I have been quite lazy in this pandemic and it looks like it's going to get worse before it gets better so thought maybe I should consider purposefully exercising my muscles enough to at least mimic general life activity in the normal world. That said, I was not willing to spend a lot of money on a weight bench etc just wanted something easy to do in the living room that I could tuck away without adding furniture to the house. This set seems pretty easy to use and heavy duty enough to do the requisite stretching and pulling with enough force so as not to fully turn into a jelly lump.