Best Home Gym Reviews and Tips for Your Home Gym 
Today I’m reviewing a fitness machine with the longest and strangest name I’ve ever seen - Bayou Fitness Total Trainer Pilates Pro Reformer Home Gym PilatesPro. Yes, that’s the full name of the machine. I’m not sure why they limited the name to only 10 words, but I’m glad they decided to end the enumeration of what this machine is. It seems like they wanted to list all the features of this machine in its name. Strange choice, but one thing is sure, strange name doesn’t mean that Bayou Fitness Total Trainer is a bad machine, on the contrary. If you’re looking for an affordable, reliable, versatile and resistant machine, then Bayou Fitness Total Trainer could be a good choice for you. It’s similar to the Total Gym XLS Trainer, which I reviewed earlier, but this one is more affordable. However, it comes without a recommendation of Chuck Norris, so the price has to be lower.
Bayou Fitness Total Trainer Pilates Pro Reformer Home Gym PilatesPro
 |  List Price: $759.00 Sale Price: $529.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days  |
To get serious, Bayou Fitness Total Trainer is suitable for both men and women, and it’s complex enough to ensure thorough workouts. You can use it to speed up weight loss, tone your muscles and gain lean mass at the same time.
The special accessories enable you to perform a complete Pilates program for improving your muscle definition, flexibility and physical endurance.
Safe and effective, the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer can turn into your best ally in the battle against figure destroying fats, flabby abs and chubby thighs. A 30 minutes workout session per day will be enough for you to tone and shape your body.
Design and features
The machine is made of hard plastic and steel and features a large glide board, with adjustable height, which is important as it allows you to change the resistance, so you can choose to work with different weights. The squat board is made of wood and steel, and it is heavy enough to ensure a safe intensive training for your legs.
The oversized pull-up and push-up bar is designed for various exercises for the upper body, such as shoulder presses, push-ups, pull-ups, behind neck presses and chin-ups. The power weight bar offers fitness enthusiasts the possibility of adding extra weights to the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer. That means that you can increase resistance for exercises like squats and calf raises.
For working your abs and core area, the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer provides an innovative Pro AB Crunch Strap feature, designed for increased comfort and resistance during the exercises.
The biceps curl press bar, which can easily change place with the twin handle system, offers a great versatility when it comes to toning and shaping your arms. It is an excellent tool if you want to pump your biceps.
Other features of the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer include:
- The sit-up cuff strap with adjustable length, to accommodate any shoe size
- The independent twin handles
- Pilates accessories: resistance bands, a toe bar, shoulder pads, dual leg cuffs and instructional videos
Versatility of use
Perhaps the most important characteristic of Bayou Total Trainer is its incredible versatility. It is suitable for an impressive number of strength and Pilates exercises. Fitness exercises that you can do on this machine will improve your muscle tone and shape, your definition and resistance, and will speed up your metabolism and improve fat burning.
The Bayou Fitness Total Trainer uses the adjustable incline and your body weight to provide 21 levels of resistance for beginner, intermediate and advanced fitness levels. The movable incline enables you to work with 4% to 69% of your body weight, which is good enough for the most people.
As for the Pilates workouts, there’s no need to look for routines online. You will get instructional videos with the machine, showing you how to use the special Pilates accessories in the most effective way.
Bayou Fitness Total Trainer comes fully assembled so you won’t have to waste time figuring out which part goes where. Thanks to its lightweight, ergonomic shape and modern design, you can easily fold it and store wherever you want.
Pros of the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer
- By using the user’s body weight and a simple yet versatile system of cables and weight stacks, Bayou Fitness Total Trainer is an all-in-one home gym machine. Most people won’t need to buy extra strength tools, such as dumbbells, kettlebells or barbells.
- Bayou Fitness Total Trainer has a sturdy and resistant frame. As it doesn’t have any electric parts, the machine is easy to use and maintain. Even if something goes wrong, you will have a limited 1-year warranty on all parts and lifetime warranty on the incorporated accessories: pulleys, ropes and rollers.
- Another great pro of this machine is its price. The Bayou Fitness Total Trainer is much more affordable than many other machines that offer the same or similar features. Thus, if you want to tone and strengthen your body without investing much money in a high-end machine, the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer is one of the best choices on the market!
Cons of the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer
- The main drawback of the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer is the limited amount of weight that you can use when working out on this machine. However, that’s the main problem with every machine that utilizes user’s body weight to provide resistance.
- Another drawback seems to be the toughness of the ankle cuffs, which can be uncomfortable for some people. However, you can solve this problem by buying some padded ankle cuffs, which are very affordable and you can find it in every specialized store.
Having said that, I can recommend the Bayou Fitness Total Trainer to people who want to improve their shape, flexibility and physical endurance. However, if you are specifically looking to pump your muscles, then you will need to look for some other home gym machine.
