PRO FITTER 3D CROSS TRAINER S tability A gility M obility ® user manual • Balance • Endurance • Strength ORIGINAL • Stability • Agility • Mobility Everything you need to know to get the most value out of your Fitterfirst Pro Fitter 3D Cross Trainer! The timeless classic....that’s still Awesome!!! www.fitter1.com 1. 800.
Congratulations! You’ve Joined the Pro Fitter Team! You have now joined thousands of well-balanced people using the Pro Fitter to help increase their physical and mental health. The enclosed Pro Fitter 3D Cross Trainer is completely assembled and ready to go. Prior to using your new Pro Fitter, please read the following steps: 1.
Read This Now, Before Use Important Notice: By stepping onto this machine you accept full responsibility for your actions; as you may fall or lose your balance. Expect it to take 1 to 3 minutes of use to initially become familiar with the rhythm of shifting your weight on this device. Always maintain a good heads-up posture, and remember that quality of movement is more important than distance traveled. Getting Started 1.
Manufacturer’s Warning This equipment is designed to enhance the user’s balance skills in a controlled environment. The user accepts total responsibility for injury to himself/herself and others. Only use this equipment after you have a complete understanding of its function and intended purpose. By stepping onto this equipment the user accepts complete responsibility and acknowledges agreement to these terms: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. User has read and completely understands operational directions.
Benefits Core Stability Core stability in your body can be likened to the foundation of a building. It is a stable muscle base, consisting of the abdominal group of muscles, the gluteal muscles and the erector spinae up the sides of the spine. Core stability gives you the ‘trunk strength’ and flexibility needed to function, injury and pain free, in daily living.
Research & Articles Pelvic Stability...A Question of Balance 1. By Louis Stack, Canadian National Speed Skiing Team 1992-1995 Since developing the Pro Fitter over thirty years ago, I have observed tens of thousands of people using it at consumer and medical conferences around the world. Over the years I have been surprised to observe that approximately one in five people who step onto the Pro Fitter have a problem with muscle imbalance in the trunk, hip and lower back areas. Correct Posture “1 in 5...
In a general patient population, the Pro Fitter can easily be used with or without balance aids to evaluate and improve progress. 3. With your Pro Fitter, try the following steps with your patients and see what conclusions you havet: 1. To begin, observe the patient while he/she is using the pro Fitter for the first time. Encourage proper foot placement and upright stance (figure 1). Watch for any postural reactions that may indicate muscular imbalance (figure 2). Power Thrust 4. Forward Rotation 5.
Stroke Rehabilitation Using A Pro Fitter By Margaret Johnstone FCSP, Scotland The Pro Fitter can assist in a planned program of stroke rehabilitation. In early stroke rehabilitation the early stroke patterns must be advanced until reflexes are re-integrated into cortical control. After the client is well versed in spasticity inhibiting and rolling patterns, progress to kneeling and crawling activities.
Balance Problems Found Treatable by Training From Tribune News Service (USA), Reprinted in China Post (Taiwan), December 1992 So many people who slowly lose the ability to maintain their balance can reverse much of that decline through a program of exercise and balance training, a study has found. The study found that elderly people kept their balance almost as well as younger people when the platform remained relatively steady, but were less steady when the platform began swaying in various directions.
Torso and Hip Muscle Activity and Resulting Spine Load and Stability While Using The Pro Fitter 3D Cross Trainer By Priyanka Banerjee, Stephen H.M. Brown, Samuel J. Howarth, and Stuart M. McGill - University of Waterloo, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 2009, 25. 73-84 ABSTRACT: The Pro Fitter 3D Cross Trainer is a labile surface device used in the clinic and claimed to train spine stability.
The Scientific and Clinical Application of Elastic Resistance Chapter 8 - Speed and Agility Training with Elastic Resistance By Phillip Page, MS, PT, ATC, CSCS, Todd S. Ellenbecker, MS, PT, SCS, OCS, CSC, James W Matheson, MS, PT, CSCS, and George J. Davies, MEd, SCS, ATC, CSCS, 2003 Agility Drills with Elastic Resistance Programmable agility drills allow the athlete to know beforehand what movement coordinations will be required.
Conquering The Sedentary Lifestyle By Deborah Overman, Cardio Conditioning, R&D, Physical Therapy Products Online on Jan 17, 2019 Humans are inventors. Throughout history, humans have been inventing machines and devices to improve their work capacity. Wheels, levers, and pulleys were some of the first. Hydro, fire, steam, coal, and fossil fuel-powered machines added to their efficiency. Computers and their applications are the newest invention used in daily life around the world.
Accessories & Parts Pro Fitter Identification - Which Parts Will Work With Your Older Unit? Most replacement parts will work with a Gen1 model but if you’re not sure please contact us at 800-348-8371 or email us at sales@fitter1.com for assistance. You can identify your unit most easily by the skate. The Soft Ankle Boards and Hard Ankle Boards will only fit a Gen 2 skate.
Testimonials “This machine allows you to do a variety of exercises for a full body workout in a short period of time. Making it not only effective, but efficient!” “I find it an excellent device for conditioning the muscles that are so needed to ski, particularly the lateral thigh and calf muscles.” After just a couple of weeks of using the Pro Fitter, I have noticed improved balance, tighter glutes, quads, hamstrings, calves and core.
“Fitter is the finest device of its type on the market today ” Regarding the Fitter, we regard it as the best such device of it’s type on the market today and use it as part of our rehabilitation and conditioning programs regularly here with the Forty-Niners ...Again, I want to emphasize that both Jerry Attaway, our Conditioning Coach, and myself feel that the Fitter is the finest device of its type on the market today and we highly respect the ethical nature of your marketing program. J.
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