Bowflex Xtreme SE Bowflex

Pros: Replaced my GYM membership, Good workout, Quiet
Cons: Not Cheap, Not ideal for body builders

Who makes it? To start I would like to give a little bit of the Bowflex history, or at least what I could find about it. The company was started in 1986 and it looks like they are owned by Nautilus or they are the same. They were both started in ...

Pros: Sturdy, doesn't take up too much room, easy to use.
Cons: Heavy, requires a lot of time & patience to assemble, not much of a workout.

I've always been intrigued by the Bowflex commercials; don't we all want that beautiful, muscular body in only 20 minutes a day? If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is... A Bowflex is basically for an elderly person, or someone with no exercise ...

Pros: Full body work-out; no spotter needed; convenient home work-out; easier on body than free-weights.
Cons: More expensive than basic free-weight set-up; not quite enough band-weight for stronger lifters.

I have owned a Bowflex Xtreme XTLU for almost two years now, and while the machine I have and the one reviewed by Lisa678 are not identical, they are probably pretty close to being the same machine. That's why I was amazed by what Lisa said about her/the ...