How to Do Upper Body Workouts on the Bowflex Revolution

You can't channel surf without coming across an infomercial about some type of fitness equipment, promising a harder, more muscular body. One of the most popular names in the home workout equipment business is Bowflex. With the Bowflex Revolution, you can assure yourself of a great upper body workout. With its trademark adjustable cable pulley system, you can hit your upper body muscles from many different angles for maximum results. Read on to learn how to do upper body workouts on the Bowflex Revolution.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Work out chest muscles by adjusting the movable pulley arms, or Freedom Arms, to allow for bench presses (regular, incline and decline), cable crossovers and chest flies. Resistance can be set for up to 220 lbs.

2. Target arms doing seated biceps curls and triceps extensions. You can isolate the biceps muscles by utilizing the preacher curl attachment, which comes included with the Bowflex Revolution.

3. Get a great shoulder workout as the Bowflex Revolution allows for several types of shoulder exercises. Adjust the arms accordingly to do lateral raises (lying and seated), shoulder press, bent row (to target rear deltoids) and the standing reverse fly.

4. Build back muscles by setting the pulley arms as high as they can go and performing wide lat pull downs and shoulder extensions (sit facing the machine and pull down on the cables to either side with arms held straight). The decline chest press will also work the back muscles.

5. Strengthen and tone abdominal and core muscles by holding onto the cables and doing crunches with resistance, as well as trunk rotations that work the lower back and obliques (sides of the abdominals).

Tips & Warnings

• Upgrade the Bowflex Revolution by adding additional resistance plates for a total of 300 lbs. for upper body workouts.
• Fold down the seat to utilize the built-in rowing machine, not only a great cardio workout but an intense upper body movement as well.
• Add the optional Lat Tower that will allow you to really target those back muscles, or the Ab Back Pad for an up to 40 percent increase in your core workout.
• Do not start any type of exercise program without first consulting with your physician.

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