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JuggerNaught
10-11-2009, 05:26 PM
I'm moving to a new area and a bigger place with enough room. I want something for the house for resistance training and i cant decide if i want something like a bowflex or just a simple freeweight set. I've also thought of kettlebells.

Does anyone actually have a bowflex to say if they are as sturdy as they claim to be?
SL83
10-11-2009, 05:28 PM
Bowflexes suck. I have one. They don't feel right. a 50lb power rod isn't 50lbs until it's flexed all the way.

Stick with free weights. My bowflex also had like 5 safety kid attachments 3 or 4 years after I bought it.

Gym membership is much better.
xpdnc
10-11-2009, 05:37 PM
Squat rack and a bench should really be all that you need. If my garage wasn't full of shit, I'd buy them and be set.
confidential
10-11-2009, 06:13 PM
look on craigslist, there's always people selling free weights for cheap
SL83
10-11-2009, 06:27 PM
On a side note - if you live on Long Island and have a truck - I will help you carry my bowflex down into your truck and you can have it for free.
JuggerNaught
10-11-2009, 06:43 PM
actually there are quite a few olympic sets in my area for under $100
Defaced
10-11-2009, 08:54 PM
Look at a chin-up bar, stability ball and skipping rope as well. A medicine ball has uses too. If I had those things and a bench/power rack/Olympic bar I'd never have to leave my house. Which would suck, cause I'd never leave my house.
benji
10-11-2009, 09:21 PM
Invest in those bowflex dumbbells and do some p90x action
Denver
10-12-2009, 05:10 AM
kettlebells !
if your roof is high enough :D
Defaced
10-12-2009, 08:43 AM
I think kettle bells depend a lot more on having someone to show you how to use them.
DropSquad
10-12-2009, 10:17 AM
youtube has a LOT of keetle bell vids, but they are pricy as fuck.
Dirty Sanchez
10-12-2009, 11:51 AM
Invest in those bowflex dumbbells and do some p90x action

you'll need a chinup bar too.