Got this for my birthday last month as I needed to lose at least 60lbs to get back to my ideal weight goal of 150lbs. I started at 230lbs and am currently down to 220lbs using this machine and intermittent fasting combined. I was worried I would be too heavy for this climber but it's held up very well. The only concern I have is that I feel like if I lean back too much it'll fall backwards but I've been careful to keep my weight forward and it's stayed up. I feel like the whole body workout it gives outweighs that risk, just be careful or even just secure it to the floor as a precaution. Otherwise it's a great machine that'll give you a full body workout in a short amount of time.