I am not planing on going to gym anytime soon so is bowflex is good work out machine?If it is which model you guys suggest
http://www.bowflex.com/index.asp?Dom...Ebowflex%2Ecom
http://www.modells.com/product/index...entPage=family is this any good? i know its cheaper
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12-05-2006, 09:31 PM #1Registered User
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Bowlfex is any good?
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12-05-2006, 09:41 PM #2Registered User
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no. my experience with a bowflex has been that they are absolute ****. "simulates free weights" is a ****ing joke. you only get resistance about 3/4ths through a full rep. you can get a quality set of free weights for the OUTRAGEOUS price of a bowflex. THEY ARE CRAP. DON'T DO IT.
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12-05-2006, 09:51 PM #3I need to eat
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I think even a Smith (Originally Posted by mario200
) is better than that piece of junk.
*Someday I want to meet this "Everyone," he seems to have written so very much, yet all of it is wrong.
*Nature is the master of design, and knowledge is the master of nature.
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12-05-2006, 09:54 PM #4Originally Posted by mario200
Buy a set of dumbells, a barbell and a bench
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12-05-2006, 09:56 PM #5Registered User
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wow are you guys being seriouse about bowflex?lol i always begged my parent about getting me bowflex every christmas.I seen on tv almost everyday lot of people were success blah blah Did i get brainwashed?I guess i've go with Old school style.Originally Posted by darklight79
I think even a Smith ( ) is better than that piece of junk.
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12-05-2006, 09:57 PM #6f*ck you, carpal tunnel
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The bowflex is even worse than your English.Originally Posted by mario200
In all seriousness, just put together a basic home gym or bite the bullet and get a membership somewhere. You're 16, so I'm guessing your high school probably has a weight room. Why not just use that?You're = you are.
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12-05-2006, 10:21 PM #7I need to eat
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Bro, we're being serious here. Nothing beats weights when it comes to results. If you're looking to build serious mass, bowflex is not it. Don't get fooled by all the commercials and oiled before/after physiques on TV. You're still young and impressionable, so i don't really blame you for getting influenced like that.Originally Posted by mario200
So you gonna believe a crappy commercial or the members here?*Someday I want to meet this "Everyone," he seems to have written so very much, yet all of it is wrong.
*Nature is the master of design, and knowledge is the master of nature.
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12-05-2006, 10:28 PM #8Big Poppa Poopie
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waste of money...
ask for a power rack like this...
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/ptec/spr.html
the weights... and a bench (get a free bench and just use it in your power rack)
and you will be good to go...
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12-05-2006, 10:56 PM #9Registered User
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Agreed. In fact, I think I'm gonna grab one of those once they're back in stockOriginally Posted by Coach McGuirk
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PS - If nothing else, work on bodyweight exercises until you have access to free weights.
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12-05-2006, 11:21 PM #10Registered User
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ah ok g@Y manOriginally Posted by mightymouse37
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12-05-2006, 11:59 PM #11Registered User
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For the cost, you could really put together a sick home gym with free weights, power rack etc.
My dad has a bowflex, he's older (59) with bad joints. So it's good for him.
For you, at 16. Diet could possibly be more important then the weight #'s you put up. Grab a part time job, mow some lawns, beg your parents, etc.. whats' $30/month really? Get into a gym with some more serious lifters, research the diet's and routines. Read up on the wonderful sticky's. Hit the gym 3 times a week or whatever, stick to any reasonable, nominal, program + a good diet. You'll be tore up soon enough.something clever and witty
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12-06-2006, 03:44 AM #12Semper Fidelis
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Whoa whoa whoa... let's not say something we can't take back here.Originally Posted by darklight79
I think even a Smith ( ) is better than that piece of junk.
Can you get stonger and in better shape using a bowflex? For the average joe shmo that's kinda sorta serious about staying in shape, absolutely. Will you progress at the same level as you would with free weights or to the level that the majority of the people on this forum are trying to atain? Absolutely not.
As for the smith machine, let's not go there. Speaking its name only gives it more power.Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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12-06-2006, 03:53 AM #13
use bowflex only when u feel u reach ur max, and all u need to do is enter the cutting phase of cycle.
think bowflex will be great in that end but otherwise it sucks if ur goal is to bulk and gain alotta strength."Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength."
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Yep, you got brainwashed. Don't feel bad, though; a lot of people fall for that. The guys in the Bowflex commercials most assuredly built their bodies with free weights.Originally Posted by mario200
'nuff said.
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BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!Originally Posted by HELIX35
Repped!
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12-06-2006, 05:43 AM #16BrB, GeTn RipPd
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lol teh bowflex. Makes me think of chuck norris
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12-06-2006, 12:25 PM #17Semper Fidelis
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It's saddening the mighty Chuck Norris would stoop to infomercials. I mean, the man killed the dinosaurs for christs sake.
Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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12-06-2006, 12:33 PM #18Registered User
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You're thinking of the Total Gym.Originally Posted by IRONMANN1
lol teh bowflex. Makes me think of chuck norrisLast edited by papi93; 12-07-2006 at 07:44 AM.
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12-06-2006, 01:08 PM #19applesauce the destroyer
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wussflex is for candyasses i'm sorry =\
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cutting
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12-06-2006, 03:35 PM #20Registered User
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I used the Bowflex for several years and it didn't really do anything for me. Finally one time when I went to a gym, after literally maxing out at the "405 lbs weight limit" for flat benching exercises on the Bowflex, I was barely even able to put up 225 lbs on a real bench. On top of that, you can't really even do squats, deadlifts, powercleans, dips, nor pullups with that machine, which are really important in my opinion. What I use to workout at home, is a power rack, with plate holders on some of the safety spotter levels (prefurably ones that you don't use), a high and low pulley system (attached to the rack of course), an adjustable bench, and a leverage preacher curl machine. All this stuff, plus the weights and the barbell of course, ended up costing me about $1750, which is certainly cheaper than a lot of the "high quality" bowflex machines that they sell. Remember that you won't need a human spotter when performing any of your exercises with this machine. Here's my power rack, just to give you an idea... http://www.box.net/public/static/yrk6j3pqrk.jpg
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12-06-2006, 05:13 PM #21Registered User
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anyone notice he wrote if a BOWLflex is any good?
maybe at the toilet.
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12-06-2006, 09:36 PM #22Registered User
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GENIOUSOriginally Posted by zaga
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12-06-2006, 11:08 PM #23
use bowfllex only for stretch exercise, it can help to limited degree but certainly need real man's gym equipment the old fashion way.
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength."
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12-09-2006, 09:13 PM #24Banned
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Where do they say it simulates a free weight? All ads I've seen for it expound on how unlike a freeweight it is. You get resistance throughout the entire repetition. It is less at the start, most at the end. While it's true free weights are cheaper, bow flexes are a lot lighter, take up less space, safer, and are faster to change between exercises if you're trying to work up to a good heart rate. I wouldn't call them crap, I plan to buy one.Originally Posted by fabregas
Better how?Originally Posted by darklight79
I think even a Smith ( ) is better than that piece of junk.
Wouldn't doing exercises that don't aggravate bad joints be good for young as well as old?Originally Posted by Josiah
Originally Posted by HELIX35
I don't see why your strength would progress any slower on a bowflex than when using free weights. As for max level, indeed, when someone theoretically does max out the machine, they'd probably need to go to free weights for further progress. How many people posting on this thread have actually maxed out the machine on even one exercise though? I'm actually going to e-mail Nautilus about how high it goes. I mean, I can understand limited space with those weird rods, but with BowFlex Revolution they use these weird plates with spiraling bands inside them, I don't see why you couldn't attach a near-infinite amount of those.Originally Posted by sami72
I'm pretty sure you've built the strength to unrack a 405lb barbell in the bench press, just not to lower it, since Bowflex's listed weight is for full extension. If you couldn't, the reason might be is that when using a bowflex, you slowly work up to producing optimal force from lesser tensions. In unracking the barbell, you'd have to go from zero to full throttle. You'd also be scared ****less of it crushing you. They are also very different movements. For example, just because someone can bench 225lbs, does not mean they'd be able to instantly do the 405lb weight limit on the Bow Flex. My bet is they wouldn't be able to reach full extension, or even halfway.Originally Posted by JFraser1
Some of the bowflexes have squat machine attachments. Bowflex uses the lat pulldown in place of the pullup. All the others' muscles can be stimulated with other exercises. These are great exercises though, which the bowflex can't cover, sure, though that wouldn't make progressing in the things you can do on it any less useful.Originally Posted by JFraser1
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12-09-2006, 11:44 PM #25bro
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I'm sure that none of the models in the bowflex commercials got into that sort of shape using that POS.
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12-10-2006, 07:02 AM #26Rebuilding a Geezer
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Yes, but if you work out with Bowflex you will have the hand strength necessary to actually spell out and fully type the words "you" and "your" and "a lot of".Originally Posted by sami72
I think that is a significant benefit of the Bowflex technology.
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12-10-2006, 07:27 AM #27Whatever...
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You say this as if it is a plus for the bowflex...Originally Posted by Tyciol
Yes, almost nonexistent at the start, and not nearly what they claim even at full extensionOriginally Posted by Tyciol
wrong, wrong, and wrong. A bowflex takes almost the exact amount of space as a rack when you take into account the space needed for the rods to bend. If you set up a rack properly it can be very safe to lift in, and changing between exercises is just as quick or quicker with a rack. And lighter? what difference does that make?Originally Posted by Tyciol
Me. On at least three movements. Chest presses, squats, and pulldowns. Yes, I only had 310 whatever (won't call it pounds, thats apparently not what it is) but I was not about to give this scam of a company more of my money for an upgrade that would get me what, another month before I max out again? And like someone else said, I never got sore with the bowflex, and while I could easily bench press all "310" on the bowflex, the first time I put my back on a real bench, I could barely push 205 for 6 reps, And the next day I had the soreness of someone that hasn't worked out in years. Spare me the "soreness doesnt indicate growth" bit, first of all, show me proof it doesn't, but more importantly, soreness will indicate how hard a muscle was hit during a workout...obviously the bowflex wasn't doing crap.Originally Posted by Tyciol
The bowflex is ****, plain and simple.
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12-10-2006, 01:08 PM #28Registered User
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I have lifted free weights nearly all my life and Bowflex cannot compare, especially when you are young. I own a Bowflex AND freeweights so in my opinion at my age there is a place for both. I lift at home alone and more than once I've been pinned by a heavy bench press. (Hint, leave the outside collars off.)
Bottom line..... If your young, take the Bowflex money and invest in free weights. If you're an old fart, the Bowflex is eaiser on the joints.
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02-01-2007, 03:05 PM #29Registered User
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Dude your talking S.H.I.T. Grab something with some T.I.T.S. The Girl in the picture Looks like a upright Bench With no DB'S.Originally Posted by mightymouse37
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02-01-2007, 03:53 PM #30Registered User
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How often in your life does the thing you lift have a controlled movement? that thing will not make you ready for real life stuff imo
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