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Important Notice To Readers: The Ironmaster IM2000 Self-Spotting System is simply the best guided resistance, smith-machine system on the market. The IM2000 Self-Spotting System outperforms traditional Smith Machines due to its expandability, durability, small footprint and maintenance-free operation. It receives our highest recommendation. However, Total Physique Online is no longer officially endorsing Ironmaster LLC. This is not a decision that was made lightly. It was arrived at after much discussion and consideration.

For the time being, I have decided to allow my Ironmaster posts to remain public. I am doing this for informational purposes only, primarily due to requests from several readers. In addition, as a courtesy to my all readers I am leaving the comments for Ironmaster products in place. These comments are very valuable and serve to help folks make a good choice regarding their purchases. Additionally, my reviews of Ironmaster products will also remain unchanged. It should be noted that at some point in the near future, these pages may be removed or replaced.

For the record, I enjoy the flagship Ironmaster products. I have considered it a privilege to recommend them to you, my readers, for the past three years. Ironmaster Quick-Lock Dumbbells are superb. So is the Superbench produced by Ironmaster. In my view, these two products are in a class of their own.

It is my sincere hope that in time certain concerns will be addressed. If and when that happens, then I will be able to revisit this decision. However, until such a point in time, Total Physique Online will not be reconsidering its position regarding this matter.

Again, it should be noted that these recent changes have nothing to do with the quality of the Ironmaster product line whatsoever. Rather, certain other concerns came to light over the course of a six month period and, as a result of these concerns, a change of direction was decided upon. I truly wish Ironmaster nothing but the best. – Webmaster

[NOTE: The following review of the IM2000 self-spotting system appears in the February, 1991 issue of Ironman. Steve Holman is the senior editor for Ironman and author of the Ironman’s home gym handbook. I have included an in-depth series of photos of the IM2000 as well. Click IM2000 Photo Gallery to view the photos]

Ironmaster: Guided Muscle

By Steve Holman
One way you can tell that home training is becoming more popular is by the growing number of quality in-house training units that are available. Soloflex, along with all of its imitators, is doing booming business, and every time you turn around there’s some new or improved muscle machine claiming to be the latest high tech answer to your fitness needs.
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The purpose of this post is to discuss some of the strategies I am using to recover from chronic illness – a contradiction in terms at first glance, when one considers the fact that chronic illnesses tend not to get better with the passage of time.

It is my hope that some of these strategies might be helpful to someone else who has just gotten out of the hospital, or is trying to find a way to improve their lung disease through exercise. This post will also deal with some of the obstacles that I have faced since embarking on my recovery, how I am overcoming them and what my goals are in terms of how far I want to realistically go with my recovery.

In the end, I am hoping to encourage people with COPD not to lose hope, because the discouragement that comes with fighting for your every breath can weigh more heavily on ones shoulders than a barbell loaded with 1000 pounds of iron.
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