Most people on here just bash it and say it's utter crap and it does not work. I bet a lot of people are just taking other people's opinions and using it as their own regardless if they even used the Bowflex or not. A majority of the people on here probably never even used the Bowflex for more than a week or even used it at all. I have used it for 4 months and I will give you the honest truth. It DOES work. I can see results and so can the people around me. I have had more than a few people say there is a change in my body. I am not amazed at the results, but I am happy. I did not expect anything great, but I am pleased to know that all the money I used to buy this wasn't a waste. I am switching over to free weights since I want a bigger increase in my size and not because I dislike the Bowflex. You definitely have to get used to using it before you can actually give an opinion on it. Someone who uses it for 5 mins and says it's awkward and stupid deserves a kick in the ass. You need to adjust to it. I am not here to praise the Bowflex. The only thing that I wanted to say is that it DOES work and there IS results. However, the Bowflex will not make you ripped and huge. It does work good for toning though.
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I'm not going to start Bashing away at the BowFlex, simply because I havn't tried it at all and know little about it. Although after seeing a few arguments over it, I would like to point out one thing though which puzzles me. Why Buy a Bow flex for $2000-800 When you can Buy A Bench Press With Weights and a few dumbells for like $500 new. I mean You can then do a ridiculous varation of lifts, I mean you can even take the bar off onto the floor and do deadlifts with it etc....So er, even if the bowflex isn't crap, I just don't see why it is still a viable option if free weights are cheaper?
As I have said previously, resistance is resistance. It is simply not worth it in my eyes. You can buy enough equipment to perform a multitude of freeweight exercises for a fraciton of the price. It's not that it doesn't work; it's just that most people don't see it justifying the $800+ pricetag.
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Since it was my father that bought the bowflex in my home I can't complain about price since I didint personally pay for it, but If I did, I'd say that its worth every penny. It's all about how you work out. Resistence is Resistence. If you do your reps slow and dont let jerk the bands quickly, you can get quite the workout. I personally love it. I use it along with free weights, and the results are evident. Although I was in great shape before I started using the bowflex, there has been no decline in my physique. If anything I am more cut than I was before I started using it.
Thats my 2 Cents.
MiKe
Thats my 2 Cents.
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Steele20 said:
Where is your proof of this? Opinions, afterall, are like a$$holes, everyone got em'. I used free weights my entire life, and after using the bowflex for about 6 months, it is just as good, AS LONG AS YOU USE IT CORRECTLY. SLOWWW REPS, FEEL THE BURN. I use it along with free weights and I love it. It also really force you to use those stabilizer muscles.
I've used it and the bad thing I saw was the bows got weaker even with properly wrapping them after use. I get a much better burn with dumb bells which also utilize stabilizer muscles. As far as goal setting goes it's disappointing, you can come off of two 100 pound bows and they are no problem whatsoever, if you try to do two 100 pound dumbells they'll put you on your ass, the reverse isn't true.
I've used one in the past and wasn't too impressed. The movements were not smooth as the resistance would increase and decrease while performing a rep. I don't know if it was just that particular machine, but to me, it just wasn't cutting the mustard. That and the "quick" changes from exercise to exercise is not legit. Maybe if you've been using the thing for several months, you would get that good at changing parts around. But to me, I spent most of my workout moving parts around for the next exercise, whereas with free weights, the only changes are really just the weight itself. So IMO, between these observations and the price gouging they get you on, it's just not worth it.
LB_SpecV said:
Okay, well you spend your $800+ dollars on a bowflex. I'll save $500 on you and have an awesome home setup that allows me even greater flexibility in training modality. Whatever floats your boat.
something is better than nothing. that being said, ive done some presses on a bowflex and it felt just kind of wrong to me. the way the action was and how the movement felt. haveing had gym access for the last five years probably spoiled me though.
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I'm not looking to get any bigger, I'm happy where I am, I just want to maintain where I'm at now, which I know the bowflex will allow me to do since I've maintained where I am, if anything, got a little bulkier from 6 months ago when I got out of college and started using the bowflex as opposed to free weights.
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LB_SpecV said:
The point is, you can achieve the same results with a Bowflex for hundreds of dollars less and allow yourself even greater flexibility.
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I was fortunate enough not to have had to pay for the bowflex, so to me, this argument is null and void. If I had to pay for it, I would have probably rather spent all that money on freeweights, but once again, I didint have to.
tell me you don't honestly need 'proof' that free weights are superior to the BowflexLB_SpecV said:
I think the BOWFLEX people must have got to him -The13ig13adWolf said:tell me you don't honestly need 'proof' that free weights are superior to the Bowflex
those infomercials will do it...The Monkey Man said:I think the BOWFLEX people must have got to him -
maybe he works for Bowflex...
They wont get to me...The13ig13adWolf said:those infomercials will do it...
maybe he works for Bowflex...
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The Monkey Man said:They wont get to me...
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Awwww...The13ig13adWolf said:
But how am I gonna train to get my "HID" as big as Chucks then?
I agree, I'd rather spend the money on a bench and few freeweights.
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Make fun all you want. I still have maintained my great physique thanks to the bowflex, along with eating right and enough cardio to keep the fat down. I'm not looking to become a muscle head who cant move his body with flexibility unless its doing a curl or bench press. I'm an athlete. nuff said people. And BTW, the total gym is a lot shittier than the bowflex is.
anybody who thinks that the bowflex is even remotely comparable to free weights, doesn't know how to use them properly..
Being locked into a range of motion is not even close wrt functionality as free weights.
You don't want to get any bigger cause you fucking can't. That's the result you have to live with for owning that rubber band machine.LB_SpecV said:
If you got bulkier from using the bowflex over free weights, may i suggest that you should have tried the compound exercises with more then 25 lbs. This would have produced greater results and then you would have been on here saying that the bowflex is what it is, A UNIVERSAL GYM MADE FOR THE LADY'S.
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