Fitness Notes

Folding Trampoline Workout System offers the famous workout system which tones abs and removes fat while challenging the balance and leg strength of the participants. It turns out that one of the most influential of the initial trampoline trainging systems was developed by a martial artist and teacher J.B. Berns for aid in developing a strict form of abdominal exercises. Now, with the Urban Rebounder folding trampoline workout system, it is possible to perform the urban rebounding workout in the comfort of your own home in just 20 minutes a day. What's more, it is made easier by having a system such as this which easily folds up and disappears so as to not occupy the floor space which the prior trampoline systems were so notorious for.

This product comes with a commercial-quality mini trampoline, a stabilizing bar for particularly vigorous exercises, and a mega DVD with three motivational workouts. Sturdy and collapsible, it is an awesome piece for any home exercise routine and among the best quality workouts available, for the entire body. With a capacity of 300 pounds, one can see this product is a real answer to compact living and maintaining a healthy body.

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Apex Roman/Hyper Extension Bench is a multi-muscle group foucused workout bench, especially indicated for strengthening back and abdominal muscles. A foam-covered leg bar allows foot placement for suspension exercises. Constructed of a high-quality steel tube frame, it moves easily and is compact enough to allow exercising and storage within almost any room in the home or office.

Easy to assemble in virtually minutes, this handy exercise chair offers a wide range of very focused exercises. It can also accommodate a wide variety of body shapes and sizes, suitable for big, tall and small alike. This is for the serious exerciser and is perfect for shaping and strengthening exercises involving huge groups of muscles at a time. Modeled after the products used for seriously professional training regimens, the Apex Chair is an incredibly apt device for body work and back strengthening routines, as well as for abdominal work.

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The Ropeless Jump Rope was recently featured in People Magazine & US Weekly as Hillary Swank & Hollywood's hot new workout. It was also copiously praised by Fitness magazine, Weight Watchers US & UK, Prevention, SELF, NY Post and many more as the newest 'must have' piece of fitness equipment. It is now possible to receive all the benefits long since known by boxers and persons in the more intensive forms of weight and cardiovascular training by skipping rope like the pros. However, with this product you get the benefits without the tripping over the darn thing.

Incredibly accurate, an on-board computer tracks calories burned, jumps and time spent at the exercise, all based on the user's height and weight. Needless to say, its compact nature allows the exercising to commence almost anywhere - on vacation, in the office or home. This - if followed - may be one of the most effective cardiovascular exercises available anywhere. It can also serve as a low-impact cardio workout, owing to the mythical and stringless rope. This was a fabulous idea and it remains an amazing product of huge potential for anyone desirous of losing weight and/or just getting into great shape.

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The FIRM Total Body TransFIRMation Kit is a ten-piece, Low Impact workout set designed for rigorous exercise of an aerobic style with a duration and intensity set by an accomopanying video CD set, complete with 210 minutes of very informed and excellent workout programming. Perfect for toning and for general fitness, it contains secrets to weight loss training as well as full body aerobic training regimens.

Accomanying parts include this set of CardioWeights which are the Firm's most effective fitness tool yet, with a pair of 1-pound handles and 8 pounds of additional weight, letting you customize your workout depending on your strength or fitness goals. The packaged information on the CD's is priceless and it includes four different impact exercise regimes, from fat-burning focus to a focus on cardio vascular workouts and pure strength training.

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Stamina Rowing Machine works an incredibly wide array of muscle groups in a truly compact and moveable package which is easy to put up and store without taking up the room of machines twice its size. The machine's ball-bearing roller system and the adjustable cylinder reistance arms mimic the feel of rowing on water near perfectly. It's tough steel frame and aluminum center beam are engineered to last for long years.

Rowing is one of the very best and most effective low impact aerobic exercises around. It utilizes all the major muscle groups from back to arms, legs, abdominals and buttocks. Stregnthen your back while getting an ample aerobic workout which will increase endurance and heart strength at the same time. At the same time, you can lose body fat by working out without the pain or risk of impacting joints. The fat-burning quality of aerobic exercise involving rowing not only discards fat and develops tone, but it also supplies a heart rate workout of almost any duration.

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Polar RS100 Heart Rate Monitor and Stopwatch is one of the most complete and reliable heart rate monitors on the market today. Specializing in sustained "intensity levels" of training, it can be your guide to maintaining and checking just how much time is spent on the intensity level of a training regimen. Large lettered readouts make interpretation easy and the stopwatch/monitor also functions perfectly as a watch with time and date displays.

Polar developed some of the first-ever wireless heart monitors when assisting training for the Finnish Cross Country Ski Team back in the early 1990's.They pioneered the concept of "intenity training" heart monitors which then became a standard as well, not just for athletics, but also for users at lowers levels looking for cardio vascular workout guidance. Today the same heart rate training regime is being used by world class athletes, still, as well as by people interetsed in weight loss regimens and general conditioning. Polar is a leader in heart rate technology.

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Horizon Evolve SG Compact Treadmill is a compact, durable treadmill that solves one of the primary problems reflected in all treadmill locations - space. This 100 pound unit folds up and can be stored vertically or horizontally. When finished, just fold it up and put it back under the bed. Two sturdy wheels allow movement to any location at all. Perfect for offices and apartments, even for home offices where kids take up the rest of the place, this handy and smart training aid is a total winner.

The technology in this product also matches that of spa-level units. An easy-to-read LCD display is lit up in large lettering and makes taking the data from the workout a real breeze. Categories listed are thumb pulse heart rate monitor, calories, time, speed and distance. Two audio speakers come at the handle above making plugging in to audio as easy as pie as well. An adjustable speed from 1-6 MPH gives a completely aerobic possibility and a leg trainer's delight. The emclosed motor comes with a 5 year warrranty and the unit itself with a ten year warranty.

Stuedy, compactible, simple in design but worthwhile in concept, this is a major breakthrough in space-saving technology for the ever-popular and growing field of treadmill training.

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