per minute. I know this because I also own the body bugg calorie management armband and measured calories burned for a one hour work out. I loved it because Its a great way to avoid just sitting there when you want to watch tv. I've killed myself with brutal kick boxing workout for the same calorie burn in shorter time - this is less stress on the back. I thought the video was a demonstration and I recommend only using it once to see the different exercises. As a workout video I give it a negative 3 out of 10.
The absolutely best thing is that this isn't a HARD workout but it does burn the long term (45 minute to an hour) calories. Because of that I think its sustainable motivation- people who hate their workout machine will not use them and they end up in the garage.
This is my new tv chair.