Blog - a healthy way to healthy

Bowflex Power Rods vs. plate-loaded machines vs. weight stacks. Each makes a strong case for being your resistance-based strength-training choice. Which one should you pull for? Here's how these heavyweight home gym contenders weigh in.

Bowflex SelectTech technology allows you to save time, space and money by replacing several workout weights with one or two selectorized units that allow you to dial in the amount of weight you want to lift. Here's how it makes even an active life easier.

At first glance, the differences between the Bowflex Max Trainer M6 and the Bowflex M8 can be hard to spot. If you’re set on bringing a Max Trainer home, there are some key differences that should weigh into your buying decision.

After Bowflex successfully launched its Max Intelligence™ app, the company ups its motivational ante with two great new apps – JRNY™ and Explore the World™.

It’s a new decade, and you’ve made some resolutions to get 2020 started right. Exercise more. Get yourself back into shape “like you were in your 20’s”. And to kickstart your renewed commitment to a healthy lifestyle you’ve picked yourself up a new Bowflex treadmill from Flaman Fitness. Making time for exercise is easier said than done but you’ve already taken a Neil Armstrong-like giant leap toward your fitness goals by picking up said treadmill. You’re now set up for success for years to come.

Instead of feeling ashamed about past health experiences, be curious and learn from your “past you.” Instead of making grand “wishes” for 2020 — broad unrealistic claims divorced from growth, reflection, and reality — make intelligent, realistic GOALS. For many, the New Year — the demarcation of a “new beginning” — is motivating. If this is true for you, GREAT! Capitalize on the surge of motivation. Since the New Year is now, it is as good a time as any to make a health goal. As my mother taught me, don’t put off ‘til tomorrow what you can do today.

When the mercury drops like it has in Edmonton and across the prairies, it’s a nuisance for most people. Maybe your car won’t start, or you have to turn the thermostat up a little to offset the cold. But for some members of our community, the cold presents a serious, potentially life-threatening challenge just to stay warm. And they urgently need our help.

Could your exercise bike replace your dog as your new best friend? Check out this epic comparison between stronger thighs and sad, soft eyes.

For years, cardio has been about losing weight, gaining energy and improving the length and quality of our lives. Strength training has been about the weight we can lift or resist and the muscular physique we can show off doing it. But now the idea of adding strength training to our cardio routines is catching on.

There are so many different foam rollers. Which one is right for you? Here are some questions that will put you on the path to post-workout relief.