When you’re ready to exercise, when you want a fitness programme that has a twist, and if you want to burn lots of calories combined with a great body toning workout, you need the Cardio Twister, which is currently very popular everywhere.

The Cardio Twister combines a leg and thigh shaping step exerciser with handles that turn as your legs work, meaning that every time you take a step you are rotating through the waist, thus tightening and toning all those hard-to-get-at abs and working your chest, shoulders and back at the same time to give you a full body toning workout.

We all know that we need to exercise, but the difficulty is in finding time to do so. My own experience as a working mom running a home and looking after two dogs as well means that I have very little time to myself; I know I should be exercising, and I know what to do, but I don’t do it!

Going to a gym is a great idea in theory, but gym membership fees can be high and the gym may be too far away for you to get to easily - it is an established fact that people will not travel for more than 20 minutes to go to the gym and once you get there, you are likely to be given a full body exercise programme which can take you upwards of an hour to carry out.

The gym staff will happily prepare you an exercise programme, consisting of aerobic work on the cardio machines, followed by two or three sets of exercises for each body part, all done on different machines so you have to mess about changing weights and moving from one machine to another. This all seems to take a long time.

I find this process is always takes me more than two hours and as regular exercise is recommended 3 to 4 times a week, that would be at least six hours out of my week. I don’t have six hours to spare in a week! So the idea that the Cardio Twister would be able to help me get fit in my own time and at home was of great interest to me.

The Cardio Twister System is made up of two parts, which easily fit together. The stepper part is a lot more than just a stepper; an up-and-down stepper will only tone the front and back of your thigh and a lot of women have problems with flabby inner and outer thigh.

So, with the Cardio Twister working your legs both laterally and vertically, you get a great leg workout, and the padded handlebars rotate with you to work all the abdominal and oblique muscles as you twist. The Cardio Twister also has several levels of resistance, so you can easily change your workout from a calorie burning Cardio blast to a great toning session.

To read my full review on the Cardio Twister and other at home workout equipment please visit my Cardio Twister Reviews Blog.