Bowflex: Getting Up and Going

Setting Up A Bowflex

When you come home from the store with your new Bowflex home gym, plan on spending several hours putting it all together.  Regardless of which Bowflex fitness equipment you select, unless you manage to purchase the display model, you're going to need to assemble it once you get it home. 

It's recommended that you have someone assist you with putting your Bowflex together.  Another set of hands is needed to hold pieces in place while you attach them together with the provided nuts and bolts.  It would be next to impossible to put any of the Bowflex fitness equipment together by yourself! 

That being said, the instructions that come with your Bowflex are not overly difficult to follow.  They provide a large sized image of the fitness equipment completely assembled, with arrows and labels to show you what each piece is called.  As the instructions describe each step, a picture of the pieces are shown to help you visually see how to put them together. This allows you to reference the pieces while you're following the instructions on how to put the Bowflex together.

Learning to Use A Bowflex

One of the biggest benefits to having a Bowflex at home is the ability to work out whenever it is convenient for you.  You don't need to pack a bag and go to the gym.  There's no need to leave several hours early for work in the morning if you want to squeeze in a morning work out. You don't have to wait for fitness equipment to become available, since the Bowflex is all yours.

If you've been working out at the gym for quite some time, you'll have no trouble transitioning to a Bowflex.  Any of the exercises you've been doing on various fitness equipment at the gym can be done on a Bowflex home gym.  The Bowflex Ultimate(tm)2 can perform over 95 different exercises, covering each of your body's muscles.

No More Waiting for Machines at the Gym

You won't need to hire a professional fitness trainer to learn how to use the Bowflex fitness equipment.  Once it's put together, you can look through the manual to see all of the different exercises to do, and how to adjust the machine to perform each of them.  The equipment is designed for easy adjusting, so your heart rate stays at its top performance level giving you the most health benefits possible.  At the gym, when you wait for machines your heart rate drops below it's target, and you lose out on some of the benefits. At home, you maintain that rate.

You can also watch demos of people doing Bowflex work outs on the Bowflex web site.  Videos and DVD's are available for anyone who is new to working out and wants a little instruction before diving in head first!  You shouldn't worry about being a little clumsy or sore using your fitness equipment for the first time; you will get better with practice!