The TBow
March 25, 2009 by Carol Pearson
Filed under Diet
What is a T-Bow? Well, put simply, a T-Bow is a complete home gym, although it is also perfect for gym classes. The T-Bow looks deceptively simple – it appears to be merely a piece of curved plastic with a mat on the curved side and foot grips on the other side. But do not let its demure appearance deceive you; the T-Bow is all you need to burn fat and tone lean, sculpted muscles. The experts tell us, that for optimum weight loss we must not only burn calories by cardio exercise, we must also build muscle so that our body’s metabolism is increased, which means we burn more calories even when our body is at rest. The T-Bow can do all this and more!
The unique selling point of the T-Bow lies in the many ways it can be used for exercise. If you place it on the floor curve up, it is large enough to stand on safely. This means it can be used to step up and step down. Remember when step classes in the gyms were all the rage? Stepping is a first-class form of exercise which conditions the heart and lungs, burns up to 600 calories in an hour and works all the leg and bottom muscles, trimming and shaping a firm butt and shapely legs.
But this is only part of what you can do with the T-Bow. If you turn it over, it becomes a rocking platform, and can be used for further cardio exercises, challenging your balance and coordination as well as working or your thigh, calf, and bottom muscles in a totally different way for even greater calorie burn. You can rock from side to side or turn through a right angle and rock forward and back. It is harder than it looks, but you do not feel unsafe as you are never far from the floor. It also makes your workout feeling like playtime!
Most pieces of home exercise equipment only do one part of a workout, be it cardio or toning. With the T-Bow you can move seamlessly from cardio to strength training just by attaching elastic exercise bands to the sides of the T-Bow; these bands are included with the full T-Bow kit. Using the bands for resistance you can work all your major upper and lower body muscles, toning problem areas like butt, thighs and the backs of your arms. Ladies, do not worry that you will build big, bulky muscles; this is not going to happen! What you will build is toned, lean muscle that burns calories all day, not just when you are exercising.
And we’re not through yet! Your T-Bow is also perfect for performing floor-based stretching and Pilates exercises. Pilates has long been recognized as one of the most effective and quickest ways of sculpting long, lean muscles, strengthening abdominal and postural muscles and working the vulnerable muscles in your back. The stronger your back muscles, the less likely you are to suffer spine and disk problems in later life. Stretching exercises are an essential part of any workout, and the shape of the T-Bow make stretching and relaxing your muscles both easy and thorough.
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