New England B.S. Thread

Oh that looks fantastic. Well done.









If anyone is looking for a good sleeping mat, massive deal





Campsavers..use the 30% off. Saves $116

 

In beautiful Worcester country today . Just drove through Leicster Paxton
Really nice area

 

Rolling through Holden all day

 

Anyone ever use or own a bowflex?

 

Morning all!

Nope. I've just got some free weights and a treadmill.

 

I'm on rehab #4 and this one has been rough. I've got to work around some limitations. Looking to incorporate some cable machine into my free weight routine when I things get a bit too much given my case.


Can't say much on public forums due to work ever trying to improperly manipulate details against me in the future haha. I know it's vague

 

No worries. Sorry I can't offer any experience with one.

 

Happy humpday everyone!



Hope you can all get your hump on at some point today.

 

Come to Cape Cod for vacation they said...........the weather is beautiful they said......
https://youtu.be/McpQR8Mw_o8

 

Yes, I had an older one. Bought it at an estate sale. Resistance was far from linear, bows would bend inconsistently. It also took up a lot of room. Sold it for what I paid for it.

 

FINALLY a day I can take the motorcycle to work!

 

You could get the same or better results with a few free weights and some bands.

 

Those are the same type of people who probably built that shit hole . Only a lot more of them now

 

Check out crossover symmetry bands too. Good for rehab, stretching, and building strength. We use them a lot in fitness cult for accessory work and rehabilitation of injury

 

Did you blow out your shoulder?

 

Yeah. This is just for when I need to operate at 60% for a few weeks. I've fairly fluent in the gym rat life. Bounced from 210 to a lean 185 back to a lean 220 through out the years. Mostly from dealing with issues. I've become fairly competent with adjusting to work around them. But this last trip up has been.. Sucky.

And that's compared to;

• Torn ligaments right foot
• Broken radial head right arm
• Fractured both wrists
• Torn trap sub scapula
• Acl, miniscis
• Concussions
• Trigger fingers
• Fully dislocated right hip
• Broken back, T-12 L-1

And there's some others that linger.

Basically I'm at a point with freeweights that if this injury perks up, I'm dropping heavy weights instantly and risking another injury.

Is what it is. I've accepted it and I'm lucky to have relatively good health still. Very appreciative of it. Just trying to maximize what I can do to maintain it.

 

Yes. Had one for about 10 years...
Whats on your mind?
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Definitely check out crossover symmetry. There's also cheaper knockoffs.

 

X2 on the different types of resistance bands. They are a cheaper alternative to a cable system and you can do more with them. I don't have ones with handles, but still do different exercises/stretches as if there were handles on them.

 

Looks pretty sweet. I'll have to look into the knock offs because those are already more expensive than the bowflex I could get.

Legs aren't an issue as I still hold more of an athletic based routine instead of strength.

Those straps look like they'd take care of a lot of the upper body routine I do. One of the biggest limitations I have is I can't do chest motions with a barbell anymore. So I'd have to find the equivalent with one of these methods to replace it with. Just for reference I float around a 95lb dumbell press.


Any input on the anchoring for the crossover symmetry bands?