The Bowflex PR1000 home gym is a great way to strengthen your muscles and add a bit of cardio training to the mix with over 30 strength exercises and a built-in rowing station. With up to 210 pounds of Power Rod resistance, this versatile machine helps work the abs, arms, chest, back, shoulders, and lower body. It includes triple-function hand grips for lat pull-down, a horizontal bench press, and four-inch upholstered roller cushions for leg extension and leg curl exercises. The rowing machine rail also folds when you’re done with your workout

The PR1000 utilizes Bowflex’s patented Power Rods, which provide 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. You can hook one, two, three, four or all of your Power Rod units to the cable pulley system and go from as little as 5 pounds all the way up to 210 pounds of resistance.

They’re precisely manufactured from a high-tech composite material under the highest quality control measures, then sheathed and tested 4 separate times to ensure quality and durability. The Power Rod units are so strong, you can flex them repeatedly but you won’t be able to wear them out.

Features and Specifications :

• Sliding Seat Rail adds aerobic rowing training for calorie-burning, cardiovascular warm-up and cool-down (also great for leg presses and seated leg extensions)
• Multi-use Hand-Grip/Ankle Cuffs designed to add flexibility and performance to any workout
• Workout Placard displays workout descriptions for easy reference while you’re exercising
• Number of available exercises : 30+
• Height : 81 inches (205 cm)
• Length : 84 inches (213 cm)
• Width : 38 inches (97 cm)
• Minimum Workout Area : 100 by 78 inches (254 x 199 cm)
• Maximum User Weight : 300 pounds (136 kg)
• 210 pounds of Power Rod resistance
• Four-inch upholstered roller cushions for leg extension and leg curl
• Horizontal bench press
• Triple function hand grips for lat pull down
• Built-in cardio rowing machine
• Folds for easy storage

Exercises :

Bench Press Decline Bench Press Incline Bench Press Seated Shoulder Press Front Shoulder Raise Crossover Seated Rear Delt Rows Scapular Retraction Narrow Pulldowns Stiff-Arm Pulldowns

Seated Lat Rows Reverse Grip Pulldown Seated Low Back Extension Triceps Pushdown Triceps Extension Standing Biceps Curl Wrist Curl Seated (Resisted) Abdominal Crunch

Trunk Rotation Leg Extension Calf Raise Seated Hip Adduction Seated Hip Abduction Leg Kickback Leg Press

Manufacturer’s Warranty
Frame – one year; Rods – five years; Parts – 60 days

5 Responses to “Bowflex PR1000 Home Gym”

1. David Ehrenreich says:

   May 17, 2010 at 12:00 am

   My wife has been asking for a home gym for a while, so I just bought it for her birthday. Like others it took me about two hours to put it together. I have seen complaints about having to change the pulley configs for the different workouts, but I don’t feel this is any different then changing weights. This unit is fun, and makes working out pretty easy. The manual is excellent, you get one manual for assembly and another for the workouts. I do see us buying a rod pack upgrade in the future, but 210 is fine for getting use the workouts and the machine.
2. A Music Lover says:

   May 14, 2010 at 12:00 am

   This review is broken into the following sections:

   * Ordering and Shipping

   * Assembly

   * Exercises

   * The Machine

   Ordering and Shipping:

   I purchased this for a good price via Amazon. Shipping went well, product arrived in a timely manner.

   Assembly:

   I assembled the machine yesterday. For a short woman in her 50’s whose only “helper” was her dog, I found the assembly went pretty well (4 hours). In a couple of places the instructions could have been a bit clearer. I can see how assembly would have been a snap if I had had a different helper or if I were taller – or if I already had a bowflex body for tightening down all the bolts – but all it all, assembly wasn’t too bad.

   Exercises:

   The machine includes an Owner’s Manual which describes two things.

   1. Various exercise routines (list of exercises) you can follow depending on your goals and current level of fitness. These purport to be aligned to adhere to the 20 mins-per-day, 3 days-per-week mantra that is part of their advertising.

   2. A title of each exercise, the equipment to use for the exercise, and a drawing attempting to depict the movement being done in the exercise. This is the first place where I found the “system” to be lacking. Not having been a gym rat, I had had only minimal previous experience with gym equipment and the drawings aren’t clear what movement is expected. They also provide a card that gives the initial and final position for some of the exercises, but again, no information on what one is to do to get from A to B. Between the manual, the card, and a few videos out on the Internet, I could figure out what most of the exercises are, but this area is sorely lacking. Since this is supposed to be an entry-level machine, it would have been expected that Bowflex would provide better guidance in this area. So I docked them one star for this.

   The Machine:

   The machine itself appears to be of good quality. And after the first workout, I am sore, which is what’s to be expected. But I am an overweight, out-of-shape, 50-yr-old woman and even I could Leg Press the full weight (210lbs) on my first workout. And unfortunately, as others have observed, you cannot upgrade the PR1000.

   This seems to me to be the second drawback, for which I docked them their second star. Coupled with the relatively low maximum weight, I could see the inability to upgrade being a big limitation for most men and any strong woman who is already in great shape. If that’s you, I would skip this machine and spend the money on another model – or plan to supplement it.

   Since I don’t come anywhere near to maxing out the weight for any of the upper-torso exercises, the machine is still very useful to me. If my upper body is able to max it out in a year or two I will be delighted. But for a really effective full-body workout, I’ll have to pull out my old “Thighs of Steel” and “Buns of Steel” videos to supplement my treadmill/Bowflex regimen.
3. K. fee says:

   May 11, 2010 at 12:00 am

   i love this machine. i have owned different workout machines in the past, they all took up space in my house and garage. this alone does it all for me. i can now get rid of 5 workout machines and do everything on this bowflex. thanks for a great deal. kellie
4. Jill B. Pangle says:

   April 29, 2010 at 12:00 am

   We purchased this product a month ago for the ease of getting in a good workout. My husband has increased his muscle mass dramatically (also with the help of healthy eating and protein drinks and bars) with the use of the bowflex. He uses it about 4-5 times a week for about 45 minutes to an hour. I have noticed strength gains for myself as well. If you looking for an easy to use piece of equipment for general exercise gains, this is a great buy! We love it!
5. Branden Brown says:

   April 19, 2010 at 12:00 am

   The PR1000 was everything I needed when upgrading from a total gym. i wanted more weight to work with and this has been a good choice for me. Construction was easy and only took about 2 hours to complete myself. Power rods are nice, it may not be enough weight in a few months, but there is an option to add 2 more 50 lb rods.

   The only complaint I have is when I received the box via ups, it was barely even a box. It was sitting outside when I came home from work almost completely trashed. Things were hanging out of it and it was in real bad shape. Luckily no parts were missing and there was no damage to the contents.