Bowflex Revolution Home Gym: low impact workout with high impact results

With the Bowflex Revolution Home Gym you will see and feel the results from the first day that you use it, this home gym will allow you to do 100 exercises with up to 400 workout variations. The Bowflex Revolution Home Gym allows you to have a low impact workout with high impact results; this system will work every major body zone which will allow you to reach a higher level of fitness.

From the day that I heard about Bowflex I was put off with the price of the equipment, however it was only until I started to research their products more that I understood that you pay for what you get, and the Bowflex has to be one of the best home gym systems out there. But please do not take my word for it, do your homework and you will see for yourself.

The Bowflex Revolution Home Gym is very smooth and very versatile as it uses SpiraFlex® Resistance Technology, this helps to duplicate free weights. There are four forms of major workouts that you can do with the Bowflex Revolution and that is, Upper Body Workouts, Lower Body Workouts, Core and Abs Workout and Cardio Workout.

The Bowflex Revolution Home Gym will cost about $2,799.00, I know that this is expensive, however visit www.bowflexrevolution.com and learn why this system is so good.

The Bowflex Revolution would be a good fit for you:

• - If you have a home office and or if you want convenience
• - If you dislike fighting the primetime crowds at the gym, which begin to amass at about 5:00 PM and go until about 7:30 PM
• - If you have ample room in your home
• - If you are an intermediate or advanced user – or you have a professional trainer get you started; I’ve been lifting weights for years and it took me a little time to get used to it
• - If you are either strong or don’t plan on moving the machine: this machine is heavy and it’s bulky. It does have a foldaway feature, but it does require a fair amount of strength. Moving and folding away the machine can be dangerous for most people, my suggestion to you is not to move it or fold it up unless necessary – even then, be careful.

PROS:

• - The overall range of motion was quite smooth, there was constant resistance throughout the exercise, for many of the exercises I found it to be comparable to professional gym equipment
• - Versatility – if you are an experienced weight trainer, the amount of exercises and variations is only limited to your imagination
• - Convenience – no, the Revolution can’t compete with going to the gym, but if this is what you’ve got to work with, it’s the next best thing
• - The machine makes little noise
• - Customer service was friendly and easy to reach
• - The plates are compact and extremely lightweight

CONS:

• - Bulky, heavy machine, don’t move it or lift it unless it’s necessary
• - Switching attachments and adding plates can be a little bit of a nuisance but you can get quicker with this over time. Don’t be fooled by the commercials and DVD, it’s not that easy to move from exercise to exercise – but you will get faster over time.
• - There is a learning curve with the exercises, have some patience when you first get the machine. It took me about 2-3 work outs before I started to feel comfortable and efficient
• - The markings on the plates should have been more obvious. The graphics look good on the plates but the numbers should have been larger so they are readable from a distance. Perhaps they might have color coded them.
• - I often had to check to see how much weight I had on each side of the machine – too bad there wasn’t a display on the front of the machine that told you how much resistance there was on each arm
• - Bowflex is slow in sending out the order, they indicated they would provide an email and a phone call when the unit shipped – they did neither in my case
• - Putting the Revolution took about 1.5 – 2 hours to do. It does require some ingenuity and elbow grease to get everything assembled. When I was done I needed a shower and a long break.
• - The bench has only 2 positions: incline and flat, no variations in between
• - Attaching the footplate leg press accessory is a pain in the rear. It’s bulky and it’s heavy. For some people, attaching the footplate can be dangerous.

Link : Bowflex Revolution® Home Gym