Bowflex Revolution
By Baseline on
Talk about the most useless waste of money anyone could invest in for their health. Let me spare you and suggest spending this money on a 1-year gym membership.
Here's a basic rundown of why this thing will only shrink your wallet, and not improve your body. First, not all resistance training is bad, but in this case it is. These "bows" do not offer consistent resistance. When you actually pick up a free weight or any type of real weight in a gym and do a repetition, say 80lbs, you will have that full 80lbs against your muscles throughout every millisecond and position of that repetition. Not with this machine. With these "bows", you will only get the "weight resistance" at a certain part of the rep, it starts easy, then it gets harder, then it gets easy. With weights, it's hard the whole way through, and that equals real results.
Second, did I say this thing is a waste of money? You would do yourself a much better service buying a gym membership. Why? Because a friend with you at the gym will push you and spot you as well, enabling you to go that extra mile you wouldn't go on your own.
But, if you are truly hell-bent on having a home workout solution, spend your money on something that will really bust your ass and produce real results, like the P90X program combined with some free-weights, a pull-up bar, and a workout mat. That's way cheaper, and a hundred times more effective.
Or, you can go buy a bowflex and use it religiously and ask yourself in 6 months from now "why do I still look like gumby?".
Wow, thank you for your very candid opinion of this product. I bet because it was made by bowflex that it was really expensive too. Thanks for the info, I know NOT to ever get one.
Thanks for the great information. This is one piece of equipment I will stay away from.
It looks so great in the infomercial! Glad to know it's not as good as the tv makes it out to be.
LOL@ gumby:) I happen to agree with you on Bowflex. I think it is way overpriced and hyped for what it does(or doesn't) do.
Well, I can tell you are unhappy, but I wish you had explained why a little better.
I wondered how well these "bows" worked and how they compare to free weights. I guess I see how resistance can change when you flex these.
Is the lack of total weight resistance all the way through through the only reason why you do not like the gym (not that it's not enough of a reason!) or are there other factors that you could point out to us?
Sorry this one didn't meet your expectations. Looks fancy, but I guess looks don't mean anything in this case.
I have heard similar complaints with this product. Still, the machine anyone purchases is based on what they want from their workout. Thanks for sharing this honest information.
Ignorant and useless review, because this guy obviously hasn't even used a Revolution. The Revolution doesn't use resistance bars ("bows") like the older Bowflex machines do - the Revolution's resistance mechanism there is a set of coiled bands, which *DO* in fact offer consistent resistance over the entire range of motion. Note that the varying degree of resistance (which again only applies to the older Bowflex designs) is the *ONLY* argument this guy has against the machine, and as a result, this review is worse than useless. Next time, at least know what product you're trying to slag off, and have some real arguments against it, and don't believe everything you read on the Internet - some people have no idea what they're talking about.