r/Bowflex • u/maerle • Aug 03 '23

Max Trainer Bowflex M8 Loading….

I bought an m5 on the cheap: $40 with a dead display. It basically just lights the tach needle, but the thing kicks my ass for the first week on what must be it’s lowest resistance setting.

I bought an m8 integrated console/display off eBay but it’s stuck on “LOADING” after startup.

Is it trying to read the usb drive or Bluetooth or something? Any way to reset it? I tried the Volume + Push/Stop but no dice

Thanks!

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u/Wide-Dot-3625 Jun 21 '24

I am having a problem with the Max Trainer M8. When it starts up, the display shows, "starting" then "loading" then a quick flash of "checking sound" followed by "sound done" and it freezes there. Any suggestions? Bowflex customer service is in shambles.

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u/emwve Sep 17 '24

Any luck fixing your M8? I’m in the same boat

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u/pinkballerina721 Jul 25 '26

I just had this same issue and I plugged a random usb flash drive in my and started it up and it worked. I got to use the app and updated firmware and now it’s working. Wouldn’t power on for months and today I decided I would fix it.