Bowflex Blaze manual How to Use Your Machine

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How to Use Your Machine

Power Rod® Resistance

Power Rod® rods are made from a special composite material. Your rods are sheathed with a protective black rubber coating. Each rod is marked with its weight rating on the “Rod Cap”.

Adjusting And

Understanding

The Resistance

The standard Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym comes with 210 pounds (95 kg) of resistance (one pair of 5 lb. (2.25 kg) rods, two pair of 10 lb. (4.5 kg) one pair of

30 lb. (13.5 kg) rods, and one pair of 50 lb. (22.5 kg) rods).

If you upgraded to a 310 lb. (140 kg) or 410 lb. (186 kg) capacity you will have an additional one or two pair of 50 lb. (22.5 kg) rods, respectively.

Hooking the Power Rod®

Unit to the Cables

You may use one rod or several rods in combination, to create your desired resistance level.

To hook multiple rods up to one cable, bend the closest rod toward the cable and place the cable hook through that rod cap. You can then hook up the next closest rod through the same cable hook.

Hooking up the closest rod first prevents rods from

crossing over the top of one another.

Safety

When hooking the Power Rod® caps to the cable hooks, do not stand directly over the tops of the rods. Stand off to one side when connecting and disconnecting the Power Rod® unit from the cables.

When You Are Not Using Your Bowflex® Blaze™ Home Gym

Disconnect the cables from the Power Rod® unit when you are not using your Bowflex® Blaze™ home gym. Use the

rod binding strap included with your machine

to bind all the rods together at the top. You can also place your cables and grips through the strap to keep them out of the way.

To order additional

50 lb. (22.5 kg) Power Rod® sets

please call

1-800-NAUTILUS (1-800-628-8458)

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