Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Training Ropes!!!

As much as everyone loves these new ropes we have, some clients have expressed pleasant surprise at where they “feel it”.

Yes, there have been reports of arms on fire. Yes, I’ve noticed the heart about to explode from my chest look on my clients’ faces. Butt…

One client proclaimed in mid circuit: “Jesus, I fell this in my butt!!!”

Another client sent me a text message one night after using the ropes that morning. It said, “…the rope has made my ass hurt with every step.”

This may seem somewhat confusing. It’s not to me. Why?

Because my clients’ glutes WORK - period.

For those of you who aren’t sure what the glutes are, it is what’s supposed to be the hard round mass of muscle on the back of your hips, just below the back. For most gym goers, it’s the soft flat gushy thing halfway down the thighs, close to the knee.

Why do Training Rim clients have glutes that work and regular gym goers don’t?

Because flexing and extending the hips while stabilizing the spine is not an easy thing to do. In fact it takes tons of practice and training. Bending the elbows and knees is a piece of cake. This is why gym goers have no problem getting definition in their arms and legs. Glutes and abs are another story. Getting the glutes to work just isn’t that easy without a professional showing you what the bio-mechanical issues are.

Which is why any compliant client who trains in our facility for any appreciable amount of time has that “look” of a Training Rim client. This look has been reported to be a thinner waist and a hard round butt.

So now when a client of ours has a giant rope’s momentum pulling them forward, their bodies instinctively use their glutes to stop that momentum.

Most exercisers whose glutes don’t work, would have their lower backs and hamstrings go into overdrive to compensate for their soft flat ass when they swung these ropes. This is why most of the planet has lower back and hamstring tightness. It’s not because those muscles are tight and need to be stretched, it’s because their ass doesn’t work – literally – and their lower backs and hamstrings are spasming out from trying to compensate.

Want to have a tight lower back and hamstrings? Go to a gym.

Want to have “the look”? Come see us…

Here's fitness model Tania Bobbi giving a quick demo as part of a circuit:


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