Bowflex Ultimate XTLU Home Gym
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List Price: $1,899.00
Our Price: $839.99
Your Save: $ 1,059.01 ( 56% )
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Binding: Sports
Brand: Bowflex
EAN: 0708447160294
Feature: Get a total body workout in your own home with over 90 exercises
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Label: Bowflex
Manufacturer: Bowflex
Model: Ultimate Home Gym
Publisher: Bowflex
Studio: Bowflex
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Features
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Get a total body workout in your own home with over 90 exercises
Provides 310 pounds of resistance via Bowflex Power Rods--upgradable to 410 pounds
Lat tower with angled lat bar, lower pulley/squat station, leg extension/leg curl attachment, sliding seat for rowing
Folds to a compact size (27 by 49 inches)
Five-year warranty
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: bowflex ultimate
Comment: we recently purchased the bowflex ultimate---the product is excellent and
really like the rowing option it has. My husband and son had no trouble
assembling it--they were done in 3 hours. Bowflex continues to produce
quality equipment-----had to notify company that we purchased item from as it was shipped with no booklets at all--so had to wait to assemble and
use--was given no problems about booklets from anyone and received them
shortly after calling and making request----
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good home gym
Comment: The bowflex is a great home gym, but it doesn't replace going to an actual gym. Its good if you don't have time to go to the gym all the time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It works, if you use it.
Comment: I'm 22 year old male in horrible shape. I use to be an athlete when I was younger (gymnastics, Aikido, all-star soccer team, swim team, baseball) but found out I had a genetic defect that made parts of my bones hollow. So I quit doing anything physical (after I broke my arm for the second time schools wouldn't even let me on the playground in fear of being sued).
So for the last 8 years I've been on the computer everyday, all day. Which has lead up to a over weight (25 lbs) out of shape young man. I started having bad lower back pain, neck pain, and just plain felt weak. So I bought the BowFlex Ultimate XTLU with all the options.
I tried the diet and quit that after the first few days (a gallon of ice cold water everday? I don't think so).
I kept doing the weight training. I started out doing the 3 days a week, 20 mins a day thing (BTW it's 20 mins of actual weight lifting, and another 15+ of warming up and cooling down).
I started out bench pressing around 60lbs (stop laughing). At the end of week two I was benching around 80lbs. So I started working out five days a week. Each day concentrating on different areas, mostly my lower back and upper body with legs and other areas in between.
By week four I was benching 120lbs and maxed out for the lower back exercises (can't remember names of the exercises). I pretty much doubled all my starting numbers by the end of week four.
Then one day while doing the bench press exercise I just couldn't push it anymore. It wasn't a physical problem, it was a mental one. Which when it comes down to it is what really matters, the mental strength to continue.
I haven't used it for about six months now. It sits behind me collecting dust, but holds my jackets rather well. Along with other clothing items on hangers, a backpack, and whatever else I could hang on it. My cat runs up the bench cushion to get to the top of my dresser where she sleeps. So it still has some uses.
So does it work? Yeah, it works, as long as you have the mental strength to keep using it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: must have patience to switch out parts
Comment: This is a good machine although a little spendy. The leg attachment is a bit flimsy and mine bent at the locking bolt area while i was using it (I am 6'2 210).
Pros: Don't have to worry about going to gym.
Don't have to worry about having a spotter.
Cons: Must have patience swapping pieces out during workout.
Leg attachment is a bit flimsy.
Takes up a fare amount of space.
Requires a fair amount of self motivation since you are training
in solitude.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great product
Comment: First lets square away a few things. If you are training heavy and going for muscle bulk, it is my opinion and experience that you will get substantially better results from free weights. I used my bowflex for several years, and it is a wonderful machine. However, I recently joined a gym and engage in a high intensity weight lifting program. I would say that under those cirmcumstances, with a bowflex, you get about 65% of the results of freeweights and maybe %70 the results of weight loaded machines.
Next, the negative comments made by competing companies are all bunk. For example, they often claim that bowflex does not give you the full range of motion. This is completely wrong; the infomertials that make these claims show the bowflex being improperly used. I have read two massive books on bodybuilding and many other articles. I absolutely know how to properly do excercises and the bowflex will give you the full range on any of the 90+ exercises shown in the bowflex manual.
Another commercial shows the machine hooked up to a weight measuring device. It is true that there is less resistance when the rod is only slightly bent, but this doesn't matter because the rods are already partially flexed in the starting position for each exercise.
These people also claim that you can't change exercises fast enough with a bowflex. I had become used to changing resistance and attachments within a week of owning my bowflex, and changes can be made very fast. If you understand the concept of 10+10=20, you won't have a problem.
The bowflex is a versatile machine and is great for circuit training. You can gain quite a bit of muscle, and although your gains won't be as good as freeweights, you get excellent tone. Is is great for losing weight and you can have an extremely low or very high intensity workout. You do not need a partner (or spot) and there is next to nill chance of injury. It is solidly constructed and I have found customer service highly responsive in getting me replacement parts under warranty when I need them.
I did find that it took awhile to put the machine toghether (3hrs), but it is not overly difficult. So all in all, if you have reasonable expectations, I think this is a very good buy.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Bowflex Ultimate Home Gym offers over 90 gym-quality exercises! The Bowflex Ultimate Home Gym provides 310 lbs. of smooth Power Rod resistance, multiple cable / pulley options, aerobic rowing and leg presses for a custom, full-body workout: 310 lbs. of Power Rod resistance; Lat tower with angled lat bar helps build back and shoulder muscles quickly; Lower pulley / squat station enables you to do squats and build your glutes, hamstrings and quads; Leg extension / leg curl attachment helps develop strong, muscular legs; Sliding seat rails allows you to perform aerobic rowing and leg presses; Triple function hand-grip / ankle cuffs; Multiple cable / pulley positions enable custom workouts; Some assembly required; Measures 8'2" x 4'2" x 6'11". Consult with a doctor before beginning any exercise program. Get yours now!
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