| Home gyms can be huge pieces of exercise | | | | Bowflex. But 65 should be plenty for most of |
| equipment that take up an entire room. Or | | | | us. |
| they can be a single piece of equipment that | | | | |
| fits nicely into the corner. Some Bowflexes | | | | Popular exercises for this style of home gym |
| don't require their own addresses in your | | | | include chest press, incline fly, leg press, |
| home, and yet it's one of the most powerful | | | | bent over row and shoulder press. Like |
| home gyms on the market. | | | | Bowflex, this is both a cardiovascular and |
| | | | weight training machine and allows both forms |
| People who use the Bowflex for twenty minutes | | | | of exercise on a single piece of exercise |
| a day, three days a week have reported | | | | equipment. |
| amazing results in the strength and tone of | | | | |
| their bodies, as well as improved weight | | | | The Crossbow uses a system they call Compound |
| loss. The low impact Bowflex Power Rods | | | | Resistance, which is meant to provide a full |
| reduce or eliminate the joint pain that often | | | | range of motion. You can easily change the |
| occurs when lifting free weights. And they | | | | amount of resistance, meaning you don't waste |
| provide even resistance for a consistent | | | | time changing weights. |
| workout. | | | | |
| | | | Another feature of the Crossbow that you |
| Bowflex offers an unconditional money back | | | | won't find on Bowflex home gyms is the "lat |
| guarantee for people who are skeptical of the | | | | tower". This helps you strengthen your lats, |
| exclusive Power Rod system for weight | | | | traps and shoulders. |
| training. You can use the Bowflex in their | | | | |
| homes for up to six weeks, and if you're not | | | | The reason most people choose a Crossbow over |
| happy with it for any reason, return it for a | | | | a Bowflex is because of the price difference- |
| full refund. (But you pay the shipping and | | | | Crossbows are far less expensive. You may |
| handling on the return. It's supposed to go | | | | also find you have a better range of motion |
| back in the original box with EVERYTHING | | | | with a Crossbow, and more weight resistance. |
| returned to get your refund) | | | | |
| | | | Trailing these two competitors is the |
| Weider makes the competitive home gym, the | | | | Bodycraft home gym. It's a complete weight |
| Crossbow. Often compared to Bowflex for its | | | | training exercise equipment machines, but |
| similarly designed exercise equipment, the | | | | only for weight training. With the optional |
| crossbow is fairly large, so you'll likely | | | | Leg Press unit, it mirrors professional ones |
| need an entire room to set it up in- or the | | | | in an in-home unit. |
| basement, the whole basement. | | | | |
| | | | The Bodycraft doesn't offer any form of |
| Why is it called Crossbow? Take a look at | | | | aerobic exercise to build up your endurance. |
| one on the web. And think Robin Hood. Now, | | | | It is strictly for weight training, which |
| it's not lethal, but it looks like it could | | | | builds strength in specific muscles. |
| be. Maybe it makes you think powerful | | | | |
| thoughts while you're developing powerful | | | | Bodycraft home gyms differ from both Bowflex |
| muscles. | | | | and Crossbow in that they use the traditional |
| | | | weight system rather than resistance |
| Weider built "only" 65 different exercises | | | | training. |
| into a single machine as compared to 90+ for | | | | |