resistance equipment
PLATE-LOADED
The resistance load comes from the user placing the required weight plates onto the machines. Weights are usually heavier than the standard loads on traditional weight stack machines and are suitable for more advanced strength and power training.
New products include: STAR TRAC’s Leverage plate- loaded range, launched at IHRSA. This range uses multiple levers and cams to create a unique lifting profile for each movement. The pieces also offer a converging and diverging motion with user pre-stretch for an optimal start position. Other design features include a smaller footprint, integrated plate storage and lower load points for safe use. There are also new products
in the MATRIX G3 plate-loaded range: the squat lunge, shoulder press, lat pulldown and seated row were launched earlier this year.
FUNCTIONAL RESISTANCE
Use of bodyweight and equipment such as free weights to improve performance and/or strength in a number of movements or actions – particularly those with direct functional applications, including sport- specific movements.
From the GYM80 INTERNATIONAL factory in Germany comes a new multi-purpose functional training frame. The frame allows up to 10 people to work out at the same time, either as part of a group workout or individually. The frame features an adjustable step platform, dipping bars, rope training and grappler attachment, as well as multiple positions for boxing bags and hanging suspension training systems. There are storage solutions to keep the gym floor tidy for weights, attachments and bars. The AbCoaster from PULSE
FITNESS has been redesigned in 2011 to improve user performance for maximum results. New features include stainless steel rails for an ultra- smooth ride, adjustable handgrips and a freestyle motion seat. The machine works abs and obliques ‘from the bottom up’, limiting stress to the user’s neck, back and shoulders. Due to the success of its STS
Collegiate Squat Racks, YORK has added PNEUMATIC AIR RESISTANCE
Allows the user to train at any speed due to the absence of a weight stack, and also ensures that muscles are worked more effectively throughout the full range of movement. The pneumatics of the machines provide minimal impact, safe workouts with maximum results.
Around for a while, but still a leader in the field of pneumatics, KEISER’s Functional Trainer offers variety and versatility and is also compact. Part of Keiser’s Intelligent Air range of strength equipment, the Functional Trainer incorporates two adjustable arms that accommodate high and low training
positions, creating hundreds of exercise options. It’s widely used by leading football clubs including Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool, as well as in other sports such as rugby, cricket and tennis. Meanwhile, HUR’s
Smart Card pneumatic air machines employ touch- screen technology and can enable instant programming, automating the entire process of programme updates. Once the programme has been selected and the card inserted into the machine, levels of resistance and the number of repetitions is set automatically. Colour touch-screens with animated exercise
Quick and easy: HUR’s Smart Card system sets the pneumatic resistance
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Versatile: Keiser’s Functional Trainer offers high or low training positions
displays provide additional motivation. Recent updates include videos to demonstrate how to use the equipment, and a central network system for clubs to monitor exercise usage.
healthclub@leisuremedia.com julie fi sher
august 2011 © cybertrek 2011
a compact and robust version to the range to offer a safe squatting area for space-challenged facilities. The rack uses the same mounting system as the original, allowing the attachments to be used.
York has launched a space- saving version of the STS Collegiate Squat Rack
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