BodyLastics Review

Bodylastics vs Bowflex

Bodylastics uses elastic tubes that create resistance when they’re stretched. Bowflex uses what it calls a “Compound Resistance System” with power rods that create resistance when they’re bent, like the way an archer pulls back on a bow to fire an arrow. Also like a bow and arrow, the Bowflex power rods are bent not directly by the hands but by a system of cables, wheels, and pulleys to which they’re connected.

The downside of the Bowflex system is the resistance is uneven (whereas you can adjust the level of resistance with the Bodylastics tubes), the fly wheel doesn’t turn smoothly, making for a rough and unsupported feeling while working out (whereas movement and control with the Bodylastics elastic tubes couldn’t be smoother and easier), and the Bowflex machine is big and heavy and takes up lots of space (whereas the Bodylastics sets are none of those things).

Bodylastic vs. Crossbow

Platinum Crossbow also uses power rods like those of the Bowflex system. Therefore all of the differences listed above between Bodylastics and Bowflex apply to this comparison as well. There is no substitute for generating resistance by pulling directly against the source of resistance and not through a series of cables, flywheels, and pulleys.

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