As Body-Solid draws closer to our 30th year in business, we’ve been receiving photos and messages from customers across the world who have owned our equipment for multiple decades. Recently, we were sent a photo from Doug Kaufman who showed us an original Body-Solid LifeFlex Gym.
The LifeFlex Gym was a Sears-exclusive Body-Solid home gym designed with space in mind. The announcement of the LifeFlex Gym described the gym:
“It’s Hot. It’s Smooth. It’s Brilliant. And it’s very compact. The LifeFlex Gym is a machine designed to satisfy the most demanding fitness enthusiast in the smallest space possible.”
Body-Solid LifeFlex Gym
Body-Solid LifeFlex Gym
For Kaufman, that space-saving design was the key to his purchase in 1999.
“I lived in an apartment that had a low ceiling,” said Kaufman. “(The LifeFlex Gym) was the most complete system I could find that had a low height.”
The gym has moved with Kaufman three different times and now sits in his home in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Today, Kaufman still finds a benefit from his LifeFlex Gym thanks in large part to the design of the machine nearly 20 years ago.
“The gym lends itself to circuit training in an extremely effective way,” said Kaufman. “Without any adjusting, I can go from dips to lat pulldowns to leg press to calf raises.”
In 20 minutes, Kaufman says, he can do a full body workout that gives him an edge over all of his workout buddies. Best of all, through three moves and 19 years of steady work, Kaufman’s LifeFlex Gym is still going strong.
Body-Solid LifeFlex Gym
“The thing I like most about the gym is that it has lasted so long,” said Kaufman. “Also, it consistently provides me with the resistance exercises I use to raise me to a higher performance level in all the activities I do.”
August 19, 2019
We recently acquired this gym. We like the small footprint and amount of weight.
Wondering if anyone has a manual that illustrates the 100 exercises that can be done with this machine.
August 20, 2019
That’s a great pickup Melissa! Unfortunately, since it’s an older model we don’t have a ton of resources online. I would suggest reaching out to our service team at service@bodysolid.com (bodysolid.com/service) and see if they have any workout posters still available for this piece.
July 15, 2020
I’m interested as well. I contacted service@bodysolid.com, so hopefully they still have something available for this product.
August 19, 2020
Hey Melissa:
I have a list of basic exercises for this machine that I came across. You can email me at nbarry62@yahoo.com and I will scan it and email it back to you.
August 16, 2020
We also have this model and at one time had a chart of the exercises. Would love to find it.
December 29, 2020
Really enjoyed this article.