Re: Re: ISOKINATOR REVIEW Question THANK YOU

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Mike, thank you very much for your detailed explanation. It was easy to follow and addressed my questions. Again, no threat or intimidation intended. I hope it was not perceived as such. And I thank you very much for your SB purchases. I have made some points and do not feel the need to debate "dotted "i'" or crossed "t" at this point. Your answers are revealing in how my questions were viewed. The UK site has asked for volunteers to compare products and I am looking for common ground in establishing the guidelines. You know... the apples to oranges comparison, where there is always a difference !!! Your explanation helps in establishing such. I am looking for the "fun" aspect of this comparison. After 40 years of

BW and 5 years of eXXerwatch I have formed my own opinion and that opinion will not affect the market one iota. We have been working on a "pocket gym" of Isometric/Iso-Motion principles for sometime. If we did not see potential, we would not have pursued it. We had concerns to the "fin" aspect from the very beginning. We also respect and honor Mr. Kolbels patent regarding the device. The Steel-Bow is meeting all of our projections and the X-5 Gold has not been affected. The SB has just expanded the market. As we have not compared the Steel-Bow against the X-5, we had no desire to compare against the Isokinator... but the Isokinator did and made some very convenient omissions in doing so. We responded with "compare." Just don't give me B-X statements that are fabricated out of thin air. I have never seen Gert Kolbels market that way and I have

complete faith in the versatility of Kolbel designed products. They are all different in a very unique way. We have used the yardstick/ruler example for explaining increased ROM. A 6-inch ruler will have greater ROM than a 12-inch, though actual measurement of hand distance apart is within 1-inch of each other when one measures where actual hand placement is on a pulling movement. I have a Muscle Gun, US Body Machine, eXXerwatch, 5 different designed BW and I enjoy every one of them. Only the eXXerwatch fits in my pocket. I happen to enjoy the pushing aspect of exercising. Personal preference. Neither right or wrong. Probably comes from the thousands of push-ups I have done over the years. Still do. They work too. Again, thank you for your prompt and detailed reply. Bullworker USA Mike wrote: Hello , Let me first say that I have purchased 2 Steel Bows from you and I love the product! So this is not meant to be a "mine is better than yours" type of discussion. IMO the bullworker (bw) and exxerwatch (ew)/isokinator (ik) (btw the ew and ik are identical for all intends and purposes) were designed for fundamentally different purposes: the bw was designed for isometric/isotonic exercises and

the ew/ik was desigened for isokinetic/isomotion type exercises. The Steel Bow which is obviously a shorter version of a bw is IMO still a bullworker but one that has been adapted to perform isomotion exercises. IMO the ew/ik is superior for isokinetic/isomotion exercises because it has been SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for it. By no means does this mean that the SB or BW are inferior devices, they are just not as suitable for isokinetic/isomotion exercises - again I am stressing that this is MY PERSONAL OPINION only! I will answer your questions below: > >> > I looked at the Isokinator/Isoworker web site and got as much> > info as I could understand from what was written in there.> >> > Is there a significant difference between the Isokinator> > exercises and the Iso-motion exercises with the 20-inch> > Steel Bow?> >> > One difference I see which might be significant is that> > one only pulls with the Isokinator, but one can compress> > with the 20-inch.> >> > Is there someone who has both the 20-inch Steel Bow and> > the Isokinator? Can s/he give us more info

on similarities> > and differences between iso-motion and isokinator> > workouts?> >> > Gerry> >> > Hello Gerry,> > I have a 20" Steel Bow as well as an Exxerwatch and an Isokinator.> > First up I would like to clarify something: the exercises in the> Exxerwatch/Isokinator documentation are referred to as "ISOKINETIC"> exercises, which according to some posters here is a bit of a misnomer.> I tend to agree that according to the definition of isokinetc exercise,> the exercises performed with the Isokinator or Exxerwatch are NOT TRUE> isokinetic exercises. Having said that, for want of a better word, I> will still refer to the exercises performed with the> Exxerwatch/Isokinator as isokinetic, so please keep this in mind when> reading my post.> > The most significant difference is obviously size: the

Isokinator is not> much larger than an early-style mobile phone. This allows for a> fantastic range of motion in all Isokinator exercises as compared to a> more limited range of motion with the SB. You also have a lot more> isokinetic-type exercises (around 20) with the Isokinator. The> isokinator exercises also include "pushing" type exercises by crossing> the arms and thereby pushing out on the loops.> > BTW, you can also use the Isokinator as a purely static contraction> device ala BW but its real strength lies in the isokinetc exercises.> Like previous posters have mentioned, the "pump" you feel after> exercising is incredible and it seems to last for 2 days at least.> > The resistance in the Isokinator is provided bya high-tensile spring> inside the device.> > Hope this helps, but if you have any more questions I'd be happy to> answer them as best I

can.> > Kind regards...Mike> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate> in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q & A.>

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