It depends what you want to do, for cardio, an Elliptical machine is excellent and less stressful on the joints than a treadmill.

Secondly, a fitness ball. It's excellent for situps and I even use it rather than a bench for bench press and the like.

Lastly, dumbells, you can do so many things with dumbells.

Actually, i've been working out in my basement for about 12yrs now and I've never used more than 1 fitness ball, 2 dumbells with an assortment of weights, a barbell and a punching bag. I see no need for a bowflex.

Check out the article below, there are a zillion more like it. There's an entire Men's Health book dedicated to Workouts and each one has a Home Gym, No Gym alternative. It's totally worth the price.
Source(s):
http://www.myfit.ca/fitnessprograms/viewprogram.asp?title=At%20Home%20Train...
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1579546579/ref=sib_rdr_dp


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