I've used this for a while now. I wouldn't say it is "charlie romeo alpha papa" but it does have a lot of issues. One major being temperature differences make the resistance vary massively. So unless you can maintain temperature you can't be sure what exactly are you working with. It is definitely not for people who want to bulk up. I never wanted to bulk up as I'm quite short and bulking up would make me look even shorter. I just wanted to tone up. I'm now selling this and getting a proper home gym. I already got some free weights too. I just thought I'd post this for people who'd be looking at buying it not knowing that temperature makes a lot of difference with weights on this machine.
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10-15-2014, 03:26 AM #1Registered User
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10-15-2014, 03:35 AM #2York Man
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Sierra-Hotel-India-Tango.
You need a good rack, a bench, and a 300-lb Olympic weight set. Now, what was your question?
My home gym: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=652376&p=1465291461&viewfull=1#post1465291461.
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10-15-2014, 03:39 AM #3mTOR master
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I would, as would most other members that frequent this board.Originally Posted by avyz
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10-15-2014, 07:10 AM #4Can't break what's broken
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You know there (unfortunately) is a sticky for this thing....
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Lifts no one cares about:
SQ: 619x1 (suit bottoms, no belt) / 507x1 (raw, no belt)
BP: 392x1 (pause bench, raw)
DL: 500x1 (suit bottoms, no belt)
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10-15-2014, 07:42 AM #5Texarkana Tosser
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OP will you take $2,000 for it? I'm just kidding OP, I wouldn't trade you a sack of ebola infested $hit for it.
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10-15-2014, 08:50 AM #6Registered User
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Originally Posted by avyz
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10-15-2014, 09:23 AM #7Registered User
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Paid FULL DSG price for the Bowflex, I was on that 7 day a week chest/arm/shoulder split for a year with little development, overloaded with NO Xplode that I wasnt even sure was legal to buy at the time.
Thank you equipment forum
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