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My Bowflex Sport Review - by Dan G. (ON Canada)
My Bowflex Sport assembly - It took me about 4 hours to assemble and I am pretty handy. The parts are well constructed, but they do not fit together easily. It would have been much smarter to make them tighten with a large flathead screwdriver. The nuts are locking nuts and are nearly impossible to tighten properly with the allen wrench. I ended up going to the hardware store and purchasing regular 3/4" nuts that I could actually tighten with the allen wrench. There are several screws that need to be tightened in pre-threaded holes and it was very difficult to get them in properly. The instructions are decent, but a couple steps, are not clear and I had to do some steps twice to get it right.
You really can't tell from the pictures just how long the bench and leg extension are, but they take up over 6 feet from the main unit. The power rods flex outward and need about 6 feet of room as well. It does fold up, which helps, but make sure you have a large area for the machine. And don't plan on moving it from room to room once assembled, it is way too big to get through a doorway.
My Bowflex Sport is very solid and I get a good workout from it. At first, the resistence of the power rods felt weird, but it does the trick. It just takes getting used to.
The range of exercises is impressive. You can do several varations of exercises for all muscle groups, as well as aerobic rowing. If Bowflex would spend some time simplifying the assembly process and clarifying the documentation, they would have a five star product.
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