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Bowflex Blaze Home Gym Review

Last updated on May 20, 2019 By The Running Guy Leave a Comment

Bowflex Blaze Home Gym was upgraded from the previous popular ones-PR1000 and PR3000. It is a machine packed with more than 60 exercises. Besides, it is also able to upgrade to the resistance of 410 lbs.

The following article will show you more detail about the Blaze, including its features of unique design, a wide range of exercises as well as a short overview from customers.

Table of Contents

    • Technical details and speci​fications
  • What are the main features of Bowflex Blaze home gym?
    • Perform over 60 types of exercise
    • Leg workouts
    • Resistance rods
    • The lat bar
    • Space available
    • Other features
    • Who should consider buying it?
    • Who shouldn’t buy it?

Technical details and speci​fications

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    Over 60 strengthen-training exercises
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    210 lbs of standard resistance
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    Resistance upgrades to 310 lbs and 410 lbs.
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    Built-in rowing station for cardio
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    Leg curl/ leg extension attachment
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    Three levels of cable pulley: high, mid, low
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    Handles with multi-function can be flexibly used for ankles or hands
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    Easily foldable to store and save space
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    Max weight of 300 lbs -136kg for user
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    Dimension: 83” x 38” x 90” (H x W x L)
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    Needed workout area: 83” x 80” x 90” (H x W x L)
Bowflex Blaze Home Gym

What are the main features of Bowflex Blaze home gym?

Perform over 60 types of exercise

This machine is of over 60 strength-training exercises for you to do. In addition, it also has many exercise options suitable for each muscle group of your body. With this feature, your muscles will be ensured to remain challenged for continuous growth.

The Blaze offers a wide variety of options; therefore, you don’t have to worry about the growth stop of any muscle point on your body (that is the case when your muscles lack exercise variety).

I have listed some of the exercise options to help you clearly understand about this and show the flexibility of the Blaze:
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    Chest fly
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    Reverse fly
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    Incline bench press
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    Decline bench press
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    Front deltoid raises
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    Lying bicep curls
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    Shoulder cuff rotations
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    Seated row
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    Seated shoulder press
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    Standing shrugs
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    Standing lateral raises
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    Rear deltoid rows

Leg workouts

In fact, most models on the current market do not support enough effective workouts for your leg. Nonetheless, the Blaze can do this well. It offers a wide variety of effective leg training exercises due to its pulley system at a low level, squat traps/bar as well as the press belt for your leg.

Furthermore, the curl attachment and leg extension allow increasing the level of workouts for your leg. With this feature, you can completely train your quads, hamstrings and glutes.

Resistance rods

As mentioned above about Bowflex’s technology of resistance rob, I want to share you my own experiences gained from using Bowflex Blaze. This will surely help you have a deep understanding about how it works and its great benefits provided by this kind of resistance.

Unlike other popular home gyms, Bowflex uses a resistance rod system instead of traditional material-weight plates made of iron. Basically, those rods are composite poles which is flexible. Its purpose is to simulate traditional weight feeling. Moreover, these poles are in a wide range of thickness sizes which is suitable for different user weight.

The rods are made of composite material which is used for creating carbon fiber; therefore, it is really durable and strong - the needed features for usual weight setup. However, its form is more compact as well as lightweight.

In addition, with these rods, the resistance can be upgraded to 320lbs or 410lbs. You can’t actually find this feature on the previous home gyms- PR1000 and PR3000.
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    The PR1000 does not have the ability of resistance upgrade. You will only use at a resistance of 210lbs.
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    The PR3000 can only be upgrade to 310lbs.

The lat bar

The power of angled lat bar will help you strengthen your back muscles and shoulders well. Its design following ergonomics allows you to do exercises on your back naturally. That can minimize the back injuries. Especially, this function also helps you with your triceps.

Space available

The Blaze doesn’t take up too much your room space. It is only about 38 inches of width-wise. You can easily recognize this because it is only twice smaller than PR1000 , PR3000 and Xtreme (which range from 78 to 80 inches).

Probably, when you first purchase one, you might think there’s no need for the width which is advertised. However, you will soon realize how important it is when the rod begins scratching your wall. The Blaze is actually a perfect home gym for your department width due to its narrow design.

Other features

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    Convenient for using at home: its easy setup and compact design make it extremely great for using at home. There’s no need for you to finding a space for storing it in your house because it is easily foldable as well as dissembles if necessary. Especially, it will not take up too much space of your room when completely assembled.
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    Sliding seat: offers extra leg and back muscles exercises. Besides, its cable pulley with many positions will allow you perform leg presses and moves of aerobic rowing.
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    Hand grips with multi-functions: offers you training arm workouts and allow you perform many exercises for different parts of your body. This is also a feature making the Blaze more versatile.
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    Adjustable bench: allows you strengthen chest muscles. Using the technology of built-in rods as well as user weight and resistance for exercise of your chest.
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    Durability: it is designed with greatly strong steel and a floor with six points helping to keep your machine from moving around while you’re on workouts. It might sound funny; however it’s true problem for many inexpensive home gyms. As a result, the Blaze is always a perfect choice for me because of its solid feature. Moreover, its cable use steel which is plastic-coated braided as a main material together with its sealed and compact pulley system make any moving piece more durable and strong.
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    Foldable to save space: perfect choice for people living in small flats. With its foldable feature, it’s not worth worrying about where to store it.
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    Safer for using: it is designed without any free weights; therefore, you don’t need to worry whether its dead weights drop on your child or your toes. This home gym is very safe; therefore, you can adjust the resistance suitable for both woman and children to do some simple exercises to keep fit. It is truly a great machine for your whole family.

Who should consider buying it?

This home gym machine will be very perfect for people not having enough time to visit a gym but want to strengthen their body fully. It also great for anyone who can’t afford to buy gym equipment.

It’s also really convenient for you because of its small size compared to any other home gyms. Moreover, it isn’t equipped with any free weights so you needn’t worry to be hurt. Although it seems to be more expensive than any other home gyms, it offers you a wider range of exercise options compared to other products.

Who shouldn’t buy it?

The Blaze product is a machine that can help you keep fit and strengthen your muscle well. However, it is not a perfect choice for those wanting to gain massive muscle seriously. That’s not wrong. It is only designed for the general purpose of keeping the body in good shape.

It builds muscle, builds strength and cut fat. On the whole, it will help to improve your health as well as your body. Nonetheless, it doesn’t tend to make you become a second Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In spite of that, it’s not the matter of this Blaze product. The real matter is you. You should define what your purpose is before purchasing one. That is also the thing many people ignore when decide to buy anything.

Carefully wonder yourself what your real goal is. If it is to gain massive muscle seriously, you should do with free weights. Otherwise, if you are finding any home gyms to purely keep fit at home, build some muscle and strength or just want to cut fat, the Blaze will be your great choice.

I have ever read a story of a guy losing off more than 60lbs only by using the Blaze every together with a proper diet.
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Final conclusion

In a word, I just want to say that the Blaze is actually a perfect home gyms of Bowflex. It also supports you amazing value that is more worth than the money you spend.

This machine offers you over 60 strengthen-training exercises to choose and its built-in station rowing machine. It’s the only wonderful home gym giving you both cardio and strength-training compared to other products on the current market. The Blaze will surely help you keep your workouts well-balanced as well as give you a faster and better results.

Besides, the system of resistance rods is amazingly more effective than any other conventional home gyms. You can see its perfect benefits that this resistance brings about listed above. No matter what you are looking for: cut fat, gain muscle, build strength or simply is to keep fit, the Blaze home gym can totally satisfy you.

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