CJS Fitness: Effective Strength and Conditioning: 100 Reps Challenge: The Blue Print

CJS Fitness: Effective Strength and Conditioning: 100 Reps Challenge: The Blue Print

The view of a recreational marathon runner

The G-Trainer and a Recreational Runner
“The G-Trainer allowed me to come back from injuries and overcome chronic pain. And it helped me achieve personal best times, which I love because I’m very competitive. I’m really excited that the G-Trainer can help me continue to race.” Tracey Slagle - Recreational Runner

Tracey Slagle related her story to Alter G and you can link to it and the Alter-G website at the foot of this post. For the summary:

• at 38 the accumulative stress of long distance running left Tracey with sore knees (sound familiar?). The pain limiting her ability to train and compete.
• at 10k all was well but Tracey was forced to stop at the Chicago Marathon of 2002 with 2 miles to go.
• Despite advice to quit she continued to train, compete in 10k, 1/2 and full marathons due to her love for long distance running but was concerned.
  
• Fast forward to 2007 and introduction of the G-trainer for recovery runs at sub-target pace and 85-90% bodyweight. Pain free running experienced!
  
• After watching the Nike runner Kara Goucher using the G-trainer over speed training was begun to lift Tracey's minute per mile pace in training from 9 to 7 minute miles.
• With 2 months use of the G-trainer Tracey achieved 2 personal bests back to back in the half marathon (1:48.07 in San Francisco).

This a great example for using the G-trainer treadmill not just for running performance but also injury prevention by reducing cumulative stresses from impact. In this case Tracey also uses the G-trainer when strong pain prevents her from running at all at 100% bodyweight. Tracey Slagle 1_17_08.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Top football star Kieron Dyer working on the G-trainer

Kieron Dyer has joined the list of elite performers who are benefiting from the G-trainer. Dyer of West Ham United has recently begun using it as part of his long rehabilitation process following his broken leg during a football match in August 2007. So reports the Evening Standard tonight.

It has been introduced to him by his physiotherapist following a further setback of a stress fracture in his shin.

Balance brought the G-trainer in from the US the same week that Manchester United and Manchester City introduced the anti-gravity treadmill to their players for rehabilitation, strength and conditioning. Our aim is for all those who are not Premiership footballers to take advantage of all that this technology can offer those needing in jury rehabilitation and fitness.

• Speed for all sports
• Strength for all sports
• Power for all sports
• Running performance for every distance from 400 metres to marathon, ultra distance and triathlon.
• Return to all sports after almost any lower limb injury
• Return to running after almosy any lower limb operation
• effective anaerobic intervals even for those who experience joint discomfort with impact

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London Kettlebells new website features the G-trainer

Ken and Steve of London Kettlebells have been busy and one of their new projects has been to launch a site that allows people with something interesting to say about health and fitness.

They thought the G-trainer and the multiple opportunities it offers was worth an article so I put a piece together particularly on the tremendous interval training opportunities it presents for everyone from first time marathon runners to serious MMA or Thai boxing fighters and even NBA basketball giants.

G-trainer: the "anti-gravity" treadmill. The ultimate tool
for interval training
Submitted by Jonathan
Lewis on Thu, 27/11/2008 - 10:33am

I'm not one for bling or using high tech when low tech
will do. If you took a look inside the Balance gym and studio you would see two
dozen kettlebells, truck tyre, sledge hammer, sand bag, a bar for pull ups,
carabina attachments in all sorts of places to hang and pull from, a pile of
judo mats, a couple of marine ropes, medicine balls, etc. These things are low
tech in the extreme but provide highly effective results.

The G-trainer on the other hand is high tech in the
extreme. It looks space age because it is NASA technology; we know it works
because it was tested by Nike Professional Athletes, and they kept it and their
runners have produced some great results. It offers something that has not been
offered before, the opportunity to “defy” gravity whilst running!

It’s used by some of the world’s best athletes but now
that we have one at Balance we’ll work out exactly what it’s capable of. We
specialise in performance and we know how to get the most out of someone. We
also like to be innovative; using things in a way they weren’t necessarily
designed for and we have already discovered the G-trainer has some undisclosed
strengths.

I’ve dubbed the G-trainer the “Ultimate for running
interval training” but it also has many applications in strength and
conditioning. Here is a brief summary of some of the benefits adding the
training variable of bodyweight reduction offers.

Strength and conditioning

• Increased effectiveness of speed and leg
  strength/endurance/power training intervals
• Metabolic conditioning (anyone who reads the ISLondon blog
  will be aware of the state known as “metabolloxed”, a state easily achieved on
  the G-trainer)
• Jump training and plyometric control
• Great cross training for sports/martial arts

Marathon training/running performance

• guaranteed to maintain the pace on your "long run".
• achievable tempo runs
• increased intensity of effort with reduced chance of injury
• increase aerobic base with greater mileage per week without
  the joint stress, strain and impact.
• Heart rate training
  

Elite Athlete’s; some of worlds top sports clubs, and US
Military organisations. Below are a few of those who have embraced the treadmill
for many different applications.

• NY Marathon winner Paula Radcliffe to make an early return
  to running following her hip injury.
• The Nike Oregon Project pro runners, coached by Alberto
  Salazar, utilise it to add approximately 25% more miles to their programme per
  week.
• AC Milan
• Manchester United
• Fort Bragg
• Walter Reed Army Medical Centre
• Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
• New York Knicks (NBA)
• Oakland Raiders (NFL)
  

For more information and how you can use the G-trainer for
yourself in London contact Jonathan Lewis on 07960 861 267, jonathan@balancephysio.com and take a
look at http://www.g-trainerUK.blogspot.com

See the article in situ....

http://www.lkbfitness.com/G-trainer-the-anti-gravity-treadmill-The-ultimate-tool-for-interval-training



Jon Bik triathlete using the G-trainer, Jon is also an above knee amputee.

G-Trainer reviewed by Boing Boing Gadgets

Boing Boing Gadgets said in their coverage of the G-trainer:

Prices are probably somewhat extravagant, but unless you keep a rehabilitation chamber in your mad scientist fortress you'll likely only see the trainer when you send henchmen off to be restored to service.
Alter-G G-Trainer Treadmill for Weightless Running - Boing Boing Gadgets

I don't know this website very well but I know that the Technology and Gadget world are drawn to this treadmill due to its "technology dense" status. Ironically although the G-trainer is high tech its pretty low on the concept front.

Its very simple:

• run at a reduced bodyweight and run faster at your target speed for longer (use the intervals we have designed and increase the intensity and effectiveness significantly)

• run at a reduced bodyweight and run at your normal running speed for longer with less joint stress (perfect for use within a marathon training programme)

• run at reduced bodyweight and run up inclines whilst maintaining your target speed to make significant leg strength gains

I am assuming their mention of an extravagant price is based on the cost to buy the whole thing because the prices we have agreed at Balance are anything but extravagant! We decided that the cost of using a machine should not be more than the intelligent input our clients get from one of our human team so we set the prices from £17.50 per session.

For details on the range of options available give me a call or email me -

• 07960 861 267
• jonathan @ balancephysio.com

Ready to fly? G-trainer offers ultimate options in training for personal bests in your running

We are now going live!! After 6 months of research and preparation we are now ready to offer it to the public at large!

From just £17.50 a session.

Ask me about details. We have put some packages together for those that really want to maximise on the benefits to be had from being involved with Balance, the G-Trainer and all of our professional partners.

Here is a brief clip of Mick Habgood, our excellent new Podiatrist, having a trot....

G-trainer used in Olympic BMX riders ACL rehab

As the G-trainer is well established in North America and recognised across many disciplines as a significant piece of equipment for rehabilitation, injury prevention and even in the short period i have had to test it out it seems "the ultimate in interval training for running", the number of athletes that are getting a chance to work on it is increasing.

Previously it was just the high profile Nike runners who were part of Nike Oregon Project under Alberto Salazar, then the pro teams in NFL American Football, NHL Hockey players, NBA basketball outfits, many track and field athletes, the US Military, the established medical and sports injury rehab clinics. Everyone is getting the opportunity now, recreational marathon runners to MMA fighters working on their anaerobic conditioning will benefit from the G-trainer.

See the article below I read on ESPN's website, a pro BMX rider who won bronze at the Beijing Olympics is now using the G-trainer post ACL reconstuction.

DOWNHILL RIDE Less than six weeks removed from reconstructive ACL surgery on Oct. 2, BMX Olympic bronze medalist Jill Kintner is already back on her bike, thanks to alternative treatment she's receiving at the Olympic training facility in Chula Vista, Calif.—and a lot of hard work. Kintner plans to recover fully in time for a couple early season BMX races in February/March and the start of mountain bike season in April. (Yep, she's returning to the mountains fulltime.) Kintner checked in with us on Day 39 (yesterday) of rehab: "The day of my surgery, I started rehab in a hyperbaric chamber and have been working out two to four hours a day since. At first, it was weird to be in the training center after the Olympics—there were like four people at dinner each night—but it's incredible to have access to this kind of therapy. The hyperbaric chamber has helped, but it is a huge time commitment. For two hours a day, I lie in a glass tube and watch a movie. I also use a molecular enhancer, which is like a battery charger for your body, and an Alter G Trainer, which is a treadmill that puts you in a vacuum environment. It removes gravity and allows you to run or walk at a percentage of your body weight. No one likes to be injured, but this isn't a bad way to do it." — A.R.

For the full article on ESPN's website click on the link below.
ESPN - ESPN The Magazine
click here for more on Extreme Sports rider Gill Kitner.