What's the difference between the Club ramp and the Home ramp?...

[Dabbadooey]

I noticed on gin's site the Club ramp is pretty pricey. However it looks the same as the Leslie ramp. Has anyone bought the Club ramp?

[Joe]

The size and surface material (the colored areas). Also the way the legs are designed for raising and lowering the angle of the ramp. I like the Club model much better.

The surface is made out of a material that is slip resistent when wet. The home model just has those bumps built into the hard body.

The Club model's legs have a simple twist and push/pull system for raising and lowering the legs while the home model has those push button locking device like you'd find on a vacuum cleaner hose and attachments.

You should be able to find the dimensions of each on the internet. I'm thinking Gin Miller's website?

[EileenS]

What Joe said I started with the home Ramp, but got a Club Ramp after trying out a few workouts. The Club Ramp is a bit bigger in both dimensions and is a bit sturdier. The height adjustment is much nicer.

The main selling point to me was the increased width -- the extra room to travel side-to-side allows me to add more energy to the workouts, so the workouts become more low-intermediate rather than beginner. Once more advanced workouts for the Ramp come out (please??) this may not be as much of a factor.

HTH

[PamelaP]

Courtesy of an email I received from Mary Griffin early last year:


Club version:

Dimensions: Length 42"; width 22"
Thickness 3"

Weight: 1 unit = 15 lbs.


Home version:

Dimensions: Length 34 1/8", Width 15 5/8"
Weight: 8 pounds

[Jane P.]

How much use are all you rampers getting out of your ramps? I'm interested but have so much equipment lying around in the basement that I can't justify acquiring anything else unless I really use it a lot. Do you think it's really effective?

[doskymom]

Jane,

I think the current ramping workouts, when done "as is", are at best low intermediate workouts. I like my ramp and use it occasionally for a light day workout, but the current workouts are not that intense. Gin is supposed to be coming out with a couple new workouts any day now ("Creative Combos" and "Ramp Strong"). I don't know if she's upped the intensity in these or not. If you are already an advanced or intermediate exerciser, I don't believe you would see dramatic results with the ramping workouts that are currently available.

[EileenS]

I have to agree with doskymom -- I'd get a lot more use out of the Ramp if there were more advanced workouts available. I do like it, though, and am willing to wait for a while. It was just the thing to get me back to working out after a long period off. The motion is different than stepping, and I find it a good change.

I've kept two of the bonus workouts (Cardio Express and Super Sculpt) that are low intermediate and am hoping that more intermediate level workouts might come along.