Bowflex BodyTower Owner's Manual page 19

Muscles worked:
Core, Abdominals
Bar Position:
Not used
Accessory:
Sling straps
Motion
• Face away from tower. Stand below
sling straps.
• Place upper arms in straps and grasp
straps above.
• Raise legs by flexing hips until fully
flexed, tuck knees, and raise feet
toward pull-up bar by flexing waist.
Muscles worked:
Shoulders, Posterior
Deltoids
Bar Position:
Lower
Accessory:
Handgrips
Motion
• Sit facing tower, with knees bent and
heels braced on tower base frame.
• Grasp handgrips and lie supine (on
your back).
• Keeping heels in contact with the
floor, and elbows pointed slightly
outward, stay seated and pull body
towards back of tower, while bending
at the hip, until seated upright.
Exercises
Hanging Hip-Leg Raise
• Return until waist and hips are extended
• Repeat.
Success Tips
• It may be necessary to completely flex hips
Variation
Do exercise without sling straps by holding the
Pull Up Bar.
Inverted Row (Assisted)
• Return to original position.
• Repeat.
19
downward.
before waist flexion is possible.