It's here!!!

Our Bowflex arrived the other day and the boys started to assemble it as soon as it came.

It took them 3 hours, but it was all done when I got home from work. What a nice surprise!!
The machine is bigger and sturdier that I imagined, which is good as I am 6' 2" and 220 lbs. We will need to rearrange the basement to create a workout area, but that should be no problem.

As I said before I am kind of a ditz when it comes to mechanical things, so it was great to have it done for me.
I noticed that the box that hold the "power rods" looked like it was upside down, so I looked at the assembly instructions and saw that it was. I was able to remove the box and put it back on correctly with no trouble. A testament to good instructions for sure. The boys said it was easy to put together and the instructions were very clear and precise.

I loaded up the "i Trainer" software and it looks very cool.
You can design your own work out or use preset workouts based on what you want to accomplish. It even has workouts that are sport specific. For example it has a baseball "batting" workout and a baseball "throwing" workout. QuickTime videos show you the technique for all exercises, and you can print out sheets to track your workouts or you can put your workout results right into the program to track your progress.

My wife and I are going to set up out workouts in "i Trainer" for the " 6 Week Challenge" this weekend and work out proper technique and weight resistance for each of out exercises and then it's off to the races.

Will post again on Monday after our 1st workout.