Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 > I do have an exercise bike, a rowing machine, an > abs bench and a nordic track. They all have lots of > dust on them. > ==================================== > > That's funny ! Same at my house - I have an exercise > bike that I use to hang clothes on! I simply LOVE hanging myself on my inversion table. I thought about getting the boots that hook onto a bar set in the door way but then I realized I'd probably never be able to get myself on and off the thing unaided. With the inversion table all I need do is hook my ankles into the braces, hold my hands over my head, and upside down I go. To flip right side up I bring my arms back to my sides and bend my knees a tiny bit. Its the lazyest and the most satisfying exersize I've ever done. My whole back simply loves it. Penel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 > Exactly what is the purpose of an inversion table? I use it for multiple purposes. One is as a gentle stretching of the ligaments between my vertebrae to help me deal with the disc issues of age. If I do something like carry the groceries in, once they're put away I go hang upside down to ease my back a bit. Another thing addressed by the inversion table is the possible pooling of fluids in the lower extremes. Standing on my head or doing other yoga asanas might help with this but I have physical weaknesses that need to be addressed before I can do that safely. The inversion table I can get the benefits of inversion before getting to a point where I could invert safely by myself. I don't hang upside down for more than 5 breaths at a time. I usually do 3 to 5 inversions at 5 breaths upside down, 5 breaths right side up, 5 breaths bent forward in an extreme forward bend, 5 breaths right side up/standing straight, then back to the 5 breaths inverted, and so on. Run a seach engine on " lympth " . Its a facinating subject that Western medicine is just recently willing to admit is a major factor in one's health (Surgeons used to ignore the lympth system when performing surgery. Now they try to maintain its integrity). If one is trying to detoxify but doesn't move their lympth the process is not going to be very effective. Because the lympth system has no pressure like the rest of the cardiovascular system there are 3 ways for lympth to be moved. Blood moves at approx. 6 liters a minute through one's body. If a person is physically active lympth moves at approx. 2 liters a DAY. Lympth joins back with the blood at the vena cava. The contraction of one's muscles is what normally moves lympth. If you don't move around/exersize the lympth has no pressure influence to move. Another way to move lympth is with manual manipulation. There are bodyworkers who are specially trained to do this. If I were in the hospital or stuck in a wheel chair I'd hire one for sessions of " lympth drainage " . Lympth can also be influenced to move by gravity. Bingo! I use my inversion table when I know I need to exersize but I'm feeling lazy. Penel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I think I'd go with something other than Bowflex.... I just don't get the same results or feel from it (also there is a LOT of those in the For Sale section). The best I think would be about 3 sets of free weights , along with 2 of the adjustable dumbbells (5-50 by clicking a dial). AND some good adjustable benches. All together it will run you about a third of what a top flight Bowflex will and given 3 different sets, you could set them up so you could quickly move between them. Only thing difficult to replicate with those is legs, so you MIGHT get a specialized machine for leg extension, curls, and presses (also calves?). Otherwise go with another type of machine ($100-$1500) which would have many stations, be easily enough moved between, perhaps collapse usefully, etc. (watch out re the height required for them). www.megafitness.com has a useful number of them to look at (and I like cable crosses, so am myself contemplating a type of smith machine with cables), but hey, try them out before buying: that's why I'm down on Bowflex-type machines -> they just don't 'do' it for me. Exercise Machines Happy New Year to everyone; Ater two years of partially used gym memberships my partner and I decided NO MORE, were wasting money and need a new game plan. Last September we took a spare room and put an exercise bike and some other pully driven device up there and have been very good about working out routinely. The gym just hasn't worked for us. We are ready to step-up or workout and would like some advice from you avid exercise people. We are thinking about looking into a Bow-Flex?Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated. We are both in our 40's, I've had a total hip replacement and have problems with osteonecrosis in other parts of my body, so I am careful when working out. Thank you very much and I hope the New Year is good to all of us! Nico Sacramento nix2@... POZ 21 yrs Welcome to our group! If you received this email from someone who forwarded it to you and would like to join this group, send a blank email to -subscribe and you will get an email with instructions to follow. You can chose to receive single emails or a daily digest (collection of emails). You can post pictures, images, attach files and search by keyword old postings in the group. For those of you who are members already and want to switch from single emails to digest or vice versa, visit www., click on , then on " edit my membership " and go down to your selection. The list administrator does not process any requests, so this is a do-it-yourself easy process ! Thanks for joining. You will learn and share a lot in this group! NOTE: I moderate, approve or disapprove emails before they are posted. Please follow the guidelines shown in the homepage. I will not allow rudeness, sexually explicit material, attacks, and anyone who does not follow the rules. If you are not OK with this, please do not join the group. Forward this email to anyone who may benefit from this information! Thanks! In Health, Vergel (PoWeRTX@...) List Founder and Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I think I'd go with something other than Bowflex.... I just don't get the same results or feel from it (also there is a LOT of those in the For Sale section). The best I think would be about 3 sets of free weights , along with 2 of the adjustable dumbbells (5-50 by clicking a dial). AND some good adjustable benches. All together it will run you about a third of what a top flight Bowflex will and given 3 different sets, you could set them up so you could quickly move between them. Only thing difficult to replicate with those is legs, so you MIGHT get a specialized machine for leg extension, curls, and presses (also calves?). Otherwise go with another type of machine ($100-$1500) which would have many stations, be easily enough moved between, perhaps collapse usefully, etc. (watch out re the height required for them). www.megafitness.com has a useful number of them to look at (and I like cable crosses, so am myself contemplating a type of smith machine with cables), but hey, try them out before buying: that's why I'm down on Bowflex-type machines -> they just don't 'do' it for me. Exercise Machines Happy New Year to everyone; Ater two years of partially used gym memberships my partner and I decided NO MORE, were wasting money and need a new game plan. Last September we took a spare room and put an exercise bike and some other pully driven device up there and have been very good about working out routinely. The gym just hasn't worked for us. We are ready to step-up or workout and would like some advice from you avid exercise people. We are thinking about looking into a Bow-Flex?Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated. We are both in our 40's, I've had a total hip replacement and have problems with osteonecrosis in other parts of my body, so I am careful when working out. Thank you very much and I hope the New Year is good to all of us! Nico Sacramento nix2@... POZ 21 yrs Welcome to our group! If you received this email from someone who forwarded it to you and would like to join this group, send a blank email to -subscribe and you will get an email with instructions to follow. You can chose to receive single emails or a daily digest (collection of emails). You can post pictures, images, attach files and search by keyword old postings in the group. For those of you who are members already and want to switch from single emails to digest or vice versa, visit www., click on , then on " edit my membership " and go down to your selection. The list administrator does not process any requests, so this is a do-it-yourself easy process ! Thanks for joining. You will learn and share a lot in this group! NOTE: I moderate, approve or disapprove emails before they are posted. Please follow the guidelines shown in the homepage. I will not allow rudeness, sexually explicit material, attacks, and anyone who does not follow the rules. If you are not OK with this, please do not join the group. Forward this email to anyone who may benefit from this information! Thanks! In Health, Vergel (PoWeRTX@...) List Founder and Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I think I'd go with something other than Bowflex.... I just don't get the same results or feel from it (also there is a LOT of those in the For Sale section). The best I think would be about 3 sets of free weights , along with 2 of the adjustable dumbbells (5-50 by clicking a dial). AND some good adjustable benches. All together it will run you about a third of what a top flight Bowflex will and given 3 different sets, you could set them up so you could quickly move between them. Only thing difficult to replicate with those is legs, so you MIGHT get a specialized machine for leg extension, curls, and presses (also calves?). Otherwise go with another type of machine ($100-$1500) which would have many stations, be easily enough moved between, perhaps collapse usefully, etc. (watch out re the height required for them). www.megafitness.com has a useful number of them to look at (and I like cable crosses, so am myself contemplating a type of smith machine with cables), but hey, try them out before buying: that's why I'm down on Bowflex-type machines -> they just don't 'do' it for me. Exercise Machines Happy New Year to everyone; Ater two years of partially used gym memberships my partner and I decided NO MORE, were wasting money and need a new game plan. Last September we took a spare room and put an exercise bike and some other pully driven device up there and have been very good about working out routinely. The gym just hasn't worked for us. We are ready to step-up or workout and would like some advice from you avid exercise people. We are thinking about looking into a Bow-Flex?Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated. We are both in our 40's, I've had a total hip replacement and have problems with osteonecrosis in other parts of my body, so I am careful when working out. Thank you very much and I hope the New Year is good to all of us! Nico Sacramento nix2@... POZ 21 yrs Welcome to our group! If you received this email from someone who forwarded it to you and would like to join this group, send a blank email to -subscribe and you will get an email with instructions to follow. You can chose to receive single emails or a daily digest (collection of emails). You can post pictures, images, attach files and search by keyword old postings in the group. For those of you who are members already and want to switch from single emails to digest or vice versa, visit www., click on , then on " edit my membership " and go down to your selection. The list administrator does not process any requests, so this is a do-it-yourself easy process ! Thanks for joining. You will learn and share a lot in this group! NOTE: I moderate, approve or disapprove emails before they are posted. Please follow the guidelines shown in the homepage. I will not allow rudeness, sexually explicit material, attacks, and anyone who does not follow the rules. If you are not OK with this, please do not join the group. Forward this email to anyone who may benefit from this information! Thanks! In Health, Vergel (PoWeRTX@...) List Founder and Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Nico, I agree with , for expense and versatility a set of adjustable dumbells can do the trick. You might also want to add an exercise ball. You can do a great workout on these as well as it fosters trunk stabiltiy, balance, and agility. I have a lengthly list of exercises for the ball if you're interested. Yours in health, Larry Smyle, MA, PT, CSCS -------------- Original message -------------- From: "nicostevenson" <nix2@...> Happy New Year to everyone;Ater two years of partially used gym memberships my partner and I decided NO MORE, were wasting money and need a new game plan. Last September we took a spare room and put an exercise bike and some other pully driven device up there and have been very good about working out routinely. The gym just hasn't worked for us. We are ready to step-up or workout and would like some advice from you avid exercise people. We are thinking about looking into a Bow-Flex?Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated. We are both in our 40's, I've had a total hip replacement and have problems with osteonecrosis in other parts of my body, so I am careful when working out.Thank you very much and I hope the New Year is good to all of us!NicoSacramentonix2sbcglobal (DOT) netPOZ 21 yrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Nico, I agree with , for expense and versatility a set of adjustable dumbells can do the trick. You might also want to add an exercise ball. You can do a great workout on these as well as it fosters trunk stabiltiy, balance, and agility. I have a lengthly list of exercises for the ball if you're interested. Yours in health, Larry Smyle, MA, PT, CSCS -------------- Original message -------------- From: "nicostevenson" <nix2@...> Happy New Year to everyone;Ater two years of partially used gym memberships my partner and I decided NO MORE, were wasting money and need a new game plan. Last September we took a spare room and put an exercise bike and some other pully driven device up there and have been very good about working out routinely. The gym just hasn't worked for us. We are ready to step-up or workout and would like some advice from you avid exercise people. We are thinking about looking into a Bow-Flex?Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated. We are both in our 40's, I've had a total hip replacement and have problems with osteonecrosis in other parts of my body, so I am careful when working out.Thank you very much and I hope the New Year is good to all of us!NicoSacramentonix2sbcglobal (DOT) netPOZ 21 yrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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