Great If You Can't Get To The Gym

The Bowflex is one of the most amazing machines I have ever used. With its range of exercises and a little creativity on your part, you can do just about any exercise you want to do.

I completely recommend this if you don't have the time to go to the gym or if you just really enjoy working out at home.

One disclaimer, don't think you can get the same results you can get from free weights. If you are an avid free-weight lifter, you can get your kicks out of maxing the leg press and perhaps even maxing the bench.

The power rods have a tension that is proportional to the amount of bend you give them. Thus, if you do an exercise with 100 pounds of resistance, but only move the power rods through their first half of bend, you aren't getting 100 pounds of resistance.

Also, when you extend the arms of the pulleys to do the wide grip bench, you decrease the amount of bend in the rods to the point where, even if you bend them all the way, you aren't getting full resistance.

Don't get me wrong, I love this thing; I've had mine for the past 2 years and it is amazing. I work out twice a day for about 45 minutes to an hour each session, only because I don't have the time to make it to the gym.

Get this if you are very serious about workout out at home and don't have a lot of space to fit other equipment.

Make sure you have a positive attitude going into the lifting programs. Experiment with ideas on different exercise movements.

More than anything, this piece of equipment is a blast to use, have fun with it!