Last night I finally received my shipment of the Lateral Thigh Trainer! Erik and Du brought it over after work and assembled it for me. There wasn't too much to assemble. It's made in China and is not nearly sturdy as gym equipments but it's not flimsy either. It's made of hollow steel beams and plastic body. They laughed at me for being so excited and said they give me two and a half weeks before I tire of it and it goes into storage oblivion of unuse. Where is the encouragement? Although it was almost ten o'clock when they left and I was extremely tired from the lack of sleep from the day before, I put on my gym shoes and exercised on the Lateral Thigh Trainer for over ten minutes! In my zeal I began my workout in the same speed as the informercial with three pound weights in hand but soon slowed down dramatically. My goal was to do three hundred sets of strides and I did it and broke a sweat too. I'm sure that the fact that our house is well heated aided in my sweat breaking because it is highly unusual. I did feel my legs burn after just a few minutes which is not surprising since I haven't worked out in months, maybe half a year or more. I couldn't really feel it in my glutes or obliques though. I like it so far but the true test will be if I actually use it frequently enough to make the purchase worth it.