Bowflex, Total Gym , and Crossbow have a $50 alternative, Bodylastics Home gym!
Welcome, I am Blake Kassel and I am the inventor of the Bodylastics home gym. Our unique super system is a complete home gym that fits in a 2 pound bag and costs less than one payment for some of the most popular health clubs and home gyms like Bowflex.
Are you skeptical that a $50 exercise product could work all of your muscles as well as a Bowflex, Total Gym or Crossbow? Well you should be. But I am here to tell you that you will love this product, and will end up loving our company, because you are going to save a ton of cash. You will absolutely be able to work your muscles to the max. All of the best exercises for the chest, arms, legs, back, shoulders and abs can be performed with this compact workout system.
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BODYLASTICS HOME GYM SYSTEM VS. BOWFLEX & CROSSBOW
Let's start with the comparison of Bodylastics elastic resistance versus "power rods", which are used by Bowflex and Platinum Crossbow. There are many differences between the Bowflex, Platinum Crossbow and Bodylastics but the most important is the source of tension. Bowflex and Platinum Crossbow use "power rods" while Bodylastics uses elastic tubing.
Power rods create resistance when they are bent similar to when you are bending a bow to launch an arrow, hence the first product to use them was called "Bowflex". The power rods in the Bowflex and Crossbow system are not bent directly when you exercise, they are connected to cables which then is fed through fly wheels to create a pulley system.
The elastic tubes that create the resistance with Bodylastics generate tension when they are stretched. There aren't any cables or fly wheels - you pull or push straight from the source of resistance. Some of the exercises require you to connect the elastic to a door and others are created by simply standing on the elastics.
The bottom line: For years I have been saying that our product is the $50 alternative to Bowflex, and now the Platinum Crossbow. I was able to say this because I know how well our system works and I know the basic principles of power rod resistance. Well I am going to tell you that it is my new belief that our system is a BETTER alternative to the Bowflex and Crossbow! Now that Bowflex and Crossbow are selling through different distribution channels I was able to give them a test drive at Costco and Sports Authority. I walked out with one of the biggest smiles that I have had in a long time. Why? Simply because I was totally disappointed with my competition. I performed a few exercises on the machines and was totally unimpressed with the resistance. In my short "test drive", the Bowflex and Crossbow systems created uneven resistance and the fly wheel movement was not smooth. This is not only my opinion. I have been hearing it from many of our customers as well. Bodylastics resistance is as smooth as you can get. There are no fly wheels, no pulley systems, you are simply stretching the highest quality latex tubes that money can buy.
Click the link for a side by side comparison of Bowflex and Bodylastics
Click the link for a side by side comparison of Platinum Crossbow and Bodylastics.
BODYLASTICS HOME GYM SYSTEM VS. TOTAL GYM
Now let's compare the resistance generated by the Total Gym with Bodylastics Elastic Resistance. The Total Gym creates resistance by mixing the principles of gravity with a sliding slant board. The slant board is attached to cables which are fed through a fly wheel and then attach to handles or ankle straps. When you sit on the slant board which can be set to different incline angles, it naturally slides down (gravitational pull) creating resistance. When you pull on the handles or ankle straps it moves the slant board up against gravity. The more of an incline that you create the greater the resistance.
Bodylastics elastic resistance has a unique clip system so that any of the four elastics (included in the basic set) can be combined and substituted. Each elastic is a different thickness and therefore creates a different level of tension when you stretch it. Since any combination of elastics can be used, there is a range of resistance from 5 to 43.5 lbs per side.
The bottom line: I recently tried a Total Gym system at Sears. It was not bad. I did feel my muscle working. Even though it seemed like a decent machine I still do not feel as thougfh it can hold a candle to Bodylastics. Elastic resistance does have a few advantages over gravity. Gravity applies to the Total Gym and free weights as well. The tension from gravity is consistent as you shorten your muscle and perform the exercise. For example as you curl your arm the gravity tension will stay the same from when your arm is straight until your arm is bent. This is not the same with elastic resistance. When you stretch an elastic the resistance increases. This is a naturally occuring property of elastics. So, you will be placing more stress on the muscle at a more optimal time. When your muscle is fully extended it has the least amount of leverage and therefore is weaker (this is where you want the least amount of resistance). As you shorten the muscle the leverage improves and the muscle can handle much more resistance (this is where you want the most amount of resistance). The Mega expensive machines at the health club use a cam to create this situation. The cam is used to create less resistance at the beginning of the movement and more at the end. Elastic resistance used by Bodylastics does this naturally without cables or a cam.
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