Gymstick Muscle is a unique muscle conditioning class because it incorporates multiple fitness principles:

• Muscle strength

• Muscle endurance

• Balance

• Joint stability

• Coordination

• Postural awareness

Trios

The Muscle Class consists of sets of 3 exercises called trios. Each trio is focused on fatiguing a specific muscle group. Each trio consists of a primary exercise, progression 1 & progression 2.

Why is Gymstick Muscle simply effective?

Muscle Endurance

When using the Gymstick, the whole body is actively involved even though the focus maybe on a specific muscle group. The Trios concept is based on three exercises that are repeated twice.

The first exercise, or the Primary exercise is the foundation exercise that can be either a compound e.g. a squat, or an isolation exercise e.g. bicep curl.

The following two exercises, called Progression 1 and Progression 2, add other levels of challenge to the foundation exercise. As the Primary exercise muscle groups are repeated in each section of the Trios, endurance is developed through the repetition.

Muscle Strength

Each section of the Trios is 30 seconds in length and this means that for most exercises there will only be enough time for 8 to 12 repetitions. This repetition range falls within the range that will most likely achieve muscle hypertrophy and strength. This is one of the advantages that Trios has over conventional barbell or muscle conditioning workouts, as these types of workouts focus on the number of repetitions to reach fatigue, thus achieving the goals of an endurance workout.

Joint Stability

Joint stability refers to the activation of the intrinsic muscle groups surrounding the joint. When using Gymstick, the hands and feet are connected and due to the angle and line of pull from the bands it facilitates optimal efficient joint positioning

Posture

The bands and the stick provides instant feedback on how the body is positioned because of the downward pull of the bands, so that the client is pulling up against resistance and also depressing scapula. The stick position also demonstrates whether the body is maintaining alignment.

Balance

The Gymstick challenges balance by changing the forces on the body by:

• Adding resistance e.g. Hip abduction

• Ability to add movement

• Line of pull is from 4 separate points

• The Gymstick design creates a line of pull is from 4 separate attachment points.

• The Gymstick length creates attachment points that are away from the centre of gravity

• Gymstick also allows multi-planner movement within the one exercise, with resistance

Coordination

Within each trio there are compound movements that require several joint actions. Multi-planner movement, direction and balance will effectively encourage greater synergy of muscle action.

Target Market

• General group fitness classes

• Circuit classes

• Sports or athletic training

• Mature adults

• Group and personal training