Question

I was wondering how you rated the bullworker. I am having  difficulty finding a review on it anywhere. Is static contraction a waste of time?

Answer

I had a hard time finding a Bullworker review online as well, so I decided to do one for you right now. Keep in mind I haven't tried the Bullworker, so I'll approach my review of the Bullworker exercise machine from the prospective of a visitor to their website who isn't sure this is the right strength training device to buy.

On first impression I'm completely underwhelmed with the website at thebullworker.com - it doesn't do a very good job at explaining what in the heck this thing is suppose to do, at least not to the uninformed (me).

Here is an image grab of the Bullworker home page:

Right away I smell the heavy stench of bull turds in the air when I read things like "15 mintes 3 times a week" and "25 exercises in the sitting position." But since I said I was going to review the Bullworker, I swallowed hard and did some digging around their website and online for information on isometric training (which the Bullworker is apparently built for) because it says so on their website - "Bullworker offers you both Isometric and Isotonic exercises which together give the user strength and flexibility".

I'm not going to claim I'm an isometric exercise expert, but the term "isometric" and the word "flexibility" are contradictory. Isometric exercise is defined as "training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction". And we all know what it means to be flexible. So unless I'm a complete idiot they've lost me right off the bat on how the Bullworker functions and how it will benefit me.

With that aside, I kept digging around and came up with, well not much to get me very excited…

1. The home page says "15 minutes a day 3 times a week" - then on the interior pages it says "15 minutes a day 4 times a week" - my assumption is that they don't even know how long or what to do on this device, or they just made something up that sounded good and couldn't remember their claim from one page to the next.

2. Single page exercise demonstration pictures, and I use the term exercise demonstration loosely. I still can't tell how this thing works, although my assumption is that it compresses in the middle via a spring on some type and you can pull on the two bands with the same effect (note to self - not isometric).

3. There is no mention of how the Bullworker supplies its 10 to 400 pounds of resistance, so there is no way to monitor or guage your progress or strength level . They do make a big deal out of "testing" the Bullworker at the Arnold Classic Bodybuilding show offering anyone who could fully compress the unit $20 bucks. Only 5 out of the 100's who tried could do so and they could bench press 400 pounds (second note to self - who gives a crap! What does that prove?)

4. The lack of ergonomic function on the Bullworker is alarming.

5. Although they've sold "Over 9 Million Bullworkers" to date, I find it odd that there isn't a single testimonial on the website (third note to self - tell Bullworker to fire their marketing guy who sucks at his job).

6. I've had enough of this review it's giving me a headache…

I can't think of a single reason to buy a bullworker, other than the fact that it would make a nice addition to the exercise equipment museum I plan to build when I retire.