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Question: Bowflex or Dumbells?
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Hello, I do not know whether to get a bowflex or (15-20 pound) dumbells. I am familiar with dumbells but not the bowflex. The bowflex says there's 5kg of weight' per elastic cord, what ever that means. I wish to build rather than tone, which one should I get?thank you!
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Answer#1: Rather than spend your moolaw on bowflex or some other crappola that you could easily do without (if you knew how to exercise naturally), I'd invest in a heavy-duty slot machine hooked up to some type of progressive winnings. That way, you can exercise, make money, and the minutes will seem like seconds.OR....you could adopt two 20 lb biopolar shitzues for your arms and one 80 lb presa canario for your legs.
Answer#2: The Bowflex uses "Power-Rods", which vary according to the tension weight of the rod. If you have a rod with 50lbs tension, then you are pulling, of course, 50lbs. The Bowflex can do several things, it can help tone your muscles with low impact workouts, or you can increase the weight for increase in muscle size, as in power building. The main thing is, it's low impact. It does not strain your muscles like free weights. It also allows you to do aerobic workouts, like rowing exercises. I like it. I especially like the lat tower options and leg workout options. I think it's a much more veratile system then just dumbells alone.
Answer#3: I think you would be better of with the dumbells. They are cheaper and they work better. they give the same resistance through the entire range of motion. Bowflex is good but it is easy at the begining of your repitition and hard at the end. You will get bang for your buck with dumbells.
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