Not for serious weightlifting mine broke down inside a year, girls would never have a problem using it!If you plan on pushing it hard at the higher resistance setting that give you 1.5 times your body weight the cable wears out and multiple other parts on the machine! Warranty is on parts not labor they wanted $110 just to change the cable, was ok with it but it has to many plastic parts on it.
@RandomStuffWithBill 0 seconds ago How tall are you? I am 6'6" and curious if i would be too tall for this machine even with the adjustable seat base, any input?
Hi Inspire Fitness I’m really considering this machine but I’m in place where i have no chance of trying it I’m shipping it abroad. However, would you say that the resistance ratio is 1:1? i am afraid this would feel light as I weigh 182 and i usually lift free weights
Hi there! The BL1 is a bodyweight resistance machine with 15 different resistance levels, ranging from 10% of your body weight, or up to 150% of your body weight.
Something else for Bl1 users. unless you're going for serious weight, you can also do a standing shoulder press. I find that i get a better alignment that way. If inspire fitness ever create an isometric version of this, it would basically be the perfect multi gym for us regular folks who just want to get some work done :)
I have the BL1 and I need to ask two questions: 1 - How should I adjust the cable to be able to place the load in the most recessed positions; from position 12 it is almost impossible to move further. In the lowest positions the cable is very slack and in the higher positions it is fully stretched and becomes very hard to adjust. I've tried adjusting the screws under the base and it doesn't work. If I lift them too much, the range of motion becomes short. Your machine seems to have no gaps in either position. 2 - Are the BL1 handles smaller than the M2 handles? I've seen some videos of the M2 and it seems that the handles have a much greater range of motion. There are videos in which they do shoulder press with dumbbells and, on the BL1, it is almost impossible to bring the straps to chin height in a comfortable way.
Hello. If you haven't figured this out yet, there should be instructions in the manual, but you basically have to loosen two bolts on the back of the machine until it's adjusting smoothly and then tighten one of them again. The adjusters under the platform are for getting it to glide smoothly in the first 8 or so positions and the adjusters on the back are for the upper range (roughly 9 through 15).
Which 2 bolts are you referring to? I bought this machine and just put it together last weekend. The weight adjuster is far from smooth. Any help/advice is very welcome
@bholley253 it's the bolts behind the back upright seat. Watch the actual assembly video by centr and youll see it shown in the video how to adjust it.
Read the manual or watch the assembly video on adjusting the bolts/wheel assembly directly behind the upright seat. It has 2 bolts one vertical and horizontal, u loosen the horizontal bolts 1st and adjust the top bolt until it adjusts so that the weight adjuster moves freely.
Nice home gym! I recall in the late 90s or thereabouts, Nordicflex had this exact bodyweight system on the retail market. Theirs was called the Nordicflex Ultralift if I'm not mistaken. Is Inspire's Bodylift based on this patent?
