Bowflex vs free weight resistance?!


Question: i just bought i bowflex, i want to know my 210 pounds of resitance will feel comparted to free weights? like i have been told 200 pounds of bowflex is not like 200 pounds of freee.


Answers: i just bought i bowflex, i want to know my 210 pounds of resitance will feel comparted to free weights? like i have been told 200 pounds of bowflex is not like 200 pounds of freee.

The reason the free weights feel heavier is the weight(resistance) is not balanced as on the machine. You will be incorporating other muscles to balance the weight as you exert force on them. Therefore 200lbs on a bowflex is going to be easier than 200lbs with free weights.

An even better example would be 200lbs on a straight-bar bench v/s 2 100lbs dumbbell bench press. The dumbbells are a lot harder.

mo im 17 nd on bowflex i can becnh 310 butfree weight only 170 max, bowflex will feel lighter

its not. just adjust the bowflex until the resistance of 200 "bowflex pounds" equals 200 actual pounds.





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