You cannot watch a full hour of TV without being subjected to a new “home workout” device. Between the Ab Roller, Ab Rocket Twister, The Perfect Pull-up, and The Perfect Push-up commercials, the only device I truly needed was my remote in order to turn off the TV. However, then I started to think: do these products actually work? I’ve spoken to a bunch of friends of mine, and most have never tried any of these products. I decided to succumb to wishes of the lady with the tight abs in the commercial, and bought myself The Perfect Sit-Up for $59.99.
Assembly of the product was fairly simple; however it looked more like a Lady Gaga contraption than it did a workout device. The Perfect Sit-up combines an upper body crunch with a lower abdominal leg lift. It is designed to lower head and neck strain while using the equipment. The Success motion clicker lets you know if a complete motion range is reached by producing a click sound. That click sound gets very annoying very quickly. All in all, I found myself more frustrated than sweaty after a 10 minuet trial with this device. The clicking sound, although beneficial, became very irritating, and it disturbed my workout routine. My feet would periodically slip out of its holders which would disrupt the flow of the workout. Overall, I was not too happy with my experience with The Perfect Sit-Up, and will be very wary of buying another “home workout” product in the future.