Gyrotonic training – the most complete exercise system around.

In my (very biased) opinion, GYROTONIC® training is the most brilliant exercise system ever created. Being a certified instructor since 1999 will definitely create a bias. As much as I really enjoy yoga, weight training and kettlebells, Gyrotonic training is my number one choice and passion. It’s physical fitness at it’s most refined.

5 pieces of equipment, 1 system of motion

The five pieces of equipment are the Pulley Tower Unit, the Jumping Stretching Board, the Archway, the Leg Extension Unit and the GYROTONER®. The same principles of movement are used on each piece but each piece asks your body to be in very different positions. You’ll move all your joints through all their ranges of motion, usually with resistance. I find Gyrotonic training to be a nearly limitless system that can help almost anyone reach their movement and fitness goals.

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Full body circles with the Wingmaster

Exercise of the week: Body circles with the Wingmaster

Full body circles with the Wingmaster in Setting 1

There are 6 spinal ranges of motion. In our Activities of Daily Living, circumduction is the movement we most likely use the least. That doesn’t mean it has no value. This motion is excellent for the health of the intervertebral discs.

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Exercise of the Week: Leg Lifts with Rotation on the Ladder

Leg Lifts with Rotation on the Ladder

The Ladder and it’s updated version, the Archway, let you do movements that would be practically impossible to do any other way. Having the shoulder girdle be the static part of the body allows freer lower body movement. And having your pelvis up on the bolster lets your legs have a larger range of motion than you could do on the floor.

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Exercise of the Week: Wingmaster Setting 2, Reverse Tai Chi Standing

Wingmaster Setting 2 – Reverse Tai Chi Standing

I named this group of exercises “tai chi” because if you take the Wingmaster away and visualize the movement it kind of looks like a movement you’d see in actual tai chi. It’s not an actual tai chi movement, but bicycles or dolphin from the Hamstring Series aren’t actually how to ride a bicycle or how a dolphin moves either. It’s metaphors, man.

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Snow angel with leg pump

Exercise of the Week: Snow Angel with leg pump

Snow Angel with Leg Pump

I have a client with persistent low back pain. Our sessions are often “immediately corrective”. In other words, how can I help her be out of pain this morning so she can have a better day. But in the long term her issue was not improving. I thought about parts of GYROTONIC® training I haven’t used yet in our sessions and decided to practice the Sciatica Combination to see if I thought it could help. As I lay in the position for those exercises I thought “What else can be done here?”

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