My thread on the 1988 Mr. Olympia, Nether Animal's thread on hot 1980's chick, actress Jill Whitlow, well, it made me nostalgic.
Soloflex.Yep. I had one when I turned fifteen years old. Money I saved from my first job, a 125 customer paper route.
It took almost two years to save. Back then, I had my brother's cement weight set and a cheap bench I got from Woolworth. That's right, Woolworth.
One of my sisters worked there as a teen. I remember I got a discount on the bench. It was DP. Remember them? Diversified Products.
So I was desperate to get my Soloflex.
It was the infomercials that were on 24/7 back then. They sold me. I remember one summer that thing ran nonstop.
I loved it because it seemed so new, so futuristic. Yes, I feel like I got a lot out of it. However, within two years, I had joined a Gold's. It had just opened in my town. It set up shop right next to a small family grocer that sold a lot of locally sourced fruits and vegetables.
For a bit, I still used it. But it started getting its share of dust as time went on. Eventually, I put it in my parent's attic.
When I got my own place, an apartment then, I took it with me and started to use it again.
Once I bought my house, it went back out of sight. This time, my attic. I just went up and looked at it. I feel like I'm going to bring it down as I'm thinking of adding on to my home by putting in a home gym.
But it is amazing to go and see it. It literally brought back a flood of memories from my childhood.
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Anyone here ever own one or know someone who did?
Did you ever try it?
There were stories back then about the rubber weight bands drying out and tearing, but I've never had to replace mine. Back then, they use to say they would replace them for free, but I don't know about now.
