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Leisure Management - Fitness-kit.net special
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We round up some of the latest products designed to bring even more diversity to your studio-based offering
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Guaranteed hit
New to the UK, the weighted RMT Club uses the principles of rotational movement training to improve power, range of movement, strength, co-ordination, balance and athleticism.
The clubs have a rubber handle for a safe, secure grip and soft, flexible heads made from durable materials that will withstand being slammed against padded surfaces and gym floors. An internal shifting weight also provides dynamic resistance as well as ‘audible feedback’, which allows fitness professionals to identify weaknesses and imbalances and work with their clients to strengthen non-dominant areas.
The RMT Club comes in four sizes – 1kg, 1.8kg, 3kg and 3.6kg. Distributed by Physical Company, a training DVD comprising 21 functional moves, a 40-minute workout and an exercise wall chart are supplied with the clubs.
fitness-kit.net keyword: Physical Company
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Feel the power
PowerWave from Jordan Fitness provides a 20-minute workout for the entire body focusing on posture, core strength and endurance. It features a temperature-responsive gel and is weighted to aid posture in use.
The Wave20 workout repeats five different exercises four times within 20 minutes. Each round is 50 seconds long followed by a 10-second break, although less intense versions are also available.
Jordan Fitness offers courses for PTs and fitness professionals to qualify as PowerWave instructors. Mark Laws, trainer academy manager at Jordan Fitness, says the sessions get more difficult the fitter the individual, but that the exercises are also quick to learn and easily modified for beginners.
“There’s scope for PowerWave to be the toughest workouts you’ve ever done,” he adds.
fitness-kit.net keyword: Jordan Fitness
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Going loopy
Balanced Body’s Konnector is a single-rope pulley system with loops for all four limbs, enabling independent, simultaneous movement of both arms and legs. Users experience constant proprioceptive feedback through the single rope, increasing awareness of imbalances and asymmetries.
Balanced Body’s Tri Loops also provide a third ‘hidden’ loop to provide support for a full range of foot positions.
A simplified version of the system, Konnector Lite, is also available, offering independent movement of two limbs rather than four.
fitness-kit.net keyword: Balanced Body
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Music mixes
New programming for the Escape Deck 2.0 studio platform has been launched by Escape Fitness, with the company developing workouts set to music for very the first time, as well as adding enhanced PT education.
Deck 2.0 training includes access to an extensive library of exercises using the platform, while choreography and music mixes created exclusively for the studio sessions have been added.
Escape Fitness says the sessions are attractive to all levels of ability, as the workouts have the option to use the deck’s height to fine-tune the degree of challenge for every individual.
fitness-kit.net keyword: Escape Fitness
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| Originally published in Health Club Management 2015 issue 5
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