The Total Gym 1500 is a piece of home fitness equipment sold by Fitness Quest. It features a sliding glideboard that holds you during the majority of the exercises so that your body weight creates the resistance for the exercise. Dual pulleys and a detachable wing accessory facilitate a wide range of movements. The Total Gym 1500 is designed to fold almost completely flat so that you can store it underneath a bed or standing up against a closet wall. No special tools are needed to fold the Total Gym 1500 up.
Step 1
Remove the leg pulley accessory from your Total Gym 1500. Unhook the leg pulley rope's O-ring from the hook beneath the glideboard, and unhook the D-ring attached to the leg pulley itself from the bracket on the vertical bar. Leave the arm pulley cable attached to the underside of the glideboard.
Step 2
Pull out the two hitch pins holding the wing accessory---the bent bar sporting two cylinder-shaped foam pads on a separate, straight bar---in place and remove the wing accessory from the Total Gym 1500. Replace the hitch pins in the wing accessory for safekeeping.
Step 3
Plant a foot on the crossbar nearest the vertical height-adjustment bar to keep the equipment steady. Support one of the glideboard rails with one hand as you pull the "C" pin out of the height-adjustment column with your other hand, freeing the rails. Slowly lower the rails down to rest on the crossbar. Continue holding the "C" pin out as you lower the height adjustment column itself as low as possible, then release the pin.
Step 4
Locate the spring-loaded pin with a knob-shaped handle at the side of one of the rails. Grasp the knob and pull the pin outward, holding it out as you fold the vertical column down flat between the rails. Release the spring-loaded pin and listen for it to lock back into place. If you don't hear it snap into place, give it a little jiggle to help it slide home.
Step 5
Lift up at the center of the unit's frame, being careful to keep your fingers from getting pinched between the metal bars as they slide together. The entire unit should fold in half at the middle until it's flat. Now you can store it in a closet or slide it underneath a bed. Make sure to keep the detached leg pulley and wing accessories with the Total Gym.
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