It's hard to think of anyone that should buy a bowflex, ever- elastic restitance from the "bows" is non-linear, so muscles are only experiencing appropriate resistance at a small part of the range of motion when you've appropraitely stretched the resistance material... This is further compounded by many common exercises only placing the muscle you want to target under useful tension at certain points (ex a shoulder press really only engages the deltoid muscles when your upper arms are perpendicular to the ground - before that point your supraspinatus is doing a lot of the work). So on a blowflex, most of the range of motion is useless and hopefully the part of the exercise that actually benefits you lines up with the "bow" stretching enough, because if it doesn't, the entire exercise is a largely a waste of time. Even for a sedentary older person that wants to start a strength training program for their health, I couldn't see how any of the Bowflex's seated exercises would build bone density on important weight bearing structures like the hip, femur, or spine.
Does it bother anyone else that the manufacturer pictures of people using the power rack show them using it wrong? What's the point benching and squatting with a power rack so that the pins can't protect you?
I find that’s the case with a lot of stock photos of people engaged in resistance training. Not equipment-related, but push ups seem to be the worst 🤪bdckr wrote: ↑ Does it bother anyone else that the manufacturer pictures of people using the power rack show them using it wrong? What's the point benching and squatting with a power rack so that the pins can't protect you?
fake natty, eh? 
kijiji
