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"Experts predict that one of the top fitness trends for 2010 is that more people will exercise at home. Given my hectic schedule and lack of love for hot and sweaty gyms, I have been looking into products that help make fitness at home fun and effective. Recently, I had the chance to check out an interesting new product ... Brookstone recently debuted the BodyForm Total Fitness Platform, which is a newfangled (and surprisingly compact--it can slide under a desk or your bed) home exercise machine that&amp;#x27;s billed as a way to get a &amp;quot;total-body workout&amp;quot; in your living room (while watching The Bachelor, even!). The tension cables create resistance as you do a series of 15 suggested exercises (see above) that work the upper and lower body (or create your own). But, why would you want to spend $199 on this thing? (Sort of pricey, right?) I got a chance to demo the platform, and I was skeptical at first. I mean, couldn&amp;#x27;t you just get a resistance band at the store for $9.99? But then I realized that you can actually select the amount of tension you want to work with, without having to keep a bunch of weights lying around--just set the dial to a weight that&amp;#x27;s comfortable, yet challenging for you (from 5 to 70 lbs.), then increase the weight as your muscles strengthen. This was a feature that my husband thought was quite possibly the coolest thing he&amp;#x27;s seen in a long time. Bonus: I thought it was really fun to use--I loved the satisfaction of pulling and releasing the tension cables, and watching my muscles flex with each move. : ) Still, I&amp;#x27;m still not sure if I would spend $199 on one (that&amp;#x27;s a pair of cute shoes and a nice dinner out, and probably 2 hours of our babysitter&amp;#x27;s time so I can go to yoga class!), but my husband says he would buy it in an instant. And maybe you would too? Happy exercising, gals! More reading: *Want toned legs and calves? Experts say to do this ... *Fitnessy idea: Practice &amp;quot;fitness Sundays&amp;quot;! *Tired of lugging a heavy water bottle? This one folds up! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Sign Up for Body By Glamour! Photos: Brookstone "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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