Post #3498179
2026-06-30 20:49 UTC
@iris@neuromatch.social - Oh, it's very simple. It's a bowflex xtreme 2 SE Home gym. Compact and lets me do all my upper body workouts while seated or upright. It does let me do cable leg workouts as well (squats, deadlifts, etc. I never do leg curls or extensions. Terrible for my knees).
Most of my lower body workouts are hiking and walking.
I have some dumbbells and steel clubs for mobility and joint exercises as well.
The bowflex has a max weight resistance of 200 lbs which is plenty for me. It doesnt take up a lot of room and the big thing for me is I can do the workouts upright (being prone is not good for me, weird circulatory system) with steady but gentle resistance.
I love benchpresses and free weights but I need a spotter as when my joints fatigue they dislocate. See also laying down being bad 😅
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@iris@neuromatch.social 2026-06-30 20:53
@tinker@infosec.exchange neat, thank you!
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@bob_zim@infosec.exchange 2026-06-30 21:14
@tinker@infosec.exchange @iris@neuromatch.social On the topic of needing a spotter, there are some extremely cool devices available now which use station-keeping brushless motors to provide resistance which can change extremely quickly. They can detect struggling or failure and immediately decrease the load. They can also adjust the load during a rep, so you’re doing barbell curls (for example) with 30 pounds on the contraction and 50 pounds on the extension. They’re currently in the thousands of dollars range, and most require subscriptions to be any good (looking at Tonal here). Still, an area to watch.