Weider
Crossbow Home Gym (a.k.a. Weider Crossbar, Weider MAX)
The
Weider Crossbow home gym was developed by Icon to compete
with the Bowflex line of power rod style home gyms.
Like
the Bowflex and the Bandflex, the Weider Crossbow utilizes
a power rod type set up to deliver the resistance for each
exercise that you can easily adjust and move from exercise
to exercise.
If
you compare the Weider Crossbow to the Bowflex side by side,
you'll discover there are some definite quality differences
between the two, and it can get even more confusing trying
to compare them to each other objectively because they switch
their model names and features more often than most people
change their underpants (well almost).
The
Crossbow used to be a good deal when it was introduced because
it was rather inexpensive (around $499), but like most products
sold by Icon Fitness that didn't last long. Once they figured
out they could make a big pile of money on it they quickly
turned this gym into an overpriced, over engineered curiosity.
If
the price of the Crossbow makes you balk (and it should),
take a close look at the Bodylastics
Resistance Bands that I Own as an alternative, it blows
this gym away for about 1/8th of the price and you can use
it almost anywhere.
The
Weider Crossbow home gym claims you can perform over 65
exercises with the standard 240 pounds of resistance (the
resistance can be upgraded to a full 440 pounds for an additional
expense) but that's a stretch in my book.
Of
the 65 exercises not many of them are exactly gym quality.
There is no way to make a workout machine that can do 65
exercises and not have to have any compromises somewhere
(the rowing feature isn't that great for example).
One
of the advantages of the Crossbow vs Bowflex is that the
Crossbow comes standard with a leg developer (you will have
to change the cable when you use it though), where on most
of the Bowflex gyms that same leg developer will set you
back a nice chunk of change.
The
bottom line on the Weider Crossbow is that there's a less
than $100 alternative that I own called Bodylastics.
If you're even considering Crossbow do yourself a favor
and read my review on the Bodylastics System before you
invest one cent of your money and see if you come to the
same conclusion I did.
Get
the Weider
Crossbow Gym on sale w/ free shipping here
OR
read
my review
of the Bodylastics Gym
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