Re: Isokinator & Iso-motion

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Do you still have the isokinator.. you had mentioned eariler that it had broken and they sent you new one... . Do you still use the pro .. I was thinking of getting the basic 45kg one to see what it is like. I just bought the steel bow( for my son for christmas) ... and waiting for it to arrive.

Subject: Isokinator & Iso-motionTo: "bullworkerclub" <bullworkerclub >Received: Friday, December 5, 2008, 9:06 AM

Concerning Iso-motion: - It is true that in theory, you can perform Iso-motion with a Bullworker (BW), or with a Steelbow, or with an Isokinator, or even with a rope or a towel;- However, my experience is different when I use a rope, a towel, BW X5, Isokinator Pocket or Isokinator Pro (Steelbow I do not know). I will not talk of rope or towel. I can perform some (not all!) Iso-motion exercises with BW X5, but it is neither convenient nor very efficient. With Isokinator Pocket, it was (I use the past tense as it broke) possible to do more Iso-motion exercises, it was much more convenient, but the workout was not so much better than with BW X5. Isokinator Pro is quite different: it allows very efficient Iso-motion training, and better exercises, because it has different handles for hands and feet. For Iso-motion, the workout is quite superior to BW X5 or Isokinator Pocket; I really feel it in the muscles, both upper and lower body

(even leg exercises). Why is that so? It is difficult to say. Maybe due to the higher resistance (vs Pocket)? Maybe due to handles instead of "cables" (vs BW)? I think it is more than this, but difficult to express: it is "smoother" to use than Pocket, and easier to make a powerblock (i.e. keeping exactly the same effort during the move) than with BW (with BW you tend to relax a little during the move).- Concerning the Isokinator resistance, being 45kg for Pocket, and 90kg for Pro, I cannot say much. I did not try the maximum resistance, neither for Pocket nor Pro, and I did not have both at the same time (I bought the Pro a few weeks after the Pocket broke). What I can say is that Isokinator Pro resistance is enough for me: for one of the upper body exercises, I only use 5kg resistance. The maximum I use is 60kg resistance for one of the lower body exercises, and I only do short series (6 reps). I would be surprised to read that one can easily

perform 15 reps with the maximum resistance (displayed as 90kg)...Didier

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Bonjour Didier!

If I may ask, where in France do you live? I lived in France for two

and a half years back in the 60s. I think the French people are

wonderful, and I enjoyed every minute of the time I spent there.

I have an Isokinator Pocket model that I ordered from the UK site in

May of 2007. I've been using it regularly since I got it, and haven't

had any problems with it at all so far.

How did yours break? I'd like to know what I should perhaps be

watching out for!

I also have a Bullworker X5 and a Steel-Bow, and think they are great.

I would not want to be without either one of them or the Isokinator.

You have got me interested in the Isokinator Pro! You say it has

different handles for hands and feet, but in the picture at their site

(http://tinyurl.com/64cw2v) I only see one set of straps like the

Pocket model has. Is there another set of straps that come out the

side or something?

175.00 euros ($222.00 USD) seems awfully expensive for such a small

device, but from what I have read at their site (I used the Google

page translator which is not perfect, but gives one a good idea of the

meaning) it looks like a very high quality machine, built to last a

long time. Your excellent description of it makes it sound like it

would be a very worthwhile investment.

Thank you,

Ronn

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> Concerning Iso-motion:

>

> - It is true that in theory, you can perform Iso-motion with a

Bullworker (BW), or with a Steelbow, or with an Isokinator, or even

with a rope or a towel;

>

> - However, my experience is different when I use a rope, a towel, BW

X5, Isokinator Pocket or Isokinator Pro (Steelbow I do not know). I

will not talk of rope or towel. I can perform some (not all!)

Iso-motion exercises with BW X5, but it is neither convenient nor very

efficient. With Isokinator Pocket, it was (I use the past tense as it

broke) possible to do more Iso-motion exercises, it was much more

convenient, but the workout was not so much better than with BW X5.

Isokinator Pro is quite different: it allows very efficient Iso-motion

training, and better exercises, because it has different handles for

hands and feet. For Iso-motion, the workout is quite superior to BW X5

or Isokinator Pocket; I really feel it in the muscles, both upper and

lower body (even leg exercises). Why is that so? It is difficult to

say. Maybe due to the higher resistance (vs Pocket)? Maybe due to

handles instead of " cables " (vs BW)? I think it is more than this, but

difficult to express: it is " smoother " to use than Pocket, and easier

to make a powerblock (i.e. keeping exactly the same effort during the

move) than with BW (with BW you tend to relax a little during the move).

>

> - Concerning the Isokinator resistance, being 45kg for Pocket, and

90kg for Pro, I cannot say much. I did not try the maximum resistance,

neither for Pocket nor Pro, and I did not have both at the same time

(I bought the Pro a few weeks after the Pocket broke). What I can say

is that Isokinator Pro resistance is enough for me: for one of the

upper body exercises, I only use 5kg resistance. The maximum I use is

60kg resistance for one of the lower body exercises, and I only do

short series (6 reps). I would be surprised to read that one can

easily perform 15 reps with the maximum resistance (displayed as 90kg)...

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> Didier

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