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May 2, 2002
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fuck bowflex.

my pops got one a few years ago and I used it for a few months. yeah, its convenient and doesnt take up much space, but you just dont see the same results as you do with free weights.

The only thing I liked about it is you can work muscles you cant really work with free weights just by adjusting the angle of your range of motion.

It just doesnt push your muscles to positive failure.
 

Meta4iCAL

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Feb 21, 2005
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I've never used one... but fuck it

free weights >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I use some machines at the gym... but the base of your workout should be free weights

I hate how they got those dudes on the commercials who are swole and act like they got that way from using a bowflex... bullshit
 

GHP

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Jul 21, 2002
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those changable dumbbells are tight, they should do the same thing with a benchpress bar. Shit would be stupid expensive though
 
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Bowflex is good if your looking to get definition, it really works well that way, but you wont really gain size from it.
you get definition by working your muscles to failure and doing some kind of cardio. there is no weight lifting technique that will make you more "defined". Definition is just a low body fat percentage.
 
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you just dont see the same results as you do with free weights.
Many years before Bowflex was around (1980"s) , there were different systems that were similar that would tell you what you were benching. I remember going to school thinking I could bench something I did all the time on my workout system, and very surprised to learn I was nowhere near being able bench in free weights what the other system claimed. Lesson learned was, you will only know what you can lift using free weights. But some of those systems can tone you up nicely, just know the difference.
 
Jan 5, 2006
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FREE WEIGHTS >>>> BOWFLEX

free weights = natural body movements

and bowflex does not, same goes for machines. Doesn't mean you cant work out on them.. just means you dont get the same results.
 

Meta4iCAL

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dope. my boy got one and is hella hyping it up ive been trying to get him to hit the gym with us but he's a little bitch and quit on us after day two when we benched. so terrible
fuck em then

let him play with his rubberbands while you hit some actual weights... then tell him to quit cryin when he's wondering why he hasn't gotten bigger even though he's beastin on the fuckin bowflex
 
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dope. my boy got one and is hella hyping it up ive been trying to get him to hit the gym with us but he's a little bitch and quit on us after day two when we benched. so terrible
Was he all mad when he hit the free weights when he learned he couldn't bench press what he thought he could?