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Back in high school I loved karate. If I wasn’t going to karate class, I was training at home with some cool karate equipment. One specific tool that I used on a regular basis was called the Flexmaster. It was more or less a flexibility machine. You would sit in it and crank your legs apart in order to get a good stretch. I used to sit in that thing for 30 minutes at a time, slowly increasing my flexibility. I have to say that it worked rather well. I finally got to where I could do the splits. This meant for range for my kicking techniques. Anything from perfect jump-side kicks, to leaping splits, to jump spinning hook kicks were possible. That was probably my absolute favorite piece of karate equipment. I didn’t want to be without it. Of course there is much more to pick and choose from now days. If you check out martialartsmart.com online or maybe centurymartialarts, you will encounter oodles of karate equipment to suit virtually any practitioner.

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If you watch TV at all them you have most likely seen Tony Little and the FitnessQuest Gazelle exercise equipment. Recently, a very good friend of mine bought this exercise machine and offered to let me try it out. I quickly took him up on the offer and want to give you my thoughts on the experience.

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Electronic muscle stimulators are the latest craze, the hottest fad… but you want to know “do they really work!” Right?

 

To answer that question, let’s start with a little background information on what this equipment was originally designed for.

 

Electric ab stimulators were (and still are) used in medical rehab situations. They are designed to keep muscles from atrophying (wasting away) in situations where a limb must be immobilized. For example, if you broke your leg, the doctor could place an electrode on the muscle and use electricity to make it contract. This would provide a minimum level of stimulation, thus keeping the muscle active…

Read more in Do Electric Ab Stimulators Really Work?