I just saw a TV commercial for a product called the Ab Coaster. What a useless looking piece of exercise equipment.
On the TV commercial, they won’t even say how much the product costs. All they talk about is the “$14.95 trial offer”. I was curious how much the Ab Coaster costs, so I went to the company’s website to have a look. To my utter astonishment, it costs $414.75 USD, or “one convenient payment plan” of $399.80 USD. Jiminy.
Here’s my main problem with the Ab Coaster: it’s not a total-body workout product. It’s a gimmicky ab machine that allows you to perform 2 exercises: leg raises and oblique leg raises. Is that worth $400 to you? I doubt it, unless you have a bunch of extra money lying around to purchase (not to mention space to store) expensive ab exercise equipment that has extremely limited use.
For most people, the only type of home exercise equipment that’s worth buying is compact equipment that is ultra-versatile (i.e. one single piece of equipment that allows for a vast selection of total-body exercises). For this reason, the only two pieces of home exercise equipment that I recommend are the suspension gym and resistance bands. Get them both, or choose one or the other (pick whichever one you think you’ll enjoy exercising with the most).
But stay far away from gimmicky ab gadgets that cost $400+ and allow you to perform only two exercises.
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