13/06/2010 15:20:16
gymnag_Steve
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Hey Rob,
What's the latest, coolest exercise equipment out on the market today?
Cheers,
Steve
edited by gymnag_Steve on 13/06/2010
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13/06/2010 22:55:11
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Check out the BEAVERFIT website, there's a link on the 'Worlds Toughest Triathlon' article. Tom's got it up and running and doing extremely well. There's some great products on there with pictures and video's. Great bit of kit i tried recently is the 'Power sprint' which is like a giant bungee cord that you fastens round your waist. You can attach it to a post and then sprint away from it. Great for explosive power and gives a real burn in the legs. There's loads of variations you can try with it as well; for eg. a partner can try and hold you back so their working to and the resistance is 'live.' Great piece of equipment for Rugby, MMA, martial artists, football and sprinters etc.
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14/06/2010 12:11:53
gymnag_Rob
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Also, as well as the 'Power sprint' i mentioned above, Beaverfit are now making a new compact gym called The BeaverFit Challenger. It includes every bit of functional exercise equipment you need. It has squat stands, Glute ham developer and pull-up bars and can be upgraded to have wing pull-up bars, a power cage and moveable parallel bars for dips or handstand press-ups.
When it comes to the latest equipment though you can't beat the tried and tested tools such as Olympic bars, dumbells, medicine balls, kettlebells, pull up/ dipping bars, concept 2 rowers and punch bags.
Add to these functional equipment like tractor tyres (for flipping and hitting with sledgehammers), sledge/tyre dragging, it's pretty much all covered and most decent new equipment will be advancements in quality or design, or equipment that makes certain exercises easier/or harder such as elastic bands to make pullups easier or weighted jackets to make them harder.
Beaverfit has most of this equipment but another good source of ideas are mixed martial art mags or fighting fitness magazine, that show not only good equipment but what can be done with this equipment with a little imagination. A lot of these exercises will come from the world of combat sports, strongman competitions, gymnastics and athletics, etc and are extremely effective but not very well known in the public arena.
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15/06/2010 22:15:35
gymnag_Rob
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A cool bit of kit that's simplicity itself and works a treat are foam roller's. They don't cost much but are really effective for massaging tired muscles, especially tight IT bands from running. I tried one of these a few months ago and they really work. Not really exercise equipment i suppose but by helping recovery and preventing injuries it'll help you train more effectively.
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16/06/2010 19:03:24
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What about trying out your local park - often the kids hanging bars could be used for pull ups - best off earlier in the morning though otherwise you might get in trouble 
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20/06/2010 15:31:16
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Good advice.
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24/06/2010 15:54:35
gymnag_Paul
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Here's a link to the BeaverFit site: http://www.beaverfit.com/
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Paul
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09/09/2010 10:36:47
gymnag_Rob
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Good piece of kit that i've stumbled across that looks very effective for functional fitness and especially ideal for martial arts like judo, wrestling and mma is the Bulgarian bag. You can check out a good video of this in use if you go to youtube and look at "Suples Bulgarian Bag-Team workout."
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19/10/2011 11:40:16
gymnag_Rob
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Tried an ab roller the other day. Great core workout, my abs felt shredded for several days after!
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19/10/2011 11:54:37
corso
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gymnag_Rob wrote:
Tried an ab roller the other day. Great core workout, my abs felt shredded for several days after!
Was that the wheel kind: 
or the frame: 
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23/10/2011 22:49:30
gymnag_Rob
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The wheel kind! The ab rollers aren't much use i don't find.
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