Total Gym Ab Crunch vs. BodyBoss Home Gym 2.0
Real product data from both. Which one earns its place in your gym?
Total Gym for incline-based bodyweight resistance with a smooth slide. BodyBoss for band-resistance training that breaks down to carry-on size.
These are two compact alternatives to a traditional weight-stack home gym, and they solve the space problem with fundamentally different mechanics. Total Gym's incline-and-pulley system uses your body weight plus angle to create resistance — a smooth sliding rail that's kind to joints and covers 85+ exercises. BodyBoss uses resistance bands clipped to a foldable platform — up to 300+ pounds of band tension depending on the combination, and the whole unit packs smaller than any weight-stack gym. Total Gym sells bodyweight-plus-angle training; BodyBoss sells band-based training. Different feel, different workouts, similar compact footprint.
Pick Total Gym Ab Crunch when you like bodyweight-based training and joint-friendly smooth-slide exercise. The Total Gym's incline system replicates many gym movements with less impact than free weights.
Pick BodyBoss Home Gym 2.0 when you value portability above all — BodyBoss breaks down to carry-on dimensions. You're willing to trade some exercise depth for the ability to move or store the entire gym anywhere.
Which one fits you?
- ✓You prefer bodyweight resistance over band tension.
- ✓You value joint-friendly exercise and the smooth-slide mechanism suits your body.
- ✓You have space for the Total Gym's rail footprint during workouts.
- ✓You train the 85+ exercises the incline system supports and don't miss true loaded lifts.
- ✓You travel frequently and need a gym that packs small.
- ✓You rent or share an apartment and the gym has to hide when not in use.
- ✓You prefer band resistance for its variable tension curve.
- ✓You want the most compact possible 'real gym' in one product.
Head-to-head specs
| Spec | Total Gym Ab Crunch | BodyBoss Home Gym 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $179.99 | $59.88 |
| Brand | Total Gym | BodyBoss |
| Amazon rating | 4.5 out of 5 stars | 4.2 out of 5 stars |
| Reviews | 235 | 769 |
| Material | Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene | Plastic |
| Weight | 1 Kilograms | 16 Pounds |
Feature highlights, side by side
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metal 50% / vinyl 10% / foam 40%metal 50% / vinyl 10% / foam 40%
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Equipped to effectively perform more than 10 ab-sculptingExercises; Dimensions (L x W x H): 19.2 x 13.8 x 7.6 inches
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Simultaneously strengthen your back and legs while toningYour abdomen with this piece of equipment
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Padding provides maximum comfort so you can focusOn your technique for a totally toned tummy
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BRING THE GYM TO YOU + SIMULATE 1,000sOF DOLLARS WORTH OF GYM EQUIPMENT: The BodyBoss 2.0 was designed to simulate all the bulky equipment and machines you see at the gym and combine them into one revolutionary workout concept - the BodyBoss 2.0, a portable gym. BodyBoss Portable Gym is the World's 1st home gym you can take anywhere.
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Easily Workout Upper Body or Lower BodyWhat if you didn't have to drive to the gym to get an upper body workout in or you could carry an entire rack of dumbells or a huge squat rack with you anywhere you wanted? The gym can be a fun place to go but getting there as much as you want each week is tough! With the Portable Gym, you can literally do an upper body workout, lower body workout, cardio resistance boxing workout & body part focus workout all in the same week with the just one product!
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Over $1,000,000 Raised on Kickstarter & IndiegogoWhen designing the BodyBoss workout product we wanted to make sure that it was lightweight & compact, but still versatile enough to simulate the gym anywhere. By allowing this any exerciser who gets the BodyBoss Gym will be able to reach their goals, workout more consistently each week & perform any gym exercise they want anywhere they take the Fold Up VectorFit Platform and cloth covered resistance bands.
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Do Gym Exercises Attached to Resistance & BurnMORE CALORIES: Easily attach the cloth covered resistance bands to the fold up platform and then either the handles, the collapsable workout bar or the wrist/ankle straps and perform 300+ exercises that you can make easier or harder. The Fold Up Platform allows you to increase or decrease the exercise difficulty based on shortening or lengthening the bands. You can make your exercises even harder by adding more than 1 band on either side of you.