lol there's no such thing as a stupid question just funny ones. j/p um on a serious note for the price I would go with the total gym. It all depends on what your goals are. if you are wanting to put on muscle mass then you'd probably want to go with the bowflex. It's not going to get you to look like the guys in the magazines but it's going to give you more resistance than the total gym. I have the bowflex and It's okay as a beginners home gym. like I said it all depends on what your goals are. I have the ultimate model and we just payed it off a few months ago it was around 2000 bucks. if you got that kind of money to spend then go ahead if not I think the total gym tops out at about 300 bucks
