free
weights
As ViPR is made of
rubber, users feel
they can interact
with it differently
from the way they
work with steel tools
MICHOL DALCOURT
personal trainer and ptonthenet.com lecturer
ViPR
M
y free weight of choice is the ViPR (Vitality, Performance
and Reconditioning), as it provides the versatility and
means necessary to train movement and strength in an
authentic way that can carry over to life and its activities.
ViPR is rooted in the concepts that are vital for proper
movement, with four key principles behind the type of loading
it uses. The fi rst is the use of gravity and ground reaction forces
to produce a result. These are forces that switch the muscles
on and off, and that we need to move and work our muscles.
The second is ‘load to unload training’. Muscles must be
stretched before they’re shortened (when jumping, for example,
you squat before exploding up, while throwing involves stretching
back before throwing forward); all of ViPR’s movements have a
load phase in which the muscle is stretched, then shortened.
The third is multi-dimensional training. Life occurs in multiple
dimensions, so it makes sense for our training tools to do the
ViPR’s movements are integrated in nature,
using all the body’s muscles at once. This has
huge benefi ts, from increased calories burned
to decreased stress on the joints
same. The concept of ViPR is therefore full body strength and
movement training that’s accomplished in all directions.
The fi nal principle is integrated training. The human body is
an inter-dependent structure in which everything is connected
and where everything must work collaboratively to move.
The more time we spend exercising and training with full
body movements, the more effi cient and effective we will
be. Perhaps the most important aspect of the ViPR is that its All ViPR exercises use the principle of ‘load to unload’ training
movements are integrated in nature – all exercises require you
to use all your body’s muscles at once. This has huge benefi ts, to create a huge portfolio of some 9,000 exercises – such
ranging from increased calories burned – meaning more fat as the ‘squat thread the needle’, the ‘shovelling drill’ and the
loss – to decreased stress on joints. ‘lateral tilt with lateral shuffl e’ – all of which increase strength,
From a design perspective, ViPR is made of rubber, and co-ordination, balance and movement ability. Rooted as it is
clients tend to feel they can interact with it differently from the in the idea of movement and strength training, regression or
way they hold/carry steel tools. It’s therefore been possible progression to any ability is also easy with the ViPR.
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