A little while back I spoke about how we were going to get a BowFlex. Sure, like you I’d seen the infomercials and like you, we know infomercials are usually contain sucktastic products. This is one of those rare times where what you see is truly what you get.

We got the gym set up a couple weeks back, but I wasn’t able to start using it because I had fresh ink on my arm and flexing your arm muscles with tight freshly tattooed skin is not a good idea. Ripping skin is not a good feeling, been there done that already. Then this last week, while my arm was about 90% healed, I still couldn’t really work out because I was shooting Katie all week.

Bryci on the other hand worked out all last week. I’m so proud of her, she’s pushing herself so hard. Eating properly, sleeping properly, drinking her water (75-90 ounces per day) plus working out.

So this week… I started working out on the Bowflex. Holy shit. Consider me impressed. This sucker will push you as far as your body can take and then some. I started a simple reconditioning workout, being that I haven’t worked out in awhile. 3 days per week, one day on, one day off… nothing major. Seven exercises ranging from core routines to bench press etc. Two sets of 15. On Monday I worked out, I was sore on Tuesday. Today I worked out, raising my weights from Monday’s totals… and yes, I am sore again. Thing is, you get such a rush off this, you want to work out again. As I type this I am thinking about how my arms felt on the final few reps, buckling from the pressure… it was amazing.

(our gym can be bought here if you’re want one)

When we’re not working out on this, we leave it with 10lbs wired up. When we’re ready to work out, depending on if it’s Bryci or myself, we change the weights, depending on work out. Takes all of 10 seconds tops to flip weight amounts. The workouts are fast, you fly through them and you get such a feeling of YES! when you’re done.

So let’s see what happens. Bowflex has this 6 week thing where they say your body will change so much, you’ll be impressed or your money back. B worked out for one week and I noticed a difference in her body. ONE WEEK. I have worked out twice on the damn thing and lines I had on my mid torso are back. Two work outs. Damn. Muscle memory is a great thing. heh

So yeah, I am a big fan of this. It might look like a weak ass machine that can’t do much, but it can do 70 exercises. It tops out at 210 pounds of resistance  but it can be upgraded to 310 or 410 by buying 50 lb rods. 2 rods go for $99 or so. I know what you’re thinking… 210? That’s IT? Yeah… you start doing pull downs with 100 lbs and watch how fast you are thinking… holy shit.

No joke, the Bowflex Extreme 2 SE is for real. We love ours, and honestly, wish we’d bought one sooner.