Anybody have/had a Bowflex?

DLIT · 05-06-2008, 01:53 PM

Thinking about getting one. Worth it? I used one a while back and I thought it was decent. Definately different than the regular machines. You'd have to use other muscles to stabilize the weight still. Maybe not as much as free weights, but better than regular machines.

Rider · 05-06-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DLIT

Thinking about getting one. Worth it? I used one a while back and I thought it was decent. Definately different than the regular machines. You'd have to use other muscles to stabilize the weight still. Maybe not as much as free weights, but better than regular machines.

I use Free Motion at the gym and they are very similar in the way they work. Very good machines. Buy one used off of craigslist. They are all over.

DLIT · 05-06-2008, 02:03 PM

Yeah, I was eyeing CL. I'm proly gonna use my stimulus money.

Rider · 05-06-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DLIT

Yeah, I was eyeing CL. I'm proly gonna use my stimulus money.

You get that shit yet? I haven't seen mine yet.

t-homo · 05-06-2008, 02:34 PM

My parents got one a year or so after they first came out. We all used it a ton for about 4 months then it just sat. Same thing happened with the Jacuzzi. It's the biggest model they offered 2 years ago, and my parents were dealers so we got it for real cheap. Over the winter we use it more, but not a ton. Made for a great weekend of partying until cops came saturday night at 12. No arrests, but the cops knew my parents so they got a call.

fatburg · 05-06-2008, 03:09 PM

Personally I will always say free weights over bowflex, but honestly it is whatever you are going to consistently use for the longest.

NONE_too_SOFT · 05-06-2008, 03:12 PM

ive used it, and TBH i could never really get into it. Its just not the same as freeweights. I'd consider that adjustable free weights they have, if they werent so fucking bulky.

a bench, and a rack of weights are all i need at home. the rest i do at the gym.

fatburg · 05-06-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

ive used it, and TBH i could never really get into it. Its just not the same as freeweights. I'd consider that adjustable free weights they have, if they werent so fucking bulky.

a bench, and a rack of weights are all i need at home. the rest i do at the gym.

jtemple · 05-06-2008, 04:48 PM

I rock the freeweights. It's a better workout and a hell of a lot cheaper than a Bowflex.

DLIT · 05-06-2008, 06:17 PM

I want the convinience of a machine. Plus, free weights add up plus the benches and all that stuff.

05-06-2008, 01:53 PM	#1
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	Anybody have/had a Bowflex? Thinking about getting one. Worth it? I used one a while back and I thought it was decent. Definately different than the regular machines. You'd have to use other muscles to stabilize the weight still. Maybe not as much as free weights, but better than regular machines. __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

05-06-2008, 02:03 PM	#3
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	Yeah, I was eyeing CL. I'm proly gonna use my stimulus money. __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

05-06-2008, 06:17 PM	#10
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	I want the convinience of a machine. Plus, free weights add up plus the benches and all that stuff. __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

05-06-2008, 02:34 PM	#5
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	My parents got one a year or so after they first came out. We all used it a ton for about 4 months then it just sat. Same thing happened with the Jacuzzi. It's the biggest model they offered 2 years ago, and my parents were dealers so we got it for real cheap. Over the winter we use it more, but not a ton. Made for a great weekend of partying until cops came saturday night at 12. No arrests, but the cops knew my parents so they got a call.

05-06-2008, 03:09 PM	#6
fatburg Grill Master Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO Moto: Yamaha FZ6 Posts: 960	Personally I will always say free weights over bowflex, but honestly it is whatever you are going to consistently use for the longest.

05-06-2008, 03:12 PM	#7
NONE_too_SOFT Chopstix / \ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Akron OH Moto: 03 CBR RR Posts: 5,350	ive used it, and TBH i could never really get into it. Its just not the same as freeweights. I'd consider that adjustable free weights they have, if they werent so fucking bulky. a bench, and a rack of weights are all i need at home. the rest i do at the gym.

05-06-2008, 04:48 PM	#9
jtemple Geek Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Papillion, Nebraska Moto: 2011 Husqvarna TE630 Posts: 1,437	I rock the freeweights. It's a better workout and a hell of a lot cheaper than a Bowflex.