Reply With QuoteIf you have access and the money I would skip it and go a local gym. I have used my friends bowflex and was not really impressed. The so called 'power rods' can not match up to free weights.
Mark
Is the Bowflex a legitimate piece of equipment?
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01-19-2005, 11:03 AM #1Registered User
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Is the Bowflex a legitimate piece of equipment?
I have a Bowflex right now which is how I do my chest/back because we have no room for a weight bench. Is that thing really any good compared to free weights? I'm just wondering how it translates into real weight in terms of the "power rods"
. Should I just skip it and go to the local gym?
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01-19-2005, 11:17 AM #3I'm CEO, Bitch! ADMINISTRATOR
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yes.
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01-19-2005, 12:30 PM #4Just gotta to be MIGHTY..
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power rods can't touch (mass*gravity)
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01-19-2005, 02:03 PM #5Follow @TheUnzippedFly
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01-19-2005, 02:06 PM #6Registered User
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I'm gonna go get my popcorn.... I can see it coming...
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01-19-2005, 02:08 PM #7I'm CEO, Bitch! ADMINISTRATOR
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how many recalls have they had the BowFlex now?
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01-19-2005, 02:20 PM #8Metrosexual ELITE MEMBER
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The last one alone was over 800,000.
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01-19-2005, 02:24 PM #9Esprit de Corps ELITE MEMBER
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It does make a legitimate coat rack in a pinch.
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01-19-2005, 04:18 PM #10Lift or Die ELITE MEMBER
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This will tell you what you should know ... good marketing for a poor product. Kinda like Bose.
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01-19-2005, 04:23 PM #11Metrosexual ELITE MEMBER
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01-19-2005, 04:25 PM #12Lift or Die ELITE MEMBER
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LOL ... cfs you in the biz? Originally Posted by cfs3
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01-19-2005, 04:28 PM #13Metrosexual ELITE MEMBER
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No, but I had a friend who was (about 8 years ago) and he told me that and I've never forgotten.
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01-19-2005, 04:33 PM #14Lift or Die ELITE MEMBER
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He's right too ... they are a bitch after install. People always ask how come their new Bose speaker system doesn't sound as good as it did in the store ...
Back to topic though ... the new female Bowsux model that claims to be 50? I'd hit it ...
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Originally Posted by BoneCrusher
lol yeah i'd have tp agree with you on that, but i dought shes 50.
Bowflex sucks. Save the money and go to the gym or buy a bench and some free weights.
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01-19-2005, 05:05 PM #16IDIOT SAVANT
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Yes! Absolutely! If you have a choice you should go to the gym. You can't begin to touch the effectiveness of free weights with a machine like the Bowflex. You'll also get a great deal of inspiration just from being in the gym atmosphere. That being said, to say it is not a "legitimate" piece of equipment isn't entirely true either. No, the quality of the machine isn't up to the standards you would expect for something as high priced as that. But, given a choice between working out with a Bowflex and not working out at all, the Bowflex is a much better choice. That, in my mind, makes it a "legitimate" piece of equipment. Originally Posted by PTOManiac
Rules? You mean we have RULES for that???
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I can't believe ANYONE would buy into the "20 minutes a day, three times a week" nonsense.
Does any really believe that?
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01-20-2005, 12:30 AM #18Is Doin It 4 Da Shorteez
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you would be surprised. every once and a while somebody comes along the board and trys to say that the Bowflex is comparable to free weights... Originally Posted by X-Cop
I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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01-20-2005, 12:49 AM #19RAWR! ELITE MEMBER
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I will never say the bowflex can come close to free weights, because it can't. But I still stick by my position that the bowflex is a decent piece of equiptment that can provide adequate results for most average people looking to improve overall fitness.
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01-20-2005, 07:46 AM #20Esprit de Corps ELITE MEMBER
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Oh, come on LAM... give the guy a break... I'm sure picking the machine up and throwing it into the dumpster is comparable to some sort of free weight exercize Originally Posted by LAM
you would be surprised. every once and a while somebody comes along the board and trys to say that the Bowflex is comparable to free weights...
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yo, slim, could you pass the popcorn?
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