

What it is::
Bodywall is a stretching wall that allows you to attach to it, kind of like spiderman, and stretch the vitals parts of your body as they pertain to your sport. A key benefit over regular stretching is that the system can achieve movement without muscles on the opposite side of the joint contracting. They have researched this system for over 3 years to prove that using your own bodyweight to stretch your muscles is better than other methods out there.

Best Feature ::
Along with the special gloves and shoes that stick to the wall, you can also get special sports balls, such as a football or soccer ball that will attach to the wall.

Price :: Unavailabe at this time
Rating :: 8/10 (The idea is good, but we need to see the application)
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Hi Guys, First it is not Velcro and doesn't work the same way.I've been a deep tissue therapist and had very deep tissue work done on myself at least weekly for the past 9 years and even for me on Bodywall the challenges keep coming. Just as you think you know yourself and are training up near your limits you find a sore or weak muscle that you have never felt before, never knew existed, you get to find it, train it, and then stretch it in place then bam you find something else pops up wanting work and because all your limbs and core are fully active all at the same time if you push it aerobic workouts to failure take less than 10 minutes for even the fittest athlete.
As far as the product goes it's not only a training tool it is an amazing instrument to play your body with, when done with passion it is very difficult to describe. It is truly a delightful to experience applying load in places you have never been able to before, proprioception shoots up strength and speed as well. To give you some more of an idea not only do we train National level Football players, Martial artists athletes from a broad range of sports and the public, we also train Opera singers, they train here to get substantial and immediate benefits in voice production, smoothness, and vibrato reduction, 10 minutes after they get on the wall you can hear their voices improve, very wild to experience, soooo rewarding to watch the surprise and smiles.
From a PT point of view we have been working with PT's here for the past 18 months to develop programs and there is still a way to go yet. We just may have to let everybody have a go it is such a huge job finding out what this technology can do. Bodywall really does seem to be an ideal training method for the human body, we are primates after all.
With it's low footprint Bodywall is ideal for training from a small boutique facilities or link up the modules along the walls and train as many as you want, get them started then just walk along checking the positions and moving clients into positions that actually work. Bilateral comparison is instantaneous, there is no way to cheat if you can do it this side and you can't on the other you know you have a problem and you are not recruiting all the muscles you should be, it's glaringly obvious.
If we get big boys not sure if it is going to be hard out enough for them then some strength training like Inverted push ups using bodyweight and then adding in downward pressure from the legs usually gets their attention as they normally top out at 3 reps. A few weeks back using the boxing routine we trained the NZ light heavyweight contender to a stop in 30 minutes, legs gave out, started pulsing. You can do some amazing heavy bag work on the wall, it doesn't bounce away like the bag when you hit it so each punch goes all the way back down to your toes straight away.
Loads of toys made with the same technology to work with, from golf clubs to tennis racquet's and footballs. The pictures don't come close to what it feels like to use, that ranges from kind of a best friend after a hard day at the office, to nasty and unforgiving if your in a bad mood and training too hard, it will hurt you. Sometimes it just depends on the music you work out to. I've got one in my home and I've got to say it doesn't take long to love one.
Thank so much for the article.
Cheers
Chris Toal
Posted by: Chris Toal | October 9, 2006 03:54 PM