BowFlex Home Gym and Tread Climber
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97 of 102 people found the following review helpful.
Great Product
By Warpspeed
This just arrived today. Took about 2 hours to assemble, but it’s pretty easy. I almost bought this from another site, because they were going to assemble it (would’ve been 200 extra dollars for that) and I am very glad I did it myself.
This unit is extremely sturdy and well put together. I was a bit nervous to buy this because I have young kids I did not want to trash it. Believe me, they couldn’t! This is far too well-designed and durable.
Worked out for about an hour, and I love it. Lots of exercises you can do (both muscular and cardio) and you can really feel it.
As others have noted on other models, I can see how the weights (200 lbs) might not be enough, but I am not looking to become the Incredible Hulk. This unit is perfect to stay fit and not let those holiday meals get the upper hand.
I really recommend this to anyone who wants to work at home and does not want to be bored with the same old routine (treadmill, stationary bike, etc.)
Great job, Bowflex!
87 of 91 people found the following review helpful.
For best results
By Ellery King
I have been a personal fitness trainer for many years and at first I too was a skeptic about the whole resistance rod thing. I have read other reviews where people who bought this particular unit say that 210lbs is not enough weight to get a good work out.
I would suggest to those of you who think you need more weight than that to try slowing the motion of your reps on whatever exercise you are doing way, way down. Say for instance you are doing bicep curls: As you curl up, do so with a slow count of 8. At the bottom of the movement start the count at one, then SLOWY curl it up to the top of the movement ending on eight, then do the same on the way back down to the bottom of the movement to get the negative resistance, which makes each single rep more like two reps both positive and negative, up then down.
This will cause you to have to MUSCLE the weight up and down as opposed to using momentum. I would also suggest that you try working each muscle group to failure if you can handle it. This method can make 20lbs seem like 50 after just two sets if you do it correctly. Mind you, you will be so very soar, but in a good way and the results will no doubt satisfy.
123 of 131 people found the following review helpful.
A Limited Home Gym
By Intrepyd
I assembled this Bowflex in less than two hours without any difficulty. The build quality is very good, and the manual is rich with information for configuring a work-out. After one week of use, however, I regret my purchase. This unit’s maximum resistance cannot be upgraded. It’s rated for 210 lbs, but it doesn’t even come close to that free-weight equivalent. The resistance numbers are arbitrary. For example, the resistance of a combination of a 30 lb and a 20 lb rod feels half as heavy as a 50lb rod. I am athletic but not massive, and I could bench the entire “210 lbs”. Biceps curls and triceps pushdowns are fine. For leg exercises, the weight is inadequate, period.
This machine offers aerobic activity in addition to strength training. It just doesn’t offer the resistance for body building. That said, using this machine has convinced me that Bowflex and resistance technology could offer a good strength workout, just not in this limited configuration. I recommend the PR3000.
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The Bowflex PR1000 home gym is a great way to beef up your muscles and add a bit of cardio training to the mix with over 30 strength exercises and a built-in rowing station. With up to 210 pounds of Power Rod resistance, this versatile machine helps work the abs, arms, chest, back, shoulders, and lower body. It includes triple-function hand grips for lat pull-down, a horizontal bench press, and four-inch upholstered roller cushions for leg extension and leg curl exercises. The rowing machine rail also folds when you’re done with your workout
The PR1000 utilizes Bowflex’s patented Power Rods, which provide resistance, or weight, that feels as good as or better than free weights–but without the inertia or danger of joint pain ordinarily affiliated with free weights. You may hook one, two, three, four or all of your Power Rod units to the cable pulley scheme and go from as little as 5 pounds all the way up to 210 pounds of resistance.
They’re precisely fabricated from a high-tech composite material beneath the most eminent quality control measures, then sheathed and tested 4 distinguished times to see to it quality and durability. The Power Rod units are so strong, you may flex them repeatedly but you won’t be capable to wear them out.
Features and Specifications:
- Sliding Seat Rail adds aerobic rowing training for calorie-burning, cardiovascular warm-up and cool-down (also outstanding for leg presses and seated leg extensions)
- Multi-use Hand-Grip/Ankle Cuffs designed to add flexibleness and performance to any workout
- Workout Placard displays workout descriptions for easy reference while you’re exercising
- Number of available exercises: 30+
- Height: 81 inches (205 cm)
- Length: 84 inches (213 cm)
- Width: 38 inches (97 cm)
- Minimum Workout Area: 100 by 78 inches (254 x 199 cm)
- Maximum User Weight: 300 pounds (136 kg)
- 210 pounds of Power Rod resistance
- Four-inch upholstered roller cushions for leg extension and leg curl
- Horizontal bench press
- Triple function hand grips for lat pull down
- Built-in cardio rowing machine
- Folds for easy storage
Exercises:
- Bench Press
- Decline Bench Press
- Incline Bench Press
- Seated Shoulder Press
- Front Shoulder Raise
- Crossover Seated Rear Delt Rows
- Scapular Retraction
- Narrow Pulldowns
- Stiff-Arm Pulldowns
- Seated Lat Rows
- Reverse Grip Pulldown
- Seated Low Back Extension
- Triceps Pushdown
- Triceps Extension
- Standing Biceps Curl
- Wrist Curl
- Seated (Resisted) Abdominal Crunch
- Trunk Rotation
- Leg Extension
- Calf Raise
- Seated Hip Adduction
- Seated Hip Abduction
- Leg Kickback
- Leg Press
Warranty
Frame – one year; Rods – five years; Parts – 60 days
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1510 in Sports & Outdoors
- Size: One Size
- Color: Black
- Brand: Bowflex
- Model: 100141
- Released on: 2008-09-22
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00″ h x 33.00″ w x 54.00″ l,
Features
- Get a total body strength workout with lowcost home gym, includes rowing machine rail
- Provides as little as five or as a good deal of as 210-Pounds of resistance
- Over 30 strength exercises
- Includes horizontal bench press and lat pull down
- 300-Pound greatest or most complete or best possible user weight, requires 100 x 78-Inch minimum workout area
Managing to stick at a training programme may be difficult and will require a huge amount of sweat and blood and tears (mostly the former to be honorable but some have dangerous sharp edges). One of the greatest difficulties with starting your workout altho is the seemingly harmless but hampering boredom. Unless you are a finish lunatic like I am; the prospects are that you probably will not find the actual act of working out in itself to be all that exhilarating (try observing a Rambo film while you do…).
One way to counter this problem is to spice each up a little bit add a bit of variety; a bit of… oh what’s the word? Oh yes: challenge (maybe that a bit lame?). If you feel you’re up to the task you may use the challenges outlined underneath to keep your workouts fresh and exciting. I’ve made 5 for a assortment of reasons. A) You may do one a day for a whole week (then get started again if you like) and B) 5 sounds suitably round a number. ’6 challenges’ just wouldn’t have the same ring to it… So choose a number amongst one and five and each month undertake one of these challenges on that day – no matter what you would normally do that day on your normal popular training programme.
The 5 Challenges:
1: Ultimise
Lift an extra 10% on each exercise and undertake to reach a personal record on either the bench the dead lift or squat.
2: Higher Intensity
No more than 40 seconds rest amidst each set and amidst each person exercise.
3: Extra Day
Do an extra set on each exercise.
4: Outside
Train outdoors, use your surroundings grasshopper (not to mention your bodyweight). You must be one with nature!
5: Randomise
Pick 9 exercises out of a hat and do these (or use a method that doesn’t require cutting out a large total of little bits of paper), no matter what they are.