Bowflex Xtreme SE Home Gym
From Bowflex

Product Description

Enjoy all the benefits of gym-style vertical design and quality for serious workouts with this durable steel Bowflex® Xtreme® SE Home Gym featuring a compact size, so it fits smaller workout spaces. The Bowflex® Power Rod® units give you 210 lbs of resistance, or weight, that feels as good as or better than free weights but without the inertia or risk of joint pain usually associated with free weights.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1712 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Bowflex
• Model: Bowflex Xtreme SE Home Gym
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x 28.00" w x 55.00" l
• Weight: 192.00 pounds

Features

• All-in-one home gym offering more than 65 gym-quality muscle exercises
• Lat tower with angled lat bar, ab crunch shoulder harness, and leg extension/curl attachment
• Three-position lower pulley/squat station for building glutes, hamstrings, and quads
• Ergonomic adjustable seat with polyurethane cushion; 210 pounds of resistance
• Measures 49 x 81 x 62 inches (W x H x D); 7-year limited warranty

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description
Whether you're tired of investing in a monthly gym membership or you just like the convenience of working out in the home, the Bowflex Xtreme SE home gym is a must-have for serious workout enthusiasts. The Xtreme SE lets you perform more than 65 gym-quality exercises, including exercises for the chest, shoulder, back, arms, abdominals, and legs--in short, everything you need to improve strength, tone, or bulk up. Resistance derives from the 210 pounds of Power Rod units, which feel as good or better than free weights but without the latter's inertia or risk of joint pain. If that's not enough resistance, you can also upgrade the Xtreme SE to 310 or 410 pounds.

The Xtreme SE is outfitted with a number of workout stations, including a lat tower with an angled lat bar for building back and shoulder muscles; an abdominal crunch shoulder harness; a three-position lower pulley/squat station for building your glutes, hamstrings, and quads; and a leg extension/curl attachment. And dedicated lifters will dig the adjustable cable and pulley system, which lets you change your resistance angle to target exercises more efficiently to certain muscle groups. Other details include five-way handgrip and ankle cuffs, an ergonomic adjustable seat with a polyurethane cushion, and a reinforced X-shaped base for maximum stability. The Xtreme SE measures 49 by 81 by 62 inches (W x H x D) and carries a seven-year limited warranty.

The Xtreme SE offers an ergonomic adjustable seat with a polyurethane cushion for added back support while exercising.

Feature Detail:

• 210 pounds of Power Rod Resistance
• offers the benefits of free weights without the inertia or risk of joint pain; upgradeable up to 310 pounds / 140 kg or 410 pounds / 186 kg
• Lat tower with Angled Lat Bar for building back and shoulder muscles quickly
• Abdominal Crunch Shoulder Harness help build strong, defined abs
• 3-Position Lower pulley/squat station to build your glutes, hamstrings, and quads
• Leg extension/leg curl attachment will help develop strong, muscular legs.
• Ergonomic adjustable seat with polyurethane cushion provides added back support for leg exercises and knee support for lat exercises
• Compact size for smaller workout space; reinforced "X"-shaped base for maximum stability
• Five-way hand-grip/ankle cuffs are designed to add flexibility and performance to any workout; functions include a regular grip, non-grip cuff, ankle cuff, foot cuff, and a shoulder cuff
• Multiple cable/pulley positions are designed to change your angle of resistance and increase the effectiveness of many exercises
• Owner's manual/fitness guide comes complete with detailed instructions for each exercise

Manufacturer's Warranty
Bowflex machines are warranted to the original purchaser. Bowflex® home gyms limited warranties cover all defects in material or workmanship but do not cover commercial use or misuse by the consumer. The Power Rod units have a no-time-limit warranty. If you wear them out, Bowflex will replace them for free.

About Bowflex Home Gyms?
While offering the convenience of working out in the comfort and privacy of your own home, home gyms also allow you to focus on specific routines without having to wait in line or switch between a complex array of machines. In addition to improving strength, power, coordination, and muscular endurance, weight training can enhance weight reduction, enhance the immune and cardiovascular systems, and help prevent injuries. In general, home gym machines are compact units designed to strengthen and exercise many parts of the body. While no single home gym can provide a complete strength training solution, they are a convenient way to combine many exercises into a single unit. Some home gyms focus exclusively on upper-body workouts, while other, more advanced units focus on upper- and lower-body conditioning.

Customer Reviews

Nice equipment...a bit pricey.
Good, sturdy and well built. The bowflex will give you a good workout although expect that you will need to add additional rods eventually for the leg extensions. Overall a bit pricey, but after using it for 3 months I would still buy it if I had to do it all over again.

An excellent machine for smaller work out spaces.
An excellent machine. I am short on space so this fit great into the second bedroom next to the treadmill. It will give you a great work out. I am seeing a difference after 3 weeks of use( I am half way threw their 6 week start up program). I plan on enjoying this bowflex for years to come and am happy that is is upgradable.

Bowflex Xtreme SE.
Arrived in a timely fashion. Very well packed with good assembly instructions. Well made piece of exercise equipment. I have been using the equipment for 2-1/2 weeks now and can already see the results. I absolutely despise exercise and yet find myself motivated by the quick results to keep at it even when it has been a long tiring day. I would recommend this home gym for all ages, both male and female.

Great Machine!
I have owned other home exercise equipment and this is my fist Bowflex. Definitely a good choice. The machine assembles easily, in about 2.5 hours consistent with the assembly manuals estimate. It is solid machine and I have been using it for about 3 months 3 to 4 times per week. I didn't buy it to get those "picture perfect" results you see advertised, I bought to expand my home aerobic workouts and limited free weight workout that I was currently doing.

I am very pleased with this machine. It's easy to use, although it will take a few workouts to become accustomed to changing the exercise setups for each exercise so you can maintain a good pace, no more that 1 minute between exercises as recommended in the book. This machine is not for a body builder, but more for someone who is interested in general fitness. Currently using it as configured with 310 lbs rods. An easy upgrade to 410 lbs when I need to. To maintain the Rods suggest you get the optional Power Rod Rejuvenator available on the Bowflex website, the included strap just doesn't cut it. Got a great deal from amazon.com the least expensive on the web and free shipping.

Pretty good with a few flaws.
Overall I think this is a really nice piece of equipment. I really like the flexibility of it. It can replicate almost any machine-based lift out there and a good number of free-weight lifts as well. There are a couple of drawbacks to the machine:

1. There is greater resistance at the end of the lift movement, rather than it being consistent throughout.

2. It takes some practice to set everything up right. My workouts usually revolve around workout pairs, where I am quickly switching between two lifts. The Bowflex does not lend itself to this type of program.

3. Something just doesn't feel quite "right" with the lat pull-down movement. I think the inconsistent resistance really is exaggerated during this lift.

4. Some free weight exercises just can't be truly replicated on this machine.

That being said I think it was worth the price I paid for it. I also own the 552 dumbells and the 5.1 dumbell bench. I think having the dumbells compliments the Bowflex really well.