Bowflex Blaze Home Gym Review

The Blaze will run you $900 which is $100 more than what the Sport went for.

The Blaze comes standard with 210 pounds of power rod resistance. You can add more resistance and upgrade to 310 or 410 pounds - each upgrade will cost you $99.00.

The Blaze uses a "rod system." These rods are hooked to a cable pulley system. You can hook one, two, three, four or all of the Power Rods to the cable pulley system and go from as little as 5 pounds all the way up to 210 or the upgraded resistance.

In order to reach the rods on some machines I have to twist my body. I stand up to change the resistance on the Blaze. I suggest the Blaze if you have any back or shoulder problems.

This is an easy to use machine. It requires no knowledge of programming and you get the ability to do over 60 exercises.

The Blaze gives you an adjustable, comfortable seat. I can do leg presses which work my quadriceps (upper thighs) and hamstrings while on the seat. This is the same seat I do leg curls on. Leg curls are an isolated exercise and only work my quadriceps. It is a great feature to have on the machine versus buying a machine and then having to get the leg curl as an attachment. The leg attachment is easily put on and off with pins and will have to be taken off to do some exercises

The bows are flexible. The Blaze has an adjustable pulley system which is designed to change the angle of resistance. This means that I can do a chest press fairly easily with the bows in a bent shape. Each bow has a loop on it which attaches to a cable. Essentially that is all there is to the Bowflex

The Blaze has a lat tower. The lat tower works the latissimus dorsi muscles in the back and in my opinion is a must have piece.

The Blaze like the Sport comes with workout handles which I use for my biceps, chest, triceps and my legs. These handles can be put around my foot to so leg lifts which work my buttocks. They both have a lower pulley/squat station which is also a great feature for an expensive machine. This allows me to do low rows for my back and work my entire leg doing squats.

It comes with a fitness guide; has a no time limit warranty on the power rods and a 5-year limited warranty on materials and workmanship.

The Blaze measures a little over 7’ in height x 7’ 6" in length and it is 3’ 2" wide. It folds to 52" long x 38" wide.

The maximum user weight is 300 pounds. That is very low for a universal type machine which tells you about the target audience.

A sample of what I do on the Blaze includes:

For my back I like to do bent over rows and pull downs.

For my arms I like to do triceps pushdowns, triceps extension, and bicep curls.

For my legs I like to do leg extension and leg presses.

For my chest I like to do flyes and bench presses.

For my shoulders I do front shoulder raises and reverse flyes.

Jo's Viewpoint

Thumbs Up to the Blaze but if you can find the Sport for less go with that one.