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Mighty Oak(I wish)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 10
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Who out there can give me input I am considering buying a bowflex machine as it is considered a good machine for resistance training.
They say that all that is necessary for resistance training is 20 to 30 min every other day,then cardio with heart monitor to keep you in the fat burning zone. Does anyone have bowflex if so is it a good investment? And for those who considered and then opted out Why? Thx-Gregshk |
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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 12,544
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95% of the people here will tell you not to buy a bowflex machine!
Join a good gym and train there. |
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Functional Lifting = Life
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Don't buy machines. Free weights are far superior for strength training. All of that 'getting tone' hype is one big myth. The only way to see more muscle definition is to decrease your BF%. There are two ways to do this: decrease your total BF or increase your total LBM. Each will bring the BF:LBM ratio closer to where it should be, and thus will bring you closer to seeing more definition.
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Push yourself. Enjoy yourself. Be yourself.
Knowledge is power. Obsessed with functional strength. Journal |
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Elite Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,101
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you can buy this muscle pill from me, costs 200 000 and will keep you strong for the rest of your life. Make cheques payable to buildingup please!
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Im hungry
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I dont see how the flexing of a bow can have constant resistance.
If not then how can that be a good thing. Why would you want the weight to increase throughout a rep? |
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Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. Abraham Lincoln
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. Hunter S. Thompson RIP |
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Functional Lifting = Life
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Actually powerlifters in Westside might disagree. Remember that they successfully use bands to increase weight throughout the big lifts. Of course, completely different situation, but still effective when used correctly.
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Push yourself. Enjoy yourself. Be yourself.
Knowledge is power. Obsessed with functional strength. Journal |
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Pizza the Hut
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Do you know how many Bowsucks have been recalled, and how many times?
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Kinesiology Vote @ Top 25 Deads Comp Bench
Motivation Bench form MaxCalc Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu I don't know any sources so don't ask - thanks |
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Alley-oop!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 174
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Only the beautiful people buy BOW FLOPPERS. Why not invest your money in a sack of rocks, that would be better.
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Alley-oop!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 174
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That's why I said buy a sack of rocks!!.
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Mighty Oak(I wish)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 10
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Wow good feedback I will have to rethink my stradgedy(as Archie Bunker would put it)
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bulkin up baby
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i never owned one before but from wut i heard, the more you use it and bend those rods the easier the rods bend from being bent so mant times and pretty soon 100lbs is more like 70lbs, again i neva used one but it sounds about right if you think about it
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Esprit de Corps
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It's been my observation that the most effective resistance training you get from a *Bowflex* is the effort it takes to pick the fucker up and throw it out in the street.
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NEVER write a check with your mouth that you can't cash with your ASS!! I can run faster mad than you can scared "All right brain... I don't like you and you don't like me. So let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer" ~ Homer Simpson |
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