Surfing Experience Core Trainer helps boost up your core muscles

surfing-core-experienceYou know what they say – if John cannot go to the mountain, then bring the mountain over to John. For those of you who love surfing, riding them waves is a passion of yours that will never get old, and during the long and cold winter months, you daydream about spending your days in the sun, surfing and having fun with the locals, while getting a tan – and maintaining your body’s core strength in the process. If conditions are not ideal for you to go surfing, how about bringing the surfboard back home instead? This is what the $599.95 Surfing Experience Core Trainer is all about – this balance trainer will simulate the movements of a surfboard on water so that you get to enjoy a similar same muscle-toning, full-body workout without getting your feet wet.

A real surfboard has been affixed to semi-inflated exercise balls which will shift and displace air as you move, resulting in the board to tilt and forcing muscles in the legs, abdomen, and arms to work hard so that your balance is maintained. You will be able to check out free online video lessons that are taught by certified trainers which will demonstrate 140 basic movements, where among them include real surfing techniques such as carving (shifting your weight forward or backward to move up or down a wave), standing up in one rapid movement from a prone position, and duck diving (pushing the board down to go under an approaching wave).

Each purchase comes with two cables that will attach to the front and when pulled, deliver the same resistance as though you were paddling through the ocean. At least there are no sharks to worry about in the living room!
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What’s Your Favorite Piece of Fitness Technology?

What's Your Favorite Piece of Fitness Technology?

Often times, we only think of the technology that makes our lives more productive or entertaining. But what about the stuff that allows us to have the most fun outdoors?

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TAO mobile isometric exercise system is a world’s first

taoTAO-Wellness was at CES 2014 earlier this year, where the startup company paraded their TAO WellShell to the world as a prototype device. This time around, they have decided to enlist the assistance of popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter in order to meet consumer demand, and in due time, deliver the world’s first mobile, isometric exercise system. TAO happens to be a portable, interactive and motivating exercise tool which is capable of transforming downtime into exercise time – something that busy folks and executives these days would like to hear more about, I suppose. Let us read more about how TAO works right after the jump.

The patented TAO system would include the handheld device, which is known as the TAO WellShell, where it will be accompanied by a comprehensive app for Android and iOS devices. Kickstarter would have opened up their doors to the TAO system already, as backers can drop by and see whether they are willing to give it a chance of being birthed all the way through April 17, 2014. Apart from that, should it be successful in raising the necessary amount of funds, expect TAO to be delivered later this fall.

Just how does TAO work? The premise is extremely simple – you push, TAO resists. TAO would arrive with over 50 isometric exercises that are explained clearly in the phone app so that there should not be any way that you injure yourself or do it wrongly. Just hold the TAO WellShell in your hands (against your thighs, between your knees, etc.) and press it. Push really hard, and TAO’s app will coach you to press more or press less, alongside the duration on holding it. Not only that, it will guide you with a path so that you are able to follow and measure the force which you apply. It also has a ‘heart’ so to speak, as it can remind you of when to rest as well as the number of reps which you ought to perform.

I’m not sure how far this will go in helping you lose weight and shape up, but it sounds like a real decent proposition.

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Running Shoe Technology Won't Reduce Your Risk of Injury

Running Shoe Technology Won't Reduce Your Risk of Injury

When it comes to running, it seems technology won’t help save you. A new study shows that whatever the technical features of the shoes you wear, you’re still at the same risk of injury.

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Even Boring Exercise Is Awesome on the International Space Station

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Omnidirectional Thigh Trainer helps you get the body that you want

omnidirectional-thigh-trainerI am pretty sure by now that many people would have gotten sick and tired of attempting to lose weight and yet not proving themselves to be successful in doing so. In fact, you might even have decided to drown your sorrows by gorging yourself with even more food. This could prove to be quite the fatalistic attitude, as it always pays never to lose hope. The $249.95 Omnidirectional Thigh Trainer might just be the last resort for folks who want to make sure that their thighs are in the best shape possible.

In fact, the Omnidirectional Thigh Trainer from Hammacher prides itself in being the only trainer in the world that will be able to tone and strengthen a pair of thighs using a quartet of distinct motions. It is capable of delivering a superior cardiovascular workout without ending up with the jarring impact of typical trainers, where this is made possible thanks to the free-floating foot pedals that will suspend your legs and feet in the air as you move. Not only that, lateral side-to-side movement will target the inner and outer thighs in the same way as that of dedicated abduction/adduction machines, whereas the forward/backward scissor movement will ensure that your glutes, quadriceps, and calves will get the workout they need.

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Garmin Forerunner 220 Review: Solid Running Watch With a Pretty Face

Garmin Forerunner 220 Review: Solid Running Watch With a Pretty Face

Garmin has been at this running-watch thing for a while. Most recently, the Forerunner 10 was the company’s best attempt at a simple, easy-to-read watch, but, for all that, it still wasn’t as simple to use as it ought to have been. Enter the Forerunner 220. It’s the 10’s younger, smarter, better-looking, more sophisticated brother, and it’s well worth some wrist space.

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Climb Higher Than Mt. Everest, Without Leaving Manhattan

Climb Higher Than Mt. Everest, Without Leaving Manhattan

Who knew such extraordinary altitudes could be found, hidden inside the towers of Manhattan’s Flatiron District? But, behind the nondescript door of a 5th-floor office on 21st Street, heights as great as the Himalayas are waiting to be scaled. Gizmodo took a deep breath and visited the atmospheric wizardry of Hypoxico, makers of high-altitude training facilities for professional sports teams and the world’s top endurance athletes.

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The World's Most Popular Running Routes, Visualized

The World's Most Popular Running Routes, Visualized

With the explosion of exercise apps and fitness trackers, more people than ever are recording the routes they run during their workouts. Now, Nathan Yau from Flowing Data has mined some of that data to visualize some of the world’s most popular paths.

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Get Yourself Into Surf-Ready Shape By Spring

Get Yourself Into Surf-Ready Shape By Spring

The snow is falling, it’s freezing out, and you avoid going outside as much as you can. For spring vacation, you decide to go somewhere where you can finally try surfing. You book tickets; you line up lessons. Boxes: Checked. You show up, and your first lesson goes really well! You stand up a few times, and you actually ride a few waves! You’re hooked, and you can’t wait to surf again tomorrow. Just one small problem: You wake up in the morning and you can’t lift your arms above your head.

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