Bowflex Blaze manual Get to Know Your Machine, Home Gym

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Get to Know Your Machine

CONGRATULATIONS on your commitment to improving your health and fitness! With the Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym, you have everything you need to exceed all of your physical fitness, strength and health expectations!

The Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym’s exceptional resistance and quality is unmatched by any other single piece of home fitness equipment available. You will not believe the amazing results your body will get with the Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym!

Please take your time to read through the entire manual and follow it carefully before attempting to use your

Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym. Also locate and read all warning labels that are posted on the machine. It’s important to understand how to properly perform each exercise before you do so using Power Rod® Resistance.

With all of the fitness choices available today, finding the best workout equipment for your needs can be very confusing. Everyone at Nautilus would like to thank you for selecting the Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym.

Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym is the finest home fitness product available, and you’re just about to prove it to yourself.

Upper

Lat Tower

Power Rod®

Unit

Rod Hook

Cable

Rod Box

Chest Bar

Pulley

Squat Bar

Home Gym

Lat Cable Storage Bent Lat Bar

Lat Bar Pulley

Rod Caps

Leg Attachment

Workout Placard

Bench

Squat Platform and Pulleys

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Contents Fitness Guide Page Table of Contents Product Specifications Regulatory ApprovalsSafety Requirements Important Safety InstructionsSafety Requirements Safety Warning Labels LabelSafety Warning Labels Safety Warning Labels Get to Know Your Machine Home GymHow to Use Your Machine Workout Bench Accessories and Equipment Using Your Leg Press Belt and Squat Bar Pulleys Define Your Goals Design Your Own Program Variables are as followsWarm Up / Cool Down Chest Exercises Chest Fly-Shoulder Horizontal Adduction elbow stablizedChest Exercises Chest Exercises Anterior Deltoid and Triceps Shoulder Exercises Seated Shoulder Press-Shoulder Adduction and elbow extension Front Shoulder Raise-Shoulder Flexion elbow stabilizedShoulder Extension-elbows stabilized Shoulder Shrug-Scapular ElevationScapular Protraction-elbows stabilized Scapular DepressionRear Deltoids, Middle Deltoids, Trapezius, and Rhomboids Shoulder Rotator Cuff-Internal Rotation Shoulder Rotator Cuff-External RotationScapular Retraction Lying Lat Pulldowns Back ExercisesLow Back Extension-Seated with hip extension Pulldowns-Shoulder Adduction with elbow ﬂexion Lying Lat Fly-Shoulder Adduction Lying Narrow Lat PulldownsSeated Lat Rows-Shoulder Extension and elbow ﬂexion Stiff-Arm Pulldown-Shoulder Extension elbow stabilizedBent Over Row Triceps Pushdown-Elbow Extension Arm ExercisesSingle Arm Pushdown-Elbow Extension French Press-Elbow Extension overhead Lying Triceps Extension-Elbow ExtensionCross Triceps Extension Lying 45o Triceps Extension-Elbow ExtensionSeated Triceps Extension-Elbow Extension Standing Biceps Curl-Elbow Flexion in supinationSeated Biceps Curl-Flexion in supination Lying Biceps Curl-Elbow Flexion in supinationSeated Wrist Extension Standing Wrist CurlReverse Curl-Elbow Flexion in pronation Seated Wrist Curl Wrist FlexionStanding Wrist Extension Rope Pushdown-Elbow ExtensionReverse Crunch-Spinal Flexion Abdominal ExercisesResisted Reverse Crunch-Spinal Flexion Seated Resisted Abdominal Crunch-Spinal Flexion Trunk Rotation Leg Extension Leg ExercisesSquat-Knee Extension, Hip Extension, Ankle Plantarﬂexion Lying Leg Extension Ankle EversionAnkle Inversion Standing Hip Extension-knee ﬂexedStanding Hip Extension-knee stabilized Standing Hip AbductionSeated Hip Adduction Seated Hip AbductionStanding Leg Kickback-Hip and Knee Extension Leg Press-Hip and Knee Extension StartAction Success TipsProne Leg Curl-Knee Flexion Muscle Chart US Warranty Information Week Satisfaction GuaranteeBowflex Blaze Home Gym Warranty Registration Card What Is Covered Please fold over and tape before mailingBowflex Body Leanness Program Introduction Bowflex Body Leanness ProgramPersonal Guarantee From Dr. Ellington Darden Measurements Body WeightCircumference of Body Parts Skinfold Measurements SuprailiumOptional Picture Taking Using Calipers When Measuring SkinfoldsWomen Men Age in Years Female Male Determining Your Body FatTo Use The Nomogram Percent Body-FatFor Example Calculating Lean Body MassEnter Your Information Here Pounds or Kilograms Your Results Summary Sheet Measurements Before AfterGuidelines Week 3&4 WorkoutsGuidelines Week 1&2 Guidelines Week 5&6Keep Menus Simple and Food Substitutions to a Minimum Eating GuidelinesFollow a Carbohydrate-Rich, Descending-Calorie Eating Plan Avoid Too Much StressSuperhydrate Your System Eating Plan Week 5Eating Plan US Measurements CerealEating Plan Metric Measurements Shopping List May I have dinner for lunch and lunch for dinner? Page Adhere to a carbohydrate-rich, moderate-calorie eating plan Page Exercise Log BenchPage Important Contact Numbers