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Bowflex Revolution Home Gym Review

Finding the right home workout equipment for your home gym can be tough. There are many different types of machines out there all promising to be the next best thing on the fitness market.

If you have ever seen any fitness commercials then you are probably aware of a company called Bowflex. They make various pieces of fitness equipment and recently i have had the opportunity to try the Bowflex revolution.

I do not work for Bowflex and am not an affiliate and this is a completely unbiased review of this home gym.

The picture on the right shows exactly what the Bowflex Revolution is. As you can see it is basically an all in one home gym.

At first glance it looks a little space age but as you look in more detail you can actually see that it is a clever piece of equipment.

This home gym can provide over 100 different exercises out of a single piece of equipment.

The Bowflex Revolution home gym is a fairly large piece of kit and takes up a fair amount of space. The dimensions are as follows:

Height: 185cm
Length: 284cm
Width: 97cm
Folded: 140 x 97cm
Workout Area: 305 x 214cm

In order to use this home gym effectively you will need a minimum area of 305cm x 214cm.

The below video demonstrates just how easy the Bowflex is to set up.

What makes the Bowflex work is something they have called Spiraflex Technology. This is said to be smoother then the pulley systems on most other home gyms and to be honest it is. As standard the Bowflex Revolution home gym offers up to 100kg of resistance for each exercise.

If you out grow this then there are upgrades you can purchase for it increasing the resistance up to 136kg for upper body exercises and 272kg resistance for lower body exercises.

The freedom arms are the main feature of this gym and it allows you to position them in 10 different positions giving you 170degree movement. This lets you perform a whole range of exercises including lat pull downs and chest presses.

Product Features

Lat Pull Down With Angeled Bar
Preacher Curls
Bench Press
Leg Extensions
Resisted Abdominal Crunches
Cables

Using the Bowflex Revolution i was very impressed with how easy it was to move from one exercise to the next. You do not have to mess around changing cables or messing around with weight plates like you do with free weights.

One of the exercise routines i did was super setting shoulder press and and chest press. The Bowflex made this sort of workout easy as all you have to do is move the arms into position between sets making it quick so you do not mess around between sets. This provides a more intense workout.

The actual movement of the exercises are really smooth. The resistance feels even. The bench is nice and comfortable and offers alot of support.

There is a DVD that comes with the machine that demonstrates all the different exercises you can do and example training plans. I didn't have chance to watch this and just jumped straight on and had a go.

The cost of this home gym is around $2,999 for the complete gym. At first this does seem alot however it would be the only piece of home gym equipment that you would need to buy and is a truly all in one machine.

It comes with a 10 year guarantee and just by feeling the machine you can tell that it is well constructed and built to last.

Personally i would not pay this much money for a piece of home fitness equipment. I am more them happy with a set of dumbbells and body weight exercises. If i have $3000 to my disposal with no other financial commitments then yes i would definitely buy the Bowflex.

For a cheaper alternative there are other Bowflex machines starting at $600.

 

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