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Take the jolt out of aerobic exercise bike .Women participating in a weight-control study at the Fitness Farm in Indianapolis report good results using these innovative water exercise products.
Wearing an AquaJogger buoyancy belt and AquaRunners footwear during a water workout helps build strength, increase tone, reduce weight, and aid recovery from illness or injury. Running, walking, cross-country skiing, and dancing can be/safely performed in the water.
Triangular-shaped DeltaBells (dumbbells) made of buoyant foam add diversity to a low-impact workout. Webbed Pro Fitness Gloves increase the intensity of upper-body movements. For prices and order information, call 1-800-558-2376
xperts agree that a comprehensive wellness program relies on proper nutrition, exercise, and sleep. The Performax Sleep System includes two latex pillows and a 1.5-inch latex mattress topper packaged in a nylon sports bag to provide uniform support and reduce pressure on hips and shoulders. Limited lifetime warranty. Suggested retail price for queen size: $349. Call 1-800-LATEX-US for more information.
Adults of any age can use hand-held weights (dumbbells) to improve strength, coordination, and balance. Researchers recently reported that even frail elderly participants–most of whom were in wheelchairs–made significant gains in strength and independence after pumping iron for two months. Participants had fewer hospitalizations and deaths during a one-year follow-up period.
Basic leg and arm exercises performed with weights also optimize bone health and help prevent osteoporosis.聽聽 available at many retail and sporting-goods stores, may be purchased singly or in sets. Suggested exercise regimens are often included.
The Aquatrend Water Workout Station [TM ]is a ideal fitness equipment for building strength,E
increasing flexibility and providing a cardiovascular workout. It is the centerpiece of an exercise program that gives every muscle group in your body a complete workout in less time and with less stress on your joints than most land-based exercise equipment. Aquatic Trends
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Body Fat Monitor and Scale
A new digital bathroom scale measures body weight and calculates body fat. “The Ultimate Scales” by Tanita Corporation determine body fat by sending a safe, low-level electrical signal throughout the body. The signal passes more quickly through water than fat. The product’s software uses the reading–along with information about an individual’s height, weight, and body type–to calculate body-fat percentage. The Ultimate Scale 2000 and the 2001 models have settings for male and female adults and children; they retail at $59.99. Call 1-800-9-TANITA or visit the company’s Web site, www.tanita.com, for more information.
Inflatable Wraps
Inflatable wraps from Sunbeam help relieve back, shoulder, knee, and ankle pain caused by increased physical activity and chronic conditions. Each wrap comes with two sets of interchangeable and removable cold and hot gel packs. A squeeze action pump inflates the wrap and provides constant, gentle compression. Two-year warranty. Suggested retail price: knee and ankle wraps $34.99 each, back wrap $39.99, shoulder wrap $54.99.
Treadmill vs. elliptical trainer
The treadmill gives you a slightly better workout than the elliptical trainer does. “You get more bang for your buck on a treadmill, but not very much more,” says exercise physiologist Thomas Altena, Ed.D., of the University of Missouri-Columbia. His study didn’t directly measure calorie burn, but it concluded that to burn the same number of calories, you’d probably have to work slightly harder on the elliptical than on the treadmill. People also reported a slightly higher perceived-exertion rating on the elliptical trainer; in other words, it seemed like harder work. Even so, Altena says, “If you enjoy the treadmill but have knee or lower-back problems due to the impact, the elliptical may be a fabulous alternative.”
Get lean fast: use this 30-minute elliptical/jump-rope routine to blast calories
Burn fat and improve coordination by alternating elliptical training with rope jumping.
quiet street in Santa Monica.
At the time, Ciccolella was the manager of Main Street Fitness and Dance Studio in Santa Monica, which was one of the first clubs in the area to offer spinning classes using Schwinn-made stationary bicycles.
“I realized (spinning) was a great program with lots of potential, but the cycle was not very club friendly,” Ciccolella said. “It was a high maintenance piece of equipment.”
Different type of bike
So Ciccolella hired a bike designer, Steve Potts, who helped him create a one-wheel stationary bike that was belt rather than chain driven and didn’t require as much maintenance.
Ciccolella, who by this time had formed a company called Fitness Associates Inc., approached Massachusetts-based Reebok International Ltd., the No. 2 U.S. maker of athletic shoes, about a collaboration.
Ciccolella talked to Reebok’s vice president of licensing, John Farscotti, sending him pictures of the prototype. In early 1996 they struck a deal: Reebok would be responsible for marketing and promoting the new stationary bike and Ciccolella and partners Lewis Moore and Robin Warner would be responsible for manufacturing, sales and distribution.
As part of the partnership, Ciccolella changed the company’s name to Reebok Fitness Associates, which remains an independent company of which he is president. Reebok has no direct financial investment and Ciccolella’s firm would probably need to change its name if it ever lost the licensing agreement with Reebok.
Getting started
Ciccolella had very little business background. His first career was as a male model for The Wilhelmina Agency in New York from age 18 to 26. After that, he was a fitness instructor and later a fitness club manager, which led to his interest in exercise equipment. Ciccolella, now 50, still teaches a low-impact aerobic exercise class twice a week at Sports Club/LA.
He and his partners started Reebok Fitness Associates with $100,000 of his own money to develop the prototype of a stationary bike. The trick was to find a manufacturer willing to produce an order of bicycles with little money down.
Ciccolella discovered Profab Inc., an Orange County company that made bicycles and exercise equipment. Profab agreed to make the first 1,000 Reebok studio cycles. To gbankrupt and it’s hard to get their parts. It is easy enough to get parts for the Reebok bike.”
guarantee the order, Ciccolella put his house up as collateral.
“It was kind of scary when you think you might end up in a box,” observed Ciccolella, who said he was confident that the bikes would sell quickly with Reebok behind him.
At $795 for the belt-driven model, they did sell well, helping boost Reebok Fitness Associates revenues to $5 million last year.
The bikes are used in health clubs whose exercise classes take the bicycling experience from the street into the fitness studio. The Reebok cycle is one of the top five bikes used in health clubs, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association.
“It is definitely easier to teach new people on this bike,” said Ian Cooper, general manager of the Meridian Sports Club, who has used the bicycles for years in his cycling class. “One of the positives about this bike is that Schwinn, which manufactured the spinning bicycle, went
Besides the stationary bicycle, Reebok Fitness Associates this year came out with the Reebok Core Board, which was developed by Alex McKechnie, an L.A. physical therapist. McKechnie, who works with members of the Los Angeles Lakers and is a consultant to the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, had been using a wobble board to get his athletes back into shape. But the wobble board, which is a gym device that promotes exercise and balance among athletes, doesn’t create motion around a vertical axis.
So McKechnie developed an exercise board that allows users to stretch, twist and develop their core abdominal and upper torso muscles.
So far, Reebok Fitness Associates has sold 20,000 boards, which retail for $249. The company is about to launch a home-version of the core board, which will be sold at sporting goods stores and other retailers. home treadmill W681,home treadmill W688B ,exercise bike equipment W802 ,exercise bike equipment W812
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