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I works great for me and my husband. We're able to track every item and set up a work out schedule and progressively increase it as we go onto the following week. We love it!

Like many, I've had a bowflex for a while, but lacked motivation and knowledge to really get into a routine with it. This DVD did that for me.Here's how I am using it:1) I have a laptop with XP on it that is just for the bowflex and is kept there at the machine to use during the workout.2) I have created two routines - one for upper body, one for lower body.3) I have arranged the exercises to make the best use of where the rods are connected and which additional "tools" are needed (hand grips, foot grips, bent bar, straight bar), seat on or off. I have grouped all the seat on routines together, then grouped them by which "tool" is needed, and finally by where the tool is attached (even down to where the pins are on the bars - all the way in, the middle, all the way out). This has resulted in a very streamlined workout and eliminates many of the clumsy setup changes that may be needed between routines. This was the key for me to reduce the frustration of changing up the machine configuration all the time.I don't use the measuring, weighing, heart rate part of the software, but I can see where it can be useful to motivate. The bathroom scale is enough motivation for me, however.I just needed a kick in the butt to get a routine going. To start, I did all over routines with light weight - just to wake up the muscles again (I'm a 56 year old woman that used to be in good shape, but has gotten "lazy").4) Now, I have settled into a routine of upper body 3 days a week and lower body 3 days a week with Sunday off. I feel so much better and actually look forward to going downstairs to work out now. I get an hour's workout done in about 40-45 minutes with the "enhancements" listed above.This is SO WORTH IT!IMPORTANT!* Don't forget to gather up the rods at the end of the session. Don't leave them attached. They will warp and loose strength.* You need XP (will not run on Windows 7) to run this and it really works better if you can have a laptop there with the video playing to remind you of where things attach and how to move (until you get it memorized).

The first thing I noticed about the I-Trainer application is that many of the videos on the application did not work correctly on my Windows Home Vista-Quicktime-I Trainer combination. Bowflex knows they have a problem and have not resolved it. I tried the fixes they suggested but they did not help. Many videos go green and freeze up even though the sound will continue. Some of the exercises I cannot view at all. The educational material regarding exercise was a great idea, too bad the instructor's video freeze up on me, I have to make do with just hearing his voice.Another issue I have is that I see no way to get a large print out on the Workouts. It comes up to about 1/4 page. So the list of all my workouts and weights to use is fairly small and hard to read for me. They need a FULL PAGE option.The application will create only ONE workout at a time. Meaning if you select three days in the first week to work out, it will attach the SAME workout to each day. In order to give a different routine to each separate workout in the same week, I have to create a separate workout for each day AND toggle some options slightly differently (or it will keep creating the same work out ever time I tell it to make a new workout). The algorithm apparently makes the exact same decision every time, it doesn't have the ability to think: "Hey, on Monday he worked that muscle group this way, on Wednesday and Friday I'll have him do it different ways".I like the color printouts I can make of each exercise, if I select two to a page they are fairly large and make a good quick reference by the machine.Overall, I don't get the feeling that this application gives me much of an advantage over someone who just sits down and looks at all the exercises that come with the machine and sets up his own workouts. It's easy enough to consider all the different body areas and how hard and how often you want to work them and how to get variety in different workouts. I used an excel spreadsheet for years on my old bowflex and that worked just fine when I wanted to print out new workout sheets.I do like the fact that in this application I can take away from the routines and add to them. I-Trainer will allow the user to select their own workouts or replace some routines or remove some from consideration. I have a bad lower back and if an exercise bothers it, I can replace the offending one with one for the same general area that doesn't give me any pain. So there is some flexibility that can be useful in the application.I think they need to resolve their video issues with Vista and expand the application to allow it to create multiple different workouts for the same person with the same options selected in the same week by just selecting on button. I have to work around the problem by creating multiple workouts for the same week (different days) and also selecting slightly different options such as Total body & upper body one day and Total Body & Lower Body the next and ultimately get three workouts in the same week (different days) that have a good bit of variety between them. More print options would be nice too (LARGER print options for the workout routines).I love my Bowflex and wanted to at least give this I-Trainer Application an average grade or better, but I felt that it didn't really quite measure up to "average" it needs a little work yet.