Interesting that you say this. At the moment I am getting ready to build a piece or two of new gym equipment. A triceps machine and then perhaps a running machine with resistance, not anything like a treadmill.
I have to overcome the momentum problem with such a machine as athletes want to go full speed and they are quicker than the force of gravity. Still would be a good machine for most athletes to build
amazing leg strength. As Arthur Jones explained, you need an anti-kinetic device. The only current machine that I know of that has that property is the Keiser air leg press. Instant load for negatives.
Life Fitness had an amazing series in the 1990's working on electrical resistance. Also instant load for negatives. Using conventional resistance isn't so easy to design. Will give it more thought.
Vince this is very exciting news. Please tell us more:
:) prototypeI wish we still wore suits to the gym.
The Rube Goldberg of bodybuilding.
J
Why waste what little years have left working on a machine to train a muscle which already hundreds of Ways to train it?
If I even make it to basils age I’d rather be slowly drinking myself to death in whatever working mans club is still open by then
Why waste what little years have left working on a machine to train a muscle which already hundreds of Ways to train it?
If I even make it to basils age I’d rather be slowly drinking myself to death in whatever working mans club is still open by then
If one has the ability to both design and build something new then that would be a satisfying enterprise. The other day I succeeded in doing 10 reps with 130 pounds on my modified Nautilus triceps machine. That is a record for me and my triceps are still growing. So a new machine might assist me to get even bigger arms.
the supinator machines have turned against their inventor! :D ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/65ZSbhjr/future-getbig.png)
This thread lol....
Serious question vince, how many hours went into the supinator? All up? Including planning time? I imagine it was quite a bit.
We should all be so lucky. 70Yrs old and still able to work on projects you are passionate about. Mr. Canada, who knows more about training than 99% of the people on GB. Good on ya Vince.
To be fair, most bodybuilders have never designed anything new because it isn't needed. A person can build all the muscle possible with the current equipment.
Vincenzo, you reposted that text 2-3 X in the last 5 years ::) !.
One could say that about cars but we see new models and ideas every year. The gym industry is in a bad state at the moment so few are buying new equipment.The only real improvement on equipment is that a machine may look better or be more comfortable to sit in while exercising but the results aren't any different. Natural people training today don't look better than those training in the 1940's even though there is much more equipment.
It is always possible to improve on current offerings. There has been a proliferation of equipment since Nautilus arrived in the seventies.
Bodybuilders contribute to designs by testing prototypes. Few come up with original ideas for new equipment.
The only real improvement on equipment is that a machine may look better or be more comfortable to sit in while exercising but the results aren't any different. Natural people training today don't look better than those training in the 1940's even though there is much more equipment.
For building muscle? What improvements?
If you built equipment you would have a different point of view. I can see many improvements over the years.
Why waste what little years have left working on a machine to train a muscle which already hundreds of Ways to train it?
If I even make it to basils age I’d rather be slowly drinking myself to death in whatever working mans club is still open by then
If you built equipment you would have a different point of view. I can see many improvements over the years.
in your experience , which is the greatest piece of gym equipment ever made , where weights could not replicate the same level of results . . . ?