How’s the resistance feel like? Cable machines or is it not smoothI stole my brothers when the gym closed down. Its alright. You can get a decent pump workout but its really hard to really break down the muscle with it. I put ihooks on the ceiling and added extra bands to mine and that helped. For arms its actually pretty good if you get a rope and bar to go with it.
I needed to buy some dumbbells to make the workout feel fully effective tho.
So i feel its decent but would not spend more then 7-800 on one. There better ways to spend your money
I find it smooth and it doesnt feel cheap but the one shitty thing is, the "weight" is higher the more the bow are flexed. So its lighter at the bottom of a press or lighter at the stretch position of a pull. Also if you are tall and have long arms, this machine would probably be complete shit.
Ya i looked at those cheaper home gyms but they all look like garbage toys
Id love to have those bowflex dumbbells you should sell them iv heard there no good anyway lolololI got their dumbells but I’m debating if I should get the boflex machine and sell my power tower it’s a decent deal
I remember though when I used cables & machines at the gym I was a lot weaker.
I was surprised how much stronger I got using free weights
do you find you use the Bowflex more than free weights?
I use it for every workout. I dont have a wide variety of dumbbells yet. Only some heavier ones and i use to bowflex for a bunch of sets to warm up to those. I can use the bow for presses and then jump to the 120's with no problems.I got their dumbells but I’m debating if I should get the boflex machine and sell my power tower it’s a decent deal
I remember though when I used cables & machines at the gym I was a lot weaker.
I was surprised how much stronger I got using free weights
do you find you use the Bowflex more than free weights?
Being less resistance isnt always a bad thing as long as you fatigue through all the ranges of motion i would think? so when you get to that weak range and you go to complete failure its possible you could cause better muscle growth?
I use bands and only bands so i guess the logic comes from band usage.
Boflex has always had a good name but man are they over priced, im actually starting to look at squat racks and those cable cross over attachement thingys lol for the racks.
thanks for the info, I think I’ll check out the Bowflex and see if it’ll fit in the carI use it for every workout. I dont have a wide variety of dumbbells yet. Only some heavier ones and i use to bowflex for a bunch of sets to warm up to those. I can use the bow for presses and then jump to the 120's with no problems.
I have also been doing a lot of supersets with dbs and the bowflex and getting pretty good workouts that way.
Im really glad i have it. Just not sure how much i would be willing to spend on it.
BTW i only have the basic model here
Haha everything about it looks good except the price, I don’t think I would pay $4000, they only go up to a maximum resistance too so it probably won’t work for a typical bodybuilderYou guys got me lookin at boflex now.
What do you think of the revolution
Yeh 300 lbs i think was maxHaha everything about it looks good except the price, I don’t think I would pay $4000, they only go up to a maximum resistance too so it probably won’t work for a typical bodybuilder
I only considered it because I’m just maintaining a lower weight now
I’d wait, I saw Bowflex xtreme se2’s across canada for a few hundred, unfortunately in Toronto though the prices are crazy. 4-5x higher
I mean for $4000 you could probably just get an actual cable machineYeh 300 lbs i think was max
Its a good thread now im looking , mainly would like chest moves , the vecter fitness looked alright. But less weight then the bowflexI mean for $4000 you could probably just get an actual cable machine
Its a good thread now im looking , mainly would like chest moves , the vecter fitness looked alright. But less weight then the bowflex