I thought $3,500 for a piece of fitness equipment was absurd — until I saw results with Tonal.
Before you start working out, Tonal prompts you to create an account. You enter your weight, height, fitness level, and how many days a week you want to exercise. It also asks you to choose between three goal options: get lean, build muscle or improve fitness. I chose build muscle.
When I first signed in, I was prompted to take the 38-minute intro class. This is the assessment used to establish your strength and automatically select your weights for every exercise moving forward. As your performance improves, Tonal automatically increases the weight. So you never need to worry about manually adjusting it or going back to retake the strength test. My mind was blown.
The classes ranged from 33-47 minutes and every workout was full-body, broken up into an upper body, lower body and core circuit. Each circuit contained two exercises that were performed back-to-back for three rounds. I really liked this structure because I could push myself as hard as possible and completely fatigue each muscle group knowing that I wouldn’t have to work it again.
When I started the tricep extensions they felt easy and I thought the weight chosen was too light. But Tonal knew something I didn’t — by the end of set I struggled to make it through the last rep . On the flip side, I was shocked to see Tonal set me at 22 pounds per arm for the rows. I thought there was no way I would get through all three sets, but while it was challenging, I am here to tell the story.
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