Important Safety Precautions
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3
Getting To Know Your Machine
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4
About Your Bowflex
®
Ultimate
™
Home Gym
Attachments
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9
Using Your Machine
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10
Defining Your Goals
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Exercising Properly
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14
The Workouts
The 20 Minute Better Body Workout
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Advanced General Conditioning
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20 Minute Upper / Lower Body
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Body Building
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Circuit Training Anaerobic / Cardiovascular
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True Aerobic Circuit Training
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Strength Training
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20
Chest Exercises
Bench Press
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Chest Fly
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Incline Bench Press
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Decline Bench Press
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Resisted Punch
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Lying Cable Crossover
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Flat Barbell Bench Press
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Shoulder Exercises
Seated Shoulder Press
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25
Front Shoulder Press
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Rear Deltoid Rows
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Standing Lateral Shoulder Raise
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Seated Lateral Shoulder Raise
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Scapular Protraction
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Scapular Depression
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Shoulder Rotator Cuff — Internal Rotation
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Shoulder Rotator Cuff — External Rotation
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Shoulder Extension
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Shoulder Shrug
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30
Barbell Shoulder Shrug
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30
Lying Front Shoulder Raise
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31
Reverse Fly
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31
Military Press
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Back Exercises
Lying Shoulder Pullover
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33
Wide Pulldowns
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33
Narrow Pulldowns
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Lying Lat Pulldowns
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34
Lying Narrow Lat Pulldowns
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35
Low Back Extensions
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35
Seated Lat Rows
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36
Lying Lat Fly
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36
Reverse Grip Pulldowns
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Scapular Retraction
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37
Stiff Arm Pulldown
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38
Barbell Bent Over Row
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Arm Exercises
French Press
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Lying Triceps Extension
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Lying 45 Degree Triceps Extension
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Triceps Pushdown
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40
“Rope” Pushdowns
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41
Single-Arm Pushdown
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41
Cross Triceps Extension
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42
Triceps Kickback
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42
Seated Triceps Extension
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43
Standing Biceps Curl
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Seated Biceps Curl
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44
Seated Wrist Extension
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Standing Wrist Extension
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45
Seated Wrist Curl
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45
Standing Wrist Curl
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Reverse Curl
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46
Lying Biceps Curl
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47
Reverse Grip Barbell Curls
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Barbell Curls
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Abdominal Exercises
Seated (resisted) Abdominal Crunch
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49
Seated (resisted) Oblique Crunch
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49
Reverse Crunch
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50
Resisted Reverse Crunch
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50
Trunk Rotation
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51
Abdominal Crunch
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51
Leg Exercises
Leg Extension
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52
Leg Curl
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52
The Squat
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53
Leg Press
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53
Lying (Prone) Leg Curl
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Standing Hip Extension
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54
Standing Hip Flexion
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Seated Leg Curl
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Lying Leg Extension
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Seated (straight Leg) Calf Raise
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Standing Leg Kickback
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57
Kneeling Leg Kickback
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Standing Hip Abduction
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Seated Hip Adduction
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58
Seated Hip Abduction
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Ankle Inversion
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59
Ankle Eversion
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60
Deadlift
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60
Stiff-Leg Deadlift
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61
Fast Fat Loss Now
The Bowflex
®
Body Leanness Program
By Dr. Ellington Darden
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