Bowflex PR1000 $689 and back in stock!

Expensive Clothes Hanger

hiker007 wrote: ↑ since now gyms are almost close again in this coming second wave. Cheaper than the membership fee too.

"Almost close again"? Not likely to happen.

"Cheaper than the membership fee"? I pay $10 a month at Fit4Less.

coopercold wrote: ↑ "Almost close again"? Not likely to happen.

"Cheaper than the membership fee"? I pay $10 a month at Fit4Less.

They will close again...if COVID-19 bounces up as expected.

That must be a shitty gym. Most are $50 a month. And if you have a family, $100 a month.

Don't be a dick.

find these on kijiji for about tree fiddy.

I was briefly considering this until I read the reviews about the weight indicators not being accurate. With where I’m at in the gym, and according to reviews, I’d max this out already.

While it may be a decent deal for some and better than the price gougers on marketplace and kijiji, I’d rather wait for dumbbells, and if they never go on sale for normal pricing and the gym shuts down again, I’ll just do body exercises until they open again like last time.

But chances are that won’t happen again. COVID is here to stay and I think we all realize that now.

By the way, fit4less at $10/month, you could get 5+years of memebership or this. I’d take the membership any day.

coopercold wrote: ↑ "Almost close again"? Not likely to happen.

"Cheaper than the membership fee"? I pay $10 a month at Fit4Less.

That is every two weeks if you are using the basic membership. But off topic. Thanks OP for posting.

this one doesn't have the option to add extra resistance bars...how much resistance is "200 lbs" really at this point?

how's the PR1000 vs Xceed and Blaze?

chilli604 wrote: ↑ Expensive Clothes Hanger

Lol, found another use, don't let the wife knows about it.

2Sedins1Cup wrote: ↑ how's the PR1000 vs Xceed and Blaze?

those must be better and have more functions.
PR1000 is the entry level model. So maybe it is not good for someone is doing intensive exercises which could cause the weight being off over time as someone mentioned in the review, but that's way out of my range. I am not worry about it.
Btw, my membership costs 55/bi-weekly, which is an absolutely nice place. But what can I do

HeartofDarius13 wrote: ↑ They will close again...if COVID-19 bounces up as expected.

No. Either way, they won't. Watch and see.

HeartofDarius13 wrote: ↑That must be a shitty gym.

Wrong. It's great. They even have disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer stations all over the gym, in addition to continuous cleaning throughout the day and eletrostatic cleaning nightly.

HeartofDarius13 wrote: ↑ Don't be a dick.

Not sure what I said that offended you so much? Hope your day improves, friend!

PR1000 is not worth it - if you want to get a Bowflex nothing wrong with it, just don't get this. As mentioned already, the resistance rods aren't upgradeable, so if you go to the gym regularly you will max out in short order on some of the workouts.

Source - I researched myself in March/April...I ended up buying a Bowflex PR3000 + weight upgrade to 310 lbs + squat bar + lat bar + tricep rope

It's good for a single machine to workout every body part but will not give you the same pump as regular equipment.

I ended up buying a ton of other equipment so I only use the Bowflex now for certain workouts I can't replicate with my other equipment (lat pull down, tricep pulldown/extension, high delt rows) so bit expensive for primarily just those workouts, but it has it's place in my garage gym.

2Sedins1Cup wrote: ↑ how's the PR1000 vs Xceed and Blaze?

Blaze comes with a $40~ (regular pre covid price) lat pull down bar. You can hook up a bar to this one and get most of the exercises. Google the manuals for each and you’ll find how many exercises they each offer. Blaze offers “60” but in reality most are similar. It’s a good machine and Kijiji has them for 300~ If you negotiate. Just ensure the pullies aren’t rusted and If it’s disassembled, odds are you’ll be missing some of the generic bolts and such. Good for keeping busy in lieu of a gym. Would pair with free weights tho the way it’s setup, dropping the weights isn’t really possible due to bars on the bottom support.

ranjy wrote: ↑ PR1000 is not worth it - if you want to get a Bowflex nothing wrong with it, just don't get this. As mentioned already, the resistance rods aren't upgradeable, so if you go to the gym regularly you will max out in short order on some of the workouts.

Source - I researched myself in March/April...I ended up buying a Bowflex PR3000 + weight upgrade to 310 lbs + squat bar + lat bar + tricep rope

See there is hacked way to upgrade the weight on PR1000.

McGarnagle wrote: ↑ I wish those 552 dumbbells or any type of powerblocks would come back in stock

https://www.fitstartech.ca/products/bow ... -dumbbells

Free shipping too mines should be arriving by tomorrow

McGarnagle wrote: ↑ I wish those 552 dumbbells or any type of powerblocks would come back in stock

I spoke with Customer Service at Powerblock. They said their manufacturing and delivery of product is unreliable right now. That was the gist of the message. That was about 5 weeks ago.

Casual wrote: ↑ https://www.fitstartech.ca/products/bow ... -dumbbells

Free shipping too mines should be arriving by tomorrow

Now sold out lol

I had a PR3000 back in the day. Garbage. Garbage. Garbage. I had never done any sort of weight training at that point and I almost immediately maxed out the bench press.

Rack, bar, weights and dont look back.