OYO Personal Gym - Full Body Portable Gym: Home, Office or Travel - NASA SpiraFlex Resistance Technology

This is the initial review I have the OYO, however I must update due to the following: After the company OYO Fitness replacing the Spiraflex Discs, I had the same problem a year later. The two 10 lb discs broke as seen in the photos. I attempted to contact the company but was unsuccessful. No working email. The phone numbers listed belonged to other businesses. There is a 3rd party selling canabalized parts and states the company is no longer in business. Their 3 disc kit is $100 - almost the price of an entire new unit. With no customer service and poor durability of parts, I can no longer recommend OYO. It’s too bad, because when it works it is a good piece of equipment. I am well versed in exercise physiology as I have been training for many years and also I am a doctor and taught Sports Medicine. After an accident two years ago I spent several months in a hospital and rehab unit and lost a tremendous amount of muscle tissue. I needed some exercise equipment to regain my muscle mass and strength. I chose to use OYO. Simply put, this is one of the best pieces of exercise equipment I have ever owned. It has variable resistance, over 150 different exercises, is easy to use and very well-made. This one piece of equipment enabled me to gain back all my muscle mass and strength and then some within a year. I highly recommend OYO to anyone looking for a good solid work out with a minimum of fuss. Any item is only as good as its customer support. While I give the OYO a five star rating, I give their customer support a 10 star rating. After a year of using the machine I started to notice that the 10 pound disc was providing less resistance than the 5 pound disc. I contacted customer support and within a few days they provided me with a new machine. This is the best customer support I have ever had with any item. So for efficiency, quality, and exceptional customer support, I highly recommend the OYO for anyone looking for a great work out.

This is really a nice home gym equipment. I'm able to do a lot of exercises with the accompanied exercise chart. The quality is really nice. However, I'm 5'6" and not able to fully maximise this equipment. Let me give you example: A lot of upper body exercises requires you to hold the device on both ends and pull your arms aprt until the cable is fully extented. For me, the device is still wide open, and therefore i'm not feeling the full resistance (there are 3 discs of 10lbs, 10lbs and 5lbs resistance). You can get the full resistance when the device is fully closed. Ather thing I don't like about this is the removing of the disc. It's really hard. THere's an instruction video and seems very easy, but no! The two discks are stucked, and I can only add/remove the last disc (5lb) All in all, I'm very happy with this purchase.

Have owned/used for 3 days, like it a lot...well built & doesn't feel "cheap". Operates smoothly, does work your muscles, resistance is good - 5/10/10 set included, can not use the 5lb by itself, unit must have a 10lb on as minimum resistance but 10lb (the resistance isn't exact, just a simulation of what 10lbs "would" feel like) isn't very difficult & would likely be too easy for males but is ideal for learning the movements and how the device "works". 15 & 25 provide a sufficient challenge for a good quick workout but also add a stability challenge as you're more likely to have the unit kind of sway back in forth as you squeeze it together until you get the movements down. It is not hard to "learn" how to use it. The extending balls/their cables don't get in the way and extend smoothly - I only really felt any kind of resistance from them when adding all 25lbs but overall shoulders felt looser & they do add to the overall value of the unit itself. If you're looking at this to build mass, you're going to be disappointed. If you're looking at this as an effective leg workout, you'll probably be disappointed. I have the leg straps, just know that in the long run I won't be using them. The "lower body" exercises can really be done w/o weights (like squats) or done much easier with ankle weights - point is, this isn't a lower body workout device...yes, it CAN do it...but in reality, you probably won't be using the leg attachments. This is a device that provides usable resistance to your upper body that you can pick up anytime of the day, take it with you in the car & give your body a quick workout to get your body warmed up, loose, activate your muscles and you will "feel" more aware & that you did just exercise - because you did - and this unit can be added to any cardio program pretty easily with a little creativity.

Ive got a thigh master thats more comfortable to use. The weights or lack of ease to change the resistance is impossible to adjust. Think of the most annoying device you have ever used.... Now KEEP SCROLLING!!

I'm impressed with the Oyo personal gym. I'm presently recuperating from hip surgery and I find it to be an asset. I am able to do a number of exercises while watching TV. Others I can get more involved in as part of my regimen. I can go from one exercise to another with minimal effort. No adjusting to be done except for the leg exercises when using the leg attachments. I can take the oyo gym with me anywhere I may. On vacation or to my trailer.

love it

As someone with a history of dabbling in many “home fitness” systems over the years, the Oyo fitness “home gym” caught my eye via its humble beginnings on kickstarter. After much deliberation, I decided to take the plunge (Se Model) & after only a few weeks use, I already felt this will be a fun & inventive, space saving home fitness product. As others have mentioned, the device is lighter than expected; the frame is made of a plastic looking material - true to its nasa used cousin, the creators opted for a light weight material over a weightier metal (although, respectfully I’m sure some would have preferred the weightier/premium feel) The main issue others are bringing up is the level of resistance, or lack thereof. Whilst the device is unable to provide Mr Olympia levels of resistance, high rep exercises are its main goal (as suggested by creators). Adding/removing “Flex packs” can be a little fiddly, but persevere & watch the tutorials in the app - top tip... download the Oyo app. Its an invaluable tool to get the most from the your purchase with lots of tutorial videos to help you use the Oyo Simplistic & intuitive with its design, the Oyo personal gym is a fun way to add quirky medium/high rep “resistance” exercises to a weekly home work out routine, especially for those fitness gadget geeks. Its not cheap, but a decent investment for those that are curious to add some quirky workouts to their home routines!

So far pretty cool product very versatile and compact. Would be nice if there was a little bit more resistance or the ability to add more resistance to it, but otherwise I’m pretty happy with this purchase so far