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