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Old 09-11-2023, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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The AB crunch machine. The one where you sit in it. There is none at the Anytime Fitness I go to. Just the AB twister machine. That one causes me problems from the twisting motion so I don't use it.
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Old 09-11-2023, 07:11 AM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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Pendulum squat. I’ve never found better quad stimulation anywhere else.
I recently encountered one of these machines for the first time. I didn't know what it was called until I read your post and Googled pendulum squat.
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Old 09-11-2023, 04:23 PM
 
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I recently encountered one of these machines for the first time. I didn't know what it was called until I read your post and Googled pendulum squat.
It's great, allows me to get into a fully stretched position on my quads with little pressure on my knees. One of my favorite leg machines.
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Old 09-23-2023, 06:21 PM
 
Location: Austin Metroplex, SF Bay Area
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VIPRs
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Old 09-23-2023, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Formerly Pleasanton Ca, now in Marietta Ga
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Two more decent leg curl machines
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Old 09-24-2023, 10:25 AM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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Another fad workout program that will disappear.
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Old 09-28-2023, 04:38 AM
 
Location: Austin Metroplex, SF Bay Area
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Another fad workout program that will disappear.
It doesn't sound like you know a lot about exercise. These have been used for quite some time. They're typically called logs in the bodybuilding world. Loaded movement training is extremely effective. I've trained myself and my clients with them for the last 15 years. Not exactly a fad.
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Old 09-28-2023, 06:33 AM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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It doesn't sound like you know a lot about exercise. These have been used for quite some time. They're typically called logs in the bodybuilding world. Loaded movement training is extremely effective. I've trained myself and my clients with them for the last 15 years. Not exactly a fad.
There is a log in the gym where I usually workout. I've seen it used maybe once or twice in the past 10 years. I've worked out in around a dozen gyms in PA, NY, NJ, FL, Washington, D.C., and Texas over the past two years. I didn't see a log in any of those gyms.
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Old 09-28-2023, 06:37 AM
 
Location: Austin Metroplex, SF Bay Area
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There is a log in the gym where I usually workout. I've seen it used maybe once or twice in the past 10 years. I've worked out in around a dozen gyms in PA, NY, NJ, FL, Washington, D.C., and Texas over the past two years. I didn't see a log in any of those gyms.
Cool story Bro. Don't care. They were used consistently in many of the gyms I worked at. As stated, it doesn't sound like you know a lot about exercise and it shows by the fact that you called it a fad. I don't know too many fads that have been around for over 2 decades. And FWIW, the gym I work at in Texas has a bevy of them (my local gym that I workout at when I don't feel like driving in to my workplace does not).

The OP asked "What equipment is your gym missing you would like to have?". I answered. The question wasn't "what equipment does Villageidiot1 approve of"

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Old 10-26-2023, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Centennial, CO
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A reverse hyper machine. Great way to work your back and help prevent injury without putting pressure on the spine. I'd love to mix that in on the days I don't deadlift or squat, or at least use it as an accessory movement on those days that I do.
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