Guest guest Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 > > Hi Guys, Just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm 64 and live in Scotland, the land where it either rains or snows..or both. I'm getting back into bullworker because I found it in a cupboard and its not seen the light of day for 20 odd years. > First bought one, the single rope, when they first came out and really liked it as it fitted in well with my karate training at the time. > Looking forward to getting going again as it seems to be frowned on in this country for someone my age to go to a gym so will be able to do some prework before I go. > Good on you mate don't forget to check the file section for charts etc cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi Ian - welcome onboard > Looking forward to getting going again as it seems to be frowned on in > this country for someone my age to go to a gym so will be able to do > some prework before I go. You must be kidding! Over here (I'm in Belfast) it's impossible to move in the local council leisure centres until long after lunch time as everything is free for pensioners up until 11:30 am and let me tell you some of those older gym users are in great shape. I came from roughly the same place as you're coming from ie really out of condition (I was also mobidly obese and very ill) and I worked out with a Bullworker exclusively for quite some time before plucking up the courage to actually go to a gym and when I got there I was surprised... I was in pretty good shape, better in fact than most of those using the gym including those many years my junior. I recently had my blood pressure taken and my lungs, cholesterol and blood sugars tested. My blood pressure was in the athlete range, my lungs astounded the examiner who exclaimed, " that's the first time I've ever seen that your lungs are normal for a man of your age " , my cholesterol was low and my blood sugars normal. To put this into context for you, I am 53...two years ago I weighed 18 stone and at a height of 5' 8 " thats not good my lungs were operating at half their capacity and I'd smoked for 30 years, my cholesterol was high at 8.5 and diabetes runs in my family. Yeah diet played a part but Bullworker training played a big part - I still use mine regularly - it is so much for than a prework tool ATB PS it might be a good idea before you start to go along to your local chest, heart and stroke association where they will test all the above free of charge and then have them taken again after a few months training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi , Thanks for that. I have wonky knees and Im sure its because of lack of exercise. Will do the Bullworker for a couple of weeks then go to the gym. Its great talking to other people in the same boat, take careIan> To: bullworkerclub > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:19:33 +0000> Subject: Re: New Member> > > > Hi Ian - welcome onboard > > > Looking forward to getting going again as it seems to be frowned on in> > this country for someone my age to go to a gym so will be able to do> > some prework before I go.> > You must be kidding! Over here (I'm in Belfast) it's impossible to move > in the local council leisure centres until long after lunch time as > everything is free for pensioners up until 11:30 am and let me tell you > some of those older gym users are in great shape. I came from roughly > the same place as you're coming from ie really out of condition (I was > also mobidly obese and very ill) and I worked out with a Bullworker > exclusively for quite some time before plucking up the courage to > actually go to a gym and when I got there I was surprised... I was in > pretty good shape, better in fact than most of those using the gym > including those many years my junior. I recently had my blood pressure > taken and my lungs, cholesterol and blood sugars tested. My blood > pressure was in the athlete range, my lungs astounded the examiner who > exclaimed, "that's the first time I've ever seen that your lungs are > normal for a man of your age", my cholesterol was low and my blood > sugars normal. To put this into context for you, I am 53...two years ago > I weighed 18 stone and at a height of 5' 8" thats not good my lungs > were operating at half their capacity and I'd smoked for 30 years, my > cholesterol was high at 8.5 and diabetes runs in my family. Yeah diet > played a part but Bullworker training played a big part - I still use > mine regularly - it is so much for than a prework tool > > ATB> > > PS it might be a good idea before you start to go along to your local > chest, heart and stroke association where they will test all the above > free of charge and then have them taken again after a few months training.> > > ------------------------------------> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 After all the years, does the Bullworker still work smoothly? I'd be interested in knowing if the original lubrication from back then is still holding on. > > Hi Guys, Just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm 64 and live in Scotland, the land where it either rains or snows..or both. I'm getting back into bullworker because I found it in a cupboard and its not seen the light of day for 20 odd years. > First bought one, the single rope, when they first came out and really liked it as it fitted in well with my karate training at the time. > Looking forward to getting going again as it seems to be frowned on in this country for someone my age to go to a gym so will be able to do some prework before I go. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hello all, been going through the older posts to get an idea on my future workouts. I just ordered the Iso-7x Deluxe on Amazon. I'm going to use a combination of body weight exercises and the Iso-7x. Just completed a mini workout of 350 straight hindu squats, 40 hindu pushups, and an isometric plank for good measure. Looking for the Iso-7x to replace my chest expander exercises. I became tired of routinely replacing my rubber bands and my steel springs are getting old and a bit overstretched. I'm always concerned about either the rubber or steel bands breaking during a workout. Hope the Iso-7x turns out to be a good replacement for the chest expander. Take care... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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